Canadians Trade Sportsmanship For Wheat In Olympics
In Montreal 1976 controversy Canada bowed to China for wheat sales, excluding Nationalist China from the Games and limiting flags and names. The US protested briefly but accepted the decision to prioritize commerce over Olympic rules. The letter questions future host nation influence and even suggests changing the Olympic flag to dollar signs.
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Canada
International Olympic Committee
Ottawa
Republic of China
Taipei
Taiwan
China
Montreal
Peoples Republic of China
Peking
United States
Painful ruptured navel linked to overweight
A reader reports abdominal pain and a diagnosis of a ruptured navel from a doctor. The patient notes weight loss from 238 to 190 pounds, height five feet three inches, age 44, and asks for guidance on losing more weight.
Healing paths for umbilical and hiatal hernias
The column explains infant umbilical hernias often close by age two or three but may require watchful care and possible surgical repair. It also covers hiatal hernias, noting multiple surgical approaches to tighten the enlarged hiatus and recommending conservative steps unless distress is great.
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Thesteson
R.E.L
Powers Ups College Theorist Stars In NBC Drama
Lee Majors plays Francis Gary Powers in an NBC adaptation of the 1970 book Operation Overflight. Powers recalls his CIA U-2 years, the shootdown over Russia in May 1960, and his subsequent life. He discusses flying hours, the Lockheed test flights, and CIA comments on his manuscript with Curt Gentry.
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Jay Sharbutt
LOS Angeles
Lee
U.S
Powers
Col
Rudolph Abel
KGIL
Air Force
CIA
Russia
Curt Gentry
Market idiots? Investors ride out political chatter
AP analyzes how stock traders ignored campaign hype and kept moving. Experts note Democratic periods often paired with higher growth and dividends, while recent Carter-era mood kept prices subdued. Forecasts from Smith Barney and Blyth Eastman Dillon suggest modest gains with potential pauses and a 1977 midyear cyclical peak. Timber investments from Great Plains Western Corp. offer a different growth angle as a hedge.
Soviet grain prospects rise on good weather for Harvest
AP reports that favorable rains across Eastern Europe and broad Soviet soil moisture lift expectations for a large 1976 grain crop. USDA task force pegs 1976 Soviet harvest at about 199 million tons, up from June forecast and 40 percent above 1975.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Russia
Crimea
Urals
Kazakhstan
Siberia
USDA
Moscow
U.S
Department
Agriculture Department
Earl L. Butz
Carl C
Butz
Buzz
Television Log Heavy with Nighttime Programs
A dense OCR style TV schedule lists numerous shows and time blocks across days with programs like Sesame Street Zoom Hogan's Heroes Beverly Hillbillies Gunsmoke Maverick Mary Hartman and Nightly News. It includes sports, movies, educational features and special segments referencing Olympic Games and classic cinema.
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Zoom
Leave It To Beaver
Brady Bunch
Hogan’s Heroes
Electric Company
Gomer Pyle
USMC
Cross- Wits
Happy Revolution
Andy Griffith
Beverly Hillbillies
Waltons
Hawaii Five-O
Aten
Barnaby Jonas
U.S. Armed Forces Bicentennial Band
Robert MacNeil
Dick van Dyke
Johnny Carson
Clowell Thomas
Man In the White Suit
Mannix
Mary Hartman
Sunset Strip
Ironside
Carrascalendas
Cross
Wits
America
New Mexico
Isfahan
Shah’ Abbas
School For Wives
Leonardo da Vinci
Moyie
Charjia Chan
Ottawa Herald Classified Rates and Notices
Ottawa Herald presents subscription rate details for trade area and outside area with monthly and yearly terms, prices include sales tax. The notice states editor Robert B. Wellington and AP news rights, along with state tax deductions and publication scope.
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Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Matt
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