Federal inspector cites dirty plants and calls for FDA style labeling
Vernie Gee of the Food Safety and Inspection Service told a Senate subcommittee that progress promised by the Agriculture Department has not arrived as roaches fatten and flies grow meaner in meat and poultry plants. He urged changing the label to Eat At Your Own Risk and criticized inspector training, petty corruption, and harassment of inspectors and veterinarians while Congress weighs a shift of inspection duties to processors to free inspectors for random disease checks.
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Washington
Meat and Poultry
Agriculture Department
Vernie Gee
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Long Beach
Calif
USDA
Gee
Senate
National Academy of Sciences
FSIS
Donald L. Houston
Academy
Houston
Regulators Seek Deeper KCPL Cuts In Wolf Creek Plan
Kansas City Power and Light faces a stronger cut proposal from the Kansas Corporation Commission staff, who urge a 14.7 million reduction on Wolf Creek generated power rates for about 144,000 eastern Kansas customers. The plan would phase in immediate 2 percent and 4.8 percent cuts in 1988, with hearings set for May 27 before the three member panel.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Kansas
Wolf Creek
KCPL
Utility Regulatory Board
The
Corporation Commission
Kansas Gas and Electric Co. of
Wichita
KCC
Reagan Defends Memory Lapses Amid Iran Contra News
President Reagan said it is easy to be short of memory and noted he may have discussed a plan to pay hostages’ rescuers but denied treating it as ransom. He also asserted no knowledge of funds diversion to the Contras. Senate and Justice probes focus on Fawn Hall’s testimony and a claim she carried documents from the White House in her underwear.
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Washington
Reagan
Lebanon
Oliver North
North
Capitol Hill
Senate
Fawn Hall
White House
U.S
U.S. News & World Report
Ms. Hall
Hall
Edwin Meese III
Howell Heflin
Governor Signs Pari Mutuel Bill Opens Kansas Racing
Gov. Mike Hayden signed a pari mutuel gambling bill enabling horse and dog racing in Kansas. A five member racing commission will regulate tracks, issue licenses, and set tax rules. Racing could begin in Eureka Downs as early as September, with other sites like Kansas State Fairgrounds eyed for future begins.
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Topeka
Kan
Mike Hayden
Pari-mutuel
Eureka Downs
Greenwood County
Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hayden
Ottawa Area Chamber Reaccredited by U S Chamber
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce earned reaccreditation, placing it among the top 10 percent of chambers nationwide. Oliver H. Delchamps Jr. announced the news, with Bob Whitworth noting the program’s self-study, evaluation, and five-year reaccreditation cycle led by Robert L. Shields and 25 participants.
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Ottawa Area
Mits
Robert L. Shields
Ottawa Chamber
Kansas approves 33.5 million omnibus bill with veto tweaks
Gov. Mike Hayden signed the 1987 omnibus appropriations bill, ending a six day wrapup session. The measure updates a 3.86 billion 1988 state budget, includes 1.95 million for local school districts, and expands prisons by 539 beds while restoring 91,534 for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Hayden vetoed a 120,000 lease purchase for a Hutchinson boot camp and other line items, directing further study and finance authority use.
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Topeka
Kan
Mike Hayden
Senate
House
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Public Building Commission
Hayden
Local Building Commission
State Finance Authority
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
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Jay Bemis
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Steve Grogan
OHS
Don Duncan
Kofo Radio
Kristen Cole
Peter Nourat
Mike Burrichter
OHS Cytones
Brent Wheeler
Henry Fillmore
David Shaffer
Dale Fox
Besig
Kyrie
Emerson
Duncan
Rick Traw
Jerry Harnden
Ottawa Board of Education
Roger Nelson
Henry Roberts
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Marvin Jamison
Town and Country Church of Christ
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