Saturday Notebook Christmas memories and tax season satire
A light column recounts a quirky Christmas with gifts and house rules, plus a humorous note on IRS activity. It mentions gifts including a pipe history book and watercolors by a Kansas City artist, plus a tongue in cheek proposal to fund Nixon birthplace monument in Yorba Linda.
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Santa
Jenny
Kansas
J.R Hamil
Kansas City
Sunflower State
Congress
California
Yorba Linda
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Understanding heavy weights and bench press variations
Dear reader asks what heavy weights mean and if incline bench press differs. Response defines heavy as six reps max, explains one rep max concept, notes incline bench shifts targeted muscles like the anterior deltoid and adds that small changes in form change muscle use and provide variety. Also advises about blood pressure and weight loss benefits on systolic and diastolic levels.
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DR. Donohue
Donohue
R.L
Mac Anti-Smoking Crusade Gains Mixed Victory
California jurors ruled tobacco firms aren’t liable for a smoker’s death, a setback for anti smoking efforts. Yet Royko and Castro quit smoking and join the crusade, boosting prospects for reform. The Salina Journal and a few others refuse cigarette ads while AMA pushes a ban, provoking debate on free speech and public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Royko
Castro
Jesse Helms
Rambo
Post
Salina
Erring Yet Again In 1985 A Look At Public Mistakes
Veteran columnist David Broder reviews his year of misstatements and misreadings from 1985. He recalls misquotes about Speaker Vera Katz, overstatements about Reagan, and a running gag on his own memory lapses. The piece notes reader reactions, corrections, and efforts linked to civic programs and public service.
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David
Broder Washington
Friends
Don Denkinger
Hoover
Gary Hart
Informa
Vera Katz
Oregon House of Representatives
John Duxbury
St. Louis
Eugene J. McCarthy
Reagan
Mark Hanna
South Africa
White House
Chester Loomis
Boca Raton
Fla
Loomis
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Margaret M. Heckler
America
Dick Merriman
18Th St
N.W
Washington
D.C
Hartford
Honolulu
Change School Law By JOHN MARSHALL
An opinion piece questions why Kansas has over 300 school districts amid funding and enrollment issues. It argues for reviving the education article of the Kansas Constitution, clarifying Board of Education powers, and transferring selection to legislative action, criticizing current board effectiveness.
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John Marshall Harris
Kansas
State Board of Education
Board of Regents
Kansas Technical Institute
State Teachers Union
State School Board
State Board
Kansas Board of Education
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Leroy
Mac
Washington Post
Kan
Salt Lake City Desert
AMA
John McCormally
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Destiny
Cubs
Ottawa
Cedar
Robert B. Wellington
Broder
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