Saturday Notebook on Taxes Gambling and Modern Trends
A nostalgic Saturday Notebook critiques Kansas legislation proposals including local sales tax on vehicles, questions federal reserve data on unaccounted money, and mocks new communications tech like unattended auto-dialing. It notes campus expansions, Gramm Rudman, junk mail, and persistent phone solicitations.
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Kansas
Hole In Dire Theory by John Cunniff AP Business Analyst
AP observes that the shift from goods to services may be overstated as an illusion from rigid labelling of workers. McKenzie and Smith argue many service and manufacturing roles overlap, with firms outsourcing and acting as general contractors to cut costs and improve quality. They conclude manufacturing employment share decline may not indicate a drop in production.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Richard McKenzie
Stephen Smith
Center For the Study of American Business
Washington University
St. Louis
White House
Murrary Weidenbaum
McKenzie
Smith
McKenzie and Smith
Democrats face choice on 1987 budget blueprint
The House Budget Committee moves to draft a Democratic counter to Reagan's 1987 budget, amid internal splits over tax increases and defense cuts. Speaker O'Neill favors revenue, Gray backs restraint, and Wright signals caution while pressing for responsibility. Senate Republicans push for a balanced plan with possible tax hikes despite veto threats.
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David S. Broder
Washington
House Budget Committee
Reagan
House
Thomas P
Tip) O’neill, Jr
D-Mass
Budget Committee
William H. Gray III
D-Pa
Jim Wright
Texas
O’neill
National Governors Assn
Fort Worth
Senate Republicans
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.d
Wright
Danny Rostenkowski
Rostenkowski
National Defense
Domenici
Walter F. Mondale
Mondale
Senate
O'Neill
Midwestern candidate eyed for USDA deputy post
Kansas State University President Acker, a Midwesterner, emerges as a leading candidate for deputy secretary of agriculture. Allies including Senate Leader Bob Dole push for a farm-state balance, amid vacancies after John Norton’s brief tenure and ongoing political maneuvering in Washington. Acker, 54, plans to leave K State in June and weighed options with no firm commitment.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Duane Acker
Kansas State University
Acker
K-State
USDA
Geography
Senate
Bob Dole
Kansas
Reagan
Dole
Capitol Hill
Richard Lyng
California
John Black
Illinois
John Norton
Arizona
Norton
Congress
Midwest
Cooper Evans
Iowa
Evans
George Bush
John Danforth
R-Mo
Peter C. Meyers
Natural Resources and Environment
Wayne Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Agency For International Development
White House
Frank W. Naylor Jr
Naylor
Oklahoma
Nebraska
South Dakota
Cole
Benefit Focused Exercise Primer From Dr. Donohue
A fitness column outlines three goals aerobic health muscle strength and weight loss. It explains that sustained tension on an exercise bike boosts cardio benefits, overload drives muscle growth, and higher calorie burn aids weight loss. Fat loss is body wide not localized to thighs. It notes jogger bird deterrence via eye exposure and cap eyes.
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DR. Donohue
A.R
New England Journal of Medicine
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Notice
Ottawa Kansas daily newspaper shows subscription prices for trade area including Ottawa and surrounding towns with monthly and yearly rates for in area and out of area, plus out of state tax details and the editor publisher.
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Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
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