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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1969
Page
2
An editorial argues poverty stems from unemployment and lack of job skills. It notes millions spent on giveaways instead of education for work, urges placing the needy where jobs are, and cites a Kansas labor shortage caused by more youth seeking white collar work. It ends with Horace Greeley’s advice to “go west.”
A long view shows federal and state liquor taxes totaling 123 billion since repeal. In the last decade about 56 billion was collected, about 7 billion yearly, with 37 percent to state and local governments. The piece notes tax marks the industry, and suggests earmarking 1 billion annually could fund major alcoholism studies, arguing funds exist but motive is lacking.
A stitched-together miscellany of trivia and quotations on life, travel, health, history, and psychology. The column notes aging households, traffic grids, and the quirks of memory and habit, with snapshots of Civil War slavery, famous lines, and everyday obesity of knowledge.
A column warns of severe hazards from compressed air used in shops and schools. At 40 psi air can rupture an ear drum or cause lung damage. at higher pressures debris can travel at 70 mph. Goggles are advised and dangerous practices like using air to clean hair or clothing are condemned. Horseplay with hoses has maimed or killed victims.
New York AP report notes Rev Billy Graham sat with Woody Allen on a CBS comedy hour. Graham delivers capsule sermons while Allen, Candace Bergen, and others perform sketches including a silent film pastiche. NBCs The Bold Ones offers a fast frame-up tale with Farentino and Campanella.
Insured losses from riots and civil disorders fell sharply in the first eight months of the year but a shift to campus damage unsettles insurers. Campus claims totaled about 8.95 million of the nearly 15.0 million in losses, with Indiana State University the heaviest campus site at 2.7 million. Cities and colleges across New York, Ohio, California, and elsewhere reported substantial campus and urban damage, while overall insured losses below 1968 totals.
LOS ANGELES AP Operation Intercept, the drive to cut off drugs from Mexico, netted uncounted illegal pills and thousands of pounds of marijuana as it reached full operation along 2500 miles of the U S Mexico border. A plane seized held half a ton of marijuana. A six mile line formed at San Ysidro as 90000 people and 30000 cars returning from Mexico were checked. One 100 pounds of marijuana aboard a rental plane led to the arrest of pilot Michael Thomas Mitchell, a Seattle student. A car in line at San Ysidro contained 2000 dangerous drug pills.
A dense listing of daytime and prime time broadcasts across networks. Notable entries include Flintstones, Truth Or Consequences, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Twilight zone styled lineups, multiple soaps like General Hospital and Days of Our Lives, and movies such as Wild In The Country and Tobruk with host and guest appearances scattered throughout the schedule.
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