Fingerprinting Children Proposed by Kansas School Psychologist
A Smith Center school psychologist urges mandatory fingerprinting of all school-age children to aid missing-child recovery, citing technology that can identify faces on milk cartons and locate a child who has been torn from family. He backs a Kansas Legislature bill, while skeptics question feasibility amid raucous policy fights. News bits include IRS tax timing quips, Gramm-Rudman budget chatter, and a humorous reader anecdote about a dog passing away prompting subscription reactivation.
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Smith Center
Chevrolet
Kansas
Fat knowledge for body builders and a eye condition note
Dear reader asks how to reach fat-free body and measures progress. Dr Donohue cautions fat is essential, cites 7 to 12 percent normal range for body builders, and explains caliper tests and underwater weighing for accuracy. Also notes pterygium eye tissue and Librium alias chloridiazepoxide.
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DR. Donohue
M.A
Joan Rivers
F.L
Why Farming Loses Part II in Topeka Lobby Power
Harris News Service notes Kansas is a farm state with a rural legislature and a weak unified farm lobby. Amid budget battles, property taxes, and social issues, lawmakers confront a flood of lobbyists and campaign money that shapes the agenda, sidelining farm concerns as urban interests push broader reforms. The piece warns that money talks in Washington and Topeka, while issues struggle to gain traction.
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John Marshall Harris
Washington
Kansas
Topeka
Congress
Agriculture Board
Kansas House
Senate
Statehouse
House
Great Farm
Buchanan Hearsay on Nicaragua Shapes Beltway Debate
Washington column portrays Patrick J. Buchanan as the pushy White House hawk behind a proposed $100 million Contra aid package. The piece notes Latin American leaders urged regional peace, while Buchanan dismisses dissent as Marxist or duped by Moscow, and questions private support from nearby nations.
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Buchanan
White House
Nicaragua
Spiro T. Agnew
Central America
National Democratic Party
Moscow
Brezhnev
Ronald Reagan
Daniel Ortega
Congress
Washington
George P. Shultz
Ottawa Herald subscription rates listing
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for in trade area and outside trade area, with monthly, quarterly, semi annual, and annual options. Rates vary by in area or out of area and include sales tax. out of state subscribers are charged a 4.5 percent deduction.
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S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
How Soon Financiers Forget
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff surveys repeated financial missteps across mortgages, real estate and stocks. Lenders chased fixed-rate loans while borrowing costs rose, overbuilding cycles created glut of empty offices, and optimism fueled overextension through borrowing to speculate. The piece cites Albert Sindlinger on market overconfidence and debt amplification when prices fall.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Albert Sindlinger
Sindlinger
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