18 Feb 1969
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1969
Page
1
The Ottawa Herald Tuesday editorial laments widespread pollution from oil slicks and river contamination, urging attention to air land and water pollution. It cites California's oil spill and local dump abuses as examples, calling pollution everyone's problem and urging action.
Dwight L. Wilbur of the American Medical Association predicts a shift to hospital centers with specialists, assistants, and even computers handling case histories. The piece argues such impersonal care could erode patient privacy and the traditional bedside manner. It contends society should afford personalized doctoring despite advances.
New York AP reports nursing homes shift from private mansions to functional motel like complexes as investors prize growth. Industry profits driven by rising elderly population, high care costs, and diverse funding. Chains expand, capitalizing on demand, with room charges and waiting lists differing by operation.
President Nixon used a press gag to defuse criticism over appointing Willie Mae Rogers as consumer affairs consultant. Rogers quit after remaining head of the Food Housekeeping Institute. Nixon praised women’s growing role while noting Pat Nixon would skip a working trip and calling her the President’s best asset.
A letter to Dr Thosteson describes a young man who falls asleep suddenly, even after naps, causing a car collision in high school and raising concern when he drives. The writer seeks medical insight and guidance for managing the unexplained sleep episodes.
Reader asks about a young man with drowsiness possibly narcolepsy, and requests medical testing steps including metabolism and sugar tolerance. Dr Thosteson advises comprehensive neurological assessment and stimulant treatment if underlying issues found, plus dietary and caffeine considerations. Additional letters discuss cataract removal with diabetes and glaucoma, and a query on birth control pills causing skin spots with uncertain maximum duration of use.
HAL BOYLE reports a mocked anonymous office time sheet revealing how many minutes are spent on breaks, gossip, dozing, and daydreaming. The totals imply a 19 hour workload for an eight hour day, provoking talk of a merit raise.
A dense listing of hourly television programming across multiple networks including News Weather Editorials Sports movies and specials. It notes scores programs and host names such as Flintstones Truth or Consequences Julia Red Skelton Doris Day Lucille Ball and many others across daytime and primetime blocks.
A short prayer asks God to take charge of lives and strengthen believers to face difficulties with courage. It expresses trust that challenges will be turned into blessings through faith in Jesus.
Twenty five years ago the USO lounge for visiting service men is now ready in the lobby of the Nelson Hotel with extra chairs lamps writing stands and magazine racks added. Fifty years ago Franklin County planned a new drive to raise seven thousand five hundred dollars for starving Armenia with two thousand two hundred already raised.
Ottawa Herald lists address at 104 S Cedar Ottawa Kansas 66067 with daily publication except Sundays and holidays. It states editor Robert B Wellington and subscription rates for trade area and outside trade area by mail ranging from one month to one year and notes exclusive AP news rights.
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