Backlash over economic development and jobs debate
The piece argues citizens weigh federal backed growth against deficits and pork barrelling. It notes Reagan’s claim that Star Wars would create Colorado jobs and discusses stalled highway funding as Senate battles over 55 mph limits and pork projects. It questions voter support for federally funded development amid borrowing.
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Reagan
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Kansas
Uncle Sam
Tax Rules Hit Expense Deductions in New Year
The article warns that upcoming tax changes will cut deductible business expenses. Airline and hotel costs stay fully deductible while meals and entertainment drop to 80 percent. Lower tax brackets reduce overall writeoffs, provoking anticipated industry backlash and calls to restore benefits.
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America
Congress
Small Businesses Drive Job Growth, Not Plant Closings
AP analyzes how Federal Reserve research shows job changes rise mainly from new incorporations and expansion, not factory shutdowns. Eleanor Erdevig notes small firms create most jobs, contradicting media focus on plant closings, with implications for policy and attitudes toward small business.
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John Cunniff
AP Business Analayst
New York
Midwest
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Eleanor Erdevig
David Birch
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Birch
Brdevig
Federal Reserve District
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Erdevig
Washington
No Political Options Foreclosed The Stage Is Set For '88
Washington columnist David S. Broder surveys post election shifts, noting nine of eleven close Senate races went to Democrats restoring Senate control. He cautions against reading long term prophecy, highlights party realignments, ticket splitting, and surprising state results, urging vigilance as 1988 approaches.
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David S. Broder
Washington
Jess
Democrats
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Pat Robertson
Political Action Committee
PAC
National Republican
Winston Churchill
Idaho
Oregon
Jimmy Carter
Lily Tomlin Stars in NOVA Is Anybody Out There
New York AP report on Lily Tomlin guiding NOVA segment Is Anybody Out There airing November 18. Tomlin as Trudy and Ernestine mix humor with science as Harvard Smithsonian META searches 8.4 million radio channels for extraterrestrial signals since 1985. The program explores whether intelligent life exists and what discovery would mean for humanity.
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NOVA
Tomlin
Trudy
Bag Lady
New York
META
Harvard University
Smithsonian Institution
Steven Spielberg
E.T
Ernestine
Bedwetting Child Needs Medical Checkup Not Blame
A reader asks about a 5 year old who wets day and night and faces parental denial. Dr Donorue urges medical evaluation to rule out physical causes like bladder size or infections, noting emotional factors are unlikely and shouting or shaming worsens the issue. Early examination and support can distinguish lagging development from a physical disturbance.
TV Tonight Highlights A Wide Night of Classic TV and Movies
Ottawa Kansas TV listings thread through the evening with Sanford and Son MacGyver HBO features Transylvania 6 5000 and The Blue Max. Notables include Amazing Stories Nightline NBC Monday Night at the Movies and Late Night with David Letterman. Also outlines subscription rates and local mailing details.
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Entertainment Tonight
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Transylvania
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Kate
Allie Allin
Charles
MacGyver MacGyver
Robert Wagner
Natalia Wood
Patrick Swayze
Sam Sam
Patti
NBC
CBS
Monte Carlo
Joan Collins
Robert Carradine
David Letterman
Tom Dreesen
Rockford Files
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Joan Hackett
Untouchables
Nightline
Dick van Dyke
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Franklin County
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