Saturday Notebook Reveals Public Information Realities
A light column reflects on IRS PIO visits and the reach of government public information offices. It notes tens of thousands of public info roles across agencies, costs to taxpayers, and quirky phrases coined by PR staff amid a Kansas City election mishap and other brief observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
Commerce, Defense and Health Departments
Department of Transportation
Congress
Grain Stocks Increase In Carry-Over Seen By USDA Official
RODERICK TURNBULL of the Kansas City Board of Trade notes the USDA World Situation and Outlook for Grains forecasts a modest rise in world grain carry-over for 1978-79 as harvests advance. Global production is expected to outpace usage, though risks remain from weather shifts in the Soviet Union and United States, with world trade edging lower but carry-overs still rising from 1974-75 through 1978-79.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roderick Turnbull
Kansas City Board of Trade
Kansas City
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
United States
United State
Soviet Union
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S
Gilded Edge To Dollar's Plunge By
The dollar's continued fall on world FX markets fuels a larger US trade deficit, raises import costs for Americans abroad, and harms travelers while boosting gold investors. Robert Guy of N M Rothschild notes gold acts as a hedge as the dollar declines, with gold prices rising above 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Potts
New York
Robert Guy
London
N.M. Rothschild & Sons Ltd
Zurich
House
Senate
Carter
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Work To Resume At Seabrook Plant
The Seabrook nuclear plant dispute edges toward closure as a building permit is reissued and construction workers begin arriving. The Clamshell Alliance plans a peaceful occupation by 18 New Hampshire residents when work restarts, signaling a potential end to the lengthy battle between environmentalists and builders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seabrook
Andrew Schneider
Associated Press
N.H
Ldl
Seabrook Atomic
Clamshell Alliance
New Hampshire
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Public Service Co
Joe Moriarty
New Hampshire Building Trades Council
Medical meetings help doctors track rare diseases
Doctors must continually attend medical meetings and monitor professional journals to keep up with tic douloureux gout and shingles among other inconsistencies that may appear in medical literature.
Dear Dr Thosteson and Medical Updates Column Summary
The column covers advances in trigeminal neuralgia treatment with carbamazepine Tegretol, its dosing, blood monitoring, and side effects while noting surgical improvements to avoid facial numbness. It includes reader questions on nails, Crohn's disease, gynecomastia, fatigue, bruising, and a plant-occupation dispute with Seabrook nuclear plant context and broader economic notes.
Price rise eyed to cut fuel costs in January
The Lockhorns report a planned price increase likely to take effect in January, raising gasoline and heating oil by about 1 to 3 cents per gallon. The move aims to adjust consumer fuel costs amid rising market prices and supply considerations.
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Ottawa Herald
U.S. Energy Research Development Agency
American Bar Association
Pendergast
Dr. Thosteson
Crohn
F.K
C.A
Jesus
Christ
Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B
Wellington
George C. Thosteson
Walter Matthau
Glenda Jackson
Art Carney
Richard Benjamin
Hillcrest Pas
Desora Bens
Denis Ens Dens Quad
Jerry Reed
Peter Fonda
Baluin
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