Editorial Saturday Notebook Railroads and Amtrak Cuts
Railroads dominate headlines as government trims Amtrak while promises to cut service face rising ridership. A Kansas City to New Jersey Amtrak trip impresses, yet one route faces elimination next month. Notable notes include a Northwest Territory annexation cartoon and reader letters about the Susan B Anthony dollar and prison reporting.
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Amtrak
Rock Island
Washington
Department of Transportation
Kansas City
New Jersey
St. Louis
Nellie Schoonover
Women’s Prison
Lansing
Nellie
Frank Annunzio
Illinois
Treasury Department
Colonel Sanders
A Conservative View More Shop Talk by Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick defends press access to court proceedings amid Gannett v DePasquale ruling. He rebuts Justice Stevens critique, warns of secret trials and rising judicial concealment, cites Reporters Committee data, and argues First Amendment access protects public accountability and democratic rights.
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James J. Kilpatrick
Washington
John Paul Stevens
Justice Stevens
University of Arizona
U.S. Supreme Court
Burger
Powell
Arizona
Gannett
United States
Stevens Pooh-Poohs
Reporters Committee For Freedom of
Supreme Court
Pentagon
Crop Reports Easily Forgotten By Public Affairs Director
Kansas City board of trade report coverage notes that USDA August and September crop estimates set records for corn soybeans and wheat, triggering volatile prices. Market reactions swung from bearish to sharp gains amid frost threats and export boosts, with Soviet and China sales chatter and Frederic rainfall impacting soybeans.
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Roderick Turnbull
Kansas City
United States
Canada
USDA
Grain markets react to September crop report analysis
Ottawa area readers learn how the September crop report influenced grain prices and trade. The USDA projections alter expectations for corn soybeans and wheat, with implications for livestock feeding and carryover stocks into 1980.
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USDA
Maternal Instinct and Health Questions Across Readers
A trio of reader inquiries covers asthma management and rare fatal risk avoidance, diabetes or anemia symptoms in a teen, and physical effects of choosing not to have children. Dr Donohue advises asthma control, warns against alarm, notes desensitization and allergy testing, outlines diabetes types, and cites health and psychological well being of childless women.
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Dr. Donahue
Donohue
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God
Paul G. Donahue
Tae
Buddy Holly
Gamy
Elvis
Cera
Showtime
Jonas Lampoon
Animal House
Bill Murray
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Hillcrest Drive
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