Linotype’s rise and the shift to cold type in newspapers
A retrospective notes Ottmar Mergenthaler’s 1886 linotype invention and its impact on the newspaper trade. It recalls the challenges of early linotypes, the move to cold type in 1963, and contrasts with modern computer and press advances while highlighting junk mail costs and postal advertising concerns.
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Ottmar Mergenthaler
New York Tribune
Linotype
Morganthaler
Marvel
Ottawa
Herald
The
Iowa
Postal Service
Musculoskeletal checks urged before intense running
The exchange emphasizes adding a musculoskeletal exam to pre running evaluations. It notes flat feet and bowed legs can cause injuries, and that gait changes or orthotics may help. A sports medicine doctor can assess and advise appropriate action. Rest and fluids are advised during illness, with concerns about flu and exercise.
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DR. Donohue
M.S
Harvey B. Simon
Harvard Medical School
Speech Writers In A Snit By MIKE ROYKO
Washington pundit Mike Royko examines the intra White House feud over Reagan speech writers led by Patrick Buchanan versus Donald Regan. He notes the power struggle shapes rhetoric, while Reagan rarely fronts the writers, and mocks changes to Lincoln era phrasing.
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Mike Royko
Washington
Power
Agronsky
McLaughlin Group
Reagan
White House
Patrick Buchanan
Donald Regan
Hart presses bold policy push as 1988 frontrunner
Senate veteran Gary Hart shapes a national debate by detailing foreign policy reforms and economic proposals in speeches and writings. He argues for expanded power diffusion, open opposition in Korea, debt relief for poorer nations, and NATO reassessment, while driving Democrats to discuss ideas over sound bites ahead of 1988.
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David S. Broder Washington
Gary Hart
White House
Senate
New Ideas
Walter F. Mondale
Hart
Georgetown University
Pentagon
America
U.S
NATO
Europe
Nicaragua
New York
Mario M. Cuomo
Virginia
Charles S. Robb
Cuomo
Robb
Mondale
Guy Hart
Ronald Reagan
Democratic Party
The Bull That Squeaked Sways Wall Street Skeptics
New York observers parody the market as a bull over four years of rise, while Howard Ruff audits its underpinnings. He cites takeover retirements, low inflation, rising mutual funds, futures, dollars, and fading rate boosts, warning a correction may come but prices could stay high.
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New York
Wall Street
Howard Ruff
Ruff
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Listing
Ottawa Herald publishes daily except Sunday and holidays with subscription rates for trade area Ottawa and surroundings by carrier or mail. Rates include one month to one year options, with higher prices for mail outside trade area and a 4.5 percent out-of-state sales tax deduction.
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S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
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Paul G. Donahue
Leroy
Regan
Congress
Hollywood
Beirut
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Bush
Japan
David S. Broder
John Cunniff
Ottawa Herald
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