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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1973
Page
1
A columnist riffs on dinner costs rising 2.1 percent, then records nods to Meatless Day ideas and George Meany, political shifts with Bill Roy challenging Dole, and debates over Great Society cuts. He notes inflation, housing, new local building activity, and a retired professor’s wry card.
A reader asks Dr Thosteson if a needle liquefying the cataract also withdraws the lens and whether the new process benefits elderly patients like an 80 year old mother versus traditional methods. The letter notes the method is claimed to shorten recovery.
A letter and column discuss cataract treatment methods noting the clouding lens requires removal. The new emulsification approach faces questions about cost and repeat operations versus the reliable older method. Readers share medical curiosities and a prayer closes the page.
A dense TV schedule lists programs across a weekend including sports, entertainment, and religious shows. The page closes with a Washington AP report noting George Bird Grinnell’s induction into the National Wildlife Federation Hall of Fame for conservation work and Audubon Society ties, followed by publication and subscription details.
A collection of Hal Boyle observations on marriage, education, fashion, hatcheck girls, weight, secretaries, school years, and economics. The anecdotes lampoon social trends with playful, satirical vignettes about February length, October preference, hatcheck fame, band musicians, raises, inflation, and population notions.
Kansas Sens Steineger and Meyers push a bill ordering the state architect and Cultural Arts Commission to place a bronze statue of Ceres atop the Capitol dome. The piece would complete a long debate about the dome’s finish and honor agriculture, though public interest remains muted.
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