Weekend Notebook Satirical column on daily life and language
An editorial Saturday notebook riffs on a winter living reality with anecdotes about a grandmother losing car access, a neighbor buying four snow tires, birds at a feeder, and a motherly remark about spilled seed. It rails against bureaucratic jargon at a Kansas school board and mocks Amtrak’s early glamour claims while sharing a winter lament about a frozen alarm clock.
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Buster
Polyp questions to Dr Thosteson about bowel growths
Tam asks what polyps are, their growth rate and cancer risk, whether removal is necessary, and if polyps affect bowel movements. The reply explains polyps as tissue growths on mucous membranes and notes they can be enlargements or contain fibrous material or tiny glands in the GI tract.
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Thosteson
N.N.Y
Eson
A. G
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
U.S
Canada
Saskatchewan
Texas
Crop Reporting Board
Polyps risks and treatments plus reader health questions
Medical column discusses colon polyps including prevalence, cancer risk, removal options, and watching higher lesions. It covers related symptoms, hereditary tendencies, and surgical advances, and includes reader queries on diuretics, homogenized milk calcium, persistent coughs, Reiter’s syndrome, psoriasis, weight loss gimmicks, and a closing prayer.
Lobbying and Lunch Money in Kansas Legislature
A Kansas correspondent reviews how lobbyists report influencing legislators and reveals the mingling of lawmakers and press at lunches and dinners. He notes paid meals by Southwestern Bell, KIOGA, KNEA, chamber groups, and the Bankers Association, with casualties and comments from officials.
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Dean Hinnen
Kansas
Topeka
HNS
Sany
Secretary of State
Statehouse Press Corps
Lynn Hellebust
Governmental Ethics Commission
Mike Gage
Southwestern Bell
Kansas Corporation
Pete Loux
Loux
Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association
KIOGA
Hays
Kansas National Education
ECC
Don Schnake
Marjorie
Arts Advisory Council
KNEA
Tish
Chamber
KBA
Harold Stones
United States ahead in farm efficiency says Soviet study
AP reports analyst Fletcher Pope Jr. finds US uses inputs more effectively. Soviet Union lags in fertilizer and equipment. 1971–75 period covers USSR ninth five year plan. US leads in meat eggs fruit corn soybeans while USSR dominates wheat rye barley milk potatoes and sunflowers. Climate and geography give US advantage with broader arable land and longer growing seasons.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Fletcher Pope Jr
Agriculture Department
Pope
Department
Economic Research Service
U.S
USDA
Farm People Outline Price Control Action
About 1400 farm representatives gathered for an agriculture awareness meeting in Goodland Kansas and approved a five point program to tackle low prices. The plan includes beef import act enforcement, 100 percent parity on commodity credit loans, re enactment of sugar legislation, emergency farm loans via local banks, and equal access to government marketing information for all traders. Leaders spoke with Kansas and Colorado lawmakers via teleconference including Sen Gary Hart and Rep Frank Evans.
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Goodland
Kan
Congress
Kansas
Colorado
Gary Hart
Dcolo
Frank Evans
D-Colo
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