30 Jun 1976
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1976
Page
1
A rural Kansas weekly argues burglaries rise with more residents in Eastern Kansas and daylight thefts like the J. McConnell home. It urges expanded rural patrols, better locks, serial number tracking, and local funding to protect residents.
A column denounces pension levels for retiring House Speaker Carl Albert, Rep Wilbur Mills, and Sen Hugh Scott, estimating annual retirements around 35 to 51 thousand dollars. It accuses Congress of creating the system via raises and notes Scott’s Gulf Oil ties and early Nixon exoneration. The piece calls for scrutiny of the welfare system and voter responsibility for incumbents.
A 23 year old married office worker writes to Dr Thosteson describing financial strain. She notes nine months ago she was happy in her professional position and currently has no children. She requests guidance on managing anxiety and work stress.
A reader seeks daily tranquilizers for work stress and potential ulcers. AMA guidance warns against self medication, outlines circumstantial drug use, and urges self-reliance and new employment. Other letters advise allergy desensitization for horsefly bites, explain virus spread via droplets, and discuss hypoglycemia in pregnancy with careful testing.
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff discusses growing doubts about official economic indicators amid revisions and shifting concepts. He cites January GNP surprises, deflator inflation shifts, and continual month to month revisions that distort perceived growth and keep forecasts in flux.
AP reports farm commodity prices rose 2 percent in the month to June 15 led by soybeans corn and hogs while cattle apples and hay fell. USDA says retail food prices may rise only modestly this year with bumper grain crops ahead. The index stood at 195 percent of the 1967 base, the highest since 1967 but below 1973 peak. Prices for soybeans reached 6.16 a bushel, corn 2.74, hogs 49.10 per hundred pounds.
A dense list of TV channel lineups and a long schedule notes various programs across ABC CBS NBC PBS and more. It lists shows such as Sesame Street Early Show Zoom Brady Bunch Hogan's Heroes Electric Company Gomer Pyle The Brady Bunch and many others with times and channel references and mentions of news weather and specials.
Kelly Monteith, a longtime club comic, hosts four summer shows on CBS. Despite a start in Las Vegas and a CBS discovery, he remains a little known figure as he seeks a midseason regular. He aims to expand the format beyond the standard monologues and sketches if given a chance. Lorenzo Music of Rhoda fame signs for his film debut in Nickelodeon.
Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details from Ottawa Kansas with pricing for trade area and outside area by mail. Rates include one month to one year options and a 3 percent sales tax for out of state subscribers.
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