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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1985
Page
1
The president proposes a roughly 180 billion deficit for the near term while urging a constitutional balanced budget amendment. He calls for deep cuts in domestic programs and military spending increases with no tax hikes, provoking widespread objections in Congress and little agreement on how to shrink government.
A Kansas bill seeks to require all motorcyclists to wear helmets, citing head injury deaths rising after partial repeal in 1970s. Historical context recalls 46 states once mandatory, later narrowed to under 18, with only 9 percent of 1984 injuries among minors.
A reader asks about gas gangrene in WWII and Vietnam medical experience. The answer explains causative germ clostridium perfringens, how oxygen-deprived tissues foster infection, and notes current low case counts but serious risk unless treated. It also discusses antibiotics and hyperbaric oxygen as treatments.
A critical essay traces The Des Moines Register’s plain talk on toilets and language, contrasts it with editorical restraint, and notes changes at The New Yorker and Thurber era. It praises cartoons while lamenting wordiness and aging in journalism and reviews.
AP Television Writer Fred Rothenberg critiques NBCs Evergreen as a slow unfocused miniseries based on Belva Plains novel. It stars Lesley Ann Warren as Anna and Armand Assante as Joseph Friedman, with Ian McShane as Paul Werner. Despite a Jewish immigrant backdrop and some tender moments, the plotting remains thin and the triangular romance dull.
HBO movie Bill Cosby looks at humor in everyday faults and successes. Animated Bugs Bunny film features Tweety, Sylvester and friends. ESPN sports coverage includes skiing and boxing presets. Nightline and ABC News close the lineup with late programs.
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