Editorial Cheers for Kansas Alcohol Regulation Shakeup
The Alcohol Beverage Control Board of Review backed two tax decisions, shifting pass-through limits from 35 percent to full tax pass-through, promising about 275000 dollars yearly in extra wholesale profits. Nine families control Kansas wholesale liquor, earning roughly 30000 dollars per person, prompting calls to end state price fixing and move to a freer market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcohol Beverage Control Board of Review
Kansas
Review Board
Reflections on a hometown cemetery and vanished homestead
A personal meditation on Thornburg Cemetery where the author's mother helped found the district and where relatives lie. The piece recalls a childhood home now vacant and decaying, the nearby Thornburg School vanished, and a once-familiar farmstead fading from memory. The author notes faded ties to the past and the pull of place versus time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornburg Cemetery
Thornburg School
Grange Hall
Widow Defies Cablevision Pole Removal in Arkansas City
A 79 year old widow, Lillian Davis, chopped down a cablevision pole after failed removal promises. The company cites a franchise right to place poles on private property and may seek $100 to replace it, while Davis says authorities should back her. The incident highlights conflicting views on property rights and public utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Arkansas City
Cablevision
Lillian Davis
Desily And Rates For Subscriptions Listed
The notice lists subscription rates for the Desily Tribune region including Neosho, Allen, Wilson, and Woodson counties with tax details. It specifies prices for one year six months three months and one month and notes tax rates and postage considerations for second class mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parc Oval
Evergreen
Mai
Neosho
Alien, Wilson, and Woodson Co
Cnanute
IRS relies on confidential informants in mob and fraud cases
Washington report outlines the IRS informant program as pivotal in convicting mobsters and uncovering major tax fraud, but facing scrutiny from the GAO and possible funding cuts. Former Commissioner Donald Alexander threatened to slash informant spending amid controversial undercover operations like Sunshine and Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Fruehaus Trailer Company
General Accounting Office
Sunshine
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
Project Haven
Alexander
Joint Congressional Committee On Taxation
Pinochet Kin's Nephew Linked to Chile Loan Effort
A confidential Bolivian letter claims Rafael Savedra Pinochet, son of the Chilean president's sister, arranged a $100 million loan with European banks. Chile later settled for a $125 million loan from a mixed group of lenders with less favorable terms. Embassy sources dispute any Pinochet involvement. Calafano asks Congress to cut HEW funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rafael Savedra Pinochet
Chile
New York
Savedra Pinochet
Spain
Bolivia
Medibol, Ltd
la Paz
Pinochet
Jorge Callas
Callas
Fair housing push aims at voluntary industry commitments
HUD officials acknowledge enforcement alone cannot end housing bias and will host a three day national meeting with real estate and civil rights leaders. They expect industry executives to pledge written fair housing commitments while voluntary programs complement a 400-person enforcement staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Lloyd Davis
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Section
Fair Housing
Davis
Mormons maintain their own welfare system
UPI reports the Mormon welfare program aims to keep members off public benefits by promoting work, self reliance, and family responsibility. It funds aid through monthly fast offerings, storehouses, and volunteer labor totaling millions in relief and commodities to the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Anderson
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Charles Graves
of the Mormon
Graves
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charee Tribune
Matt
Emma Wiltse
Thornburg
A. D
Bert’’ Wiltse
Chanute
Bert
By Keith Wright
The
Small Society
Brickman
NED
Interwal
Séevicé
Chaneee Tribune
Fred M. Harris
Mike) Harris
Keith Wright
United Press International
Meer Audit Bureau of Circulations
By Jack Anderson
IRS
Donald Alexander
Augusto Pinochet
Les Whitten
Rodar
Pinochet bin
Capitol Hill
Congress
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Subcommittee
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
House
Lask
Califano
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!