Editorial Saturday Notebook
A Kansas Legislature beer age bill prompts student protests from KU and Kansas State. The piece argues lawmakers should not legislate morals and notes enforcement challenges. It contrasts student loan growth, rising costs, and lightened prices on bacon and eggs with light humor about Spring, gasoline, and a sage Osage editor’s newspaper advice.
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Sage of
Osage
The Spy Who Came In For Gold by Kilpatrick
A conservative column doubts the Supreme Court ruling on Snepp, arguing he breached a broad CIA contract by publishing Decent Interval. The piece urges a narrow reading to avoid spreading pre employment oaths to other agencies and cautions about overreach and prior restraint fears.
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James J. Kilpatrick
Washington
Frank W. Snepp
IIT
CIA
U. S. Supreme Court
Snepp
Bob Woodward
Scott Armstrong
Brethren
Justice Stevens
Stevens
Corn Sweetener Trade Expands Amid Coca Cola Switch
Roderick Turnbull notes Coca Cola's plan to replace half its sugar intake with corn sweetener fructose caused a modest rise in corn futures. Fructose production has surged in the United States recently, though overall corn grind for this product remains small versus livestock feed and exports. The move reflects growing demand for corn based sweeteners.
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Roderick Turnbull
Kansas City Board of Trade
Kansas City
Coca-Cola Company
United States
Cargill
Heart rate questions and sugar market notes in 1970s column
Dear reader explains how pulse relates to heart beat and when rate may signal trouble. Athletes often have slower rates due to efficient pumping. The column also surveys sugar prices of 1970s, fructose rise, HFCS use, and corn market shifts alongside references to policy and gasohol potential, with a prayer excerpt.
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Dr. Donahue
Bjorn Borg
Napoleon
Washington Monument
Washington
Monument
Cargill
Minneapolis
Richard A. Frame
John P. Sweeney Jr
Legislative Report From Kansas House Insider Note
A Kansas House vote approved a death penalty bill by 81 to 43 and sent it to the Senate. A constitutional amendment limiting state tax revenue failed on a 62 to 84 vote. A bill to require the governor’s written approval for filling most state vacancies gained tentative approval. A nursing home ombudsman expansion was approved for the Department of Aging. Hearings eyed farm machinery personal property tax cuts while school finance remains stalled. Contact Jim Allen at the Statehouse in Topeka for assistance.
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14Th District
Kansas
House
Senate
Public Health and Welfare Committee
Department of Aging
House Assessment and Taxation Committee
Jim Allen
Statehouse
Topeka
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