Farm relief calls echo through Topeka notebook
In Topeka weekly columns, Senator Jim Allen discusses farm economy woes and forthcoming hearings. He cites a 20 hour, 75-person testimony set and a concurrent resolution for Washington. Ottawa concerns include downtown facelifts, Wal-Mart expansion, and a Main Street bridge project slated for 18 months.
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Topeka
O.K
Jim Allen
Senate Agriculture Committee
Atchison
U.S. House Budget Committee
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Allen
Washington
Exercise For Seniors With Weights And Goggles Question
Senior asks if leg strap weights are safe for conditioning. Dr Donohue says weights may strain joints. suggests hand weights to increase walk intensity, starting around a pound and increasing gradually.
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DR. Donohue
B.L
J.J
Kansas Education Bills Highlight State Lawmaking Focus
U.S.C. 290 superintendent notes Kansas education faces modest FY86 budget growth, home schooling bills, school board conflicts, asbestos funding, and teacher negotiations. He cites lawmakers seeking 104–108 percent increases, general concern over funding, and broad legislative attention to education as 60 percent of the state budget reflects.
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Roger D. Nelson
U.S.C
Topeka
Kansas Association of School Boards
Kansas
House Education Committee
Corporate Welfare Debate Narrows Budget Gap View
Washington column notes straws in the wind suggesting budget talks may exceed Reagan’s limits. It cites criticism that deficits require tax side reforms, cites the Committee for Economic Development, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. Sen. Durenberger urges across the board tax expenditure restraint and warns against freezing only spending while subsidies grow.
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David Broder
Washington
Reagan
Congress
The
Economist
Dave Durenberger
Rminn
Minneapolis
Fossedal
Names In The News Roundup From Broadway To Portland
AP reports honor rolls of late star Ethel Merman with Carol Channing and Elaine Stritch recall the stage tale. Boston’s Opera Company chief Sarah Caldwell moves to Spaulding rehab after pneumonia delaying the 1965 season. Diana, Princess of Wales, admits nail biting at Oxford hospital. Jane Withers weds Thomas Pierson aboard a yacht. Portland Mayor Bud Clark declines NBC Late Night appearance citing travel and image concerns.
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New York
Ethel Merman
Broadway
Miss Merman
Carol Channing
Maureen Stapleton
Joshua Logan
Elaine Stritch
Boston
Sarah Caldwell
Opera Company of
Massachusetts General Hospital
Spaulding
Miss Caldwell
Opera
Martin Bander
Massachusetts
Newport Beach
Calif
Jane Withers
Josephine the Plumber
Thomas Pierson
Miss Withers
Pierson
John Buonamo
Shirley Temple
Elizabeth Taylor
James Dean
Portland
Ore
Bud Clark
NBC
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Larry Powell
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Powell
Wal-Mart
Wal- Mart
Waymire's
Ottawa
Main Street
Paul G, Donohue
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Rep
Dorothy Nichols
Roger Nelson
Committee For Economic Development
Gregory Fossedal
the Wall
Durenberger
Senate Finance Committee
Joint Committee On Taxation
General Hospital
Oxford
England
Diana
Churchill Hospital
Prince Charles
Ros Scott
Scott
Clark
Jack McGowan
Late Night
David Letterman
McGowan
Earth
God
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Robert
Wellington
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