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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1973
Page
1
A Cornell study estimates a wife with two children spends eight hours daily on housework worth 122 weekly and nine hours for four children worth 135 weekly, claiming the average housewife is worth 8000 yearly as replacement cost. The piece mixes humor about depreciation and domestic life with brief anecdotes and a Watergate reference.
A humor column recalls party lines before bugging was common and a man tempted to confront an alleged affair via a letter. A country resident laments European cold, propane price jumps to 25 cents a gallon, rail travel fears rise with fuel shortages, and Clark Clifford suggests Nixon resignation to hand power to Spiro Agnew.
A reader appeals to Dr Thosteson describing a wife addicted to games of chance. She compulsively gambles day or night, risking all for a fling, and remains unfazed by losses. The letter seeks professional guidance on managing a gambling problem.
Readers discuss gambling addiction and treatment options. Advice includes Gamblers Anonymous as a practical aid, plus cautions on hypnosis as a tool requiring patient cooperation. Other letters request medical guidance on toe pain, heart ischemia, and hernia management.
A devotional prayer invoking Psalm Matthew 7 21 style warning on true discipleship. The speaker asks for purity through Christ and rededication of all to God, ending with Amen.
USDA projects winter wheat output at a record 1.3 billion bushels with average yield near 35.2 bushels per acre, boosted by larger acreage. Spring wheat not estimated. total potential wheat crop tops 1.7 billion, aligning with export and domestic needs. Corn and soybean prospects noted with ongoing planting progress and favorable wheat exports in the year starting July 1.
Kansas correspondent Leroy Towns surveys the 1974 gubernatorial scene and possible Senate matchups. He notes Gov. Robert Docking's planned timing, potential bids by Rep. Bill Roy and Atty. Gen. Vern Miller, and the role of organized labor and name identification polls in shaping early plans. The piece invites readers to predict Docking's decision and name possible Republican contenders, framing the political process as a game of rock and bottle messages.
A dense schedule lists daytime and prime time TV blocks across CBS and other networks. It includes films, game shows, talk programs, sports, religious and children's fare with multiple sequential airings and cross-network entries.
AMAGANSETT NY AP seventy year old Lucia Wilcox remains undaunted by blindness. She sketches with a felt pen and her flowing lines and intricate compositions have earned note since losing sight. Once a regional artist, her recent work has attracted exhibition interest.
Ottawa Herald lists Cedar 1045 contact and press info with editor Robert B. Wellington and pricing for subscriptions. Rates cover trade area by mail and out of area, with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options, plus carrier price and sales tax note.
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