Incumbents and bureacracy form funding alliance
A 1980 Ottawa Herald analysis claims federal agencies hid or misrepresented spending to please incumbents. Senators like Magnuson press reports on allocations, with bureaucrats tipping off leaders to gain political benefit, leaving taxpayers to bear the cost. The piece paints a system where presidents, senators, and representatives profit from timely allocations while voters lose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Warren Magnuson
Appropriations Committee
Joe
From Our Readers on Endorsement Practices
A reader criticizes the paper for political endorsements arguing bias, notes all three candidates used the paper to reach voters, and condemns perceived faint praise of a female candidate as demeaning. She urges fair representation and recalls that any new senator in the 11th district will be a freshman.
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L1th
Ethel M. Richardson
Beech St
Lettuce Vitamin K Question Probed by Dr Donahue
Dear reader questions on lettuce vitamin K and blood thinning diets prompt Dr Donahue to explain that lettuce offers little risk to anticoagulant therapy. Vitamin K from various foods and gut bacteria sustains coagulation factors, making elimination impractical.
Plain English Movement Expands in Legal Papers
The Plain English effort aims to simplify contracts and forms across insurance, banking, and government. New York leads with a law requiring common meanings in consumer contracts under 50 000 dollars, with other states considering similar measures.
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Connecticut
Maine
Hawaii
Council of State
New York
Lincoln Savings Bank
Nathan Riley
Plain Talk Inc
Washington, D.C
District
Seldin
Inflation Challenges Loom For Next President
AP Business Analysis notes the economy faces double digit inflation, a high prime rate at 14 percent, and a slow recovery. Economists warn of rising costs, weak investment and risk anew, with a potential double dip recession if rates continue climbing.
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John Cunniff
New York
Otto Eckstein
Lyndon Johnson
Wright Investors’ Service
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Listing
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for in town and trade area by mail and carrier. It includes monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual options with prices and tax notes. The publication is a member of the Associated Press.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
THE
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