31 Oct 1979
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1979
Page
1
The FTC seeks to revoke American Cyanamid Corp's exclusive Formica trademark arguing the term has become generic. The company notes Formica controls about 40 percent of the market with several rivals competing for the remaining 60 percent, predicting high legal costs and consumer impact.
Reader questions address fibrocystic breast disease with lumps pain and cancer concerns. Expert notes that cysts vary, mamography helps, hormones don’t relieve pain, peak age 30s to 40s, self-exam plus physician follow-up advised. Also explains hydroceles as fluid in scrotal sac, diagnosis by transilluminating light, treatment drainage or surgery, not dangerous but can recur. Keloids described as dense scar tissue from surgery, more common in Black patients, plastic surgeon needed for removal options.
Skeptical take on a new Presidential panel to catalog critical policy challenges for the coming decade. It would have a budget of 3 to 5 million dollars and a 20 to 30 person staff. Critics warn of bureaucratic drag and prefer immediate solutions to inflation energy shortages education and social issues.
A mixed TV schedule features movies and shows including Stranger In The House, Ensign Pulver, The Two Worlds Of Jennie Logan, The Front Page, and Halloween themed specials. Cast details include Margot Kidder Kier Dullea Robert Walker Jr Lindsay Wagner Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau and others.
TV Tonight offers a mix of drama and comedy from 8:30 to 12:30 with shows like Hello Larry, Vegas, and The Tonight Show, plus films including Phantasm The Fury The Mummy and The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid. Dracula and War of the Worlds appearances bookend late-night listings with news and talk show guests.
Housing officials warn rates will stay tight with no sharp declines. Mortgage costs may stay high as 7,000 delegates at the U S League of Savings Associations convention see recession risks and inflation as key pressures. Prices should hold with demographics lifting mortgage demand, though single digit rates are unlikely.
AP writes that Nielsen entered the pay-TV field, with pay services like Home Box Office and Showtime seeking ratings to gauge program appeal and scheduling. Advertisers and agencies see pay-TV as a potential new medium, predicting ads may appear, risking the uncensored, commercial-free edge of pay-TV.
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