Interstate Expansion Taxed By Rising Costs And Delays
Editorial notes that the interstate highway system, begun 17 years ago with a 15 year goal, will cost over 76 billion dollars. It highlights completed Ottawa to Kansas City and the Ottawa to Emporia link, praises safety gains, but urges delaying further mainline expansion until fuel and car cost issues clarify. It suggests prioritizing feeder state and secondary routes and considers diverting funds to mass transit.
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Ottawa
Kansas City
Kansas
Emporia
Congress
Government Work and the Paradox of United States Employment
A column on the efficiency of government labor contrasts state and federal agencies in Topeka and Washington. It questions reducing the federal work week to four days while maintaining five-day pay, arguing that fewer workers with longer hours might be more practical for productivity. It notes farmers’ heavy workloads and laments the perceived idleness of many public servants.
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Topeka
Uncle Sam
Jess
How Food Travels Through the Body After Swallowing
A patient asks how digestion works after swallowing. The doctor explains that food enters the esophagus from the throat and moves to the stomach. Digestion begins earlier as chewing grinds food and saliva starts starch breakdown.
Pathway of digested food from esophagus to colon
The article explains digestion from esophagus through stomach and intestines, detailing nutrient absorption in the small intestine, water removal in the colon, and formation of feces. It notes the unabsorbable barium used in X rays and potential impacts, plus a Q&A on hearing loss and a ALS note, ending with a prayer.
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Thosteson
Many Reasons Equity Failed
Equity Funding collapse stands out for exposing a web of weaknesses across business and government. The case centers on California mutual fund insurer Equity Funding Life Insurance Co. and its subsidiary, with allegations of falsified books and records to misstate non existent business. Conflicts of interest, auditor reliability, the performance game, regulatory adequacy, and harm to small investors are at issue.
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New York
California Mutual Fund-Insurance Company
Wall Street
Securities and Exchange Commission
Equity Funding Life Insurance Co
Equity
Raymond Dirks
Dirks
Billie Sol Estes
Tino de Angeles
Certified Public Accountants
de Angeles
Easter Eggs polices lure banks into bought insurance deals
The California Insurance Department says policy scams issued to raise immediate cash in exchange for future premiums led to 50,000 policies sold for 25 million dollars. The scheme created a booming image that attracted the financial community, leaving about 100 banks and thousands of brokers and clients with millions of shares.
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California Insurance Department
Fearless Forecast accuracy over seasons and notes
A sprawling recap from New York and Kansas City outlines how the Fearless Forecast fared across TV lineups. It cites accuracy percentages for shows like MASH The Rookies Maude Temperatures Rising The Waltons The Bob Newhart Bridget Loves Bernie and Streets of San Francisco while previewing next year through viewer input and rating services.
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New York
Anna and the King
Sandy Duncan
Bill Cosby
ABC
Maude
Bridget
Bernie
CBS
Bob Newhart
San Francisco
Television Grid Schedule Log For Ottawa Kansas
The page lists a dense daily television schedule from early morning to night at Ottawa Kansas, including programs like Sesame Street, Mayberry RFD, Lost in Space, The Beverly Hillbillies, Dragnet, The Price Is Right, The Tonight Show, and many others with multiple time blocks and channel notes, alongside a publisher’s note and subscription details. The schedule covers news, weather, sports and a variety of network and local shows across hours from 5:00 AM to after midnight, naming programs, affiliations, and some film titles.
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Kansas
Mayberry Rfd
Hogan's Heroes
Lilias
TV Weatherman
World News
Beverly Hillbillies
Dragnet
Animal World
Price Is Right
Partridge Family
Emergency
the Third World
Paul Lynde
Sonny and Cher
Washburn
America
Shenyang
Lenox Quartet
Owen Marshall
Cannon
Black Journal
Dick Cavett
Johnny Carson
the Tiger
Paul Dixon
St. Trinian’s
Doctors
Bay City
General Hospital
Peyton Place
Big Valley
Somerset
Treehouse Lane
Andy Griffith
Mike Douglas
Naples
Jeff's Collie
Lassie
Merv Griffin
Bonanza
Daniel Boone
Electric Company
Munsters
Circus
Statistics
Police Surgeon
Richard
San Francisco
Bob Hope
Pete Kelly
Dean Martin
Jonathan Winters
Ruth
Black Horse Canyon
China Arts Troupe Performs The Greatest Show on TV
NEW YORK AP Mainland China’s Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe stars in a ABC TV presentation titled The Greatest Show on the Other Side of the Earth. The program marks a cultural thaw after Nixon’s Peking trip with banners proclaiming friendship. The show features 2,000 year old acrobatic art, including plate spinning and astounding feats.
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New York
China
ABC
Red China
Shenyang
United States
Consid
Nixon
Peking
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Banyon
England
Mary
Hallmark Historical
Four States
News
Bullwinkle
Gambit
Dick van Dyke
Grace Craword
Love of Life
Hollywood Squares
Bewitched
Mister Rogers
Flashback
News 1
All My Children
Another World
Dennis the Menace
Robert B. Wellington
Associated Press
Varrod Daeg TK
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