Our Opinion Food marketing cuts the consumer bill
Wisconsin researchers find farmers get under 40 cents of each food dollar while 60 cents funds marketing services. Salaries, packaging, advertising, transport and profit total 52 billion yearly. Marketing lowers unit costs via canned foods, easier transport, reduced waste, and year round abundance.
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Salina's Schilling Base Reimagined As Industrial Hub
Paul Harvey notes how cities shift from military bases to civilian use. Salina Kansas transformed Schilling Air Force Base from a costly asset into a diversified engine of industry education and housing for waiting wives, attracting aviation and technical facilities and earning Pentagon praise.
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Rivers Draft Bill Pushes Poverty Driven Deferments
Washington insiders recount how Rep L Mendel Rivers steered a draft reform bill that keeps college deferments for the poor and allows local boards to apply rules, risking more Black and Mexican American youths in Viet Nam while white students stay in school. Kennedy led an overnight push with White House aides, but Rivers prevailed to advance the measure before the June 30 deadline.
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Frank Tarloff Pokes Fun At Congress In Washington
Washington talker Frank Tarloff jokes about a guide for married congressmen and the sex life of the senate while in the Congressional Hotel lounge. He cites material from readers and notes dangers of writing about Hill life as he tours the capital.
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Washington News Verdict on U N Middle East Test
Washington editorial argues the United Nations risks losing credibility over the Middle East crisis. It says the UN lacks enforcement power and may be swayed by Arab and Soviet rhetoric, undermining its postwar peace role. It warns Western sympathy could erode if members accept an unreal verdict.
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Judge Wright’s track system blocked by DC ruling
The article criticizes Judge James Shelley Wright of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals for invalidating Washington DC public school track programs that assign students by ability. It argues the ruling imposes equal misery, disrupts quality, and advocates improving schools in Black neighborhoods instead of forced busing across state lines.
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Three Minutes A Day Caracas Noise Study
University professors surveyed Caracas Venezuela finding noises from factories cars motorcycles police whistles and juke boxes turn residents into grouchy people with poor hearing. The report urges individual restraint to reduce din and calls for Christlike consideration amid urban noise and political advertising.
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The Needle by Harold Coffin
A humorous riff on driver behavior by age group. A sociology professor claims under 25s rebel on the road while 25 to 45 year olds drive recklessly and over 45s are careless. He attributes middle aged anger toward wives and notes women’s driving age remains undisclosed.
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