Saturday Notebook satire on tax and trivial jests
The column riffs on IRS plans to tax tips for waitresses and restaurant workers and cites reader comments. It recalls past headlines about taxes and spending, political reversals, city government recalls, and oddities like designer jeans half off. It ends with a comical note about excess junk mail and the postman.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Congress
Legislative Report Highlights Kansas Bills And Valentine Cheer
Rep Dorothy Nichols reports a cheery Capitol on Valentine’s Day as H R 2008 expands sex offense definitions including rape by object. Sen Jim Allen notes a water pricing bill, reservoirs fund, and unemployment trust fund stabilizing plan with a 20 percent tax hike if needed. Bills on bank holding firms and water transfers move through committees and Senate approval.
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Dorothy Nichols
State
Jim Allen
Kansas Senate
Kansas Water Authority
States New Water Policy and Planning Agency
Senate
Kansas
State Capitol
Topeka
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Kansas House
Statehouse
Credit and Policy Shape World Grain Trade Dynamics
In Kansas City, a discussion on supply and demand in grain markets covers America's production cuts and favorable export credits. The World Wheat Council highlights GSM-102, Public Law 480, and blended credits aiding developing nations, with details on Canada Australia and European credits. The piece emphasizes global competition, pricing and credit terms, and ends with a prayer and a biblical quote.
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Kansas City
World Wheat Council
London
Kansas City Board of Trade
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Wheat Council
Argentina
Wheat Board
Australian Wheat Board
China
Egypt
Australia
The
Canada
Canadian Wheat Board
Brazil
Haiti
Jamaica
Israel
Poland
European Economic Community
United Kingdom
Germany
France
French Export Guaranty Agency
Views On Education From U S D 290 Superintendent Ottawa
U S D 290 Superintendent Roger D. Nelson argues against Reader's Digest critique of public schools. He notes Coleman Report flaws, defends public education, and outlines Ottawa district plans to extend high school to seven periods with added math science and foreign language, urging community support and involvement.
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Roger D. Nelson
U.S.D
Reader’s Digest
Phil Keisling
Coleman
Keisling
Ottawa
U.S.C
PTA
Ottawa Herald Subscriber Rates Listed for Trade Area
Ottawa Herald outlines subscription pricing for Ottawa and surrounding towns with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options. Rates vary by in area or outside trade region and include sales tax. out-of-state subscribers receive a 3.5 percent deduction. Registered editor publisher noted as Robert B. Wellington.
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S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Why does jogging hurt at first then feel easy later
In the first minutes of jogging muscles rely on an emergency energy supply that creates lactic acid, causing pain. After about three minutes aerobic metabolism takes over, reducing lactic buildup. warming up with walking may help. The second letter notes plants in bedrooms do not cause back trouble or rheumatism, and both cactus plural forms are acceptable.
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Dr. Donohue
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