GM plans price hikes on new cars amid widespread discounts
General Motors announced a 2.6 percent average rise for its new models with some stickers showing up to 9 percent higher than 1986. Discounts up to 1500 dollars and 2.9 percent financing complicate true pricing while standard equipment changes may push listed prices higher. Analysts see the increases as tied to GM's discount strategy to clear unsold inventory, amid a buyer's market and shifting tax and financing dynamics.
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John Cunniff
New York
General Motors
Wall Street
Woman buys Watertown dam to run power, restaurant plan
Elaine Hitchcock of Kohler buys the Rock River dam and power plant in Watertown for 3122 dollars, aiming to profit under federal law and eventually open a two story brick restaurant. Plant could yield 300 kilowatts per hour, with Eau Galle and Sheboygan Falls dams also in development. gauge monitoring required.
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Watertown
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Kohler
Wisconsin Power & Light Co
Madison
Wisconsin Public Service Corp
Green Bay
Hitchcock
Sheboygan Falls
Eau Galle River
Dunn County
Rock River Dam
Public Utility and Regulatory Policy Act
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Department of Natural Resources
Musk thistle control urged to protect pastures in Kansas
Kansas officials warn musk thistle wastes nutrients and moisture from 1,048,830 acres. Agriculturalists urge fall treatment with Tordon 22K, stressing long term pasture protection and higher weed resistance, with officials citing economic savings and better grass stands after spraying.
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Kansas
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Bill Scott
Ray DeJulio
Franklin County
David Perry
Jefferson County
Scott
DeJulio
Don Modlin
Jewell County
Archbishop To Speak At Scipio On Rural Urban Farm Crisis
The Archbishop Ignatius J. Strecker will address rural and urban viewpoints at St. Boniface Parish Scipio in a noon pot luck and 2 PM program. Pauline Preiz and Leo Wiederholt will discuss farm crisis impacts. Carmelite Fathers’ long rural ministry noted. contact Frank Rockers for details.
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Scipio
Garnett
St. Boniface
Ignatius J. Strecker
Pauline Preiz
Frank Rockers
Garnett Regional
Atom Research Facility May Locate Nearby
Joe Harkins Kansas Water Office director will speak at 8 p.m. on September 25 at the Lake Region RC and D Office about a potential nearby accelerator site in east central Kansas. The project would involve a 90 kilometer underground tunnel to study subatomic particles, with broad regional economic impact across Miami Franklin Osage Coffey Anderson and Linn counties.
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Kansas
Joe Harkins
Kansas Water Office
Lake Region
Harkins
Miami
Franklin
Osage
Coffey
Anderson
Linn
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