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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1977
Page
1
The editorial questions the new US postal service rate plan that creates a separate citizen rate of 13 cents and a business rate of 16 cents for first class mail. It warns such a split would threaten service quality, add confusion, and inflate overall costs while denying relief to individuals.
Gov Robert Bennett urges state agencies to cut costs for the coming budget cycle. Ideas include no new construction, travel cuts, less paperwork, and no staff growth to avoid tax increases. He stresses rethinking past budgets as the starting point and hopes all government branches adopt the directives locally.
AP Farm writer Don Kendall reports the Agriculture Department's July 1 survey projects the 1977 corn harvest at 6.33 billion bushels, a record potential high that could ease food prices through 1978. Wheat production is estimated at over 2.04 billion bushels, down 5 percent from 1976, with government likely to consider production controls and a wheat set aside for next year.
Dan Curtis recalls his 1952 barnstorming days selling NBC shows and his long road to a Bridgeport set pilot. The project evolved from a 1950s sitcom to an NBC movie about a girl persuading her lawyer father to defend a brain damaged WWI veteran accused of murder.
A dense TV guide fragment notes 7:30 pm entries including The Best of Donny and Marie with guests Roy Rogers Dale Evans and others, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams episode Adams Ark with a rescue, Good Times and Nova on coal energy costs and safety acts. Also Lucy Desi and Baretta plots with Sharkey and a CBS Wednesday Night Movie Made For Each Other. A Boston Symphony Orchestra Liszt Faust Symphony performance is listed.
A dense slate features Road to Zanzibar and Elizabeth the Queen among films. TV shows include The Rookies and Columbo plus Johnny Carson's Tonight Show with Bobby Goldsboro as guest. News and specials fill the late night lineup.
AP analysis notes midsummer slowdown in retail sales corporate announcements and stock activity after Independence Day. It highlights concerns over OSHA costs and paperwork, with a private Bureau of National Affairs survey finding limited safety performance impact despite increased compliance burdens.
Dear Dr Thosteson answers reader concerns on excessive perspiration including options beyond topicals. He outlines two armpit procedures, notes risks of oral meds, and stresses careful selection of treatment. He also discusses serous otitis in a child, hiatal hernia clarification, nosebleed causes, and a closing prayer.
The notice lists subscription prices for the local Wellington newspaper, including trade area rates by mail: one month 1.96, three months 6.36, six months 9.97, one year 17.30. Outside trade area rates show 2.78 per month, 7.00 for three months, 13,279 for six months, and 24.46 for one year. Out of state subscribers pay 3 percent sales tax. The Associated Press holds exclusive publication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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