Saturday Notebook reflects on politics, sports moves, and holidays
The column satirically notes chatter over deficit reform and tax law while Congress debates ball team moves like the Colts to Indianapolis and the Kings to Sacramento. It humorously critiques a proposed Baltimore franchise bill and cites Missouri Senators Eagleton and Danforth. It mocks Army umbrella rules, home repair woes, and premature King holiday observances.
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Baltimore Colts
Indianapolis
Kansas City Kings
Heart of America
Sacramento
St. Louis Cardinals
Congress
Baltimore
Missouri Sens
Tom Eagleton
John Danforth
Rest and professional rehab for knee chondromalacia
A female sprinter with left knee chondromalacia reports severe morning knee pain, recent falls, and ineffectiveness of cortisone and icing. Dr Donohue advises rest, balanced rehab addressing quadriceps and hamstrings, careful progression, and a new knee evaluation under professional guidance to avoid further cartilage damage. A separate note discusses a 14 year old girl with an enlarged spleen from exercise, advising medical evaluation to identify and treat the underlying cause such as infections or anemia.
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DR. Donohue
Fahrenkopf picture for House majority faces uphill path
Washington analysis shows Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. aims to build GOP strength from state legislatures to redraw districts after the next census. Experts caution history, not luck, shapes GOP chances, noting midterm losses after past White House shifts and the long odds of immediate control.
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David S. Broder
Washington
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr
Republican National Committee
Nevada
Reagan
Fahrenkopf
House of Representatives
GOP
National Committee
Fuhrenkopf
House
Senate
Kevin Phillips
Phillips
The
American Political Report
White House
Eisenhower
Nixon
The View From Here Republicans Kiss Publicly Debate
A columnist muses on public displays of affection by Republicans during a Reagan era event. He contrasts GOP propriety with Democratic flamboyance, naming figures like Hoover Bush Ferraro Mondale and Kennedy while pondering whether the kiss signals a party image shift or idolatry of the president.
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Stuart Aubrey Harris
Ronald Reagan
Ron
Nancy
George Bush
Barbara
Hoover
Union League
Bohemian Club
al Smith
Charles Lindbergh
Babe Ruth
Clark Gable
Billy Sunday
Donald Regan
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Ottawa Herald subscription rates and details
The Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details with second class postage, editor Robert B. Wellington, and subscription prices for trade area and outside trade area. Rates include monthly, quarterly, semiannual, annual terms and sales tax notes.
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Cadar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
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