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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1978
Page
1
The piece notes the global shift to metric measurements across many products from dollars to kilowatts and cigarets to film, with wine and liquor soon to follow. It highlights tire industry moves to metric and warns that inch and pound conversions to millimeters and kilograms may create car buffs problems as old measures fade away.
Publicity release from Jim Vestring campaign headquarters notes a news conference to review survey data on incumbent vulnerability and farm strike attitudes. Officials from Issues Attitudes Research will present panel results from 250 voters first surveyed last July and August. The memo questions Westring’s hiring but highlights his campaign cash and rural support potential.
A reader asks if long-standing eye floaters could cause morning eye burning. The writer notes her husband experiences burning upon waking and has had floaters for years seeking medical insight.
A health column answers readers on eye floaters allergy asthma vaginitis scarlet fever nose blowing psoriasis and prayer. It notes floaters are usually harmless but should be checked if chronic and urges elimination of possible irritants. confirms scarlet fever is not inherited. provides psoriasis foundation address and cites a Bible verse and prayer.
AP Television Writer Jay Sharbutt profiles Joe Cates a New York born producer who began in 1947 with When You Wish Upon a Star. He now splits time between New York and Nashville and recently co produced Johnny Cash CBS Christmas special with his brother Gil.
AP analysis weighs the allure and limits of compound interest. It shows that $100 a month at 15 percent could yield $1 million by 65, yet critics doubt such high stock returns are consistent. Investment adviser John Winthrop Wright argues disciplined methods can reach 8-10 percent, avoiding risky bets.
P R Smith, a Georgian who led Jimmy Carter's farm campaign, appears the likely choice for assistant secretary of marketing services in the Agriculture Department, a post open since October. Senate confirmation will follow. As many as 16 candidates are discussed for deputy secretary, with no clear front runner.
A publicized TV schedule item lists Welcome Back Kotter as a 1980s era show. Kotter’s job at Buchanan High is threatened when vice-principal Woodman introduces a computer design to replace teachers, signaling a major staffing disruption. The article compiles a collage of entertainment and local notices with TV listings and program notes.
The Ottawa Herald states that Associated Press content is used under exclusive publication rights for local news and AP dispatches. This notice appears in the newspaper indicating the AP holds exclusive rights to local and AP material.
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