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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1968
Page
1
Editorial argues Gov Robert Docking harms his image by opposing new taxes while the budget and school and highway plans push toward higher taxes. It warns property and gasoline taxes will rise, local districts may seek more funds, and highway expansion stalls without state aid. Republicans favor two cent gas tax to aid cities and counties.
The grandmother rarely attended church on Sundays as she stayed home to prepare the week’s standout meal. She shelled peas, boiled them, peeled potatoes for mash, and prepared dough for baking powder biscuits, keeping Sunday dinner at the heart of her routine.
The author laments the shift from fresh home kitchen quality to industrialized meals. She recalls grandmother’s methods of freezing, canning, and homemade cooking, contrasting them with store bought butter, canned peas, pre-cooked chicken, and frozen biscuits. The piece warns future generations may rely on food concentrates rather than meals.
AP Television writer Cynthia Lowry surveys NBC season lineup with Watts produced pieces like Four Days to Omaha andPassport to Prague, noting aims at experimental but noncommercial TV and cross cultural cooperation with Czechoslovakia. The piece lists credits, stars, and air times including Tonight Tomorrow’s World and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with Peter Seeger.
In this column Dr Molner explains tear production by the lacrimal glands and the protective washing action of tears from irritants. Emotions trigger crying, while severing a facial nerve can stop tear production. Babies cry for varied needs. tears also drain via tear ducts into the nose, explaining the urge to blow one’s nose after crying. Tears are mildly antiseptic lubricants with water, sugars, salts, and mucus.
Prayer text from scripture plus two local notices recounting career move of Walt McDaniel twenty years ago and a home furnace explosion injuring Mrs J R King, both from Franklin County.
Nixon speaks in a shotgun style, tailoring remarks to audiences in New Hampshire and Wisconsin primaries. He hits foreign affairs credibility prestige dollar stability war protests and crime with applause and emphasis on not surrendering to enemy forces, while supporting dissent and condemning violence. He returns to New Hampshire after a two day Wisconsin tour and says Wisconsin may be his toughest race.
Washington AP concludes Rep. Wilbur D. Mills backs President Johnson’s proposed travel tax but links support to concessions for domestic industries. Mills, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, hints he may push stronger protections such as quotas, potentially shaping the travel tax package and provoking administration pushback. The issue centers on balancing tariffs, non tariff barriers, and U S trade policy within GATT constraints while addressing the nation’s payments deficit.
In Albuquerque and Belen about 80 000 pupils faced school closures as teachers walked out demanding a special legislative session to fund public schools. Gov David Cargo met the Board of Education and officials but offered no immediate action while stating a foundation financing plan would be developed.
Former New Mexico Governor Ede Mechem learns his son Army 2nd Lt. Jesse Mechem is dead in Vietnam after being listed missing in action last week. Jesse Mechem, 23, was named for the governor’s brother Jesse Mechem who was killed in action in the Philippines during World War I.
Friday night schedule spans News and Entertainment with The Flintstones and Leave It To Beaver among early slots. Prime time features The Great Escape Part II, Guns of Will Sonnett, Bell Telephone Hour, Tonight, and The Far Country, ending with late movie listings and FBI.
Ottawa Herald publishes monthly and yearly subscription rates for trade area and outside region. Rates: one month 1.00 inside, 1.50 outside. three months 3.30 inside, 4.25 outside. six months 5.50 inside, 8.00 outside. one year 10.00 inside, 15.00 outside. AP content rights noted.
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