09 Feb 1972
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1972
Page
1
With a Senate bill pending Congress passed a 250 million program to feed the elderly, a starter two year plan critics call a welfare gimmick. The piece argues federal, state costs and red tape burden, preferring cash welfare over mandated meals and warns against expansion in an election year.
Mary E. Gibson of Ottawa urges re opening of the rezoning vote on hospital grounds to create a medical center with doctors near the new hospital. She disputes mayoral and dissenting commissions, cites public support for improved medical services, and asks county rural residents to have a voice in reopening the issue.
A reader recalls Dr Thosteson’s claim that nothing dissolves gall stones and cites a newspaper article about dissolving them with bile salts. The reply urges careful rereading and attention to fine print before accepting new treatment claims.
The report describes a small experimental study where seven patients received a bile acid extracted from bile salts for six months to two years. Four improved, with stones sometimes shrinking but not vanishing. Questions remain on long term safety, recurrence, and which patients benefit, urging caution before widespread use and noting the slow path to proven treatments.
London based writer recounts a four day saga linking Howard Hughes and Clifford Irving. She describes a romance with Irving, travel to Nassau and Mexico, meetings with Hughes, and an affidavit dispute. She plans to testify before a New York grand jury to support Irving’s autobiography as authentic.
NBC aired a low-key Valentine program Love Love Love featuring Helen Reddy Mac Davis and Bread singing softly while focusing on six young couples from San Francisco to Philadelphia. The hour felt soothing and soporific, lacking narrative drive but with a nostalgic mood.
A dense rail of TV timings lists daytime and late night shows across multiple channels including News Weather Sports Old series and movie blocks. It names numerous programs such as Dream Of Jeannie Hogan's Heroes Andy Griffith The Partridge Family The Tonight Show and Olympic coverage along with games like Jeopardy and Password.
Washington AP reports federal land banks PCAs and banks for cooperatives issued a combined $14.4 billion in 1971 loans, up about 16 percent from 1970. PCA lending led at $9.4 billion, followed by land banks $1.6 billion and banks for cooperatives $2.7 billion, with total system lending at $16.3 billion.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for trade area and out of state readers. Rates include monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options by mail and carrier, with tax details and a note on AP news usage.
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