18 Feb 1976
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1976
Page
1
Ottawa editorial warns Kansas legislators consider a tax increment financing bill to let cities issue revenue bonds for redevelopment. The measure would make municipalities landlords, fund decaying districts, and shift rising property taxes to new homes and businesses, amid concerns about the property tax and administrative complexity.
Reports from the Moss committee hearings claim doctors refer Medicare and Medicaid patients to favored labs, with labs paying kickbacks to doctors. The panel estimates over 20 percent of the 213 million dollars paid annually by Uncle Sam goes to kickbacks, suggesting weak enforcement of the law.
Letter to Dr Thosteson expresses strong interest in opinions on estrogen for women over 50. Writer notes friends using it daily, claiming they feel young, strong, and healthy, seeking professional guidance and evidence.
The column summarizes mixed medical opinions on estrogen use for menopause and related conditions. A reader asks about hiatal hernia and pregnancy effects, noting pregnancy can worsen hernia symptoms, while doctors urge cautious use and individualized dosing. A caller includes a prayer excerpt alongside the medical discussion.
A AP survey finds many European leaders worry the United States cannot provide firm leadership amid White House Congress clashes and domestic turmoil. They fear this weakness could persist across future administrations as Soviet threats grow, with calls for stronger European defense and NATO reforms amid rising Communist influence.
AP Farm Writer Don Kendall reports Agriculture Department experts see little chance of a severe fertilizer crunch in the next five years, though near term nitrogen and phosphate demand may stay tight. World capacity will rise, aiding poorer nations' share of use and production, easing the food gap as 1976 inventories rise and prices ease.
The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives urged Congress to create a national commission to map where the consumer food dollar goes. It supports the House probe idea by DOJ FTC and Agriculture Dept but says those agencies lack objectivity and expertise in agricultural economics to conduct the study.
A dense local listing of daytime and prime time TV slots featuring Hogan's Heroes Sesame Street Early Show Zoom Family Affair Leave It to Beaver Green Acres News and more. Includes game shows and dramas like The Beverly Hillbillies The Partridge Family and Gunsmoke, with hosts and time slots across the day.
TV review notes Telly Savalas hosts a CBS musical special Who Loves Ya Baby with Barbara Eden Diahann Carroll Cloris Leachman and Miss Eden performing. Savalas paints a Brooklyn persona and a mock racehorse subplot while Carroll and Leachman provide strong singing and talking moments. Some notes on flat singing by Savalas and lively dance numbers and eye catching sets complete the package.
AP analyst notes the last decade shows improving retail sales and inflation easing while nonstatistical records reveal violent blows to retailers airlines railroads banks and insurers with billions lost on underwritings over two years and some firms facing bankruptcy or retrenchment.
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