New NFC Boss Seeks Coalition To Unite Farm Groups
DeVon Woodland, elected NFC president from Blackfoot Idaho, calls for reorganizing a new coalition of farm groups to push higher price supports. He says farm organizations have splintered into 2.7 million voices and vows to weld groups like Grange and Farmers Union into a unified AFL-CIO style coalition. The NFC, based in Corning Iowa, brokers about $700 million in farm commodities to lift prices by controlling supply.
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Kansas City, Mo
National Farmers Organization
DeVon Woodland
Blackfoot
Idaho
Woodland
NFC
National Farm Coalition
The
Grange
Midcontinent Farmers Association
Farmers Union
Labor
Afl-Cio
NFO
Corning
Iowa
Fears Fail To Materialize Cleveland Alive One Year Later
One year after Cleveland defaulted making it the first major U S city to do so fears of six months of chaos failed to materialize. Mayor George Voinovich steered reforms as a panel reviews finances while creditors and unions volunteer help and a payroll tax hike sought stability despite a looming 35 million deficit and 3 million arrears.
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Cleveland
U.S
Dennis J. Kucinich
Lake Erie
Ohio
George V. Voinovich
Voinovich
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Kucinich
Healing Board reverses on prescription rules in Kansas
The Kansas Board of Healing Arts initially rejected but then approved new rules for doctors who dispense prescription drugs. The 90 minute hearing drew pharmacist and physician criticism over clarity and required details. The board plans revisions early next year as it continues reviewing the guidelines.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Board of Healing Arts
Kansas Pharmacists
Kansas
Joseph G. Shalinsky
Kansas State Board of Pharmacy
Healing Arts Board
Jerry Slaughter
The
Kansas to share burden in voluntary gasoline cuts says DOE
Federal energy officials told Gov. John Carlin and Kansas lawmakers that Kansas won’t bear the largest share of a nationwide voluntary gasoline conservation effort. Sidney Bernger said Kansas should carry roughly the same burden as the rest of the nation for January through March. A note continues on Page 3.
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Washington
Kansas
John Carlin
Sidney Bernger
DOE
Berwager
Doug Harvey
Carlin
Kansas Sees Adjusted Gasoline Savings Target
DOE revised Kansas three month gasoline reduction to 6 percent after correcting inflated 1979 consumption data. Net effect keeps first quarter limit near 329 million gallons. Governor Carlin plans to boost enforcement and reporting to improve future conservation targets while stressing education and voluntary compliance.
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Kansas
DOE
Carlin
Wyandotte County Prosector Pushes Change In Insanity Law
Wyandotte County district attorney Nick Tomasic presses to replace innocent by reason of insanity with a guilty but mentally ill verdict. He cites cases in Kansas where alleged killers were released after acquittal by insanity and later deemed no longer dangerous. Under the plan, a guilty but mentally ill finding would carry a fixed term with jail time for early release remaining obligations.
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Kansas City
Kan
Nick Tomasic
Wyandotte
Kansas
Tomasic
Carroll E. Noel Jr
Kansas City, Kan
Robert L. Roberts
Noel
Larned State Hospital
Pawnee
Kansas Supreme Court
Wichita
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Kansas Medical Society
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Investors Management Inc
Snodgrass
Coffman
Kansas State
Lansing
Franklin County
Milton Bradley
Thomas
the Family Circus
By Bil Keane
Wyandotte County
Greg Shaddy
I Beetle Bailey
Dick Trac
Mores Waler
MR. Tracy
Tige
Stalkey
Howes Department Store
Santa
Aine
Rae
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