18 May 1979
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1979
Page
1
Friday opinion page from the Ottawa Herald presents commentary and features reflecting on local issues of the time. The piece offers editorials likely addressing civic concerns, public policy, and community perspectives within Ottawa.
The report by Brock Adams alleges one of every two dollars spent on car repairs is wasted and labels shops as ripoffs based on a stunt survey in 62 shops. Critics note sampling limits and metropolitan bias while defense blames gadgety designs from Washington.
Senator Edward Kennedy used a college commencement to attack President Carter’s decontrol plans for oil and natural gas. He warned the policy would hurt the poor and middle income families and linked his concerns to the Eastern union backed wing of the Democratic Party. He noted the impending 1980 reapportionment would shift eleven House seats westward, eroding Northeast influence as Southern and Western states gain.
Prime time features include The Return of the Mod Squad, The Cowboys, and Gunsmoke plus Waller Week offerings. Guests include Flip Wilson and Edie Gorme. Buckley and CAVETT hosts appear in evening lineup.
AP review finds CBS Watergate miniseries uneven with awkward acting and heavy focus on John and Mo Dean but still compelling. Martin Sheen portrays Dean as cool under pressure while supporting players evoke the Nixon era, with White House tapes rendered largely verbatim amid some censoring.
A letter to Dr Ruble seeks plain language explanations of eosinophilic fasciitis. The writer asks whether it affects the hands only, if a cure exists, and what causes the condition, noting her son's diagnosis a year ago and severe hand swelling with Prednisone as treatment.
Readers share a medical Q&A style overview of eosinophilic fasciitis, a recently described condition marked by elevated eosinophils and thickened fascia. Symptoms include pain with activity and skin thickening in limbs, with organs possibly affected. prednisone-like drugs and aspirin with rest therapy appear helpful.
AP Religion Writer George W Cornell surveys the diverse rise of new and unconventional religious groups in the United States. He features the Encyclopedia of American Religions by J Gordon Melton, noting 1,203 groups, with 700 to 800 started since 1945, many in the 1970s, including both major faiths and fringe sects.
The Ottawa paper lists mail and carrier subscription prices for trade and non trade areas with tax notes. It also notes an Associated Press membership and a Methodist Church editor's analysis of religious proliferation in the 1970s, predicting cycles every 25 years and recent declines in new religious groups.
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