13 Oct 1983
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1983
Page
1
Midwestern governors held a three day meeting in Lawrence discussing acid rain, agriculture policy, and drought relief. They urged a go slow federal study, a new federal farm policy agency, and congressional drought relief investigations while seeking coordinated action beyond Washington.
A column argues voters resist participation and weighs drastic options. It suggests a poll tax with exemptions and a two strike rule to revoke voting rights after absences. The piece warns democracy may erode if turnout keeps falling and election results could be decided for voters.
TV listings run from 6 to 12 with a mix of talk, drama, movies, and sports. Notable items include MacNeil/Lehrer, News, channels airing Alias Smith and Jones, The World According to Garp, Marooned, Desk Set, Knots Landing and Hill Street Blues along with sports boxing and boxing legends. The sequence blends entertainment, news, and public affairs with several 1980s titles and network lineups.
Readers ask how to tell scarlet fever from measles and what signs separate the two rashes. The scarlet fever rash often has a sandpaper feel, starts in the armpits, groin, and neck, then spreads within a day, with flushed foreheads and pale lips and a strawberry tongue. Measles rash begins as faint red patches on the upper neck behind the ears and on the cheeks, then covers the face, neck, arms, and chest.
Ottawa Herald publishes daily except Sundays with rates for trade area including Ottawa and surrounding towns. Subscriptions vary by duration and area with specified monthly and yearly prices, plus sales tax adjustments and out-of-state deductions.
Memo from Mac More Wales as not missiles. The piece argues that Soviet resistance to Western arms expansion makes disarmament talks illogical, urging more Walesa and diplomacy. It critiques Pershing and cruise missiles, noting Soviet expectations and peacemaker aims, with emphasis on negotiation over weapon buildup.
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