Editorial Friday February 3 1978 Ottawa Herald
Page Two features opinion content from the Ottawa Herald dated Friday February 3 1978. The section presents editorial commentary and reflective pieces typical of a mid twentieth century local paper.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1978
Page
1
Page Two features opinion content from the Ottawa Herald dated Friday February 3 1978. The section presents editorial commentary and reflective pieces typical of a mid twentieth century local paper.
An Illinois representative advocates a federal plan enabling savings and loan firms to offer two new mortgages. A graduated payment option starts with lower payments for young buyers, rising later as income grows. The other allows seniors to take cash from home equity, deducted from sale proceeds. The ideas face hurdles despite housing pressure.
Thomas L. Johns, a former Secret Service agent now an HEW administrator, draws 78 225 yearly from salary plus a Secret Service pension. Mondale earns 75 000 and Califano 66 000. Civil Service rules aim to prevent this but a District of Columbia pension path allows both pay and pension. The practice, while legal, highlights need for new rules governing post service employment and retirement.
Kansas correspondent explains a 1978 Topeka session topic on movie access for small towns. The piece notes legislation to require previews, how studios set release patterns, contract terms, extended runs, and why small markets wait for prints while big cities get first bids.
Reader seeks guidance on nut allergies in a two year old, asks if peanuts count, and discusses inheritance. Advises avoiding all nuts, caution with foods fried in peanut oil, warnings for holiday snacks, and possible warning tag. Also includes a diabetes and alcohol question and an angina anemia note.
AP Farm Writer DON KENDALL reports the 1977 screwworm total dropped to 458 confirmed cases, all in four southwestern states, down from 29,671 in 1976. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Arkansas are listed with year figures, amid ongoing USDA sterilized-male release campaigns and Mission 77 efforts.
NBC family choice features Donny and Marie with Cheri Ladd Paul Lynde and Jay Osmond. A public auction plot unfolds in Black Beauty Starra. Wonder Woman faces Count Cagliastra in a five part hour. Various film and talk show listings with guest stars and plot teasers.
Senate opponent Sen. Bob Dole says he received anonymous DEA documents naming Gen. Omar Torrijos and family in narcotics traffic through Panama. He demands full disclosure, arguing material could affect canal treaty consideration. He pledged to press the Justice Department for more information.
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