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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1970
Page
1
A major national grocery chain may terminate its retirement profit sharing program citing union pressure and declining participation as workers balk at wage deductions during inflation. The outcome of this potential change will be watched closely by labor and industry observers.
The piece argues that high wages and higher taxes strain corporations, worsened by mandatory Social Security costs. It recalls profit sharing as a tool for stability, but notes employment is less stable and trends push reliance on government programs and immediate spending over future needs.
The piece argues that states and cities set up offices in Washington to secure federal funds for programs like lunch eggs defense and urban renewal. Kansas has not joined, citing its favorable defense and farm funding balance, and suggests a governor’s committee to study potential handouts.
A few months ago a young woman wrote that she and her fiancé declared they did not want children and she would not marry him until he had a vasectomy. The note explains the couple’s stance on starting a family and the medical procedure involved.
A reader defends a columnist against charges of moral judgment while discussing sterilization and contraception. The exchange covers whether a woman may urge her husband to be sterilized, reversal possibilities, and the ethics of consent, with medical notes on cataracts and glaucoma, plus a prayer and biblical verse.
NBC's My Sweet Charlie, a made for television film, stands out for story quality and acting. The performances of Joan Duke and Freeman were superb and sensitive in a Southern setting about a black white relationship, elevating TV dramas beyond standard action.
A nationwide AP survey finds more than 500 nursing homes pulled out of Medicare extended care over three years with 25 dropping in the last six months. Officials cite benefits crackdown, while admins blame retroactive denials and heavy paperwork. Medicaid remains larger overall funding though not the focal issue for many providers.
New York humorist Hal Boyle riffs on the doldrums of the year. He describes the craving for travel and fantasy as a pause from routine. Imagining lounging in an elephant graveyard and courting a veiled Arabian princess serves as a vivid escape from gray days.
New York reports a pioneer study by the Institute for Social Research shows unpaid home activities such as cleaning, repairs, gardening, and sewing add about 4,000 dollars per family annually or roughly half of disposable income. The research by Ismail Abdel-Hamid Shageldin outlines nonmarket components that raise the average income and shift inequality, with in-home labor valued at specific rates and production patterns differing by income level.
AP reports Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini in Hollywood to present Satyricon. He says he would not work in the U.S., prefers making films about what he knows, and criticizes American cinema as a writerless table. He notes Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point and discusses Rome’s Goya-like imagery.
A dense log maps daily broadcast slots from morning to late night listing programs such as The Flintstones News Weather and Sports blocks, daytime soaps like Love Of Life and General Hospital, game shows like The Dating Game, and prime time features including Bonanza Dragnet and Tom Jones with nightly news and weather wrap ups.
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