Delinquent Payment Act proposed to force prompt bills
Editorial urges passage of the 1981 bill requiring the federal government to pay its invoices within 30 days or face penalties. NAM backs the measure arguing many agencies pay 90 to 120 days late, harming private firms especially small businesses. critics call the delay a sign of inefficiency and mismanagement.
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U.S
Uncle Sam
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Congress
Pioneer Kansas teacher Alice Tuttle enters Hall of Fame
Distaff Side profile honors Alice Tuttle Rt.1 for innovative rural education. Inducted June 6 at 2 p.m. in Dodge City with a 5:30 p.m. banquet. Tuttle taught 27 terms in 17 schools across five counties, started a private kindergarten, cooked meals, led field trips, and balanced family life while earning a BS in 1969.
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Alice Tuttle
Rt.1
Jetmore
Tuttle
St. Mary of the Plains College
Garden City
Kansas Heritage Center
Dodge City
Tax cheaters and sanctimonious moguls in public life
A columnist laments reform-minded figures like Earl Buzz while criticizing tax evasion and broader corporate greed. He links Nixon era scandals to current abuses, arguing the push to get government off their backs enables fraud, consumer harm, and public risk. The piece denounces pretended virtue and urges scrutiny of powerful interests.
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Earl Buzz
Earl
Richard
Nixon
Reagan
Agnew
Buzz
Defense costs and the weapon industry questioned
Jim Bishop critiques the defense budget highlighting inflated costs and flawed tech. He cites the Joint Chiefs, costly systems like the XM I tank and Falcon missiles, overpromising Navy ships, and aging bombers while warning about the military industrial complex and propaganda.
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Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Department of Defense
Atlantic
Playboy
Joint Chiefs
America
Spruance
Vietnam
U.S
Adm
Hyman Rickover
Navy
Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Toll Falls Short of Estimates
Traffic accidents killed at least 346 people nationwide over the three day Memorial Day weekend, lower than the National Safety Council predicted. Last year 411 died. the council had expected 450 to 500. The 1969 Memorial Day weekend remains the worst on record with 629 deaths.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
The
Council
Dole Believer Now Sees Change In Public Image
Public notices two letters from Kansas reader Joe Weddle praising Senator Dole after earlier criticism. He admits errors in his 1980 stance and plans to vote for Dole in 1986, crediting public feedback and Dole’s improved conduct. Also notes student art contest participation by Garden City seventh and eighth graders under Ed Pennebaker with thanks to organizer Patty McCarthy.
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Joe
Robert Dole
Senator Dole
Senate
Crow
State of
Kansas
Cold
Washington
Joe Weddle
Davis
P.S
Kenneth Henderson
Garden City Telegram
Ed Pennebaker
Patty McCarthy
Pat Johnson
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Sunflower Retired Teachers Association
First Baptist Church
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Unique Club
Progressive Readers
Christian Women’s Club
Vivian Ashcroft
Tulsa
Laverne
Richard Tuttle
Twila Henry
Virginia Guffey
Conway, Ark
Gran Gran
By Dolores Hope
She
IRS
Earl Butz
John MC Cormally
Harris News Sevice
Doonesbury
INGS
Mac
Jim Bishop
James Fallows
Public Pulse
Dole
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