19 Jan 1979
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1979
Page
1
An editorial questions legislative efforts to curb business practices and reduce taxes arguing less regulation favors consumers. It critiques bills to outlaw money games at stores, impose a 5-cent bottle fee, and cut food sales taxes, noting higher retailer costs and disputed litter reduction. The piece urges better anti litter laws and careful tax reform.
Kansas freshman Rep. Bob Whittaker from the southern district seeks a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget. He argues deficit spending fuels inflation and would cut costs by eliminating over 84,000 federal payroll positions. The plan, long resisted in Congress, hinges on trimming sacred cows.
TV listings preview tonight slate including Donny and Marie with Dirk Benedict Paul Lynde and Debby Boone plus classic western Stagecoach and late night talk with The Tonight Show. Highlights include Captain America plot on DIFFRENT STROKES and Fire Down Below drama.
The column covers zinc’s doubtful role in hair growth, thyroid concerns with tremors, tendonitis and elbow numbness from overuse, quinaglute as a heart rhythm regulator with possible side effects, TMJ pain usually one side but often radiates, and distinguishing viral from bacterial colds with cautious antibiotic use. The piece closes with a prayer excerpt.
Kansas City board of trade briefing notes that 1978-79 world feed grain production and use set records while carry-over rises, with the United States supplying about 30 percent of production and over 60 percent of world trade. Experts project rising utilization, stable to high carry-overs, and more global livestock expansion influencing 1979 spring planting choices.
NBC, despite weak overall ratings, will feature a packed Super Bowl XIII broadcast on NBC with Sam Rutigliano heads a special coverage unit and Merlin Olsen and Curt Gowdy handling game analysis. The network also premieres Brothers and Sisters after the game, with a $6 million NFL rights fee guiding high ad rates.
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