Strowig Presses Kansas Budget Outlook and Welfare Costs
Kansas House Speaker Cal Strowig cautions that a slow economy could force tax increases in 1972 unless Nixon policies boost revenue. He notes state general funds have weakened since 1967, welfare costs soar, and inflation erodes purchasing power. reforms and austere budgeting are urged to avert deeper tax hikes.
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Congress
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Lunches Made Available Free or Reduced for All Needy Children
The Agriculture Department reversed a poverty based rule and announced free or reduced price lunches will be available this year to all needy school children certified by states. The move raises federal lunch funding to six cents per serving and restores a prior nationwide eligibility approach.
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Agriculture Department
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Richard E. Lyng
More Youthful Puffers Rise as Teens Smoke More
The government reports a sharp rise in teen age cigarette smokers while adult smokers drop. It estimates four million youths ages 12 to 18 smoked in January 1970, up one million in two years despite little population growth. The study notes peer influence as the strongest factor.
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National Clearinghouse For Smoking and Health
the Health, Education and Welfare Department
Wrappings Drive Up Food Costs in U S Farms
Agriculture Department findings show packaging accounted for 8.8 billion dollars of farm groceries last year representing 13.3 percent of middleman costs. Paper dominates packaging, with 42 percent.
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Washington
U. S
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
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