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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1971
Page
2
Leonard Woodcock head of the United Auto Workers criticized the presidents wage price freeze as poorly drawn and giving unlimited power to the President. He argued that profits remain unrestrained while wages are frozen and questioned tax breaks favoring corporations.
The car industry shrinks and steelworkers are laid off as automakers buy less steel. American buyers switch to foreign cars due to high prices. Nixon aims to reverse the trend but needs union leaders like Woodcock to gain support, or risk becoming the head of an unemployed army.
The piece notes President Johnson once cut lights at the White House to trim the power bill and Cape Kennedy later reduced lights in buildings and lots for an estimated yearly saving of 75000 dollars. It questions why more agencies don’t follow such cost cutting and criticizes Congress for ongoing high spending.
A mother reports her 10 year old daughter found a worm at least 10 inches long in stools. A doctor seemed casual, prescribing treatment by phone and avoiding in person assessment. Pharmacy advised a possible second dose in two weeks. the child vomited most of the medicine.
The article explains a long worm may start from undercooked meat or contaminated foods or dirty hands, with eggs possibly coming from pets. Worms can live in the intestine for a long time, with eggs or segments expelled later. Transmission is via ingestion of eggs. proper hygiene and pet checks help prevent spread.
ABC television’s prime lineups struggle with low ratings on a Wednesday night. Bewitched looks threadbare after eight years while The Courtship of Eddie’s Father and The Smith Family offer weak, sentimental lessons. Shirley’s World falters as The Man and the City also drifts, despite Anthony Quinn’s strong mayoral portrayal.
The Great Detergent Fizzle of 1971 exposed a gap in Product Safety as officials admitted that phosphate substitutes like NTA posed health risks. Despite long testing and industry testing, key studies were incomplete and safety remains unproven, with companies halting NTA sales and regulators delaying approval while seeking safer substitutes.
In the Route 128 tech hub around Boston, thousands of engineers and scientists face unemployment as defense and aerospace cutbacks shrink demand. At the 128 Professional Service Center, over 6,000 applicants seek work, including nuclear physicists with doctorates and former missile tracking executives now earning meager wages or welfare. The Golden Semicircle nickname reflects a once thriving area now stressed by slow economy and job losses.
Washington AP reports a drive in Congress to create a strategic reserve of wheat and feed grains to prop up prices, while Agriculture Secretary Hardin says the existing price support loan system can achieve the same effect. House and Senate bills proposal would hold up to 300 million bushels of wheat and 25 million tons of feed grain for emergency use. Proponents push price stability amid large crops and rising surplus stocks, even as USDA plans cutbacks and extended storage rules.
A dense television timetable lists programs across channels with start times and titles from 5:00 PM through midnight. It includes news, weather, movies, game shows, dramas, comedies, and specials featuring stars such as Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin, and Dinah Shore, along with classic shows like Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and The Beverly Hillbillies, reflecting a full slate of 1960s network programming.
Cedar published daily except Sunday and Holidays in Ottawa Kansas presents subscription rates for trade area by mail: one month 144 three months 412 six months 721 one year 1339. Out of state subscribers deduct 3 percent sales tax. Associated Press rights for local news and dispatches.
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