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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1971
Page
7
In Topeka the city commission contemplates a rate increase estimated to add about $100,000 yearly to city coffers. The move funds future expansion amid a history of plant additions including gas diesels and a turbine, driven by demand and peak-load theory.
City leaders ignore the spread of private power firms Kansas Power and Light and Kansas City Power and Light. Kansas Power expands yearly while Kansas City Power builds a large La Cygne plant. Ottawa remains an island of power, expanding a costly plant when a regional supply line and peaking agreements would suffice. Citizens should oppose rate hikes and abandon isolationist practice at city hall.
A 1970 hospital journal study shows higher costs for care with in-patient day charges averaging 81.01 dollars, up 15.7 percent. Wage bills rose over 16 percent as staff numbers increased five percent, driven by new government record keeping and wage rules, amid rising health costs.
A reader asks about webbing of the toes and explains syndactylism with simple guidance. Nature shows odd tricks and doctors see such cases from time to time, with the term pronounced sin- DACK-till-ism.
Patient letters discuss foot function and webbing requiring possible surgical assessment after X rays. Bruxism at night is noted with advice on dental bite and relaxation. dandruff persists despite shampoos suggesting dermatologist consult. Includes brief prayer and religious reflection.
A traveler with six years of French attempts basic shopping for nail polish remover and lighter refills in Paris. Missteps reveal the practical gaps between classroom lessons and everyday speech, from key words like dissolvant and recharge to the everyday challenges of asking for a lighter refill in a foreign tongue.
State Atty. Gen. Vern Miller drew wide commentary with two editorials last week. Critics say his border patrols against a rumored Joplin rock festival reflect preventive law enforcement, while supporters laud his stance on drugs and youth culture.
A dense schedule lists hundreds of show titles, times, and channels across the day. It names programs from Munsters and Dick Van Dyke to Bonanza and Meeting Danny Wilson, with sports, movies, news, and special events scattered through morning to late night.
ALHAMBRA Calif AP Dr Alex Gerber debuts The Gerber Report a critique of what he calls unethical and unnecessary surgery by doctors and GPs critics say medical education and hospital incentives drive excess procedures while he urges public awareness and government action moving from system reforms to patient safety Gerber a senior USC surgeon and clinic group member emphasizes ethics over sensationalism and champions birth control including abortion rights
NBC plans a summer swan song for the peacock symbol ending in the fall as color sets dominate. The network will cut opening credits and single sentence promos while retaining makeup and wardrobe credits. Ed McMahon and Florence Bush will vanish from promos.
Ottawa Herald announces subscription rates for trade area and outside area with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly options. Rates include sales tax in-trade area. out-of-state subscribers are taxed differently.
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