KFU Leader backs Block for Agriculture Secretary
Dale Lyon, outgoing Kansas Farmers Union president, said Block’s nomination as agriculture secretary could help farmers. He praised Block as a free trade advocate and farmer from Illinois, urged policy changes in lending and tax areas, and warned against concentrated land ownership threatening family farming. Lyon outlined tax issues and the union’s stance on a severance tax as Topeka hosts its annual convention.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Farmers Union
Dale Lyon
John R. Block
Block
Lyon
Illinois
John Carlin
KFU
Food Stamp Warning By Outgoing Ag Official
Washington AP reports during her farewell briefing Carol Tucker Foreman urged caution on cutting food stamp funds. She warned a 40 percent reduction during high inflation and unemployment would leave hungry people, noting 22 million benefit recipients and a low fraud rate. Foreman criticized a meat-ax approach and stressed sustaining benefits amid price rises.
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Washington
Carol Tucker Foreman
Reagan Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Food and Consumer Services
Agriculture Department
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Senate
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Block
Helms
Ms. Foreman
Foreman
Bowling Scores Show High Marks Across Local Teams
Local bowling scores list multiple high games and series for teams led by SCALPERS DILLON'S DAIRY HAVEN STEELE WAYMIRE'S FRITTS MACHINE SHOP and others. Notable performances include J Bien 258-627 for WAYMIRE'S and D Cardle 208 high for FINCH DRILLING with 587 total.
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Dillon’s Dairy
R. Welton
Haven Steele
W. Stewart
Waymire's
R. Kimes
State Fuel Goal Met in Kansas 1980
Kansas met its six percent gasoline conservation goal for 1980, reducing consumption by about eight percent. State Energy Director Joseph King noted government use fell six percent and highway data show drivers traveled 1.7 percent fewer miles while speed-limit violations dropped. Kansas ranks among the top five or six states in per-capita conservation.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Joseph King
U.S. Department of Energy
King
John Carlin
State Department of Transportation
Kansas Highway Patrol
Poland Threatens Wages Over Solidarity Five Day Week Plan
Poland’s government warned it would dock wages for workers staying home this Saturday to protest Solidarity calls for a five day 40 hour week. Solidarity presidium supported the demand but did not order a nationwide strike, while local unions planned a Saturday work stoppage at Ursus tractor plant near Warsaw. The government pledged a gradual move to a 40 hour week within five years, starting with two Saturdays off per month or five eight hour days plus Saturdays off.
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Warsaw
Poland
Independent Labor Movement
PAP
Solidarity
Independent Labor Federation
Ursus
Solidarity Presidium
Czechoslovakia
Gdansk
Soviet Bloc
Wloclawek
Jelenia Gora
Krosno
Worth the Wait captures World Series drama amid snow and Super Bowl fever
AP Special Correspondent Will Grimsley notes New York’s snowy backdrop as baseball unveils the 1980 World Series film Worth the Wait. The 35 minute program includes the Kansas City Royals Brett decking incident, Dickie Noles’s pitch, and a clash between Jim Frey and umpire Don Denkinger, framing baseball’s soap opera tension against football’s national pull.
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Will Grimsley
New York
Philadelphia Phillies
Royals
George Brett
Kansas City
Dickie Noles
Phillies
Noles
Jim Frey
Don Denkinger
Denkinger
Frey
Phils
Pete Rose
Senate Chaplain To Be Paid With Public Money
The Kansas Senate will pay the monthly salary of Rev. Fred Holloman with public funds for daily prayers in the 1981 Legislature. Senate President Ross Doyen said legislative counsel approved $322 monthly after a Nebraska case raised questions. Holloman, a Lawrence minister, begins his third year as Senate chaplain when the session opens.
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Senate
Pera
Kan
Kansas Senate
Fred Holloman
Ross Doyen
Concordia
Chaplin
Nebraksa
Doyen
Robert Coldsnow
Nebraska
Kansas
Coldsnow
Holloman
Lawrence
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DOE
C. Kramer
P. Pearson
CAREY
J. Carey
D. Heckman
Sands Construction
T. Stewart
J. Dunkin
Kansas State Bank
B. Hull
Hubbard Lumber
A. Coffman Sr
J. White
Wassmer’s Clothing
E. Roehl
Pepsicola
H. Reeves
G. Bateman
Ottawa Times
B. Fowler
K. Ramsey
Briscoe Drugs
R. McFaDden
R. Hughes
Reynolds
B. Vathauer
Bennett
C. Ayers
Andy
N. Band
Bienie’s Body Shop
C. Hughes
Freda
S. McMillen
D. Suffran
McHerman Insurance
J. Scribner
A. Hendrickson
Ft. Wayne
Indiana
S.W. 21St
Chewa
S.W. Mh. Topeka
Pete
Dallas Green
Gene Boyd Ford
S. Main
Ottawa
Kansas State
FDIC
South Bank
Mary
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