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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1978
Page
1
The Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry reports for the year ending June 30 show state revenue rising 8.25 percent while expenditures increased 2.48 percent. The state surplus climbs to 138 million dollars from ten million.
Surplus income from the state exceeds expenses and leaves the state solvent. Citizens ask if overtaxation is occurring as property taxes rise 11.6 percent for homeowners. Officials consider returning state funds to localities or cutting state taxes to ease local tax burdens.
Salina Journal argues Kansas Governor Robert Bennett used tax paid postage to issue news releases on unemployment, appointments, and a task force with election looming. The piece questions the propriety of a governor delivering political content via official channels.
A cluttered page lists TV shows and movie titles across channels. Programs include Muppet Show, Dating Game, Laverne and Shirley, Star Trek, Hartto, Julia Child, Three's Company, and The Tonight Show plus various films and specials. Names like Jackeen Browne, Julia Child, and Mary Tyler Moore appear amidst game shows, horror features, and classic Westerns.
A reader asks for meaning and symptoms of Still's disease and whether it causes crippling conditions or has a cure. The reply discusses medical terminology, potential complications, and general uncertainty about a definitive cure, noting atmospheric pressure changes affect ear balance. The second letter mentions air travel and environmental adjustments for hearing and balance.
The text explains that rheumatoid arthritis in infants or children is Still's disease, with symptoms like rash fever and iritis, and notes differences from adult arthritis including absence of rheumatoid factor. Treatments resemble adults but avoid some drugs. aspirin in rising doses is used, eye exams and tolerated exercise are advised, and prognosis is better than adult onset. It also mentions possible drug reactions such as itching and cautions about aspirin interaction and fluid intake.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for in and out of trade area, with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly options. Editor Robert B. Wellington is noted as publisher. Associated Press rights are stated for local news and AP dispatches.
AP reports Mary Tyler Moore will return with The Mary Tyler Moore Comedy Hour, a sit uar style show blending a weekly plot with variety elements. Perry Lafferty explains the one hour series centers on Mary attempting to produce a TV show weekly with regular cast and a guest star each episode. Gene Kelly appears as himself in the make believe production.
Henry Kaufman of Salomon Brothers told the American Bankers Association in Honolulu that money is cheap despite a prime rate above 10 percent, arguing real cost is inflation minus interest and noting home price gains since 1973 boosted after tax returns. He warned rates may rise further, hurting borrowing later.
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