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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1978
Page
1
Editorial overview from the Ottawa Herald on Tuesday September 12 1978 outlines opinions and features sections for Page Two. It frames the tone of the paper's commentary and notes upcoming feature items and editorial angles.
Ottawa University students and local youths aged 18 to 21 travel 20 miles to Lawrence to dance, due to a city ordinance prohibiting dancing where cereal malt beverages are sold. The rule forces most 18 to 21 year olds to join private clubs to dance, harming OU enrollment and weekend activity.
Ottawa volunteers and local businesses supported the Jerry Lewis Labor Day telethon with in kind gifts, food, and pledges. About 60 workers at the pledge center and 80 youths collecting door to door raised over 1 200 dollars, while 433 telephone pledges totaled over 4 500 dollars. The Ottawa center contributed over 7 700 dollars in all.
A reader asks Dear Dr Thosteson whether stopping birth control pills affects twin chances. The query notes concern about fertility post pills and potential twin conception.
A Harvard School of Public Health study of 1,609 women who became pregnant within a month of stopping the Pill found 25 twin births, 1.6 percent, higher than the expected 1 percent. Longer prior Pill use before discontinuation correlated with higher twin birth chances.
ABC debuts a new comedy Taxi set in New York’s Sunshine Cab Co featuring Judd Hirsch, Tony Danza, Danny De Vito, Jeff Conway, Latka Gravas played by Andy Kaufman, Marilu Henner, and Randall Carver. The premiere highlights wit, ensemble timing, and MTM pedigree from Brooks, Daniels, Davis, and Weinberger.
A cluttered list of TV shows with brief descriptors and guest names across genres. Notable items include Happy Days, Canine Hall of Fame, Spider-Man, James Michener's World awali Revisited, Tic Tac Dough, Joker's Wild, Three's Company, The Critical List, Hondo, LA Philharmonic at the Bowl, Prisoner In the Middle, Taxi, Starsky and Hutch, The Pallisers, various late-night and weekday features, and Captain Stewart.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for trade area and outside trade area. Rates show one month to one year options with varying totals and a 3 percent sales tax deduction for out of state subscribers. The paper credits the Associated Press for local news and AP dispatches.
A brief prayer citing Matthew 14 31 RSV asks for stronger faith to rely on God's presence and love beyond emotions or intellect. It asks believers to cling to Jesus in moments of doubt and closes with Amen.
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