Editors Call for Action on Waste Credited by Firing Snoop Mission
Editorial argues that Carter veterans nicknamed Fat-finders overstepped by exposing waste and mismanagement. It urges successors to publish findings openly, prosecute culprits, and demands Congress cut appropriations at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to curb free-spending.
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Missouri
Environmental Protection Agency
John Q
Reagan
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kansas House considers child safety seat bill
Rep. Jessie Branson of Lawrence proposes a law requiring children under five to ride secured in safety devices. The measure would fine drivers with unrestrained young passengers, citing Tennessee's lower child fatality rate and Kansas past injuries. Support comes from three medical groups, but concerns over cost and enforcement loom.
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Kansas House
Jessie Branson
Branson
Tennessee
Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas Medical
Kansas Medical Society
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American Academy of Pediatrics
Kansas Nurses Assn
House
Senate
Kansas House considers district wide vote on school attendance center closures
A Education Committee bill proposes moving the power to close attendance centers from local residents to a vote of the entire school district. The change would reflect efficiency aims amid declining enrollments and rising costs, allowing all taxpayers to express views on closures or consolidations affecting budgets and services.
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Kansas House of Representatives
Education Committee
Kansas
Lawrence
Haig faces North Africa test amid Algeria Morocco rift
Washington era column notes Alexander Haig must balance cultivating new ally Algeria with maintaining support for Morocco as both nations clash over the Western Sahara. CIA analyses warn Algerian backing sustains Polisario guerrillas, threatening Hassan’s regime and complicating U S policy after hostage crisis.
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Washington
Alexander Haig
U.S
North Africa
Western Sahara
Morocco
Polisario National Liberation Movement
Algeria
Hassan
Soviet Union
Polisario
United States
CIA
Polisario) Front
Journal-World publisher and mailing rate notice
Established in 1854 W C Simons editor 189 to 1952 published daily by the World Company at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets Lawrence Kansas 66044. Telephone 843 1000 subscription rates include sales tax carrier four weeks 3 75 one year 48 75 mall Douglas adjoining counties no carrier 29 90 per year remaining Kansas counties greater Kansas City Missouri 36 40 per year mail elsewhere United States 46 45 USPS 306 520 second class postage paid at Lawrence Kan member Audit Bureau of Circulation member Associated Press postmaster address changes to Journal World P O Box 888 Lawrence Kan 66044.
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W.C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Kaw
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Fleetwood trailer plant opens in town amid record cold
The $600,000 Fleetwood Inc trailer factory opens near 29th and Haskell as a brutal cold snap grips the state with record lows. Ice glaze and heavy snowfall disrupt daily life while officials call for a new long range growth plan. KU Endowment notes rising private gifts including the Owen Maloney Chemistry Award set up by Blanche Maloney of Tulsa.
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Fleetwood, Inc
29Th
Haskell
Salina
Topeka
Lawrence
Kansas University Endowment Association
Owen Maloney
Blanche Maloney
Tulsa
Private sector must cure its own productivity ills
American productivity lag is rooted mainly in private sector incentives and work rules. managers must redefine rewards so higher productivity directly boosts individual income. models in Japan show how labor shifts and investment in new tech raise output. American firms need longer time horizons and structural reform to align societal gains with personal gains. Lester C Thurow argues for economic restructuring and stronger incentives.
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New York
Japan
America
Management Institute
West Germany
Lester C. Thurow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Parking Places in Washington Camp Mystery
Washington official ponders why government parking spaces remain scarce despite hiring freezes and retirements. A joking theory blames Carter appointees for “taking” spots. others suggest lobbyists fill the spaces. The discussion touches car pooling, government shrinkage, and future administrations.
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Washington
Reagan
Carter
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