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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1973
Page
1
Editorial voices concern as the Civil Aeronautics Board bans reduced domestic air fares for wives families and youths. The piece argues such rates boost airline occupancy, defend private business, and warns of broad consequences for college travel marriages and other discounts across travel and entertainment industries.
Kansas Grassroots Association voices strong opposition to a national prairie park moving from Turtle Creek area toward Flint Hills and Kansas Oklahoma border lands. They warn that declaring a prairie park would remove 312 million pounds of beef yearly, threatening beef supply as national prices rise.
A 12 year old girl with scoliosis and diabetes was told to wear a back brace 23 hours daily and perform exercises. She resisted the treatment, and as she was about to start a new school her father asked if the brace could be postponed citing possible burden.
Readers share personal experiences with Milwaukee braces, casts, and surgeries for spinal deformities. Letters praise coping, social acceptance, and endurance, while Dr Thosteson addresses acupuncture and medical facts, ending with a prayer note.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department says the Soviet Union may boost its 1973 grain production after weather gains. Despite better prospects, Moscow likely to continue purchasing sizable amounts from foreign suppliers. Government targets 197.4 million tons, about 18 percent above 1972.
AP reports taxpayers fund 83 U.S. owned tankers with daily subsidies of 50 000 to 100 000 dollars to carry wheat and corn to Russia. Waiting in Gulf ports and at sea, the federal program aims to move about 1 billion dollars worth of grain, with subsidies rising when ships sail.
Forecasters project rising real incomes through 1977 with higher per capita and family income before taxes, though inflation is treated as a gain. Purchasing power should rise about 8 percent annually before taxes after offsetting 3.5 percent inflation. The shift implies more spending on autos, homes, and leisure. Meanwhile a range war emerges as ANCA punishes meat boycotts while NBC promotes chicken as a consumer ally in big cities. The Gulf Queen tanker profits from federal subsidies while U.S. grain ships compete with foreign vessels under a Moscow grain deal.
Television log from Ottawa Kansas lists daytime to late night programming across networks and local affairs. It includes Sesame Street Lidsville Dragnet Perry Mason and news programs, plus movies and game shows, with station credits and subscription rates at article end.
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