11 Dec 1972
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1972
Page
1
The Ottawa Herald columns critique Rep. Bill Roy proposing more voting incentives, including a national holiday, arguing it would burden business and government. The piece questions whether holidays boost turnout and suggests alternatives like scheduling changes and weekend voting while urging that apathetic voters not be bribed to vote.
Inflation and rising costs hit Life magazine, forcing its 36 year run to end by year end. Declining circulation and ad revenue, plus steep postal rate hikes, echo across Look and other publications, with broader risk to newspapers if rates rise further. A Manhattan marijuana case shows legal confusion after officers seized 750 pounds without warrant, yet were allowed to keep the pot.
Free speech and press freedoms shape a rare anti censorship thread in the Soviet Union. The Chronicle of Current Events, a hand circulated journal, reports on political trials and Ukrainian nationalism, drawing attention from dissidents and authorities alike.
A reader recalls historical cancer care naming post operative treatments as X ray or radium, later cobalt therapy. The note reflects on evolving terminology and medical practice from earlier eras in oncology.
Reader asks if radium X-ray and cobalt are the same. Dr Thesteson explains gamma rays from radium implants X-ray tubes and cobalt pellets differ in delivery and focus. Treatments aim to maximize cancer radiation while sparing healthy tissue. combinations or alternatives like cesium exist.
Washington reports that Moscow will award cash and autos to top farm workers to raise 1973 grain production, but USDA notes ongoing shortages. One fifth of winter wheat and rye unplanted due to cold, with forecasts of less than full recovery from 1972 losses. Even with average yields, total grain output may still fall by several million tons. Winter damage and drought in 1972 forced reliance on U S imports and may trigger more Soviet purchases from American farmers.
The Business Mirror reports that wholesale prices rose strongly in November despite talk of dropping wage price controls. The piece notes that expanding industrial economies push wages and prices higher, with the U S showing a 3.5 percent inflation rate compared to Europe even as other nations fight price pressures. It warns that the United States may struggle to maintain control as patterns indicate continued inflationary pressure.
Daily Ottawa Kansas television grid lists programs from morning to midnight with News Weather Sports blocks and many network shows. It also includes local editorial Outdoors In Kansas and Hazel, plus sports like Apollo 17 and various dramas and game shows.
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