Tax Study Says Real Estate Valuation Trails Selling Prices
The Kansas Property Valuation Department releases a study comparing assessed valuations with actual sale prices across counties. It shows a widening gap from 86 percent in 1933 to about 20.65 percent in contemporary figures, with wide county variations and calls for a new tax system not based on real estate. The piece argues for a gross earnings tax to fund public finance.
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Kansas
Meade County
Johnson
Jackson
Washington
Warsaw visit hints at limits of freedom under communism
In Warsaw during a long cold spring, observers note people dressed for weather and routine behavior. The piece argues that daily life under communism mirrors capitalist roles, with pay and work unchanged and political philosophy often unexamined. It questions genuine freedom in a system long habituated to control.
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Poland
France
John Birch Society
Des Moines
Kansas City
Iron Curtain
Warsaw
Indiana
Twenty Five Years Ago Wheat boom lifts local spirits
Tribune Files notes a wave of optimism from a large wheat acreage, high yields forecast, and email grain prices rising. Other items include student leaders elected at senior high, weekend visits by local residents to Topeka, and a plate collection exhibition.
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Bill Hudson
Dick Miller
Bonnie Lee Locke
Virginia Keas
Mary Virginia Shirley
Josephine Butin
Mildred Cozart
Topeka
Kappa Alpha Theta House
Freeman Fears Farm Surplus Woes Amid Washington Lobby War
Orville Freeman at a 100th Agriculture Department anniversary reception faced scrutiny after firing his assistant secretary. The article notes past agriculture chiefs faced ruinous criticism while Freeman aims to cut surpluses under JFK's budget orders. He navigates Congress committees and powerful farm lobbies to craft policy. Freeman visits Senator Allen Ellender to discuss the Senate Agriculture Committee dynamics.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Orville Freeman
Agriculture Department
Freeman
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Charley ‘Brannan
Ezra Taft Benson
Minnesota
Congress
Orville
Allen Ellender
Louisiana
Senate Agriculture Committee
Capitol
Agriculture Committee
Ellender
USA
Department of Agriculture
Azores offer retiree paradise and bustling contrasts
A reader survey pieces together cost of living in the Azores with perks like cheap rent and groceries while noting American retiree trends abroad. The piece cites Mexico and the United States and mentions leisure boating, speed facts, quirky trivia, and the spread of telephones from 1900 to today.
Add Few Pounds Weight To Increase Breast Size
A reader asks Dr. Molner about expanding breast size. He cites natural fat deposition and cautions that plastic surgery is difficult due to blood supply with fatty tissue. He advises weight gain and posture as minor aids, and notes pills or creams lack proven effectiveness.
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Haingeon
Mng
Mother
Evening TV listings outline for several stations
Monday schedule across KOTV KODE TV WDAF KOAM channels covers 6:30 p.m. to late night with game shows dramas and news. Programs include To Tell the Truth Pete and Gladys Father Knows Best Andy Griffith Mennesey and Tonight Show among others with weather and farm reports interspersed.
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Pete and
Gladys
Danny Thomas
87Th Precinct
Andy Griffith
Mennesey
Mid-America
College of the Air
Jan Murray
Loretta Youn
Malone
Hollywood
Quick Draw McGraw
Walter Cronkite
Laramie
Marshall Oil
Password
Dobie Gillis
Rifleman
Dick Powell
Red Skelton
Garry Moore
Peter Gunn
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Neosho
Allen
Woodson
Wilson
Moscow
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Howard Earnest
George Griffin
Rm Independence
W. H. Marlin
Evergreen
Edythe Spencer
New York City
Sabra Wilson
Hetrick Theater
Willam Gray
Elsie Foose
Bess Nixon
Susy Myer
Mary Smith
Grant Gwinner
Wayne Clover
Tom Ownes
George Terry
Leroy Smith
Harry Foose
Bert Clemens
Earlton
Ollie Marks
Merry-Go
JFK
Azores
Hal Boyle
New York
U.S
Ares
Boyle
Victoria
Robert Schenk
Grant
William Henry Pratt
Boris Karloff
Jeanette Morrison
Janet Leigh
California
Wisconsin
U.S. Senate
Senate
Jackie
Gleason
Newark, N.J
Peter Lawford
Tennessee Williams
Joseph G. Molner
M. D
Dr. Molner
J. S
T. K
Moiner
KOTV
Kode-Tv
Wdaf-Tv
Koam-Tv
Ter
Continental Classroom
Popeye
Captain Kangaroo
Video Village
Clear Horizon
the Guiding Light
Pioneer Appliance
Pioneer
East Main
SR A UU
Bill Morgan
Mgr
Seidlitz
W. Main
Orr
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