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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1973
Page
1
Editorial notes Senator Robert Dole of Kansas railing at the Agriculture Department over wheat price declines tied to CCC wheat sales and chiding the Post Office and Civil Service Committee chair about rural mail service. It argues rural America has been ignored for two decades as farm votes lost influence.
A Ford Foundation official cites the energy crisis as a possible pretext for draining consumer wealth via energy costs. Import quotas and a 1920s easement limit hamper oil imports and the Alaska pipeline, with Congress urged to act to avert worsening national strain.
The measure would permit county consolidations in Kansas if residents vote in affected counties. Senate passage drew commentary from Garden City Telegram editor who warned it favors the status quo and that tax fatigue may drive future cries from Western Kansas. The editor notes annual salaries exceed 63 million dollars, not counting welfare utilities and building upkeep, with costs rising each year.
A reader asks if a three month pregnancy loss without actions to cause it counts as an abortion or a miscarriage, seeking guidance on terminology and definitions.
A reader asks for the difference between abortion and miscarriage at three months. The doctor explains abortion refers to loss at early gestation and miscarriage later, including spontaneous abortions caused by fetal death or placental issues. Deliberate abortions have various motives. miscarriage often stems from maternal health issues.
At Vientiane airport a Royal Air Lao turboprop lands slowly as U S B52s fly high back to Thailand after a northern Laos bombing raid. A Russian transport releases an AN10 bound for Pathet Lao headquarters at Neua, 192 miles northeast. A CIA Air America helicopter lifts off for Muong Soto to airlift Thai troops against North Vietnam. Pathet Lao officials, air crews, and diplomats exchange terse forecasts of cease fire timing amid a cityscape of markets, discos, and long-running war.
Washington AP reports meat imports freed from 1964 quotas climbed 20 percent in 1972 to 1.355 billion pounds, with 1.450 billion pounds projected for 1973. Australia supplied 727.5 million pounds, New Zealand 266.6 million, Mexico 81.8 million, Canada 58.3 million, and several other nations listed.
A dense listing of daily Ottawa Kansas television programming from 5:00 PM to 2:15 AM includes a mix of news weather sports and multiple classic shows. The schedule names programs like Sesame Street Hogan's Heroes Dragnet Jeopardy and The Tonight Show among many others with channel numbers and time blocks, reflecting a full daily broadcast guide.
In Britain beer mats are prized as collector items. A mat sold for 12 dollars, and Tegestology studies mats named from Latin for mat. Pubgoers search pubs and clubs for rare mats, with a British Beer Mat Collectors' Society boasting over 700 members.
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