Bond Election Nov. 7 Linn Home Issue
Joan Lipsky argues for the Linn County bond issue on the November ballot to modernize the county home. She urges using existing facilities, leveraging federal matching funds, and planning near current resources to serve mentally retarded and chronically ill residents with productive, supervised programs.
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Fairness questioned in federal revenue sharing plan
Critics say the distribution formula favors wealthy, industrial areas over poorer towns. In one Ohio county the county government gains about 7.6 million dollars while cities vary from 757000 to 7549. Smaller towns protest a neighboring community with similar population but higher tax valuation receiving four times as much.
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The column traces word origins such as shrink from psychoanalysis and analyst, gauntlet vs gantlet, and gamut. It notes historical meanings and modern uses, clarifying distinctions for careful writers. It references steatopygia and callipygian, both Greek in origin, with notes on their referents. Special Features Syndicate.
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