21 Feb 1979
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1979
Page
1
State securities officials warn of high pressure phone sales promising rapid returns. Voice con artists push coffee futures, gold, and oil leases in Southern Kansas. About 60 Kansans were duped into 1.5 million dollars last year, prompting caution and written verification.
Observers note Chinese forces reportedly cross the front in Vietnam amid tensions in Southeast Asia. Analysts see a Chinese power play to curb Soviet influence, with U S backing looming as Beijing flexes muscle after warmer ties with America.
TV Tonight features McNeil Lehrer Report Hogan's Heroes and Mary Tyler Moore with cross wits and Newlywed Game. Prime time includes Supertrain Spider-Man From Here to Eternity and The Jeffersons. News and dramas follow with Mannix and Kojak, plus The Tonight Show and Police Woman.
Reader questions cover high blood pressure management with hydrochlorothiazide, garlic and vitamin C effectiveness, and advice to start fresh with a new doctor. Other items address dental floss use, menstrual irregularities from dieting, vaginal odor and hygiene, cayenne pepper for hypertension, catgut allergies and sutures, and a denial that drinking water minerals cause rheumatoid arthritis.
AP writer riffs on alien observers receiving 1950s television from Earth and how they might react. Humorous imagining spans early broadcasts, 25 year light‑year delays, and Earth programs from Tonight Show to Lassie and Disneyland with a closing jab at future tastes.
AP Business Analyst notes that routine assumptions trigger reaction sequences across society and business. He cites travel stress and heart attack risks among executives, jogging addiction, and boardroom shifts as examples of how reactions alter behavior.
The Ottawa Herald reports that members of the Associated Press hold exclusive rights to publish local news from the paper and to use AP dispatches. The notice confirms AP’s exclusive publication rights for local content and distributed dispatches.
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