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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1970
Page
1
A harried father laments the Christmas season as toys shift from sturdy steel to plastics and pricey gadgets. The piece recalls assembling bikes and trains for a large brood, the quiet night before Christmas, and how expectations and costs rise as children age and preferences shift toward stereo systems TVs shotguns golf gear and money.
Charles Chilcote argues in a letter that welfare programs cover more than cash aid, including services for the blind, adoption, health care, transportation, rehabilitation, and social security. He notes access is tough, stigma remains, and many recipients also work, urging visits to welfare offices to see rules and efforts firsthand.
A reader asks Dr Thosteson for a column on pink eye covering causes remedies and risk of permanent damage. The note explains pink eye is an acute conjunctival infection and describes the conjunctiva as the delicate membrane covering the eyeball and inner eyelids.
Public health column on pink eye contagion and prevention. Emphasizes avoiding contact, keeping children home, and using prescribed antibiotic eye ointment. Includes reader letters about hair spray headaches, mole removal, post hysterectomy bleeding, fungal nail treatment, and prayer.
A dense listing of TV programs across multiple channels including sports games like Jets vs Colts and Cardinals vs Redkins, classic films such as The Phony American and Sword Of The Conqueror, series episodes from Bonanza to Perry Mason, news and weather blocks, and variety programs starring Mary Tyler Moore, Merv Griffin, and Bob Hope era staples. The schedule spans 12:00 PM through 1:00 AM with countless title repetitions and channel notes.
President Nixon surprised Capitol Hill by naming Texas Democrat John B. Connally to succeed Kennedy at Treasury. Observers see a strategic move to blunt Democratic criticism over inflation and unemployment by placing a conservative Democrat with strong legislative ties. Connally faces the task to push stimulative fiscal policies and may favor a cautious stance on wage and price controls.
President Nixon praised Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin at a Beltsville Maryland meeting with 23 farm and trade organizations, backing his tenure and urging unity on farm policy amid corn blight uncertainty and political pressure from recent elections.
Ottawa Herald announces subscription rates for local and out of area readers with monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual options and notes out of state subscribers receive a small discount. The paper attributes publication rights to The Associated Press for local and dispatch news.
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