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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1975
Page
1
A humorous slice of small town life reflects overcommitment and fatigue among neighbors. Jokes span a 90 year old grandmother, a Sage of Osage, a boy learning limits, and a girl dismissing control by a young helper. Humorous quips touch on Congress free lunch history, a farmer surrendering at the war on poverty HQ, lawn trivia, and Eisenhower era symbolism.
Congress approved the School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act described as controversial with an initial price tag of 2.7 billion dollars, far exceeding previous allocations by over a billion. The measure targets school meals and child nutrition programs amid broader education policy debate.
A patient writes to a doctor stating a diagnosis of Raynaud’s disease and describes symptoms of cold sensitivity. The letter mentions age, gender, and distress during winters, implying frustration with the condition and its impact on hands and feet.
Mrs N W asks about Raynaud’s disease causing cold, dark hands and feet with possible tobacco or arsenic as triggers. Dr Thosteson advises quitting tobacco, checking for glandular issues, and doing a full physical to find the root cause while using warm socks and gloves.
A devotional prayer urges believers to put to death earthly immorality indecency lust and greed and asks for the Holy Spirit to enter by opening the windows of life. It ends in Jesus Christ name Amen.
The Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details and subscription prices for trade area and out of area readers. Rates include one month to one year plans with tax notes and a 3 percent tax deduction for out of state subscribers.
A federal action against six leading tobacco companies seeks penalties and a new fund to finance anti smoking campaigns. The FTC accuses firms like Philip Morris and Reynolds of failing to display the Surgeon General warning in ads, on vending machines, racks, and store signs and not giving prominence in newspapers and magazines.
AP Farm Writer DON KENDALL reports that world cotton use in 1975-76 is projected to climb 5 percent to 60.8 million bales, while U.S. producers harvest a nine million bale crop, the smallest since 1967. Factors include weather, pests, and prices, with exports and domestic use forecast to rise, but risks remain if the economy falters.
A full day of programming lists games and films across multiple networks. Highlights include NFL and college football games, classic movies like The War Wagon and Pork Chop Hill, children's shows such as Sesame Street and The Electric Company, and news and talk programs.
AP writer Jay Sharbutt notes Harlem Voices Faces presents a 90 minute PBS program filmed in 1973 by Swedish producers. The show, lacking a narrator, weaves voices and scenes to reveal dignity amid garbage filled alleys decaying tenements and stark urban squalor in Harlem.
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