Editorial: Farming changes needed to curb farm consolidation
The Department of Agriculture warns current farm policies are outdated and favor large landholders, risking a shift toward a landed aristocracy. A 22 month study urges reform toward medium sized family farms, boosting domestic efficiency while limiting exports and concentrating resources. Bergland notes policy changes should focus on seeds and fertilizers for U S farmers and aiding other nations’ adoption of improvements. The study stresses the sector’s near capacity and low grain stocks, urging a shift from export driven growth to strengthening domestic farming programs.
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Department of Agriculture
America
Department
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Reagan
Congress
John Block
Illinois
Taxpayers face annual grind of complex fair tax debate
New York AP notes recurring complaints about the equitable income tax and its forms. Inflation, complexity, and doubts about fairness fuel calls for simplification while the tax remains a tool for social goals. Experts warn the rich pay more and many feel burdened by higher brackets and elusive interpretations.
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New York
IRS
U.S
Michael Graetz
University of Southern California
Graetz
Mayor Ed Carter Says He Bared His Soul in Cleveland
In a Journal-World letter to the editor Stephen Bunch references Mayor Ed Carter speaking with a JVJ representative about downtown Lawrence retailing and Teska and JVJ reconceptualizing their thinking. He laments lack of similar frankness at home.
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Journal-World
Ed Carter
Cleveland
JVJ
Lawrence
J-W
Teska
Stephen Bunch
Carter
Obscurantism in America and the Language of Bureaucracy
A essay-like critique argues jargon and euphemisms obscure truth. It cites reforms in terminology from prisons to retraining centers and notes how officials and scholars like Dr. Lois DeBakey condemn impenetrable language. The piece warns vague phrasing erodes understanding and cites humorous bureaucratese anecdotes.
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DeBakey
Jimmy Carter
Lawrence City Commission weighs sales tax referendum
A 1971 Lawrence plan eyed a city sales tax to raise about 400000 to fund 26 police and 15 fire personnel. The item appeared amid reports of unrest and rumors of armed residents, then clarified as overstated while 25 years earlier KU beat Iowa State in basketball and a pancake fundraiser aided two churches after fires.
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Lawrence
Iowa State
First Methodist Church
Plymouth Congregational
Trinity Episcopal
Missouri
Oklahoma
Carter ends term with mixed legacy and unfinished goals
The farewell address praises human rights and environment while noting limited progress on nuclear arms control. Carter’s political and economic struggles stem from vacillating policy, weak public persuasion, and a lack of a coherent administration, hindering momentum with Congress and the nation.
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New York
Carter
Camp David
Congress
Liberation of Warsaw and US Virgin Islands Purchase
On January 17 1945 Soviet troops and Polish patriots liberated Warsaw from Nazi control. In 1917 the United States purchased the American Virgin Islands from Denmark for 25 million dollars raising lasting territorial and economic ties.
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Warsaw
United States
American Virgin Islands
Denmark
Lawrence Journal-World publication details and rates
Established in 1854 W C Simons editor 1891 to 1952. Daily by World Company at Sixth and New Hampshire Lawrence Kansas. Subscription rates: carrier 3.75 every four weeks, 48.75 год per year. By mail Douglas and adjoining counties 29.90, other Kansas counties 36.40, elsewhere 46.45. USPS 306-520. Second class postage paid at Lawrence Kansas. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation AP. Postmaster address changes to Journal-World P O Box 888 Lawrence KS 66044.
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the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
North border oil clash and US energy shifts
The piece highlights Alberta led Western Canada's energy feud with Ottawa over taxation and wealth redistribution to eastern provinces. It notes Alberta’s booming oil revenue, Ottawa’s stance, and contrasts U S energy trends with Alaska's tax repeal and rising oil revenues. Projections foresee Alaska’s oil taxes reaching hundreds of billions by 2000 amid North Slope prospects.
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Alberta
Canada
Pierre Trudeau
Quebec
Ontario
Tax revenue projections lift Texas and Louisiana figures
By 1985 Texas severs oil and gas taxes at about 3 billion annually, up 210 percent since 1978 and 790 percent since 1973, per a New Jersey study. Louisiana collects 1.3 billion in severance taxes by mid decade, 170 percent above 1978 and 400 percent over 1973, while cutting income tax receipts from 274 million to 75 million annually amid falling revenues and recession.
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Texas
New Jersey
Louisiana
Energy Divide Threatens Federal Union Across States
A National Journal study drawing on Chase Econometrics shows energy rich states export tax burdens to consumers in poorer states as they tax oil coal and gas. Texas Louisiana Oklahoma and others pay less than Northern states like New York and New Jersey. Felix Rohatyn warns the split could bankrupt cities and undermine the union as wealth concentrates in energy exporters.
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Midwest
The
National Journal
Chase (Bank) Econometrics
Louisiana
New Mexico
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Alaska
West Virginia
Texas
California
New York
Felix Rohatyn
Municipal Assistance Corp
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Donna Wiley
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