Government Proposes PCB Ban on New Equipment in Meat Plants
USDA proposes banning new or replacement PCB containing equipment in federally inspected meat poultry and egg plants after a Billings Montana incident where PCB leaked into drainage and contaminated products across 19 states. FDA EPA may issue similar rules. public comments due by April 30.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Carol Tucker Foreman
Food and Consumer Services
Billings
Mont
Foreman
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
FSQS
Meat and Poultry Inspection
Washington
D.C
Executive Secretariat
Annie Johnson
Washington, D.C
Senate Eyes Tax Break Amendment
Kansas Senate committee ordered drafting a constitutional amendment to let the Legislature classify personal property for different tax methods. The move follows a Kansas Supreme Court ruling striking 20 percent farm machinery reductions and a House plan to phase out taxes by 1984.
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Topeka, Kan
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Kansas Supreme Court
High Court
Sen
Elwaine Pomeroy
Topeka
Kansas
Proposals Down But Spending Up By John Cunniff
AP analysis notes that revised 1981 budget proposals would raise federal outlays by at least 42 billion dollars, from 568 to 569 billion in 1980 to 611 to 613 billion in 1981, with inflation-financed deficits and blurred distinctions between proposed cuts and actual spending. It also reports Castro's State of the Union remarks citing Cuba’s reliance on Soviet support, economic strain, and issues of indiscipline, crime, unemployment, and crop threats.
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John Cunniff
ASP
NEW York
Miami
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Miami Herald
Castro
National People's Government Assembly
Roy C Denton obituary and local notices from Wellsville
Obituary for Roy C Denton, 88, died Sunday in Overland Park. Services in Wellsville with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Former high school teacher at Kingman Neodesha Great Bend, later a public accountant in Great Bend. Survived by son Vernon Denton and three grandchildren. Also local admissions, court notes, theft case, arrests, vandalism, and market quotes from Ottawa and Kansas City. Public notices include gifts to church and funeral details.
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Roy C. Denton
Wellsville
Overland Park
Wilson and Son Funeral
Oakwood
Baldwin
Denton
Kingman
Neodesha
Great Bend
Public Accountants of
Kansas
National Business Teachers Educational Society
Pi Omega Pi
Kansas Teachers Association
Vernon L. Denton
Kansas City
Kan
Ad Briefs and Events at Local Shops and Venues
A collection of notices includes Sports Hut sale items with Adidas track shoes from $10, ticket details for John Likens at Quenemo and the Blackwood Brothers show on March 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at Butler Music Store and by reservation. TV sale pitch for color sets at Action Appliance. money market note from Edward Jones. Queen’s Kitchen holiday closure. Ottawa Municipal Auditorium box office hours.
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Blackwood Brothers
Butler Music Store
Ottawa USD 290 Kindergarten Roundups Set Across Five Schools
Five Ottawa elementary schools in USD 290 announce kindergarten roundups this week and next. Hawthorne kicks off Wednesday with 8:30 to 10 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m. Parents must bring birth certificates and immunization records, and children must be five by Sept. 1, 1980. Vision and hearing tests will occur at all schools, with some schools adding tests. Lincoln, Eisenhower, Eugene Field, and Garfield host staggered sessions with specific times and dates, with appointments encouraged. If parents cannot attend, call the school for alternatives.
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U.S.D
Hawthorne
Lincoln
Eisenhower
Eugene Field
Garfield
Wellsville Man Arrested After Highway Patrol Scuffle
Wellsville resident Jack W. Seyler, 50, was arrested near here Saturday night on charges of driving while intoxicated and battery of a law enforcement officer after a scuffle with Patrolman Earl Stackhouse of Olathe. The officer injured a thumb and received X-rays. he recovered and returned to duty.
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Gardner
Wellsville
Here
Jack W. Seyler
Earl Stackhouse
Olathe
Stackhouse
School Board Renews Insurance and Adjourns for Bids
The U S C 288 School Board (Central Heights) renewed liability coverage of one million dollars for three years at a premium of 2094. The board directed Superintendent Leo Laird to seek bids for a handicapped student transport van and for enclosing the secondary library. A choral group event was approved, and Don Benjamin resigned as vocational agriculture instructor effective June 30. After a 40 minute executive session, a notice policy for non tenured teachers was approved. Beginning April, board meetings move to 8 p.m. from 7:30 to help farmers.
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U.S.C. 288
Central Heights
Leo Laird
Central Heights High School
Don Benjamin
Rock Island Rail Plan Advances With Amtrak and Widened Aid
A House subcommittee approved a billion dollar rail package to speed Rock Island segment sales, fund Northeast Rail Corridor track upgrades, and initiate 13 Amtrak intercity routes. It allocates 74 million in federal loans to aid Rock Island workers facing liquidation and extends subsidies to maintain emergency service where needed. The measure moves to the full Commerce Committee, while Senate action already targets continued Rock Island service into May.
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Washington
Rock Island
House
Commerce Committee
Northeast
Amtrak
Midwest Railroad
Kansas City Terminal Railway Co
Transportation Secretary
Senate
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Raymond Tegtmeyer Jr
Cypress
Martin A. Parker
Pamioa
South
Parker
Public Safety News
Walter William Butler Jr
Ottawa
RFD
South Walnut
Buller
S. Walnut
Butler
Robert W. Keim
Willow
B.B
Connie Dunlap
Walton
Norman Horne
N. Mulberry
Ottawa Co-op
Ad Briefs
Sports Hut
S. Main
Adidas
Budges Sports
John Likens
U. S
Michael J. Esser
Edward D. Jones and Company
E. Qnd
Queen's Kitchen
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Municipal Auditorium
Saffron Glass Co
City Commission
City Hall
R. I. Plan
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