ConAgra profits rise as Finney County trims valuation
Shareholders cheered a 51 percent gain in ConAgra meatpacking earnings despite a Christmas 2000 fire that eliminated 2300 Finney County plant jobs. County officials cut the plant site value 73 percent to 3.5 million, while insurers and the company negotiate future valuations and plant viability. Taxpayers seek explanations as county commissioners defend the deal.
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Finney County
Bruce Rohde
Cliff Mayo
Thought for the Day quote by Gertrude Stein
A compact quotation from Gertrude Stein notes that excessive information can erode common sense. It frames information overload as a barrier to sensible thinking.
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Gertrude Stein
On This Day December 27 Highlights Through History
On December 27 dates across history include 1831 Darwin begins voyage aboard HMS Beagle shaping evolution theory, 1900 Carry Nation smashes a bar at Carey Hotel, Wichita, 1932 Radio City Music Hall opens in New York, and 1979 Soviet forces seize Afghanistan under Hafizullah Amin replaced by Babrak Karmal.
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Hafizullah Amin
Babrak Karmal
Charles
Darwin
Pacific
Carry A. Nation
Carey Hotel
Wichita
Kan
New York
End of a dark year for American farmers in 2001
A reflective overview of 2001 highlights farm policy failures and industry pressure. Tyson-IBP consolidation faced regulatory scrutiny while the Farm Bill weakened by lobbying, and the Freedom to Farm policy failed to deliver. farmers endured low prices, consolidation, and uncertain markets, with cries for fairer trade and honest policy in 2002.
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IBP Inc
Tyson
IBP
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Agribiz Boys
Charlie Stenholm
Tom Harkin
America
Washington
General Electric
General Foods
General Mills
General Dynamics
General Motors
Australia
Geraldo’s war coverage fuels satire and admiration
Kathleen Parker weighs Geraldo Rivera’s Afghanistan dispatches, noting his dramatic on air presence and missteps with timing and location. She admires his courage yet jokes about his self styled humor amid war, while acknowledging critics and praising his within reach reporting.
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Geraldo Rivera
Saturday Night Live
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