Why Garden City faces a county wide sales tax referendum
The July 21 sales tax vote would be county wide due to Garden Citys financial crisis. Without new revenue the 1982 city budget would require a roughly 9 mill rise for Garden City property taxpayers, plus a 7 mill levy from USD 457. Factors include inflation, repeal of the intangibles tax, and growth from IBP and Sunflower Electric projects outside city limits. The piece argues for county wide funding of library and recreation services and a future election to align tax levies.
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Garden City
Iowa Beef
Sunflower Electric
IBP
Sunflower
Holcomb
County Commission
Recreation
Education flap shows limits of federal aid in improving schools
Washington can provide funds to upgrade poor schools but real quality comes from strong principals and teachers. Newsweek notes teaching is hard, requires bright recruits, clear preparation, and accountability. Marva Collins credits two by four teaching and self funded success in Chicago.
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David Savage
Education
U.S.A
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Savage
Newsweek
Collins
Dropping Bad Bargains Across Life and Business
A reflective essay on avoiding bad bargains in marriage, work, and finance. The author traces Lincoln’s idea of hugging failed deals to everyday choices, from a stubborn pension to failed stocks and overvalued homes, urging decisive exit from faulty bargains. Strong examples include a father, a first marriage, physicians, and rich men who cut losses promptly.
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Abraham Lincoln
al Porter
Health warnings on cigarettes ineffectual say FTC report
FTC staff and censored documents show cigarette health warnings fail to reach readers and are often disbelieved. Internal tobacco industry memos reveal efforts to downplay gases in smoke and avoid educating the public while marketing for perceived health benefits.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Commission
Tony Capaccio
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
B&w
Ad Agency
Brown and Williamson
R.J. Reynolds
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Chicago
West Garfield Park
By Dolores Hope
Doonesbury
Monaco
UAS
Jim Bishop
Jack Anderson
Doral Cigarettes
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Winston
Senate
Defense Department
Pentagon
Stephen Bryen
Foreign Relations Committee
National Association of Arab- Americans
Bryen
Madison
FBI
Richard Perle
Defense
International Security Affairs
Perle
Labor
Raymond Donovan
Donovan
White House
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CSA
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