Editorial notes soil cuts echo Dust Bowl history
Editorial urges lawmakers to protect soil conservation amid Contract with America cuts. Recounts 1935 Black Sunday when 300 million tons of soil blew from the Dust Bowl, witnessed by Howard Zook in western Kansas. Sen. Bob Dole calls for fair farm program treatment and safeguarding soil practices.
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America
Hugh Bennett
U.S. Soil and Conservation Service
Dust Bowl
Howard Zook
Kansas
Zook
Wichita Eagle
Bob Dole
Term limits debate exposes party blame and reform hopes
The piece argues term limits for Congress require bipartisan support and risk of anti incumbents losing power. It notes 90 percent of Republicans backed the amendment while Democrats split, predicting voter reaction in future elections and calling for limits on career politicians. The author cites Kansas figures and argues money, not term limits, drives incumbency power.
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Yost
Republican Congress
Republican House
Congress
House
Wagnon
Pat Roberts
Gingrich Khan
Roberts
Kansas
Nancy
Kassebaum
Jan
Meyers
Henry Hyde
Newt Gingrich
Kansas House of Representatives
Grim reapers of international trade in GATT talks
A dairy farmer and national WIFE chairperson argues that State trading enterprises such as NZDB and CWB undermine U S agriculture under GATT Uruguay Round. She urges Congress to investigate anti competitive practices, warns of 1995 farm bill impacts, and cites USDA reports and international pricing concerns.
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Zevsky
Turin
New York
Congress
U.S. Department of Agriculture
America
GATT
Geneva
New Zealand
Canada
NZDB
CWB
United States
National Dairy Promotion and Research Board
New Zealand Dairy Board
U.s.department of Agriculture
USDA
Foreign Agriculture Service
Dairy
Canadian Wheat Board
International Trade Commission
U.S
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Herb Kohl
Kent Conrad
Larry Pressler
Byron Dorgan
Russ Feingold
Larry Craig
Steve Gunderson
Pat Roberts
Joe Sheen
David R. Obey
Robert Borski
Tom Petri
John McHugh
Earl Pomeroy
Tim Holden
Tim Johnson
Doug Bereuter
Sherwood Boehlert
Charles A. Bowsher
U.S. General Accounting Office
National Association of Wheat Growers
Assessors face push for protection against abuse
The Sedgwick County appraiser Gerald Frantz argued small items like paper clips and pencils should not be taxed due to limited resources. He later announced plans to inspect at least half of all businesses in 1995 and to hire a firm to audit larger firms, illustrating inconsistent audit policies and the need for legislative safeguards for small businesses.
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House Committee On Taxation
Sedgwick County
Gerald Frantz
Frantz
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