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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1977
Page
1
Opinion and feature section from the Ottawa Herald on Thursday December 22 1977. Page two presents editorial pieces and feature notes reflecting local and national topics of the era. The page showcases opinion writing and brief feature items typical of a community newspaper.
The piece argues tax policy under an election year could ease Social Security hikes for low and middle earners with income tax cuts or a two percent corporate rate. It criticizes three-martini lunches and club dues, urges eliminating double taxation on corporate profits or dividends to spur growth and employment, and questions politicians’ commitment to balancing the budget.
In Neosho County the treasurer vowed fast investment of tax payments arriving by the December deadline. She noted late hours and added staff effort as essential after 1977, citing over $105,000 in interest from proper investments and revenue-sharing funds.
Jim McCrossen from First Baptist Church thanks donors and groups like Boys' Club Girls' Club Meals on Wheels Homebase and others for year round aid in December and beyond appreciating ongoing care from churches and organizations that support those in trouble.
A patient five years after a radical mastectomy reports periodic swelling and feverishness in the arm and hand about every six months. She follows medical advice to raise the arm but finds it bothersome and seeks information.
A reader explains arm edema after mastectomy due to disrupted lymph drainage and urges infection avoidance and careful activity. The page includes letters about cataracts, prostate function, and Dantrium (dantrolene sodium) as a muscle relaxant approved since 1976 with use cautions and dosing notes.
AP interview with 58 year old Gobel in Encino recalls early Christmas shows in Chicago and rise from boy soprano to wartime flyer, NBC star, and Hollywood Squares regular. He discusses non television work at conventions, his 35 year marriage, and hesitance to join Squares before Karen Valentine persuaded him.
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff reflects on 1977 as not the worst of the 1970s. He notes unemployment around 7 percent, the stock market flat, inflation easing to 4.8 percent in Q3, rising profits and personal income, and more jobs. Automobiles and housing show strength as year ends.
Economic activity in 1977 saw TV sales reach two million units while existing units exceed three million by October, signaling strong consumer demand along with a 4 percent rise in personal income and robust housing and savings growth. The Social Security funding bill offers long term protection for the disabled and retired, though future benefit levels remain uncertain. The year ends with forecasts of a 1978 tax cut and ongoing debates about dollar value and policy impacts.
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