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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1977
Page
1
In a Saturday Notebook from Ottawa Herald, a traveler recounts mishaps while abroad. A stuck typewriter key, mail delays in Italy, and hotel room misdirections illustrate how small travel trials become comic lessons. As Zurich’s bolt breaks, a quick fix via a hardware store saves the day, concluding with a traveler’s tip to pack a spare suitcase bolt.
An ironic column proposes the Annual Clock Awards honoring so called losers, offering aluminum foil loan statuettes in exchange for quirky rewards. The piece lists mock worst awards from screenplay to sound effects and ends with a Bowery bank robber inducted into the Cluck Hall of Fame.
The Agriculture Department proposed a 1978 wheat acreage cutback program to reduce plantings 20 percent from 1977 and set aside 20 percent of 1978 wheat land. It uses a national base of 58.7 million acres with an assumed 30.9 bushel yield to estimate about 1.8 billion bushels for domestic use and exports. Eligible farmers would receive guaranteed payments and must comply with the acreage reductions to qualify.
Retailers brace for the holiday season as Halloween nears and consumer spending shifts toward Christmas. Industry observers note early promotions, inventory planning, and strategies to attract shoppers amid varied economic signals and changing shopping patterns.
Reader asks how firm back support eases nerve pressure. Dr Thosteson explains it realigns the spine to relieve pressure on exiting nerves, citing sciatic involvement in leg pain and noting everyday movements can shift position. The method works when the pinch is near the spinal column.
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