Compromise package bought by Docking ends logjam in Kansas
Gov. Docking accepts a compromise set of bills establishing major new programs if the legislature sends him the corporate disallowance bill. The plan includes state aid to local schools, 10 percent of income tax revenue to districts, juco aid increases, and a self insurance program. Weather outlook is fair and cool with highs in the 60s.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Robert Docking
Senate
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Docking
House
Associated Press
Wholesale Prices Take Record Jump
Wholesale prices rose 2.2 percent in March marking the sharpest gain in 22 years led by a 4.6 percent surge in farm products and processed foods. Industrial commodities climbed 1.2 percent and finished goods up 2.1 percent as most index components advanced.
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Washington
Nixon
Street Bond Issue Passes Most Easily
The city voting on three measures approved the street bond issue by 1 980 to 851 while the park bond and asphalt plant advisory also passed. Precinct results show broad support citywide with absentees small in number.
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1St Ward
Nine Days Left To Enter Walk In Chanute
March of Dimes invites participants for a Chanute Walk A Thon on April 14. Walkers may cover up to 20 miles from First National Bank to Home Savings Association building to raise funds for birth defect programs.
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Chanute
First National Bank of Chanute
Home Savings Association
Nancy Elrod
March of Dimes
Cal Service
Foster Clothing Co
Jennifers Fashions
Rollow
Stereo
First National Bank
Elrod
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
Intercepted note hints at a riddle about a tree height of 54 inches and a possible winner. The line ends with a cordial sign off Yours indicating a casual personal exchange embedded in a puzzle-like message.
Deadline Friday In Tree Contest
Jerry Bratton reminds city residents that Friday is the deadline to register trees for the big tree contest. Trees must be measured around their circumference at 54 inches above the ground and registration can be made by calling 431 1530.
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Jerry Bratton
Meat Boycott Leaves Retail Prices Unhurt
The nationwide meat boycott has not yet raised retail prices, though meat sales show deep cuts. Grocers report 40 percent declines. some packing houses up to 70 percent. Industry figures note shifts to poultry and fish, while packers warn sustained boycott could damage the industry.
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Associated Press
J. Luther Hinds
Hinds Meats
Los Angeles
Crosstown
Les Whisenhut
Hinds
Frank Register
National Association of Retail Grocers
Robert Miller
Union Packing Co
Miller
Horsemeat Prices Soar at Kansas City Auction Run
In Kansas City dealers bid high as 25 horses shipped to slaughter in Missouri and Texas. Texas buyers paid top 22 cents a pound for fit mares while poorer stock goes to meat markets. Prices have more than doubled from a year ago, inflating costs for stables and traders and prompting grim profit plans.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Europe
Springfield
Dutch Harrison
Cancer Society Provides Bandages and Comfort Supplies
Mrs. Herbert A. Johnson leads the Neo sho County Cancer Society in supplying bandages bed savers gowns and other comfort items to cancer patients. In 1972 the group issued aid to 18 patients including hospital patients and arranged $1,261.60 in transportation support plus $272 for drugs.
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Neosho County Cancer Society
Herbert A. Johnson
W. Oak
Johnson
Cancer Society
Society
Topeka
Lab breakin at Clark College yields marijuana training plants
In Vancouver Washington the Clark College crime laboratory was broken into during the night with two six foot marijuana plants used for student training stolen. In Saigon the government reported the heaviest ground action since the January cease fire with over 200 casualties as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong probes signal a possible major offensive.
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Vancouver
Wash
Clark College
the College
Saigon
Disagreement over Senate power in Watergate subpoenas
Atty Gen Richard G Kleindienst says Senate cannot arrest aides who refuse subpoenas as four men linked to the Watergate break in prepare to testify to a federal grand jury. Sen Sam J Ervin Jr counters that view, amid unfolding clashes on Capitol Hill. The Nixon administration also shifts its welfare stance with a new 18 month AFDC correction timetable for states to fix ineligible or overpaid recipients.
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Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
White House
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Watergate Investigating Committee
Watergate
Nixon
Thieu Warns Cambodia Collapse Threatens Vietnam Security
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu said Cambodia under Communist pressure would threaten Vietnam. After summit talks with President Nixon at the White House, Thieu and Mrs. Thieu arrived in Washington for meetings with congressional leaders, press, and financial authorities on postwar Indochina reconstruction.
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Washington
Nguyen van Thieu
Cambodia
Nixon
California White House
Thieu
Indochina
House Banking Panel Targets Jan 10 Levels in Economic Controls
The House Banking Committee recommends restoring prices rents and interest rates to those of Jan 10 the day before Nixon ended Phase 2 controls. The measure heads to a House floor vote likely around April 17 while Nixon seeks only a continuation of his discretionary powers ending at month end.
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Washington
Nixon
House Banking Committee
House
Star Kist tuna recalled after government finds rotten canning
A government investigation confirms the Star Kist tuna that sickened more than 200 people was rotten at canning. Floodwaters stabilize as Mississippi and Missouri rivers recede but levees remain weak. Five known deaths and about 4,000 displaced in Missouri and Illinois. Senate moves toward test votes on rebuilding North Vietnam funding and Byrd proposes amending to bar American aid.
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Washington
ST. Louis, Mo
Mississippi
Missouri
Corps of Army Engineers
Winfield
Illinois
Senate
U.S
North Vietnam
Harry F. Byrd
I-Va
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Mary Ann Wheeler
Barbara Schoenhofer
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cha
Yours
D.C
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