This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1981
Page
1
Ottawa Herald notes the rising medical expenses with 1980 totals at about 247 billion dollars and federally financed programs over 57 billion. A Kansas Hospital Association meeting cites Health Care Financing Administration saying costs are buried in third party payments as insurance grows—an overuse trend.
The piece outlines four possible paths to reduce costs: raise patient costs, encourage competition, expand outpatient care, and impose government controls. It notes Kansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield promoting cost containment and warns of looming government dictated prices and allocations under Medicare and Medicaid.
Sandra Staneart of 923 Willow Ottawa urges a simplified public explanation of electric rate increases. She suggests a table comparing actual monthly charges for residential and business customers with figures from similar towns that generate their own power, plus a follow up article clarifying fuel adjustment, city salaries, and operating costs.
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff notes modest rate shifts drive major economic changes. High rates lift funding costs for government debt, curb consumer purchases, and shape jobs, bankruptcies, and automaker forecasts. Michigan survey shows rate fears dominate buyer sentiment despite lower prices.
In a letter to Your Good Health, Dr Donahue explains that even with small breasts milk production can satisfy an infant. Most mothers can partially or wholly breastfeed, as milk glands and fatty tissue influence capacity. adequacy judged by the infant’s growth and satisfaction after feeding.
TV schedule fragment shows programs across channels with a mix of dramas comedies and features. Notable items include a 60s era film on Drake but the listing is fragmented with references to ABC CBS and NBC hour-by-hour blocks and odd editorial commentary.
Memo laments David Stockman’s firing risk while decrying Reagan tax plans as a treasury grab. The piece compares Carter and Reagan, notes NASA maintenance woes delaying astronauts Engle and Truly, and flags the Trident Ohio submarine’s late roll out and nuclear capacity, questioning effectiveness.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.