Banks Raise Prime Rate to 8 Percent Amid Inflation
The big New York bank lifted its prime lending rate to 8 percent from 7 percent effective immediately triggering banking circles nationwide. Inflation and Federal Reserve money tightening drive higher borrowing costs. Congress critics warn of chaos and possible anti trust action while debate runs over spending and wage controls.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Congress
Rep
Wright Patman
House Banking Committee
Good Investment Return Levy Funds Ottawa Recreation
In School District 290 a 1.5 mill levy raised about 33500 last year. The money, paid on school taxes, went to the Recreation Commission for a summer program now underway with more than 20 programs and thousands of participants. The second half begins next week.
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Ottawa
Understanding Traction for Spine Pain Relief
Dear Dr Thesteson explains traction uses a head harness or doorway setup to gently pull and separate spine bones, relieving nerve pressure. It is generally applied with careful duration and varies by condition. a doctor consultation is essential to assess home versus hospital use.
Letters to God on medical questions and Peyronie’s disease
A reader asks if protruding front teeth can be corrected by plastic surgery, and if pregnancy tests can be done without a doctor. Another asks about Peyronie’s disease and its treatments. The doctor explains proper referral, the uncertain cause, and limited, often ineffective treatments, noting some cases improve without intervention. A Psalm-adorned prayer closes the column.
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D.B.S
County Medical Society
Thosteson
Peyronie
L.M
Dupuytren
Bob Taylor Was A Reluctant Star
Hollywood biographical sketch notes Bob Taylor's reluctance to embrace stardom. The article chronicles his MGM beginnings, breakout roles with Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford, wartime service, later Westerns, and eventual battle with lung cancer. It highlights his understated persona and professional approach to acting.
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Hollywood
Robert Taylor
Tyrone Power
Errol Flynn
Clark Gable
Bob Taylor
Taylor
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Dick Powell
Walt Disney
Huston: Free Spirit Who Keeps Redefining Films
Hal Boyle profiles John Huston, a 63 year old director who has lived a life of variety as boxer, cavalry lieutenant, painter, folksinger, writer, actor and filmmaker. He has directed 29 films including The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen while amassing over $50 million for others. Huston plans Irish film ventures and cherishes immediacy, claiming his best acting comes from the director. He notes his faults and virtues, finds life fascinating, and warns against false gods and hollow pursuits.
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New York
John Huston
Huston
Sierra Madre
Walter Huston
Anjelica
John
Bankers Trust Triggers Major Prime Rate Increase
Bankers Trust Co the nation’s seventh largest commercial bank raised the prime lending rate to 8.5 percent over the weekend, a move soon echoed by other banks. Officials described the rise as modest but a response to market forces that could raise corporate borrowing costs and threaten access to credit for key customers amid inflation concerns.
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New York
Bankers Trust Co
Bankers
Bankers Trust
Ebert
Determined 10 Year Olds Walked 10 Miles To Donate Clothes
St Louis police found Eddie and Julie, both 10, after a long hike from Woodson Terrace. They carried two containers of discarded clothing to a Goodwill box they finally located on a St Louis corner along Interstate 70. Their mother had sent them to drop off the items at 11 a.m. and they completed the mission by 7 p.m. It was a tiring journey with both children exhausted and thirsty.
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ST. Louis
Myrna Price
Woodson Terrace
Eddie
Julie Dulaney
Goodwill Industries
Julie
Rabbi to join Santa Clara theology faculty
Santa Clara University will add Rabbi Allen Philip Krause to its theology department next year, making him the first Jewish member of the school’s theology faculty. Krause, 29, currently serves at Reform Congregation Etz Chaim in Elmhurst, Illinois, and will teach Old Testament courses.
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Santa Clara, Calif
Catholic University of Santa Clara
Allen Philip Krause
Reform Congregation Etz Chaim
Elmhurst
Television Grid Snapshot with Daytime and Evening Listings
A dense telecast schedule lists daily programs across news weather sports and entertainment from morning through night. It includes Flintstones Beverly Hillbillies Captain Kangaroo Truth or Consequences Tonight and multiple soap operas and game shows with channel markers and time slots.
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Flintstones
Kansas
Whizzo
Captain Kangaroo
Bette Hayes
Steve Allen
Lucille Ball
Beverly Hillbillies
Andy Griffith
Dick van Dyke
Virginia Graham
Donald O’connor
Mike Douglas
Animal World
Flying Nun
NET Playhouse
Hell
Tom Jones
Dean Martin
Joey Bishop
Diamond
Laredo
Local Newspaper Subscription Rates and AP News Note
104 S Cedar Ottawa Kansas lists daily publication with subscription prices for trade area and outside area. Editor Robert B Wellington notes AP license grants exclusive publication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Associated Press
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Ireland
Washington
Edmund F. Ebert
NBC
CBS
ABC
King Family
John Meade
Faith
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