03 Feb 1979
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1979
Page
1
Opinion and feature items from the Ottawa Herald’s February 3, 1979 issue cover local commentary, column insights, and human interest notes. Readers encounter editorials, reflective essays, and brief features reflecting community life and timely topics of the era.
A Saturday notebook lampoons Howard Jarvis and Proposition 13, mocks federal tax-cut fantasies, and notes Washington forecasts with Reagan potential and Carter payoff ideas. Light relief follows weather quips, car troubles, and a dentist tale from California.
In the House last week two main bills passed. One exempts food from sales tax and, with amendments, farm machinery too while cities with local sales taxes retain the food levy. A separate bill to exempt residential utility bills from sales tax would yield about 24 million dollars annually. Education and Judiciary committees reported on gifted program funding delays and a 30 year prison term substitute for the death penalty, with anticipated floor amendments. Rep. Jim Allen notes contact details for further assistance.
A reader offers practical epilepsy guidance emphasizing calm handling, avoiding mouth objects, side-lying to drain secretions, and using the caregiver's foot as head support if needed. The letter also discusses individual responses to seizures and airway protection.
Hornbeck complains of extreme cabin fever during cold weeks and lists quirky antics from solitaire with 43 cards to staring at walls and singing off key. He mocks pestering cures, laments library fines, and notes migration to Florida as a costly, impractical remedy.
RODERICK TURNBULL notes grain analysts frequently cannot forecast price directions and may advise to stand aside. The piece discusses market letters from brokers, USDA data use, speculators needing activity, and the difficulty of predicting price swings amid 1978 factors like Brazil drought, beef quotas, and currency shifts.
The Cedar Published daily except Sunday and Holidays in Ottawa Kansas lists editor Robert B Wellington and rates for subscriptions within and outside the trade area. By mail pricing covers one month to one year with varying amounts and tax notes. Out of state subscribers deduct 3 percent sales tax. Associated Press is entitled to local news and AP dispatches.
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