Taking cash over cards on road trips and other small notes
A travel piece notes cash is king at gas stations with many signs reading no credit cards or cash discounts while major firms consider dropping cards. It predicts Kansas will feel the shift. The column jokes about skunk stories from Parsons Sun and a cook cheerfully hoping for a pro football strike lasting to Christmas.
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Kansas
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Parsons Sun
the Sun
Our
Hamate bone injury risk in checked swings described
A reader asks if a hamate wrist fracture is possible from a forceful checked swing. The doctor explains the wrist’s complexity, how the hamate can be injured when the bat weight impinges the bone, and that X-rays may miss breaks. Special X-rays confirm the fracture, with long immobilization often ending a season.
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Dr. Donahue
Hamate
P.C
Views On Education School Lunches Make Cents
U S D 296 Superintendent discusses the school lunch program as a cooperative federal state local effort. He notes costs, contrasts brown bag meals and fast food, and cites current prices of 1.15 to 1.25 for students and 1.50 for adults, praising the program as a bargain for Ottawa and surrounding districts.
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Rodger D. Nelson
U.S.D
Kansas
State Department of Education
U.S.C
Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa
Sam Hardage Prepares Strategic Press Conference Plan
Kansas campaign coverage shows Sam Hardage plotting a staged drip of press conferences to sustain momentum before the November election. He favors individual talks over group events to keep reporters hungry, while Democrats accuse him of avoiding face to face confrontations. The move aims to keep visibility high even if substantive policy discussion lags.
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Kansas
Topeka
Hns
Sam Hardage
State of
Sam
Hardage
U S Leads In World Wheat Export Race
Roderick Turnbull notes the United States remains the top wheat exporter with about 42 to 46 percent of world trade, while Canada Australia France and Argentina hold smaller shares. The USDA projects potential growth through land use and yield gains, and details export strategies, boards, and long term agreements shaping global supply and prices.
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Roderick Turnbull
Kansas City
United States
U.S
Canada
Australia
France
Argentina
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Acre
USDA
Australian Grain Board
Kansas
Soviet Union
Economic Community
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G.U
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Loretta
Roger Nelson
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Robert B. Wellington
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LRIO
Eric Edwai
Showtime
Plazc
Elephone
Hrs
Allena
Burt
Dolly
MGM
MGM News
Rodeton
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