Navy mishap and tax tales in a Saturday notebook
A Navy carrier USS Coral Sea collided with an oil tanker under seven mile visibility while radar and aircraft were active. The incident raises questions about procedures and crew command. Also noted are Gallup polls on living preferences and a quirky US issue overhaul on canned sweet potato sizing. Tax woes in California highlight IRS computer glitches and erroneous refunds.
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Navy
Coral Sea
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
California
Reader letter urges harsher trash penalties in county
From Our Readers urges tougher action after a front page note about county trash. The writer cites Sheriff’s news from page 3 two days earlier, proposes a $500 fine and 10 days in jail on weekends, and criticizes prosecutors for plea bargains and suspended sentences.
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Sheriff’s News
Franklin County
Randall Renaud
Wellsville
RFD
Country residents defend cleanliness against town trash
Betty Watts of Ottawa RFD 3 responds to criticism that moving to the country means accepting litter. She asserts country areas try to stay trash free while noting loads of refuse are dumped from town along Greenwood road. She warns that ending township zoning would bring more town trash into rural areas.
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Greenwood Road
Mrs. Hooking
Betty Watts
Ottawa
RFD
In Congress Committees Give Kansans Power
Kansas holds strong Capitol Hill clout in the 99th Congress with seats on Finance Agriculture Commerce and Budget committees. Sen. Bob Dole as majority leader boosts influence while gaps persist on Appropriations Armed Services Ways and Means and Rules panels. Kansas lawmakers stress unity and committee leverage to advance agriculture transportation and energy interests.
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Washington
Kansas
House
Senate
Bob Dole
David Bartel
Nancy Kassebaum
Congress
Dan Glickman
Wichita
Agriculture
Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Armed Services Committees
Armed Services Panels
Lockheed
No Kansan
Ways and Means
Glickman
Bartel
Dale
Kansan
Capitol Hill
Dole
Rep
Jim Slattery
Topeka
Tom
Agriculture Committee
Kassebaum
Commerce Committee
Rock Island
Capitol
General Motors Corp
Advisers Question Five Year Investment Performance Claims
AP outlines how investment advisers exaggerate results by cherry picking periods. Value Line’s 20 year record shows outperformance versus the S and P, though differing calculation methods and annual shifts could mislead investors facing fees and taxes.
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John Cunniff
New York
Value Line
Arnold Bernhard
Exercise May Aid Angina Therapy and Fitness
A reader asks about formal exercise for angina and heart attack patients. With doctor approval and supervised programs, exercise can be beneficial, slowing heartbeat and enhancing medicine effects, alongside weight control and fat-reducing diet. A second reader on hypertension should recheck safe exercise pulse after beta blocker use via stress testing and tailored activity.
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Angina
Donohue
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Martin Sass
Standard & Poor
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Ottawa Herald
Cedar
Robert B. Wellington
Christ
DR. Donohue
K.K
Paul G. Donohue
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