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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1970
Page
1
The Ottawa Herald notes citizens largely elect officials by party, image, or default and rarely engage. It argues representatives cover larger districts as populations rise and cites the current Kansas Legislature focused on property taxes, mentioning representative Robert Pinet.
The county Chamber of Commerce hosts weekly legislative luncheons to connect voters with Senator Winton A. Winter and others elected from three counties. Attendance is expected to rise but remains uncertain as the first noon gathering Saturday approaches.
Kansas faces an annual box car shortage hampering farmers, dealers, and commission firms involved in crop sales and transport. Citizens and officials, including the Kansas Corporation Commission, lobby the Interstate Commerce Commission and Washington for relief, criticizing railroads for unions, government interference, and management failures.
Dear Dr Thosteson answers a reader’s question about weather affecting aches after fractures. The doctor explains that weather changes do not cause bone pain to worsen at injury sites, and offers reasoning about pain perception and old wives tales, noting no proven causal link.
A reader notes weather may influence aches from fractures and arthritis, while others ask about menopause effects and hypnosis. Dr Thosteson explains menopause varies by individual, advises against hypnosis, and suggests the booklet Make Menopause Easier. A yogurt question yields a cautious endorsement of yogurt’s basic nutrition, and a brief prayer issue closes the letter.
Duane Pope, a convicted bank robber and murderer, was sentenced to death by electric chair in Chappell Nebraska for the 1955 Farmers State Bank holdup that killed three and crippled another. He laughed as he was led from the courtroom while his defense appeals loom.
Over the past week Rick Harman and Kent Frizzell announced their bids for Kansas governor. Editors weigh the field, noting early contrasts with Gov. Docking and urging focused primary debate on policy and leadership rather than intra party squabbles.
Across the United States Lutheran groups consider allowing unconfirmed children to share the Lord's Supper and delaying confirmation to the high school years. The joint commission of the three major American Lutheran bodies reports broad agreement on these shifts, with potential action at upcoming conventions in 1970 and 1971.
Opening remarks at the Kentucky Court of Appeals session drew attention when Chief Justice Morris Montgomery altered the traditional oath. The administrative officer announced God save the commonwealth and this honorable court, but Montgomery later said he heard God save the people from this honorable court.
A dense OCR style list details a full day of network programming including CBS ABC and syndicated shows. It lists soap operas cartoons game shows movies and news slots with titles such as Flintstones Thunder In The East The Venetian Affair and Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon across a wide schedule with multiple time slots and hosts.
Cedar published daily except Sunday and Holidays in Ottawa Kansas with mailing details and editor publisher Robert B Wellington. Inside rates show trade area by mail monthly and yearly, outside trade area higher, AP rights stated for local and AP dispatches.
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