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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1971
Page
2
Despite a 15,000 vote defeat last November supporters push a bill in the Kansas Legislature to permit liquor dispensing in restaurants. The proposal argues that restaurants would not be classified as tan open saloon, a status outlawed in Kansas, with Johnson Wyandotte Sedgwick and Shawnee counties well represented among backers.
Proponents push sweetening the proposal by licensing restaurants at high rates with proceeds for schools. They claim the plan would draw conventions to Kansas, countering the current ban. Critics call it an open saloon and doubt legislators will break the party line if votes occur.
In Bellevue Washington seniors resist a lavish $20 per head graduation party funds would instead back a college scholarship. Parents push for the pricey celebration claiming to know what is best. The clash shows a widening communications and generation gap as youths worry the windup may be a pyrrhic victory.
Letter from Mrs WJ G asks about Guillain Barré syndrome also called French polio. Seeks cause symptoms and recovery chances. The reply discusses uncertainty about origin and emphasizes typical features and prognosis while guiding care.
A nervous system condition causing weakness and paralysis that begins in the legs and spreads upward, often after a week or two of vague illness. Recovery is likely with supportive care, though some residual weakness can remain, and a virus is suspected but not proven. The piece also covers reader letters on codeine use after hysterectomy and a prayer excerpt.
New York AP review notes The Point on ABC as a dramatic animation with a clear but simple message. Oblio, a round-headed boy, endures ridicule and banishment to the Pointless Forest before triumphing. Primitive visuals and narration by Tema-Sman mark a departure for the anthology series.
An on the ground report from Phnom Penh details a chaotic siege near Saang as a small unit of Cambodian volunteers struggles against better equipped Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. A disguised agent reports enemy strength while civilians flee, roads are reopened and closed, and journalists chase a sensational war narrative even as real casualties occur.
Los Angeles AP profile of Joe Higgins a burly Southern sheriff role in a Dodge car commercial. Known as J W Higgins with 50k yearly earnings from seven network and several regional spots. Bristol Tennessee Virginia border setting. debate with Wisconsin and Ohio agencies over air use resolved with continued sponsorship. Higgins 17 years in Hollywood over 650 TV shows and films including The Rifleman and The Detective.
Detroit apr predict top executives of GM Ford Chrysler and American Motors expect 1971 to be a strong year with about 10 million new cars sold in the United States. They foresee no repeat of the 1970 slump and note their forecasts have closely tracked actual results since 1966.
A dense TV timetable lists 5 PM to midnight programs across multiple networks with news weather sports talk shows dramas comedies movies and game shows. Notable titles include Petticoat Junction I Love Lucy The Beverly Hillbillies Perry Mason The Tonight Show and Jeopardy with a mix of syndicated classics and local programming.
Published daily except Sunday and holidays in Ottawa Kansas with subscription rates by mail for trade area and outside trade area. Rates shown for one month three months six months and one year with adjustments for tax and a note about AP news rights.
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