08 Mar 1972
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1972
Page
1
Ottawa editorial warns that Price Commission evidence supports large rate increases for electric and telephone firms to maintain service. A coming rate freeze lift could curb inflation, with utilities passing higher taxes onto consumers. The piece urges reducing reliance on property taxes to avoid large hikes and public criticism.
A Kansas editor now in California questions lobbyist registration and notes California Legislature problems. He cites Topeka cases of undue influence and recalls Sen. Harold Herd's idea for year round sessions three days per week. Could such changes blunt lobbying and survive public opinion.
Dear Dr. Thosteson reports laparoscopy sterilization as a simple one day hospital stay procedure. Mrs X says she is glad to have had it after two children, while letters note requests for similar Band-Aid style techniques using two navel area incisions offered in New York. The note explains this is a newer method replacing older tying of the Fallopian tubes.
A doctor explains a laparoscope guided partial salpingectomy as an outpatient option with small incisions and minimal recovery. The method may replace the older tubal tying, though its long term adoption remains uncertain and varies by physician.
The Agriculture Department released the 1971 crop payment list showing only two subsidies over $1 million, both to sugar companies, a sharp drop from 1970. More than 85 percent of payments were under $5,000, totaling over $3.1 billion to about 2.4 million farmers, with under 15 percent of checks making up nearly 44 percent of the total.
Federal audits found that health insurers billed Medicare inefficiently and paid physicians above reasonable fees. Reports cite 2,100 monogrammed golf balls, $320 million to Florida doctors with no assurance of reasonableness, 129 processing errors in 520 claims, and $1.2 million in duplicate payments among blue and commercial plans from 1966 to 1970. Auditors warn of wide misspending while carriers defend actions. Senate hearings to address these findings are planned.
New York AP reviews ABCs The Rookies pilot noting a lengthy setup with a West Point vibe and four rookie cops. The piece calls it dull imitative fare, compares it to Dragnet and The Interns, and contrasts Darren McGavin with Jack Webb while praising Mod Squad and Andy Griffiths performance in a Kitty Genovese inspired murder witness arc.
Hal Boyle writes that people split into winners and losers by fate and luck. He jokes that a high draft number relative to bowling average signals a winner, while slow counting fingers and waiting in rain while a wife attends a women s liberation meeting signal a loser.
Ottawa Kansas daily TV log lists extensive television lineups from 5 PM to 12:30 AM with programs across News Weather Sports and a wide range of dramas comedies and game shows. Notable titles include The Carol Burnett Show Hogan’s Heroes Perry Mason Ben etc. The page also carries publisher details and subscription rates.
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