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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1980
Page
1
Editorial notes and commentary featured on Ottawa Herald Page Two dated Wednesday July 9 1980. Opinion pieces reflect local issues and community viewpoints with period voice and concise argument.
Officials warn Eastern Kansas from Johnson County to the Oklahoma border will endure water scarcity for years. Garnett fears drought repeats as a local reservoir project stalls, while Pomona and Melvern supply relief near Ottawa. discussions about a Pottawatomie reservoir near Garnett faded due to lack of interest.
As the Republican convention nears, leaders weigh Reagan’s running mate. They seek a candidate with youth and vigor who can win broad support, minimize vote loss, and largely align with Reagan. Names like Bush or Baker emerge as likely options given Reagan’s age.
From Our Readers criticizes wasteful use of public funds on brick sidewalks at City Hall entrances. The letter notes volunteers and donated masonry work previously provided at Forest Park and urges offering fair wages for City Hall sidewalk construction, naming Bill Stansbury of 829 North Poplar.
A collage of listings spans drama and comedy from Four For Texas to The Onion Field and Soldier of Fortune, with screen legends Frank Sinatra Dean Martin and Clark Gable featured. NBC/CBS/Late-night blocks present variety, movie marathons, and captioned news segments.
A reader asks how to control eye pressure with drops and evaluate glaucoma while another describes coin shaped dermatitis and its possible causes. Advice includes avoiding irritants, using aluminum acetate soaks, and continuing steroid cream with monitoring.
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff reports a Booz Allen study where 300 managers tracked with a pocket buzzer diary over three weeks and found that 25 percent of their time is spent on less productive activities. Automated office equipment could save up to 125 billion annually by 1985 and 300 billion by 1990, boosting output through word processing, electronic mail, video conferencing, and information retrieval.
AP television writer Peter J. Boyer vented that NBC’s Moscow Games coverage should be curtailed after Carter’s boycott. He criticizes many Olympic events as boring, prefers minimal six minutes daily highlights, and jokes about Soviet propaganda. He notes his wife enjoys equestrian events and baseball as equally dull.
Redd Foxx and Sammy Davis Jr plan a July telethon to raise about 1 million for the Richard Pryor Burn Foundation. The event funds burn research and victim aid, stemming from Pryor’s June 9 Northridge accident. It will air on Glendale San Francisco and Hartford stations.
The Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details and subscription prices for trade area and out of area readers. Rates include mail options for one month to one year and in town carrier delivery with tax information.
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