A Mockery of Tax on Johnson County Planes
Ottawa editors highlight Johnson County checks on airplane listings showing only about a third of planes owned by residents appear on tax rolls. Some planes undervalued with values cited as 100 or 200 dollars. Officials note owners once moved planes to Missouri strips to dodge higher levies, echoing past car-registration evasion and prompting critique of Kansas tax valuation rules.
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Johnson County
District Attorney’s Office of Federal
Missouri
Kansas
Three Presidents Clash Over Bureaucracy And Unemployment
Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford are all vying to cut costs and trim federal agencies while promising to reduce unemployment. The debate centers on whether shrinking government will worsen jobless statistics as officials lose their posts and enter the job market.
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Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Congress
Hairy Tongue Patient Seeks Diagnosis From Doctor
A patient writes that about two and a half years ago their tongue became very irritated with a stinging sensation. After visiting a regular doctor, the physician suspected a vitamin C deficiency and downplayed the issue as unimportant.
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Dr. Thosteson
Hairy tongue and tongue health advice from a doctor
The reader recalls a clinic diagnosis of glossitis linked to smoking and vitamin intake. Advice covers cessation benefits, potential B vitamin roles, anemia check, and lingering effects. Other letters address pregnancy with intact hymen, contact dermatitis, loss of smell and taste, untreated fractures, and correcting hip shape with age.
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Thosteson
A.J.B
Television Log Aged in a Dazzling Schedule Fragment
The fragment lists a dense, imperfect TV schedule with programs, channels, and time slots across a chaotic log. It mentions Sesame Street, News, Early Show, Zoom, Brady Bunch, Democratic Convention, Gunsmoke, Monty Python, Johnny Carson, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, and many other titles with erratic timings and repeated blocks, reflecting a cluttered historical listings page.
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Carrascalendas
Gomer Pyle
USAC
Andy Griffith
Beverly Hibilites
Calico County
Next Door
Washington
City Out of Wilderness
Flying Circus
Dick van Dyke
Johnny Carton
Newa
Mary Hartman
Sunset Strip
Electric Company
USMC
Harmony By Sound
Andy Griffth
Beverly Hiblbites
Lowell Thomas
Robert Meena
Johnny Carson
Railroad Buff Captures Rail Model Collection in Pa
Bob McFadden of Hatboro, a schoolteacher, amasses 5000 railcar models spanning 1 inch to 5 feet in length. The collection, valued around 65000 dollars, includes 96 percent of a major maker’s postwar regular production. McFadden has worked as a railroad engineer and once as a ticket clerk at a terminal.
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Hatboro, Pa
Bob McFadden
McFadden
Citibank outlines three reasons for a housing boom
Citibank counters pessimism with a forecast citing about five million more potential buyers since 1970, rising single homebuyers, and strengthening multifamily housing. It predicts multifamily starts may double soon, and that a housing boom could arrive sooner than analysts expect, though it may not surpass 1972 levels.
Ancient crops and modern farms show per capita shifts
The Agriculture Department compares 1837 Van Buren era farming with 1976 outputs noting U.S. population growth, per capita yields, and the 1840 corn crop at 378 million bushels. It cites a Bicentennial report on how farm output per person and total production differ, including silk output and tobacco context. It also outlines a theoretical buffer stock plan for wheat 1976–1982, projecting prices and impacts on producers and exports.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Martin van Buren
U.S
Agriculture Department
USDA
Crop Department
van Buren
Congress
FCC Fairness Doctrine Sparks Broadcasting Debate
Washington AP reports that Congress shows little appetite to change the fairness and equal time doctrines. FCC members favor tweaks while a NAB dispute over WHAR Clarksburg strip mining coverage and California stations on nuclear power time fuels debate on free speech and broadcaster judgment.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Glen G. Robinson
WHAR
Clarksburg
W.va
The
NAB
FCC
California
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Richard E. Wiley
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Tional Association of Broadcasters
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