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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1972
Page
4
Sen. George McGovern endorses tax credits for parents of private and parochial school students as a gesture toward Catholic voters in key states. He offered no specific plan while aiming to aid parochial schools within constitutional bounds before meetings with labor leaders.
CBS rolls out Bridget Loves Bernie and The Bob Newhart Show to boost Saturday nights against NBC and ABC offerings. Critics praise Bridget Loves Bernie for warmth and humor, while Newhart debuts with a dry, precise comic rhythm. ABC counters Streets of San Francisco with strong casting and taut storytelling.
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller said allegations of improprieties in the Miss Kansas Scholarship Pageant were unfounded and praised the pageant’s conduct. He noted no criminal violations were found and a questionnaire of contestants yielded no corroboration of wrongdoing.
For information on hiring veterans see your local office of the State Employment Service. Contact the Veterans Administration for training information.
The economy, still rising, may exceed the Nixon administration's January forecast. The Federal Reserve's industrial production index rose 0.5 percent in August after a 0.3 percent gain in July, signaling ongoing expansion and framing the outlook as one of the era's most sensitive indicators.
Kansas production of eggs dropped 5 percent to 61 million in August, the lowest for the month since 1925, with 3.13 million hens laying and an average rate of 1,950 eggs per 100 layers. Treasury Secretary Shultz announced upward revision to 1972 GNP growth to exceed 100 billion dollars for the year.
The 27th General Assembly elected Sta nislaw Trepczynski of Poland as president, a 48-year-old economist and longtime diplomat with ties to boxing soccer and Poland’s film council. He vows to participate in peacekeeping solutions, stresses international security and disarmament, and has a history as a Warsaw University figure and deputy foreign minister.
A Hal Boyle column surveys curious trivia from history and daily life. It notes ancient emperors silencing bad news with earplugs, the rise of cold rolled steel from hoop skirt demand, keen wolf hearing, peak youth strength in early twenties, disease resistance best in ages 5 to 15, a Bruce Barton quote, and popcorn’s long cross cultural span plus 350 million pounds eaten annually with 99 of 100 kernels popping and an ounce yielding a quart.
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