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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1975
Page
1
Editorial contrasts New York and Kansas governors. New York pledges to live within means, avoiding passing costs to future taxpayers. Kansas proposes a 1.47 billion dollar budget, up 12 percent from the current year and 29 percent from last year, with a treasury surplus.
Common goal around one hundred million guides budget stance as the state enjoys a strong economy with unemployment below the national average. The future looks cloudy and the era calls for belt tightening rather than expanding expenses, with surplus funds urged to bolster local governments, schools, cities, and counties. The piece also notes confusion around the Buckley Amendment and how information about students can be released, highlighting federal regulation complexities.
A patient reports neck and shoulder pain with X rays showing spine arthritis. The doctor notes upper ribs are attached to the spine, prompting questions about diagnosis and treatment.
A reader discusses a cervical rib causing neck pain confirmed by X ray after years of doctors. Other letters explain hemorrhoids, causes, symptoms, and treatment, noting surgical removal as cure. A patient asks about leg circulation with doctor’s exam and a prayer note closes the page.
Albert Doege and a Kansas delegation of Iowa and Kansas farmers visited mainland China for two weeks to study farming. They observed that Chinese producers and consumers control pricing and distribution, while communes organize planting, harvest, and sale. Father John Stitz noted Chinese farmers on government land have more production democracy than American farmers.
New York AP reports that continued U.S.-Soviet trade hinges on politics and emigration debates. Scott argues trade should be judged on merits, citing exports support for thousands of jobs and noting how credit and subsidies affect employment costs and total jobs tied to Soviet commerce.
New York AP report on overseas correspondents and editors quarreling over story ideas via teletype. A fictional exchange set in Petrograd during the 1917 Russian Revolution imagines interviews with Kerensky and the deposed Czar, illustrating newsroom tensions.
A dense broadcast schedule lists programs across channels with times, shows, and specials. A late text reports a chaotic Russia dispatch from Petrograd and New York requests for on air interviews with Lenin Trotsky Stalin and the Czar amid political turmoil.
Los Angeles AP reports film leaders stay confident the industry can defy the economy and sustain prosperity in 1975. The box office rebounded in 1974 with as much as 1.675 billion in income, up 18 percent from 1973, driven by hits like The Sting The Exorcist Papillon The Towering Inferno Earthquake The Godfather Part II Young Frankenstein Lenny and The Man with the Golden Gun. This year introduces The Great Waldo Pepper along with other hopefuls as theaters ride a strong postwar surge sustained by entertainment demand during gas shortages and television fatigue.
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