Kansas Legislature Closes Session With Large Tax Relief
The 1973 Kansas Legislature completed a reform package delivering about 113.4 million dollars in statewide property tax relief and approved penal and welfare measures. Lawmakers will reconvene April 17 to review vetoes by Gov. Docking and remaining bills amidst a Topeka office building purchase controversy. A special committee was formed to investigate the deal and subpoenas will be issued for a statehouse hearing. Gov. Docking declined to appear before the investigative panel.
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Robert Docking
Chase
New England
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Senate
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James Shaffer
One Car Crash Claims NCCJC Student Preston Maloney
An 18 year old Neosho County Community Junior College student and basketball freshman, Preston D. Maloney, died in a one car crash on Interstate 35 near Perry Oklahoma. The car skidded on wet pavement and struck a guard rail as rain mixed with snow fell at 4 35 a m. Two passengers, Gordon Maloney and Pandora Jeter, both Wichita residents and NCCJC students, survived.
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Okla
Neosho County
Preston D. Maloney
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
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Gordon D. Maloney
Wichita
Pandora Jeter
NCCJC
Wichita West High School
Wreck Injures Five Youths Near St Paul
Gregory N. Grosdidier 18 of St Paul is in critical condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center after an early Saturday crash on K57 one half mile east of St Paul. Four other youths from St Paul were injured less severely. the car a 1973 Chevrolet rolled after going off the road.
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St. Paul
University of Kansas Medical Center
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Rick Ww. Coomes
Janice I. Ward
Labette County Medical Center
Sharon Ward
Joann Burke
Highway Patrol
Harold Kister
Arden Hammans
Neosho County
Picasso Dies at 91 Ends Influential Career
Pablo Picasso died at his Mougins estate in France at age 91. The Spanish born artist was hailed as a revolutionary who reshaped 20th century painting with a global impact. Death followed a heart attack linked to fluid in the lungs. Funeral plans have not been announced.
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France
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Avignon
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Priest to Leave Chanute for Venezuela Mission
Father Jerome Beat, longtime assistant at St Patrick’s Chanute, departs after Easter to serve about 15 000 Catholics in Barquisimeto Venezuela. He joins two other Kansas priests, will study language in Bolivia first, and plans a six to seven year assignment. He has led local ecumenical and social efforts.
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Pittsburg
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Five Saxis youths charged with arson in two fires
Five junior volunteers of the Saxis Volunteer Fire Department in Accomack County, all 17, were charged with arson for two fires last month. Fire Chief Charles Tull called the arrests a shock and warned the junior program may be ended.
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Accomack County
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Watergate witness McCord set to reveal Mitchell order
Newsweek quotes an unnamed source saying James W. McCord will allege that John N. Mitchell ordered the June 17 raid after McCord viewed documents photographed on May 30 at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
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Newsweek Magazine
John N. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Newsweek
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Meat price ceiling signs appear at stores amid boycott
Associated Press reports new ceiling signs for roasts chops and drumsticks posted today as shoppers decide whether to buy. Cost of Living Council rules require all but the smallest stores to display clearly visible ceiling prices near covered meat items.
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Peacekeeping Helos Hit as Viet Cong Attacks Continue
In Saigon two more peacekeeping helicopters were struck by Communist Forces in the Mekong Delta. Nine people were killed when an Air America helicopter for the international commission was shot down in the northwestern Viet Cong area. Canadians consider withdrawing from observer sites amid Saturday’s incidents.
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Mekong Delta
Air America
International Commission
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragment from an intercepted letter notes the weather as the page’s happiest sight, contrasting it with the era’s troubles and offering a glimpse of personal sentiment amid broader concerns.
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Cha
Wheelchair Helper Aids Portuguese Immigrants in California
Mrs. Natalie Turner from Turlock, California, known as the lady in the wheelchair, assists Portuguese immigrants in the United States. She interprets for doctors, law enforcement, and the Portuguese consul in San Francisco, helps with driving tests, and travels independently to hospitals, offices, and stores while managing mobility challenges since 1947 poliomyelitis left her paralyzed from the waist down.
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Chanute
Charles Turner
Turlock
Calif
Edna Rush
E. Main
San Francisco
United States
Turner
Talks Fail as Wounded Knee Seizure Dominates Hearings
Congressional hearings open on the Wounded Knee takeover with Indians in the village refusing to surrender arms. Peace talks between AIM militants and White House aides collapsed over the weekend as the House Indian Affairs subcommittee sets three days of testimony.
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Wounded Knee
South Dakota
White House
House
Indian Affairs
American Indian Movement
AIM
Mississippi Spillway Opens North of New Orleans
Water from the Mississippi River flowed over the Bonnet Carre Spillway into Lake Pontchartrain to ease the strain on city levees. Army Maj. Gen. Charles C. Noble, head of the Mississippi River Commission, said Sunday the opening was the first of several possible emergency moves.
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Mississippi River
Bonnet Carre
Lake Pontchartrain
Army
Charles C. Noble
Mississippi River Commission
Congress Blamed for High Meat Prices by Butz
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz blames a free-wheeling Congress for inflation he says drives high meat prices. He urges housewives to boycott high-spending congressmen to avoid a $15-billion tax increase and related inflation.
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