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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1973
Page
1
A letter from Mrs. George Gravenstein cites a Junction City teen held on $20,000 bond for attempted murder after leaving her baby in a trash can. She argues abortion, aided by hospital care, highlights broader guilt and humane failure, calling the legal difference only days apart.
A reader asks why doctors use eye drops before refraction tests for glasses, whether age affects the practice, the type of solution used, if the drops alter test accuracy, and whether dark glasses help after the test.
The piece explains mydriatic drops dilate pupils to allow retina inspection, noting they don’t truly change eye color and are avoided in glaucoma. It mentions dark glasses after exams and that dilation lasts hours, with special use for children and when interior eye view is needed.
In New York AP report Everett Scrimshaw notes a shift from early Watergate hotel footage to court and tape shows. He recalls press conferences, tapes, and a lively courthouse White House sequence, joking about detective vibes and asking if Jimmy Stewart played Archibald Cox.
Washington AP reports USDA figures indicate the annual market basket for a family’s food cost 1629 dollars in September, down 24 from August. Farmers earned 745 dollars of the basket while middlemen took 885, with marketing spreads widening especially for beef pork eggs and fats. The share for farmers fell to 45.7 cents per dollar from 50.7 cents, while middlemen’s slice rose 8.5 percent.
Ottawa Herald lists publication info and editor Robert B Wellington. Rates shown for trade area and outside trade area by mail or carrier, with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options and tax notes. Associated Press is credited for local and dispatch news.
A Kansas Senate backed plan to amend the constitution to classify motor vehicles for taxation, aiming to equalize auto taxes between urban and rural areas. If two thirds approve, voters would decide. lawmakers could then set up a separate class and new assessment methods to curb losses from uncollected taxes and simplify county tax administration.
New York AP reports a largely ceremonial gathering at the University Club where educators and industrialists discuss mutual needs. Leaders from Harvard, Chicago, Stanford and MIT attended as big business offered financial support to prestigious private universities.
At a Cornell University event, Packard of Hewlett Packard urged unrestricted, discretionary gifts to empower universities to set priorities. He cautioned for corporate interests and noted changing times since prior education funding. He spoke among leaders including Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania affiliates.
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