Saturday Notebook Opines on Farm Crisis and IRA Debate
The column discusses the farm crisis affecting America, Congress, and banks, and critiques the 1954 Cargo Preference Act. It highlights labor costs on U S ships pricing Kansas wheat out of world markets, recalls a visit by John McCormally to Ottawa University, and includes reader thoughts on President Reagan’s IRA proposal as an alternative to Social Security.
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America
Congress
U.S
Ford
General Motors
Towit
Reagan
New Breed Democrats Split Over MX Missile Fight
MX Missile debate puts two rising Democratic leaders Les Aspin and Richard Gephardt on opposite sides as they vie to shape party stance. The intra party rift could leave Democrats with a perception of weakness on defense while Reagan wins a bipartisan victory.
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David S. Broder
Washington
Walter F. Mondale
Les Aspin
D-Wis
House Armed Services Committee
Richard A. Gephardt
D-Mo
House
Democratic Caucus
Aspin
Yale
Oxford
M.st
Gephardt
Northwestern
University of Michigan
Senate
Reagan
U. S. Catholic Conference
James Malone
New York
MX Debate Sees Democrats Key to MX Missile Vote
Roving editor notes President Reagan praises the MX Peacekeeper but relies on Democratic votes for Senate approval to build more missiles. He names ten Democrats who supported escalation, cites Republican rebels, and links the issue to church voices urging restraint and moral budgeting.
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Aspin
Reagan
Congress
Geneva
House
Senate
John
Stennis
Zorinsky
Understanding Osteomalacia and Induced Labor Clarifications
Dear PR and E V, osteomalacia is adult rickets from poor vitamin D absorption or kidney function, treated with supplements and tests to determine the cause. Inducing labor may be appropriate at 39 weeks if uterine capacity is in doubt or risk of inconvenient spontaneous labor exists.
The Lockhorns and Labor Induction Advice
The column discusses inducing labor in difficult pregnancies, noting it allows special help to save mother and child. It emphasizes decisions are individualized. A reader asks about preoperative fasting and the dangers of vomiting during anesthesia, including risk of pneumonia from regurgitation.
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Donohue
P.P
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Details Show Tax Info
Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area and outside area with monthly, quarterly, semi annual and yearly options. Includes tax note, out of state tax at 4.5 percent and publisher Robert B. Wellington.
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S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
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Mac
Sen
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Andrews
North Dakota
Pressler
South Dakota
Durenberger
Minnesota
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Iowa
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Stafford
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Oregon
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Navy
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