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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1968
Page
1
Rep. Robert Dole charged inflation harms older Americans most as he urged voters at a party rally. He said higher prices squeeze pensions and fixed incomes while Medicare and Social Security costs rise, arguing federal policy bears responsibility.
The piece warns hospital bills rise due to higher costs from wages and supplies and road projects. It criticizes federal responses as inadequate and blames taxpayers for funding, arguing that spending outpaces income and fixed incomes suffer most. It paints the nation as mired in an economic morass.
An analysis cites The New York Times Newsweek Time and Dr Gallup agreeing Nixon is the likely winner in November with enough electoral votes to avoid a House decision. The piece flags risk of a Johnson era backlash, notes Humphrey’s weakness, and warns of policy extremes and Vietnam escalation if Nixon takes office.
A reader asks about daily digitalis use for nine months after heart flutter and tachycardia. She reports poor appetite, tasteless meals, flabby flesh and wrinkled skin, and seeks whether digitalis is harmful and how it affects the body.
The piece underlines digitalis as a crucial heart drug that strengthens action and regulates rhythm, warns of nausea and appetite loss from excessive doses, and advises dosage adjustment by a physician while considering other possible conditions. It also rebukes skeptics and cites biblical trivia excerpts.
An Associated Press survey shows a nationalist wave gaining ground among African Americans in cities like Washington Cleveland and Detroit as some groups push for separation from whites. Leaders vary from peaceful to armed and some advocate a separate Black Nation while others seek control of neighborhood centers.
New York reports remind readers of curious columns on coffee myths, ancient bans on wifely coffee use in Constantinople, a Tokyo dream bed with liquor cabinet and TV, Antarctic deserts, and health tips. Thurber quips on loafing and loss as urban life questions loom.
A dense television log lists NBC CBS ABC and other channels with a long slate of programs from 5:00 pm to 12:30 am including news, weather, game shows, dramas, comedies, late movies and religious programs. Notable titles include How To Murder Your Wife Titanic and Side Street along with entertainers like Lucille Ball Bette Hayes and Rodgers.
Gracious God calls persons to help in His work and invites a response. The prayer asks for divine guidance to hear the call, to be sent, and to serve in Jesus name, seeking readiness to witness and bear witness to the risen Christ.
Franklin County organizers prepare to conclude their third war bond drive this Saturday night with a stage auction at the Plaza Theater featuring a handkerchief donated by film star Hedy Lamarr. 50 years ago Ottawa University opened its students army training corps and veterans from G A R will meet at the courthouse to march to the OU campus.
Ottawa Herald outlines daily publication details with editor Robert B. Wellington. It lists subscription rates for trade area by mail: monthly 1.00, three months 3.00, six months 5.50, yearly 10.00. outside trade area by mail: monthly 1.50, three months 4.25, six months 8.00, yearly 15.00. The paper notes AP news rights.
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