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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1981
Page
1
Several retiring congressmen kept campaign funds for future use, legal and long-standing as retirement benefits. Keith Sebelius plans to split his leftover 26562 dollars between a charitable foundation and a new PAC, with taxes the only constraint.
Public Pulse notes progress in courtroom coverage with cameras. It questions if public interest is overruled by overexposure and cites mayoral remarks on a library flap being overplayed. Gus Garden references an annual procrastination timing shift due to the national president’s postponement.
Storm warnings malfunctioned across the city over the weekend and into Monday morning. Utilities Superintendent Fred Saunders blamed moisture for the failures and said Southwestern Bell equipment used in sirens was being tested and could be fixed by Monday afternoon. Street lights across downtown dimmed or failed after lightning strikes, with lights taking about 15 minutes to reappear once darkened.
The May 1 crop outlook for Kansas placed the 1981 wheat harvest at 12.9 million acres with an average yield of 32 bushels per acre, aiming for 412.8 million bushels. Frost damage could trim yields up to twenty percent in vulnerable early bloom fields, while recent rains may offset losses in other areas. Kansas faces its largest harvested area since 1952, though frost and drought have reduced planting and yields from prior forecasts.
A Kansas indictment alleges a Great Bend family failed to report about 577000 of cash found in a dead relative's basement after Christmas 1976. The group faces fraud and conspiracy charges. potential estate tax penalties could reach $200000 with extra penalties.
The administration proposes sharply cutting early retirement benefits and raising incentives to work beyond 65. Key items include raising penalties for retiring before 65, reducing benefits at 62, eliminating dependents’ benefits for early retirees, and delaying cost of living adjustments. It also aims to abolish earnings limits for 65 to 72 year olds and lower payroll taxes for workers.
The Reagan administration's reform package would reduce monthly retirement benefits for 62-year-olds starting January and by 1987 cut several groups, including 65-year-olds, with specific dollar losses shown for low, average, and maximum wage earners. The study lists present law versus Reagan figures across current and future retirements.
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