Saturday Notebook Notes on Taxes and Holiday News
Saturday Notebook laments Kansas treasury shortfalls and a proposed two cent sales tax rise backed by educators. It argues higher state aid often raises budgets and property taxes, includes a joke about refrigerator soup, and notes Dems may alter the donkey symbol. Also mentions an 18th century Jefferson wine auction and Dec 7 remembrance of Pearl Harbor.
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Kansas
London
Thomas Jefferson
Forbes Magazine
UNESCO slowly dying by Harry Dunphy
In Paris the United Kingdom announces withdrawal from UNESCO, following the United States, signaling further disintegration of the 160 nation agency. Britain cites politicization and waste, pressuring other Western members and Japan to reconsider participation with Singapore already exiting.
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Harry Dunphy
Paris
Britain
Unesco
United States
U.N
London
Japan
Singapore
U.S
Overseas Development
Timothy Raison
House of Commons
Four Ps Of Taxes: Ways and Means Bill Graded
DAVID S. BRODER assesses the Ways and Means tax bill against four standards Poverty Progressivity Principle and Productivity. The proposal removes millions from taxation improving poverty relief and shifts more to middle earners while preserving federalism, but productivity effects remain mixed. The piece calls the bill a credible Reagan-era compromise with significant implications for industry and the 1986 political landscape.
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David S. Broder
Washington
Reagan
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Committee
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
U.S
Winter Makes The Summer Seem Sweeter By John Marshall
A Harris News Service piece notes winter boosts pool builders and ice cream sales in Kansas, tying cabin fever to demand. Doug Farthing and Ray Holmes cite January construction, maintenance pauses, and year-round demand for summer comforts, while national ice cream data shows high overall consumption with peaks in summer and steady flavor preferences.
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John Marshall Harris
Kansas
Doug Farthing
Hutchinson
Farthing
Ray Holmes
Jackson
Dillons
Capitol of Kansas
Jacksons
Holmes
Association
America
Maintaining Aerobic Fitness With an Injured Ankle
A 37 year old asks how to preserve aerobic fitness during immobilization after an ankle fracture. Advice covers using upper body workouts such as rowing or bench exercises to keep heart and vascular stress, plus safely exercising the uncasted leg to minimize muscle shrinkage and head off deconditioning.
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DR. Donohue
L.A.A
Deja View looks back with John Sebastian host
Syndicated one hour special Deja View blends 1960s hits with new music videos hosted by John Sebastian of the Lovin Spoonful. Sly Stone Brian Wilson Graham Nash and Ronnie Spector appear in videos alongside archival performances filmed at the Pasadena Playhouse and on NBC set pieces. If December and March broadcasts succeed more editions may follow next season.
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Mary Campbell
NEW York (Ap
John Sebastian
Sebastian
Sly Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
Brian Wilson
The
Beach Boys
Stephen Furst
Graham Nash
Hollies
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Our House
Pasadena Playhouse
California
Nash
Ronnie Spector
Pasadena
Ottawa Herald subscription rates listed for Ottawa area and beyond
The Ottawa Herald publishes daily except Sundays with subscription options for trade area readers and outlying regions. Rates shown include monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly prices with sales tax notes and a 4.5 percent tax deduction for oval-of-state subscribers.
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S. Cadar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Oval-of-state
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National Democratic Party
Herald
Ford
General Motors
Amadou Mahtar M'Bow
M'Bow
David
Broder
International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers
Republic
D.M
David Hogan
Procol Harum
Eric Laneuville
NBC
Ottawa Herald
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