12 Feb 1972
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1972
Page
1
A local note recalls a doctor advising golf for better health, prompting a winter trip south. A second anecdote jokes about walking upstairs and its side effects. Ottawa University students' cemetery incident is hinted, with officials cautious about youth behavior and media influence.
A Saturday notebook recounts a graveyard prank by David Davis Hawley Ham and seven spectators led to a police confrontation in Ottawa. Two students fled, were charged with hindering an officer, and each faced a $10 fine after being brought to Police Judge Don White. The episode, viewed as harmless hijinx, prompted reflection on television’s educational role.
A reader asks about her husband who refuses breakfast and often skips lunch yet eats a balanced dinner. The letter requests medical guidance on improving daytime intake and overall nutrition. The response outlines possible causes and gentle strategies to encourage morning and midday meals.
A reader argues one meal daily is nutritionally risky and may cause malnutrition despite possible balance with calories and vitamins. A doctor replies that a diaphragm is highly effective when used properly, needs medical fitting, can be self-inserted with care, and could be defective if a hole is present.
A dense broadcast schedule lists a full day of programs from 1:00 to after midnight including NBA basketball, Olympics coverage, various news and talk shows, movies such as Cleopatra and Ben Hur, classic series like Bonanza Gunsmoke and Perry Mason, children's programs, game shows, and late night features. Local sports, channels, and specific times are cataloged across networks with numerous repeats and cross-network lineups.
Edward McGrath reports former governor John Anderson, a Republican, formally declared his bid for the Kansas governorship. Editorials from Hutchinson News, Parsons Sun, Coffeyville Journal, Hays News and others weigh Anderson’s prospects against Docking and Miller, noting a likely bruising primary and urging calm, issue focus, and collaboration between governor and legislature.
New York AP report on a tentative West Coast dock strike settlement that could end a dispute costing the economy nearly a billion dollars since last July. The pact must be ratified by 15,000 longshoremen and includes a guaranteed annual wage and cargo handling provisions. President Nixon addressed the White House conference calling for productivity and investment as factors for U.S. competitiveness.
Washington AP reports 1971 farm exports reached a calendar-year value of 7.7 billion, up 6 percent from 1970, despite dock strikes and lower volumes in wheat and feed grains. Soybeans plus meat and oil rose in value. cotton jumped 57 percent, while rice and tobacco fell. Japan remained top single customer. the European Common Market led regions.
Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details with editor Robert B Wellington. It outlines subscription rates for in area and outside trade area by mail and carrier, including sales tax and out of state tax adjustments. It notes The Associated Press holds exclusive publication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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