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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1972
Page
1
A large insurance company official challenged the value of high school driver education. He argued the program has not kept pace with modern driving needs and that six hours behind the wheel fail to build essential emergency driving abilities.
A speaker urges replacing current courses with a multi phase program and permanent driver training schools with simulated obstacle courses. He calls emergency driving training essential to reduce grim statistics, notes community practice in downtown Ottawa as a model, and hints at funding needs.
County officials in Kansas inspect bridges under state rules, closing seven as unsafe. Federal funds are reportedly unavailable to fix bridges, with officials blaming or interpreting federal rules. Experts call for replacement programs, noting costs rise from federal specifications and years of work ahead.
Taxpayers face high education costs from bond issues and school upkeep with vandalism and arson driving losses. Kansas districts report nearly a half million dollars in damages, prompting statewide safety moves like locked flammables, cleared burnable areas, and heightened security to protect budgets for classrooms.
A reader asks about vasectomy reversal options. The husband had the procedure seven years ago and the couple has been married five years, seeking guidance on reversing the vasectomy and potential outcomes.
Readers ask about reversing vasectomy and ways to prevent future pregnancy. The doctor notes reversals are not guaranteed and may average 50 percent or less. better long term methods exist. Also addressed are douching myths, paranoia treatment limits, and mole removal needing medical supervision.
The Farmers Home Administration released a report on borrowers with FHA farm ownership loans covering 1966 to 1970. Data from 2,117 families show average net worth rising from 18,690 to 31,740 and net income up 50 percent from 6,410 to 9,610. The typical borrower was 45, married with two children. Loans up to 40 years and not exceeding 100,000 are available to family farmers lacking access to conventional credit.
Gov. Robert Docking signs a bill raising minimum tuition at Kansas junior colleges from $4 to $5 per credit hour and boosting maximum from $10 to $13. Out of district limits set at $1,150 per full-time student or 105 percent of this year, whichever is less, will force 11 colleges to raise rates. Garden City Seward County Colby face cuts or adjustments as the Legislature aims to curb escalating cross county charges.
NBC's Pain: Where Does It Hurt? tours the University of Washington pain clinic with doctors psychiatrists therapists and patients. It explains pain can be organic or psychological and surveys methods to relieve it including acupuncture hypnosis exercise psychiatric care surgery and medication. The program is clear helpful and worth repeating. Earlier NBC aired a tongue in cheek ecology piece that fell flat as entertainment.
Agriculture Department will not lift cattle quarantines in the Southwest until scabies outbreaks are eliminated. The Animal and Plant Health Service announced the decision after a Denver meeting urged continuation. Over 300,000 cattle across 85 outbreaks have been affected, with cases in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Colorado.
A sprawling TV schedule lists programs across hours from 5 through 12, noting News Weather Sports soaps game shows and films. It includes Batman Desert Legion Jett's Collie Perry Mason and The World The Flesh And The Devil among many titles with multiple channels and blocks.
Published daily except Sunday and holidays, Ottawa Kansas. Robert B. Wellington editor and publisher. Trade area rates by mail: one month 1.44, three months 4.12, six months 7.21, one year 13.39. Outside trade area by mail: one month 2.21, three months 5.41, six months 10.30, one year 19.57. Out of state deduct 3 percent tax. Carrier rate 1.91 per month includes tax. AP entitlement for local news and dispatches.
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