16 Mar 1972
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1972
Page
1
Editorial notes Muskie's Florida primary challenge tied to campaign spending after McCloskey admitted 45000 debt post New Hampshire. McCloskey ran frugal, low budget efforts while Muskie pushed an all out bid to capture roughly 47 percent in the Democratic race amid Florida results.
Muskie commands less than ten percent in New Hampshire and faces a costly campaign path through Illinois and Wisconsin. The fundraising outlook tightens as donors avoid backing a likely loser. The local Chamber of Commerce lauds Peg Carr on retirement, warning that hiring a male successor will raise expenses and require broader participation. Peg will continue as acting manager until a replacement is found.
From Our Readers praise Finian's Rainbow at Ottawa University Players Friday evening. The reviewer commends producer director and cast and lauds the orchestra, singing and acting. The letter notes Ottawa area is fortunate to have the university for cultural performances.
A reader asks about fluid loss in hot humid work conditions and mentions co workers taking salt tablets to retain fluids seeking medical guidance from Dr Thosteson.
Discussion on sodium balance and salt tablets for high blood pressure. Most people on salt free diets still receive sodium from food. If symptoms of sodium loss occur such as dizziness or nausea, a single salt tablet may be used, but only under medical guidance. Consider discussing with your doctor at next checkup.
The piece argues inflation has fallen to 3.6 percent only via extraordinary measures and questions whether controls will be removed. It notes unemployment persists despite rising job numbers and cites a skills mismatch as a key factor, urging better educator and employer cooperation.
A Washington AP analysis notes that unemployment rates alone mislead about the economy. It contrasts 1961 and 1971 labor-force composition, prime-age men and married men ages, teen unemployment, and how wage-price dynamics depend on who is unemployed.
New York AP Danny Thomas hosts a ABC special mixing flashbacks rehearsals and guest spots. Don Knotts plays a consumer fraud investigator in pantyhose while Juliet Prowse and Totie Fields perform Busby Berkeley style numbers. Bob Hope telephones in gag a running bit as he finally appears in a spoof of a medical series.
The Ottawa Kansas daily TV guide lists a dense schedule for April 27 with programs across news, weather, sports, daytime soaps, game shows, dramas, comedies, and movies. Notable entries include Dream Of Jeannie Hogan's Heroes Andy Griffith The Tonight Show and multiple soap operas such as As The World Turns General Hospital and Love Is A Many Splendored Thing. The listings also note subscription details and newspaper credits.
Rep. Paul Findley urges stronger caps on farm payments citing a $55 000 per farmer limit as ineffective. An Agriculture Department 1971 crop set aside payments study submitted to Congress shows little cost reduction, with last year’s limit reducing payments by less than 2.2 million dollars. Findley calls the limit a cruel joke on taxpayers and notes past attempts for a $20,000 cap. Congress set the $55,000 limit in the 1970 Agriculture Act for cotton wheat and feed grain programs.
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