Grace Commission findings and waste claims recounted
In this critique of the Grace Commission report, Peter Grace, once chosen by Reagan to survey cost control, highlights government waste from disability retirement abuse to inflated contracts. The author notes the public and officials ignored these findings, while citing examples like costly Navy bulbs and dead Social Security benefits.
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Peter Grace
W.R. Grace & Co
Ronald Reagan
Grace Commission
Grace
Civil Service
Orlando
Health and Human Services Department
Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
Reagan
Congress
Ethical education urged for Kansas officials rules on conduct
A bipartisan commission created by Gov. Mike Hayden drafts a law to ban most gifts to public officials, widen lobbying reporting, and prevent legislators from lobbying state agencies. It also proposals banning former legislators from lobbying and restricting state employees from moving to firms tied to their agencies. Penalties be strong to deter violations.
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Kansas
Mike Hayden
Commission
The Hitching Post and a River Walk Memory
A Burlington writer recalls Thanksgiving walks with his granddaughter along the Mississippi and Mosquito Park. They stop at Balbert’s Confectionery for Air Heads, watch a towboat and a small boat, then visit an arboretum to see an American chestnut tree before a return home.
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Burlington
Iowa
Mississippi
Mosquito Park
Haley Park
Ottawa
Thad
Balbert’s
Balbert
Punkin
Energy policy memory and new oil shocks recur
The piece recalls 1970s energy fears and U S policy shifts from conservation to growth, notes the 1980s oil abundance, and warns that Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait reopens price spikes and fears of shortages, renewing calls for energy independence and environmental easing.
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U.S
Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
America
Yogi Berra
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The
Ottawa Herald
Trey
Miresmm
Moca
Hussein
Energy Department
White House
Middle East
United States
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Persian Gulf
Robert L. Bradley Jr
Cato Institute
Washington
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Philip Clarke
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