29 Mar 1979
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1979
Page
1
Ottawa Herald presents Page Two editorial items and feature notes from Thursday March 29 1979. The page surveys community issues and opinion pieces with period voice, reflecting local perspectives and prominent themes of the era.
The piece argues that oil prices reflect a glut and criticizes two decades of tax and energy policy. It calls for voluntary conservation and tax law changes to spur domestic oil and remove federal controls. A national energy policy should shift toward benefiting buyers, not driving prices higher.
Several senators used 10 percent of their office allowances for personal or questionable items. Pat Moynihan bought draperies a TV atlas hassock and books. Jim Sasser spent on glassware and personalized matchbooks. George McGovern bought a camera while Henry Jackson bought another camera. S. I. Hayakawa spent most on 100713 mailing stickers.
A dense TV grid notes episodes and timings for ABC CBS NBC and others. It mentions Columbo Barnaby Jones Mannix The Untouchables Starsky and Hutch MASH and more with brief program descriptors. Environmental topics and a sermon prayer appear among the notes.
NBC stands to harvest about 170 million in ad sales from the Moscow Games as NBC capitalizes on promos and ratings potential. The article notes high interest and ambitious expectations, with ABC previously gaining prestige and leverage from Olympic coverage.
AP analyst notes that stocks and the dollar rose despite bad news as markets priced in already discounted impacts. Dow gained 16.54 points the day oil prices rose and central bank support helped lift major equities like IBM Xerox Polaroid Texas Instruments Burroughs.
A reader asks about surgery for an 86 year old father with long term prostate gland trouble and whether age makes repair by surgery inadvisable.
Readers write with questions on prostate surgery age, gout versus pseudo gout, lingering myelogram dye, constipation in the elderly, arthritis care, Naprosyn use, laxative abuse, and arthritis affecting a wristwatch. Dr Ruble advises on health risks, treatments, and when to see specialists.
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