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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1972
Page
2
The piece weighs term lengths for governors and presidents, noting Kansas has long pursued longer terms. It cites former President Johnson advocating a six year single term, arguing it would reduce re election pressures. It concludes that four years balances achievement and accountability.
In December the FDA issued a broad warning about the antiseptic hexachlorophene fearing skin absorption and a toxic effect. Hospitals curtailed use but two months later some face staph control problems and some have resumed use, criticizing FDA tactics and leadership as misdirected.
Ed Muskie posted strong precinct results outside of town, while Arizona's cities backed George McGovern and John Lindsay. Lindsay led with 24 percent, McGovern 20 percent, Muskie 38 percent. The split signals a tight state convention race and questions Muskie's urban appeal to energize new voters and Black demographics against Nixon.
A patient writes that after birth of their third child ulcerative colitis improved on medication and a low residue diet with milk and dairy. After the fourth birth symptoms returned. doctors advised the same meds and diet but avoided dairy. Ten months later condition remains unresolved.
A reader asks if milk is universally needed and discusses dairy's role with ulcerative colitis and calcium. Another letter shares a personal heart defect history and reassurance for a parent. Subsequent inquiries cover saccharin safety, varicose ulcers, and treatment options, with a closing prayer and moral note.
The piece notes a proposed $1 billion federally backed credit to revive rural industries and communities if Congress aligns with the president. It contrasts rural retrenchment with urban growth, highlighting migration to cities, shifts in farm tech, and the decline of manufacturing in major cities during the 1960s, with suburbs and fringes gaining share.
Paris reviews three Communist China films led by Mao propaganda in The Bridge and The Tunnel War. The films aim to educate peasants and workers, praising Mao with limited cinematic value and mixed Western reception.
Farmers nationwide start enrolling in 1972 feed grain programs for corn sorghum wheat and cotton with new options to set aside more land for higher payments. The optional 10 percent extra set aside requires reduced corn plantings by two acres for each added acre, creating an acreage control component alongside the existing 25 percent baseline set aside. Barley remains outside the new option while October plan provisions remain available.
New York AP ABC's Comedy Hour features Alan King hosting an hour with bold, broad sketches. King is in top form, aided by Anne Meara. David Frye impersonates Nixon while Barbara Walters appears as straight foil. The piece notes a new PBS style public affairs series with Vanocur and MacNeil to report campaign activities from the voter's view during the presidential year.
A dense list of TV airings and films across multiple time slots listing shows such as Dream Of Jeannie Hogan's Heroes My Three Sons and Beverly Breckenridge along with movies including Hunters Are For Killing and The Chapman Report. The schedule features news weather and special programs with numerous channel identifiers and dates.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area and outside trade area. Rates include monthly, quarterly, semi annual and annual options with varying tax details and out of state deductions. The paper notes Associated Press exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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