Credit expansion looms for rural areas
Washington reports broad new credit programs for farmers and rural residents, expanding refinancing and loan guarantees. House measure caps total debt at 400000 while raising operating and ownership loan limits and extending the livestock act to 1979. Senate action expected with House-Senate conference.
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Crime Still Has Inroads In Unions
Washington AP two decades after a Senate panel exposed racketeering in labor moves forward with claims organized crime still influences some unions. Justice Department argues Labor needs more investigators and a new approach while outlining cases of ghost employees kickbacks and embezzlement.
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Topeka immune bill rejected by Senate panel
The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee declined to recommend a basic governmental immunity bill. Instead it favored studying a Tort Claims Act to specify when cities and counties may be sued for employee negligence. The panel plans to resume work during breaks as lawmakers eye adjournment. The ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court narrowed immunity for municipal units. League of Kansas Municipalities warned of higher insurance costs and premiums.
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Brzezinski remark alarms U.S. and Soviet intelligence
U.S. officials fear Zbigniew Brzezinski's claim that Soviet jet fighters shot at a South Korean airliner within Russian airspace signals exposures of monitoring methods.Officials warn Russia could counter with measures, as NORAD notes the plane lay far outside DEW radar reach. Separate item reports Indiana Rep Andrew Jacobs Jr proposing dress code loosening for House floor attire amid mixed responses.
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