Plumber drives Hitchcock-esque nervous chill on PBS
PBS airs The Plumber by Peter Weir, a psychological horror from Australia that relies on ordinary details to build dread. A campus couple confronts a strange plumber as fear and obsession transform the housewife, echoing Hitchcock’s art of suggestion.
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Los Angeles
PBS
Peter Weir
Academe
Weir
Corps Studies Feasibility of Milford to Wichita Water Pipeline
The U S Army Corps of Engineers examines a six foot concrete pipeline costing about 150 million dollars to carry Milford Reservoir water to Wichita and eastern Kansas cities. Wichita McPherson and others eye the project while financing and legal authority remain unsettled.
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Kansas City, Mo
Milford Reservoir
Wichita
Kansas Cities
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Phil Rotert
Kansas City
Kansas Water Resources Board
Kansas River
Rotert
McPherson
Abilene
Junction City
Salina
Kansas Power and Light Co
Jeffrey Energy Center
St. Marys
Kan
Fort Riley
Equus Beds Ground Water Management District
Cheney
Retert
Robert
Corbin
Chikaskia
Kanopolis
Inital
Milford
New Crop Insurance Plan Gets Underway
Agriculture Secretary Bergland announced the first phase of an expanded federal crop insurance program covering 250 counties in 31 states for the 1981 crop year. The plan lets farmers choose price levels, add private hail and fire coverage, and receive subsidies plus private-agent service with a local delivery system.
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Washington
Bob Bergland
Carter
Bergland
Kansas City
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Agriculture Department
Pension Perks For Mr X At Age 55 In Federal Service
The text explains that Mr X can claim a federal pension at age 55, ten years earlier than private sector workers or Social Security. It notes he may quit to collect, then rejoin with another job to qualify for Social Security and additional retirement programs while avoiding certain payments.
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Mr. X
Industrial Relations Faculty
Princeton University
General Motors
Fed~ Geal
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Civil Service Commission
Carter
America
Washington
Congress
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