Ottawa Herald Opinions and Features Page Two
A compact survey of editorials and featurettes from Ottawa Herald readers. Highlights include local commentary, cultural notes, and short essays reflecting community issues and interests.
03 Oct 1979
Page 1
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1979
Page
1
A compact survey of editorials and featurettes from Ottawa Herald readers. Highlights include local commentary, cultural notes, and short essays reflecting community issues and interests.
Editorial defends Arizona National Guard for seizing American Atomics Corp plant in Tucson to halt low level radioactive tritium leakage. It credits Governor Bruce Babbitt with ordering the action and notes the controversy over who bears the blame. The piece stresses orders followed and provides context for the 1979 event.
The Hays Daily News reports that a Hazard emergency led to the Guard removing dangerous materials in 55 gallon drums. Company officials claim untrained workers mishandled packaging for shipment. The Guard allegedly ignored special packaging procedures and tripped the radiation alarm frequently, leading to its shutdown. The piece argues Babbitt's action was justified and the Guard deserves support in fulfilling its duties.
The Hutchinson News argues the radical right's anti communism backfires by aiding the Soviet Union. It cites SALT II opposition, Panama Canal treaties, Sen. Helms, Rhodesia, Vietnam, Batista, and Castro to claim pro US actions fuel Moscow influence and hurt national interests.
A chaotic TV guide style listing describes police raids on a poker game, a striptease scene, a horror film shoot plan by a greedy executive, and a Night Show guest cast with Della Reese. It also previews Hawaii Five-O and Upstairs Downstairs episodes, comedies, dramas, and adventures featuring Jack Lord, Gene Wilder, and other stars with brief plot hints and scheduled times.
AP Business Analyst discusses a new leadership virtue as executives who avoid blunders gain prominence. Professor Eugene Jennings notes risk, speed, and instinct shape selection, with emphasis on avoiding wrong actions over chasing perfect data. Blunders sour corporate trust and trigger harsher consequences in a globally connected era.
Reader questions cover artery hardening causes and prevention, hormonal cream cancer links, breech birth cesarean chances, menopause and Pap results, teen dental staining, growth hormone myths, treating lumbago, and inverted nipples nursing aids. The column offers neutral explanations, balanced lifestyle advice, and practical steps.
PBS launches a bright season under the common carriage plan to standardize prime programs across 157 licensees. Doubling the promotion budget to 6 million, PBS aims to broaden reach with new series Musical Comedy Tonight Mystery and revitalized staples like Masterpiece Theatre and Great Performances.
A devotional prayer thanks God for each life and asks for guidance to serve despite handicaps. The speaker urges living in a way that lets light shine before others, so they may glorify God in heaven.
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