Kansas faces budget squeeze as sales tax underperforms
The incoming Kansas governor confronts a tightening finances despite promises of new programs. October tax receipts miss estimates by 7.7 million, with three months of the fiscal year adding to a shortfall of about 31 million. Revenue officials call the sales tax hike from 3 to 4 percent ineffective, reflecting slower growth and prompting talk of a bare bones budget for the next year.
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Kansas
State
State Secretary of Revenue
A New Dimension in Retirement Law Passes Congress
Congress enacts an age discrimination rule equating age with sex or race bias, allowing workers to stay employed until they choose to retire. Employers face pressure not to claim younger workers do jobs better. The change, pushed before the election, could add up to 200,000 workers to the labor pool by century's end.
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Congress
Misguided Missiles by John Cunniff AP Business Analyst
A professor at Michigan State University argues that top young executives may be fast starters rather than on a guaranteed fast track. Eugene Jennings notes fewer openings today due to retirements and slower growth, casting doubt on the idea that early success guarantees executive ascent. He cites historical 1-to-1 salary ratios as indicators of ultimate potential, finding they predicted officer promotion in the 1960s but are less reliable now.
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New York
Eugene Jennings
Michigan State University
Jennings
Business Week
America
Cedar Falls Newsprint Subscription Rates 1986 Ottawa area
The publication lists daily edition details with subscription prices effective July 1 1986 including Ottawa area carrier and motor routes one month four dollars three months eleven dollars six months twenty one and five cents one year forty dollars. Franklin County by mail rates differ and out of state subscribers are subject to five point five percent sales tax.
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Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Franklin County
Star Wars talk fuels jobs myth and bold idea
MIKE ROYKO argues President Reagan touts Star Wars as a jobs bonanza even if the system fails to stop Soviet missiles. He mocks scientists doubts, then proposes a federal drink to boost employment, imagining White House tastings and space plans as a video game.
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Mike Royko
Reagan
Harvard
White House
Outer Space
PVCs warrant some attention and care by doctor
A 71 year old woman on diuretics notices occasional loud heart thumps described as PVCs. Orthostatic and dietary factors may trigger them. if persistent or frequent, review medications and potassium levels with a doctor. The second reader asks about Pap test schedules. ACS recommends annual tests until two negatives occur, then every 2 to 3 years to age 65, including women with hysterectomies.
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DR. Donohue
H.H
C.H.B
American Cancer Society
Late Night TV Schedule and Movie Lineup Summary
TV Tonight lists Cincinnati schedule with Sanford and Son, The Big Party, Wheel of Fortune, Lovers of the screen, and HBO films. Included are election coverage, investigative shows, and classic movies such as The Man Who Knew Too Much and The Deep, with later-night fare like Nightline, Carsons, and Sign Off.
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Sanford and Son
MacNeil/ Lehrer
WKAP
Cincinnati
Barney Miller
HBO
Charles Grodin
Walter Matthau
Tokyo
Japan
Spencer Tracy
van John
Carol Burnett
John Sengstacke
David Letterman
Carsons
Louisville
Kentucky
Clu Gulager
James Karen
Rockford Files
Untouchables
Nightline
Dick van Dyke
Gene Scott
Three Stooges
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John Cunniff
Ottawa Herald
Leroy
Luke Skywalker
Leadership By the Stars
Royko
Paul G. Donahue
CIA
TV Tonight
Torello
Inger
Bermuda
Robert Shaw
Jacqueline Bisset
Africa
America Undercover
Gsianones
Honeymooners
NBA
Joan Rivers
Mannix
Second Wind
James Map
Lindsay Wagner
Elvis Presley
Judy Tyler
London
Richard Widmark
Judy Davis
Falcon Crest
Richard Egan
Susan Strasberg
David Janssen
Trish van Devere
Nightwatch
Lifeforce
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