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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1981
Page
1
The Ottawa Herald notes Reagan's immediate action to freeze federal employment retroactive to Nov 5 and estimates about 20 000 personnel commitments. It mentions lawsuits from the National Treasury Employees Union seeking to undo the freeze and questions the courts' response and the administration's latitude to shrink government.
Rep. Joe Hoagland of Overland Park criticizes KU professor Norman Forer for his Tehran trip during the Iranian hostage crisis. The exchange sparks debate on tenure, academic freedom, and faculty discipline, with Hoagland's floor remarks branded as an ego trip by some.
A cluttered TV log lists programs across major networks including Davy Crockett at the Alamo, All in the Family, Sanfor d and Son, and the Mash and Rockford Files blocks. Highlights feature a Diane Ross profile, Bugs Bunnies Valentine special, and movies like Hitler's Gold with runtime notes and ratings.
PBS airs a reflective account led by Kitty Felix Hart, survivor and radiographer now in England, recounting her Auschwitz Birkenau capture, the camps horrors, and guiding her son David through the grim site to preserve two million victims’ memory. The program contrasts stark, understated storytelling with the atrocity’s scale and personal trauma.
Harris Enterprises editor Lloyd Ball Hagen reviews George Orwells 1984 and its prediction of a totalitarian state. He contrasts the book with 1980s U S politics noting potential government power, surveillance, and social control efforts amid debates on healthcare welfare and crime.
The gold market faced a sharp six year price slide from 875 in January 1980 to under 500 early this week. High interest rates and inflation fears collide with a strong dollar and oil price decontrol as analysts fret over inflation signals while gold bugs like James Dines urge patience.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area including sales tax by mail and carrier options. Rates vary: one month three months six months and one year, with different prices for trade area and out of state subscribers and a 3.5 percent sales tax applied to out of area.
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