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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1978
Page
1
Kansas and Tennessee shield juveniles from public lists while Cleveland with 37,000 residents runs a trial: print names of youths 12 and over and offenses to deter crime and alert parents. After six months experts will evaluate if public naming reduces delinquency or harms innocents.
The piece warns that labor pressure groups push laws at state and national levels while workers seek higher living standards and job security. It notes strikes by fire fighters and utilities, ongoing construction talks, food workers, seamen, and looming picket lines as Britain’s chaotic economy impacts prices and global competition.
Topeka reporter Cindy Schwartz recalls her first ride on a city bus during a 10 inch snow event. She contrasts bus travel with cars and notes new experiences flying in a small airplane to five Kansas communities, despite plane safety concerns and limited in-flight comforts.
A reader asks if a leg length discrepancy can cause scoliosis and if correction is possible. The doctor explains postural scoliosis from a shortened leg and notes lifts may help, plus causes include posture, muscle tone, nerves, congenital factors, polio, and when to seek care. early conservative treatment may avert surgery. A second question asks if hysterectomy with ovaries allows pregnancy. the answer is no, pregnancy requires a uterus. A third note describes painters with persistent skin mites from shrubs, noting bites leave a black spot when probed and asking for treatment beyond alcohol, tea, or boiling water.
AP analysis notes January retail sales fell 3.1 percent, the steepest decline in over 13 years, with $60.07 billion in sales after adjustments. The piece explores the volatility of revisions and the public’s handling of confusing economic data amid midwinter effects.
AP writer Jay Sharbutt profiles Jack Webb as he launches Project U F O 0 on NBC a dramatic documentary using declassified Air Force Blue Book files Webb estimates 70 percent explainable 20 percent partly and the rest not at all with William Jordan and Casey Swain as Air Force investigators exploring sightings hoaxes and genuine cases.
A cluttered TV guide lists Donny and Marie and Engelbert Humperdinck with Paul Lynde plus Parker Stevenson, Wonder Woman vs a computer genius, Washington Week in Review, Joker's Wild, Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser, and Hollywood connections. Also Fox, Rockford Files, Quincy, Soccer Made in Germany, Austin City Limits, and classic films on ABC CBS and NBC.
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