Saturday Notebook on Paper Supply and a Texas Road Trip
The piece notes Teamsters strikes delayed newsprint, a Dallas supplier confirms paper left the mill, and a Texas driver plans a stealth return to Kansas City. It covers Rep. Larry Winn's district poll results on Social Security, balanced budgets, and draft reform, plus reactions to the debt limit standoff and a local idea to curb gasoline shortages with a higher driving age and quieter weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
No Longer Trivia What’s China Currency Renminbi?
Kansas City board of Trade columnist explains how renminbi, Yuan, is not readily convertible to dollars. Chinese banks and U S banks act as correspondents to pay exporters in dollars, enabling grain sales to China. Bank of China arrangements, silver and gold options, and the limited current convertibility are outlined with examples from wheat trade.
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Roderick Turnbull
Kansas City
U.S
China
United States
Kansas
Kansas City Board of Trade
Board of Trade
The
Nan
Sedergren
John W. Bengel
First National Bank of Chicago
America
Bank of China
Peking
Chicago
Foreign Exchange Department
Commerce Bank of Kansas City
First National
Japan
Wall Street Journal
Foreign Exchange
Vitamins and Pap Test Concerns Reach Dr Ruble Letter
A reader disputes vitamin skeptics praising vitamin E for leg cramps and discusses Pap test results and cancer risk. The note explains Class I to IV cytology grades and notes anxiety over needing followup tests after Class II results.
Make Sure To Update Insurance
The piece discusses how home insurance should reflect replacement value, not purchase price, and warns many homeowners are underinsured. It explains 80 percent replacement coverage triggers full reimbursement, inflation guards, discounts for alarms, and deductible adjustments to lower premiums. It also outlines policy forms and how inflation and area costs affect coverage needs.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Insurance Information Institute
California
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Acknowledged
The Ottawa Herald lists daily subscription rates for the trade area and out of state readers. In Ottawa and surrounding towns carriers charge monthly and quarterly prices with sales tax included, 3.5 percent tax for out of state subscribers applies.
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S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert
Wellington
THE
Associated Press
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Larry Winn
Winn
Uncle Sam
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H. S
Paul E. Ruble
Whatson
Coumbpant
Nna
Asf
Saffron Glass CO
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa University
Ottawa Little Symphony
Gabriel Favré
Stanley DeFries
O.A. Chapel
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