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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1974
Page
1
Editorial notes Congress moved to adjourn for Christmas while approving a 5.5 billion measure to aid the unemployed and create about 330000 public service jobs. It also passed a 2.7 billion foreign aid bill, 10.2 million for Penn Central, and 3 billion for military construction, with questions about funding sources.
The author condemns a 5.6 billion unemployment bill funded by government borrowing at high interest. Lenders gain, while savings and loans lack funds, stalling home building and injuring construction workers. The piece proposes adjournment of Congress to break the cycle.
The piece blasts the Rockefeller confirmation saga as a costly public circus. It argues the House and Senate probes served ego trips for lawmakers rather than public good, leaving taxpayers paying the price for a system that still functions only in name.
Dear Dr Thosteson asks if eating one pound of chocolate rings daily will not make a person gain more than one pound. The reader asks whether the claim is true and seeks guidance on daily food intake and weight change.
A reader learns that one extra pound of candy adds about half a pound of body weight, based on 1800 calories per candy pound and 3500 calories per pound of weight. Gaining 180 pounds in a year from a candy pound daily is warned against. Also addressed are basement ventilation safety with gas furnaces and brief medical advice on douching and bladder infection, plus a prayer.
A sprawling OCR laden schedule lists multiple networks and shows from 5:00 PM through 2:00 AM, including Truth or Consequences, News, Electric Company, Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes, World News, NFL broadcasts, movies like Stagecoach and Anzio, and various sports, talk, and variety programs, with hours and channel markers.
Volkswagen Beetleboards place ads on about 1,500 cars driven by students and young adults. Drivers receive monthly pay, advertisers pay per car, and decals are removed at end of contracts. The program, created by Charles E. Bird of Beetleboards of America, targets the youth market with eye catching branding.
New York AP reports a true false test shows taxes, not food, rose fastest for a comfortable living standard over six years. The Conference Board breakdown notes 28.2 percent of a four member family budget goes to taxes, with higher prices pushing people into higher tax brackets.
NBC soap opera Another World expands from a half hour to a full hour daily. Executive producer Paul Rauch promotes the plan as allowing longer story development and character arcs. Production shifts to Brooklyn studios with four-day tape delays. CBS supports noncommercial public TV competition.
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