Life Insurance Costly Gamble
A federal FTC study finds whole-life policies yield only about 1.3 percent, often less than passbook savings. The piece contrasts term and whole life, noting cash value buildup, loan security, and the delayed benefit of long plans. It warns against using whole life for short-term savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Cook
Associated Press
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Commission
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Aero
Early Snow Heightens Focus on Heating Oil Costs
In New England the first snowfall highlights heating oil price rises since last winter as 50-city protest plans unfold. Activist groups including Gray Panthers and UAW coordinate nationwide rallies to pressure action against the oil lobby, with Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden slated to lead Chicago protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Raum
Associated Press
Tom Corrigan
Bogton
New England
Corrigan
Louisville
Ken Dupree
South
Dupree
Gray Panthers
NFL Players’ Association
United Auto Workers
Washington
Bob Brandon
Citizen-Labor Energy Coalition
William Winpisinger
International Association of Machinists
Brandon
American Petroleum’ Institute
Chicago
Jane Fonda
Tom ‘Hayden
Standard Oil of Indiana
Gulf Ol Corp
Anti-Smoking Campaign Having Some Effect
Washington reports per capita tobacco use in the United States at a 46-year low as reductions in cigarette smoking lead the decline. Chewing tobacco shows a modest rise, with cigars and snuff at all-time lows. World use is rising slightly, and U.S. tobacco exports hit a record $2.1 billion last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Farm Paper
USDA
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S
U S Professors Brown and Wittig Win Chemistry Nobel Prize
The 1979 Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to Herbert C. Brown of Purdue and Georg Wittig of Heidelberg for developing boron and phosphorus containing reagents used in organic synthesis. Brown is American and Wittig is German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Herbert C. Brown
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Ind
Georg Wittig
University of Heidelberg
West Germany
Notice of Petition for Vacation of Roads Franklin County Kansas
Public notice details a petition by Harald E Tobler and others to vacate a road in Franklin County near Ottawa Kansas. It describes board action to appoint viewers, set meeting dates October 1979 at the courthouse, and states bond and notice requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Franklin
Kansas
Ottawa
Harald E. Tobler
W. Corner
N. Bank
Marais Des Cygnes
Ben Gllmore
Roy Swank
Robert Daniels
Laura Sutton
Franklin Co
Kan
Three-Year-Old Loses Battle Against Leukemia
Chad Green, age three, died in Tijuana amid aLaetrile dispute. His Scituate, Massachusetts, parents fled their home to treat him with Laetrile, defying a court order and leaving conventional chemotherapy. Doctors warned chemotherapy was vital to his survival. Autopsy planned in Tijuana before burial in Hastings, Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chad Green
Chad
Tijuana
Mexico
Gerald Green
NBC News
Boston
Scituate
Mass
United States
Green
Diana Green
Hastings
Neb
Greens
Massachusetts
Gerald
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Lodge Notices and Classified Rates from Ottawa Herald
Classified page text shows ad rates for Jinsertions per word and per column inch, including 10 cent for Card of Thanks and 1.00 for display, with errors policy and consumer protection notice. It references Lodge Notices and general classified terms from October 15, 1979.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Herald
Herald
Consumer Protection Division
Attorney General’s General's Office
Topeka
Lodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winpisinger
Edward M. Kennedy
Coalition
Kennedy
Kansas State Bank
Farm Bureau
Farmis
Sfen
Farm Bureau Association
Sonny Redding
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Goneral Services
Albright’s
South Main
Taylor
North Side Auto Salvage
Heathman’s
Rex
Phares
A.f.&am
Master Masons
Alfred. Rybolt
Clarence E. Rea
Lecy
Sheriff's Department
Bill Burnett
The
Sundstroms
Melvin Sumner
Alcoholics Anonymous
Donald
Webster
Lori
Randy
Tony
Chris
Mike
Jeff
Julie
North Kansas State Bank
Apple Lane
Bechera Heights
Giri
Pearl River High
R.a.w. Reward
Montgomery Ward, Ltd
Main
Apply Plattner Industries
East North Street
Cedar House Nursing Home
Awa
L & L Cafe
HELP
Cail Consolidated Ol! Well Services Inc
Chanute
Terre Carrier
15Th Street
Rockwood
Oak Haven Nursing Center
Richmond
Ottawa University
Bonanza
Lawrence
Country Club Heights
General Services
North Marlby
Dondee Fabrics
Charles Mason
Jim Ralston
Budge
Carey Piping Inc
P.M
Bob
Bennie Stinson
John Fritts
Dan Arnold
North King
Taylor Construction
Ralph Taylor
Jack Rutter
Ace Hardware
A. K., Watts and Son
Keith-Alan Auction Service
Jack
Nelson
Pomona
Overbrook
Printy and Son
Cecil Beatty Auction Service
John Shields
Square
Paola
Claude Myers Auction Service
Centropolis
RFD
Elsie Bruner
Cleveland
John and Mary Foulkrod
Furn
Weilsville
Herbert Watt
Scott’s Station
Tam
Dean Baer
Mach
Crome
Williamsburg
Willard Lister
Tom
Bach
OH Furniture
Earl Gorton
Princeton
Ross Honey Farms
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