16 Nov 1976
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1976
Page
1
Kansas City officials tout more than 15 million dollars in potential gains from the GOP convention. Projections assume 50 dollars per visitor daily spending, with groups already booking into 1981. Voters also backed 600 thousand dollars in bonds to remodel Memorial Auditorium plus a sustaining tax.
The Parsons Sun notes 55 Senators and Representatives, including Kansas Republican Joe Skubitz, have left Washington for overseas junkets. Skubitz travels to Switzerland for a lead and zinc conference, skis in tow, while critics link such trips to waste and over-spending, amid cross party participation.
A reader discusses self treated arthritis relief with calcium and vitamins, prompting Dr Thosteson to explain that calcium does not cure arthritis and that most cases are rheumatoid or osteoarthritis. The column also covers mothball dangers for children, puberty height questions, pregnancy sun exposure, and a 20 year old on Mellaril with breast swelling.
The log lists a dense schedule of programs across networks and time slots including My Three Sons Sesame Street Early Show Zoom Brady Bunch Leave It To Beaver Odd Couple Once Upon A Classic Beverly Hillbillies Cross-Wits Adam-12 In Search Of Match Game PM Name That Tune Bowling For Dollars Mary Hartman Mary Hartman ABC News Kojak Firing Line Tonight’s slate features classics like The Pink Panther Chinatown and Chinatown style retrospectives, with sports and news blocks interspersed throughout the day.
The Ottawa Herald entry lists subscription rates for trade area and outside areas, with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly figures and a 3 percent tax adjustment for out of state subscribers. It notes Robert B. Wellington as editor and publisher and credits Associated Press news rights.
Savings and loan leaders predict mortgage rates may drop in 1977 as rising deposits expand loan funds. With 340 billion in savings and 380 billion in assets, spreads between savers’ yields and borrowing costs boost earnings, fueling projections of 1.8 million housing starts and a stronger 1977 housing market amid higher regional prices and limited new single family supply.
NBC and producers defended a spoof on The Dick Van Dyke Show after a fake sports bulletin claimed the Los Angeles Rams made a major trade. Viewers flooded stations with calls, some upset by interruptions, while NBC said the gag was clearly labeled and complied with policy.
AP Farm Writer DON KENDALL reports USDA analysts expect production costs to stay steady with slower rises in most inputs except fertilizer. Fuel, especially natural gas for fertilizer and farm machinery, could push costs up 5 to 10 percent in 1977. Dairy and field crop income are projected modestly higher, with net farm income seen around $23 billion to $25 billion if weather is normal. World sugar supplies remain ample and prices likely ease slightly as consumption stabilizes.
Officials warned that oil and gas tax revenues in Kansas counties will decline as energy supplies dwindle. Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association executive vice president Donald Schnacke noted a sharp rise in revenues from 1973 to 1975 but said the uptrend cannot continue. Tax collections jumped from 17.3 million to 34.3 million, aiding counties but risking future revenue.
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