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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1986
Page
1
A Saturday notebook compiles quirky letters and curious ideas from readers Sally to Meese. It covers a Topeka heart association assertion on cigarette costs, Meese selling obscenity reports, corn irrigation via microphones, odd product blurbs, and a Hutchinson Kansas State Fair poll showing shifts in governor race and ballot support.
Readers ask about aerobic dancing pain and jouncing. Dr. Donohue explains low impact aerobics keeps one foot planted and still raises heart rate. Any safe activity that reaches target heart rate provides aerobic benefits.
Mike Royko recalls reading Time magazine’s life expectancy quiz that assigns years to personal facts and lifestyle choices. He narrates starting with 72 points and losing or gaining years per answer, ending with a paradoxical result that says he died seven years ago. He jokes about changing habits to improve the score, noting absurdities and comic misreadings.
Harris News Service argues that agriculture and rural Kansas are neglected in state and national campaigns. The piece questions leadership on department reforms, education funding, water, soil conservation, rural finance, and the future of farming communities as population shifts and rural towns decline.
AP analyst John Cunniff reports two studies warn of growing renter burdens. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 could raise rents by reducing tax shelters for investors, while the Joint Center for Housing Studies notes one quarter of low income renters spend more than 75 percent of income on rent. The center cites 1983 data for 35 percent renting households and rising median rent burdens from 20 to 29 percent since 1970. Additional subsidies and tax policy will shape outcomes amid a fragile housing market.
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