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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1985
Page
1
An investigation shows the NCAA has provided over 600000 in no interest mortgage loans to staff and kept 450000 in low interest deposits for bank loans. Investigators say legal but secret, while critics urge higher transparency and risk to integrity in college sports.
A Geneva summit between President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev surfaces no substantive agreement. The piece contrasts free press in the United States with state control in Russia, noting Raisa Gorbachev seldom identified in Moscow coverage until mid meeting. It questions how information openness might shrink the gap between nations.
A letter from Bob Dodson of Ottawa RFD2 criticizes Herald reporters for editorializing in meeting coverage. He asserts public records should be reported facts not personal opinions and accuses Miss Bauman of derogatory remarks toward Merle Haas.
NBC’s Mussolini Untold Story stars George C. Scott as Il Duce and follows his 1920s rise and personal life. Critics say the seven hour program whitewashes atrocities, focusing on domestic scenes and family conflicts rather than political detail or insight.
Roving editor John McCormally critiques the Geneva summit and the thaw in Cold War tensions while criticizing Mikhail Gorbachev’s stance on Jewish emigration. He recounts the Lobovikov family’s Soviet prison conditions and questions whether leaders will change.
AP reports the National Federation of Independent Business survey shows small business optimism at 94.8 on a 100 scale, with 19 percent expecting better conditions in six months. Inflation outlook remains favorable at 19 percent planning price hikes, but risks include import price pressures and rising labor costs.
A reader asks the difference between osteoporosis and osteopetrosis. Osteoporosis comes from calcium deficiency and thins bone over years, while osteopetrosis is inherited, appears dense on X rays, often affects children, and can be serious. Both cause fragility. osteoporosis is preventable with diet and exercise, osteopetrosis has limited treatment options. A second reader asks if acne is contagious. it is not.
Ottawa Kansas daily listing outlines a full night of programming from 6 to 4:50 with NewsHour, Tonight Show, sports, dramas, HBO movies, and late-night films. It includes titles such as Saturday Night Fever, Blood Beach, City Heat, and The Guns of Navarone, plus local ads and subscription rates.
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