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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1980
Page
1
In a June 1980 Ottawa Herald opinion piece, the editorial criticizes Congress for approving a budget amid recession. It argues the balance rests on cutting domestic programs, not shrinking government size, and notes tax receipts fall with unemployment. The author says the budget fails to account for reduced revenues and warns of governance failures.
The piece argues the primaries failed to boost democracy, did not filter candidates well, wasted time and money, and diverted attention from presidential duties. It predicts continued costly primaries through 1984 and beyond, lamenting ego-driven candidates and a dim future for the presidency.
A dense TV schedule lists films and shows across channels with titles such as Grease 1978 Little Women 1978 Badges of bravery and suspense offerings. The lineup includes Red Skelton specials, The Tonight Show, Barney Miller and Barone Newhart, plus sports and news blocks.
Fifth grade pupils from a New Jersey school send questions to Dr Donahue about digestion and disease. Answers cover stomach emptying times three hours after a meal, stomach lining protection, pinworms and hygiene, and a bursting appendix with concise explanations.
PBS profile centers on Jo Roman a New York artist who planned and enacted a controlled death by own action at age 61 in 1978 inviting friends and a camera to witness the event. The film portrays the party atmosphere surrounding the grim act and questions whether the project clarifies life or mocks it.
JOAN McCORMALLY writes of anxiety and irony in a humorous therapy session with a psychologist. The piece pokes at pop culture obsessions from Star Wars to The Moscow Olympics and the aging news media, ending with a baffling line about who shot J.R.
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