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Newspaper
Newton Kansan
Location
Newton, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1975
Page
4
Readers urge Harvey County Commissioners and 15 township trustees to spend federal revenue sharing funds to ease local property taxes. They warn against creating new payrolls or capital items that would later shift costs to taxpayers if federal policy shifts, favoring support for existing operations instead.
A blue ribbon commission led by Vice President Rockefeller and Senate leader Mansfield is expected to urge on June 30 that the CIA keep undercover work but under a new name the Foreign Intelligence Agency. The report calls for firmer oversight and questions the personal presidential certification for covert actions while not abolishing them.
Buckley discusses panel chaired by Dr. Frank Stanton proposing USIA handover to the State Department leaving only the Voice of America. He recalls 1970 commission questions on USIA advocacy, rebuttal duties, and alignment with political mood, noting VOA’s morale compared to BBC wartime role and warning of emasculation of a nuclear era information service.
Iranian Students Association members in the United States warn of repression upon return to Iran. They accuse the U.S. of backing the Shah with arms, defense personnel, and billions in goods, likening the aid to fueling a Vietnam-like crisis. They urge U.S. change before more prisoners suffer.
A variety of small town events are noted. The Masonic building corner room will receive a new front, floors, papering, and painting. Garden contests drew entries from beautification leagues. St Matthew's church hosted well attended choral vesper services with strong music. Kansas gas conservation plans will be discussed at a Wichita conference on June 19. The CCC calls for young men aged 18 to 28. The Senate approved a Democrat sponsored minimum wage increase to 1.00 per hour. Ten residences were permitted to be built in May with total estimated costs of 72 900 dollars.
The notice lists publication details for the Newton Kansan established 1872 and marks official paper status for Harvey County plus delivery regions. It provides by mail and carrier subscription prices for in and outside Kansas, with various term lengths and areas including Newton, Hesston, Halstead, Sedgwick and Walton.
Norway swears in oil wealth from Ekofisk expected to reach 4 billion dollars a year for a country of four million. Debates over use of profits pit environmentalists against conservatives and leftists as officials set an average cap of 90 million tons annually into the 1980s. Meanwhile a separate note claims Sierra Nevada peaks are the edge of a 400 mile long mountain system.
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