03 Jan 1979
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1979
Page
1
A compact look at the Ottawa Herald opinions and features section dated Wednesday January 3 1979. The page highlights editorial voices, feature columns, and readers’ viewpoints reflecting local civic life.
The article notes President Carter promotes voluntary wage price guidelines to persuade labor and business, while threats of federal noncooperation loom. It quotes a dense rule paragraph from the 1979 guidelines and highlights internal frustration over complex language. It argues support for voluntary controls but stresses need for clear plain English from leaders.
The piece notes 15 million American couples could gain by divorcing and filing separately. It explains that households can separate finances without breaking up living arrangements and that tax savings depend on salary balance, with equal earnings maximizing benefit. Remarriage after year end is suggested as a further tax move.
TV Tonight features a dense schedule with EIGHT IS ENOUGH, Tony Orlando special with Valerie Harper, The Jeffersons, Cousteau Odyssey exploring Britannic wreck, Tic Tac Dough, Good Times house-hunt, Charlie's Angels murder mystery, Wednesday Night movies Pleasure Cove and Some Kind Of Miracle, Hollywood Theatre fringe, Great Performances Mourning Becomes Electra, Vegas segment, Championship Skating 1978, News Medix, Cavett show guests Lilli Palmer, Tonight Show with Carson, Streets of San Francisco, Rockford Files, Kojak, Mary Tyler Moore, Star Trek Miri, Bob Newhart and more top the evening.
A reader asks about hemorrhoid susceptibility across ages and activities. The letter notes concerns from athletes weightlifters bowlers and the obese and wonders who is most likely to be affected.
A medical column reviews hemorrhoids as venous distention linked to constipation and Western diet, notes they are not life threatening but may require surgery for relief, then answers reader questions on beer with gold therapy, swimming in salt water with hypertension, facial flushing, achalasia, and a closing prayer.
NBC's Greatest Heroes of the Bible tops the turkey list for 1978, a leaden miniseries criticized for lifeless Israelites and wretched dialogue. ThePirate, CBS adaptation from Harold Robbins, earns comedic unintentional honors as the year’s standout misfire.
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff surveys the mutual fund boom and bust of the 1960s. From $53 billion in 1968 to $44 billion a decade later, the piece traces sensational gains, investor enthusiasm, and later decline as markets soured, revealing missteps in management, window dressing, and the lesson that showy performance faded in a falling market.
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