Regulation of utilities and investor perspectives in common stocks
The editorial argues that many older investors buy utility stocks for high yields, creating proprietorship feelings toward regulators. It notes monopolistic service, limited customer choice, and the need for oversight to ensure fair rates and profits, tracing regulation from early English courts to the Kansas Corporation Commission.
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England
Kansas Corporation Commission
Washington Bureaus
Warm thoughts for winter sun and a beach encounter
A Washington note jokes about warming up by mental thoughts while describing Zelda walking the beach. She spreads a blanket, applies suntan oil, and lies on a red towel when a tall bronzed man asks if the spot is taken, sharing a flirtatious moment.
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Washington
Zelda
Today in History Highlights and Faded Fragments
February 8 1977 marks a list of century old events including executions in Poland 1940 a Schenectady assault 1709 and a 1955 Soviet leadership change. It also notes Lana Turner birthdays and a family dinner vignette from a short story.
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Warsaw
Poland
Mary Queen of Scots
England
Elizabeth
Schenectady
N.Y
Peter the Great
Russia
Arkansas
United States
Little Rock
Ark
Port Arthur
Manchuria
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
U.S
Lana Turner
Letters From Readers Debate City Affairs And Policy
Readers weigh in on city government forms, trash service charges, potential use of KU for burning waste, and proposals for a new city hall. Letters criticize the current commission manager system, advocate elected mayor council, and urge fair trash billing and practical budgeting.
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Journal-World
Watson
Edna Snavely
The
Lawrence
Law Building
Old Fraser Hall
East 11Th Street
Bowersock
City Hall
Washington
Congress
Ford
Carol Ridenour Abernathy
Ford’s Unspoken Farewell Address Hidden in Drafts
The Ford administration prepared a farewell message but never delivered it. Drafts by Patrick Butler and George Denison express a call for less government power and more personal responsibility. Ford intended a simple departure, leaving behind a lasting message to Americans.
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Lawrence
House of Representatives
Jerry Ford
Washington
Ford
Patrick Buler
George Denison
Butler
Denison
Gerald Ford
Toll free line to reach Kansas legislators in Topeka
A toll free telephone number 1 800 432 3924 has been set up for citizens to contact Kansas lawmakers in Topeka. Callers may request a representative or senator or leave a message for a return call.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Leaders Link Lawrence Police Jurisdiction to Haskell Institute
The Kansas Legislature saw Reps Morris Kay and John Vogel introduce a bill giving Lawrence police concurrent jurisdiction over Haskell Institute, replacing its isolated enforcement status, and the measure later passed. Highlights from the KU Festival of Arts and other regional notes follow, including spaceflight and local honors.
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Morris Kay
John Vogel
Kansas
Lawrence
Haskell Institute
Lionel Rogosin
Edward Albeen
Count Basie
KU Festival of Arts
Ohio
Cape Kennedy
Dolph C Simons Jr Wins Front Page Victory at The World
Dolph C Simons Jr is credited with a win at The World Company press event. The piece lists staff roles including Executive Editor Ralph Gage and Managing Editor Jack Starkey. The newspaper, established 1854, is published daily except Sunday from Lawrence Kansas with various subscription rates.
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Dolph C. Simons Jr
Dolph Simons Sr
Bill Mayer
Ralph Gage
Segeee
Jack Starkey
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kaw
Douglas
Kansas
Kansan City
Mall Alsewhere
United States
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associate
Prass
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Art Buchwald
Johnsons
Mr. Johnson
Gerald
William
Melissa
George
National Geographic
Tahiti
Renata
Paul
Letters To the Journal-World
Sanitation Department
Thomas Downs
Whitfield van Coll
City Commission
William F
Brad” Bradley Jr
1403
Tenn
Bowersocks
Massachusetts
Walter van Liew
India Kaw Valley
Trict
Grant
Seventh
Vermont
Jere
June Neibarger
Bonanza
Tom H. Hart Sr
Naismith
Dread Friends Meeting
Harold Piehler
Miller Drive
Ron Henry
Leroy Chittenden
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Hartmann
M.S. Winter
Queen Mary
Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Weidmann
Olin Templin
Glenn Cunningham
Journal- World
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