Weekend Notebook Gets Crackerjack Editorial Snips
In Ottawa Herald's Saturday Notebook, staff clipping editorials from nearby papers yields amused glimpses. The Manhattan Mercury misfire over West Virginia prompts reader wrath, while Olathe Daily News mocks Nancy Reagan and White House fundraising. A playful exchange between Emporia Gazette and Parsons Sun about breakfast fuels reflection on daily editorial diets.
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Manhattan Mercury
West Virginia
West
Manhattan
Harris Enterprises
Olathe
Nancy Reagan
Nancy
White House
China
Daily News
Reagan White House
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Emporia Gazette
Parsons Sun
Gazette
Parsons
Names Shape Fate Says Ohio Professor In Family Economist
A psychology professor argues names influence success and self image, citing a decade study where teachers favored papers by David and Michael while downgrading Elmer or Bertha. He notes exotic names like Benno or Candine may help, and mocks Khadafy’s varied spellings. The piece ends with a long, humorous list of names chosen for a baby, concluding they called him Jack.
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Roger Verdon
Harris
Bill Shakespeare
James L. Bruning
Ohio
Family Economist
Karen
Laura
Deidre
Michael
William
James
Jimmy
Sylvester
Cecil
Percival
Elmer
Hubert
Bertha
David
Adelle
Liga
Benno
Candine
Moammar Khadafy
U.S
Khadafy
Kaddafi
Qaddafi
Gaddafi
Kadafi
America
Muammar Khadafi
Gaddaffi
Muammmar
Muammar
Dr. Bruning
John
Franklin
Grover
Herbert
Johns
George
Thomas
Charles
Henrys
Bruning
McPherson County
Threefold Problem Feeding The Less Fortunate
Kansas City Board of Trade director Roderick Turnbull discusses global hunger and the USDA study World Food Aid Needs and Availabilities 1981. He outlines three forces driving need: inadequate production, rapid population growth, and limited money for imports, with projected gaps in aid and a plea for stronger commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roderick Turnbull
Kansas City Board of Trade
Kansas City
United States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Africa
Asia
Latin America
America
USDA
Neck Exercises to Protect Football Players’ Spines
Reader asks about neck training to reduce spinal injuries in football and outlines practical exercises with a partner. The letter also addresses mucous colitis, noting stress worsens symptoms, recommends high fiber diets and Metamucil, and advises avoiding caffeinated drinks, beans, and cabbage while reducing emotional tension to ease the condition.
Ottawa Herald subscription rates and policy
Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details with editor Robert B. Wellington and subscription rates for trade area and outside trade area. Local figures show monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual options with taxes noted and out-of-state subscribers subject to 3.5 percent tax adjustment.
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Daily News
Cablevision Channel 9
The
Ottawa Herald
Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Assocated Press
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H.H
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Paul G. Donohue
F.W
Marvin Ross
N.39 Highway
Supreme Court
Clayburgh
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