Meters Covered for Christmas Spirit Sparks City Debate
In a readers editorial, the writer notes meters were covered in Ottawa during December and extended for 30 more days, mocking the gesture as a seasonal ploy while praising hospital staff at Ransom Memorial and Stormont Vail for compassionate care. The piece urges modernizing Ottawa’s hospital equipment and solicits community help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stormont-Vail Hospital
Topeka
Ottawa
Ransom
Alice Pratt
Dear Dr Thosteson Letter On TLC And Elder Care
A reader comments on a letter about a 91 year old mother living with a family. The writer questions whether the family uses too much TLC limiting the elder’s will and autonomy in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Thosteson
Living and helping in the family for an elder
A reader asks how to include an elderly person in family life and activities, how she might share at meals, and how to feel useful as aging continues. The column discusses involving her in conversations, tasks, and homework, and notes older people are unhappy when bored or unused.
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T.M
Soviet barley exports eyed by dairy plan analyst
An Agriculture Department analyst said the Soviet Union, after a record grain crop last year, may export some of its large barley stockpile to eastern bloc nations and possibly Western Europe. The report notes barley as a growing trade item amid postwar grain surpluses and shifting international markets.
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Don Kendall
Washington (Ap
Soviet Union
Western Europe
Agriculture Department
United States
Europe
Peter Buzzanell
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Meeting of Minds set to spark viewers with dead guests
Steve Allen returns with a PBS program featuring deceased historical figures as his guests. The theater of ideas aims to educate and provoke thought, with Alexander Scourby voicing roles such as Cleopatra and Galileo. The show, created by Allen, debuts January 10 at 8 p.m. EST after years of hard-fought development and previous TV attempts.
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Malcolm N. Carter
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Steve Allen
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Tony Randall
Joyce Brothers
Allen
PBS
Alexander Scourby
Cleopatra
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Paine
Theodore Roosevelt
Marie Antoinette
Sir Thomas More
Karl Marx
Ulysses S. Grant
Attilla the Hun
Galileo Galilei
Emily Dickinson
Charles Darwin
Freud
He- Bel
Montaigne
Aristotle
Television Schedule Maze Covers Many Channels and Shows
A dense list shows a multi channel TV grid with ABC NBC CBS PBS and others, spanning 5:00 to 12:00 schedules. It names programs like News My Three Sons Sesame Street Brady Bunch The Man with the Golden Gun and more, noting times and channel pairings in a jumble.
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My Three Sons
Sesame Street
Zoom
Brady Bunch
Odd Jane Villa Alegre
Baverly Hillbillies
Newsy
Cross-Wits
World Religions
Little House On the Prarie
Rhoda
Phyllis
Richie
Tom Wolfe
Los Angeles
MacNeil- Lehrer
San Francisco
Johnny Carson
Mod Squad
Mary Hartman
Kodak
Munich
Dan
Beverly Hillbillies
Kissinger
Laverne and
Shirley
Kolak
U. Strauss Family
Marcus Welby
M.D
MacNeil-Lehrer
Mary Hatman
Matty Hatman
McCloud
Soviet U.S. grain pact could widen exports to Europe
The long term Russia United States grain agreement aims for at least six million tons of U S wheat and corn annually through Sept 30 1981 with the Soviets already taking about 6.5 million tons in the first year and Bell suggesting purchases may extend after Oct 1 into the second year as both sides weigh future delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Europe
Soviet Union
USDA
Russia
United States
Richard B. Bell
Belt
Butter Consumption Drops to New Low in 1976
Washington AP reports per capita butter consumption fell to about 4.3 pounds in 1976, a record low, as retail butter prices rose while margarine use climbed to 11.5 pounds. Officials note butter is milk fat while margarine is vegetable oil based, with long term shifts since 1934.
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Associated Press
Carter plan risks pleasing none of economic spectrum
President elect Carter’s two year thirty billion dollar package mixes tax cuts and added spending to soothe conservatives and liberals. Business groups doubt it boosts productivity, fearing higher taxes and public payrolls. A job incentive program faces uncertain form and limited appeal, with talk of Social Security cuts and tax credits as potential tools.
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John Cunniff
New York
Carter
Washington
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
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Pomona
Thosteson
L.W
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Christ
Foreign Agriculture
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Buzzanell
ABC
NBC
CBS
IND
Ottawa Herald
Cedar
Kansas
Roberts
Wellington
Ussr
Loretta
Mandingo
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