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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1968
Page
1
The piece argues the $35 billion auto repair business faces a Congressional probe into pricing and repair practices. It credits Ralph Nader for safety push and notes higher car costs from new regulations, while defending industry fairness and consumer shopping habits as drivers of honest service and healthy sales.
Pat Hart 22 from Clayton Mich set out to travel world six months ago. She worked in New Zealand and Australia saving enough for a ticket to England but lacked a British work permit. Her ship docked at Southampton with no permit and only $62, forcing her to stay aboard for the return voyage to Australia. She would then be an undesirable alien unable to land. Her tale ends with a warning that she may need to grow up if she cannot adapt to life and rules.
AP reviewer Cynthia Lowry notes Hall of Fame presentation retools Pinocchio into musical fantasy with pop songs and social satire. Peter Noone as Pinocchio earns mixed marks for acting and dancing, Burl Ives as Gepetto shines only in one song, while Ernest Kinoy adds adult asides. Hugh Downs to exit Today and Concentration duties. Bob Clayton to join as permanent Today substitute after Jan 3.
A Senate antitrust subcommittee led by Senator Hart will hold hearings on credit reporting firms amid claims of misreporting and conflicts of interest. Testimony will include Retail Credit and Credit Data Corp. officials, TRW Inc., and Associated Credit Bureaus of America, with concerns over market concentration and accuracy impacting hiring and debt collection.
A former boxer writes to Dr Thosteson seeking information on encephalopathy with seizures. He asks for causes symptoms treatment and prevention after living with the condition for 25 years and notes the label punch drunk. He requests medical guidance for understanding and management.
A health primer links brain injury from concussions to long term effects such as seizures and balance loss, using boxing as a case study of repeated blows and “punch drunk.” It then shifts to a note on Levitical soil renewal, and briefly lists biblical questions about Bethlehem, the good Samaritan, Jonah, Egypt and the Nile.
Vietnamese trapped in bunkers near Dien Ban south of Da Nang faced final exposure as Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines pressed a Meade River sweep. Three detainees emerged wounded. a Viet Cong girl and two exhausted Vietnamese were among those needing aid as the battle reduced bunkers to rubble and silence.
A devotional prayer expresses belief that Christ accompanies believers through unknown days. It extols Christ as mighty kinder patient and abiding beyond pain and sorrow. The supplicant vows not to fear and offers humble thanks for manifold mercies. Amen.
A look back reveals two items from former Ottawa residents. Twenty five years ago, Albin Johnson once a newspaper man and foreign correspondent, spoke from Stockholm on Allied Nations radio at noon Sunday. Fifty years ago, a monster gray wolf was killed on the Hudson Ranch near Silkville as wolves were plentiful and harming sheep and poultry.
Ottawa Herald lists publication details with editor Robert B. Wellington and subscription prices for local and nonlocal by mail. It notes daily publication except Sundays and holidays and AP news rights.
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