Ottawa Herald Saturday Notebook reflection on a cold week
The Ottawa Herald’s Saturday Notebook recalls a harsh week with carriers braving frost and wind. It honors Harold McGrath, longtime Gas Service Co. manager and South Cedar correspondent, who died. Readers share humor, roofs leak, and local chatter about weather, inflation, and odd news items from Osage and Atchison.
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Harold McGrath
Gas Service Co
Main
Herald
Mac
Ottawa
Jarge
South Cedar
Report From Hong Kong Let A Hundred Flowers Bloom
An observer in Hong Kong notes opening China brings mixed freedom. Visitors report freer movement and lighter controls, while posters on the Demoratic Wall provoke protests and censorship fears. Optimism grows that West contact will broaden political openness in China.
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China
Hong Kong
Peking
Mao Tse Tung
Mao
West
Air Travel Advice and Medical Questions
A reader asks Dr Ruble about safe air travel for pregnant women and describes symptoms including perspiration on one side of the face and a tingling sensation from toes to head on the left side. The letter also asks what neck area spurs mean.
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Dr. Ruble
M. H
Horner
Is it all right to travel by air during pregnancy
Reader questions cover nerve irritation from bone spurs, early water break during pregnancy, and risks of cesarean delivery. Other letters address bra use and breast cancer, stroke risk from head injury, feather allergy with emphysema, fertility at 71, tinnitus origin, diabetes vs hypoglycemia diets, and alcohol versus tobacco harms, ending with a prayer note.
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Dr. Ruble
J. L
N. V
J. A
S. M
Legislative moves shape 1979 Kansas session agenda
Rep Jim Allen outlines week two actions in the 1979 Kansas Legislature. House committees tackle a state food tax removal and a spending lid, with three tax bills and three lid bills under review. Also plan for highway resurfacing funding, reapportionment study groups, and a rule change shifting bill introduction deadlines. Governor Carlin to present budget Tuesday.
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House
Food and Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Treasury
Department Transportation
C.D. Turner
Transportation Committee
Kansas
Turner
Legislative
State House
Senate
John Carlin
Jim Allen
Statehouse
Topeka
Gifted Pupils Ignored, Psychologist Contends
Kansas educators and psychologists advocate for mandated gifted programs in all public schools. Rex Dunn and Jerrica Lunt push for broader recognition of nonacademic talents, arguing many gifted students suffer boredom and apathy without proper resources. The Pratt district plans to implement the program, seeking state aid while balancing cost concerns.
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Cindy Schwartz
Topeka
HNS
Rex Dunn
Joe Namath
Namath
Dunn
Kansas
T. Dunn
Jerrica Lunt
Pratt
Southcentral
Lunt
Wichita
Kansas State Fish and Game Commission
Jim January
U.S.C
Dighton
Dodge City
Local News Rights Statement From Ottawa Herald
The Ottawa Herald carries a notice that The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish local news printed in the newspaper and all AP dispatches. The statement confirms AP’s entitlement to use and distribute the local content.
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Associated Press
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Ottawa Herald
Editorial
Olathe News
Sage of
Osage
Chicago
Atchison
Horton Presley
B. W
Jesus
John
Paul Ruble
Legislative Report
Airlines
The
Gas Service Company
D. E. Young
Cedar
Robert B. Wellington
Jaan
Jane Fonda
Jason Robard
Hlorseman
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