08 Sep 1971
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1971
Page
1
The Kansas Board of Health, facing a lean state budget, requests about 17.9 million dollars for the next fiscal year, up from this year's 9.5 million. Gov. Robert Docking urged agencies to hold expenses as welfare checks and medical services face cuts amid a looming election year.
Citizens and legislators debate today if state health services and personal environmental health programs are funded realistically. The board faces a money versus demand squeeze and questions whether current personnel provide value. The governor and legislature must decide, with an 89 percent budget rise deemed unlikely.
The Ford Foundation provided 150000 dollars over three years to study Ottawa University’s new program started after two years of prep. The National Endowment for the Humanities added 300000 dollars mainly for training professors implementing the program. Both grants reflect risk on a new education approach that emphasizes individual professor support.
A mother reports her daughter has taken three to four phenobarbital tablets nightly for about six years to sleep. Next morning she staggers, eyes glassy, with severe head pain she attributes to pills but suspects vascular swelling. The reply hints the daughter may not heed medical advice.
A reader seeks medical guidance about a daughter reportedly taking excess phenobarbital. Advice includes informing the doctor, verifying prescription sources, and planning a supervised wean. Additional letters discuss a grandchild’s excessive thirst possibly signaling diabetes insipidus and a review of spontaneous pneumothorax with treatment options.
New York AP report on end of summer TV season highlights CBS Sonny and Cher Show as the big hit, NBCs Des O Conner and Val Doonican imports, and NBCs First Tuesday finale. Chronolog returns late October. Babar adventure debuts with Americanized animation and a voyage to Hollywood.
AP reports U S forces still engage in two offensives in Vietnam's north, contradicting Nixon and U S Command claims of defensive posture. In Que Son and Hiep Duc valleys near Da Nang, 700 U S troops retook two firebases from South Vietnamese control, with Americal Division losses. The 101st Airborne reoccupied firebases to aid South Vietnamese drives near the Khe Sanh area while denying long range offensives.
The Agriculture Department will release a revised 1971 cotton production forecast amid forecasts of domestic use and exports shaping a slightly smaller carryover than last August. Separately, U S cigarette exports reached a fiscal 1971 high of 29 billion cigarettes valued at 164 million, led by Hong Kong with 3.4 billion and Spain at 2.2 billion.
New York AP reports manufacturers’ sales of recordings rose 4.7 percent in 1970 from 1969. Total sales reached about 6.60 billion dollars, with phonograph records at 1.182 billion and long playing albums accounting for 1.017 billion. Prerecorded tapes rose to 478 million, up from 416 million in 1969, an almost 15 percent gain.
SEATO secretary-general Jesus Vargas urged that Washington Peking dialogues could curb China's support for insurgency in Asia. He warned that any regional gains without Chinese disengagement would be limited and called for a peaceful cooperative future in Southeast Asia if China abandons aggression and subversion.
A dense listing of TV time slots from 5:00 p.m. through late night, detailing programs across channels. Reads like an archived schedule with show names such as The Munsters Petticoat Junction Love Lucy Room 222 Ironside Catch A Thief and long lists of news weather sports movies and special programs.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for in trade area and outside, with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly options. Out of state customers receive a 3 percent sales tax deduction. AP rights reserved for local news and dispatches.
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