Pay raise for Bennett clears committee hurdle
A Kansas House Local Government Committee vote clears a bill to raise the governor’s salary to 42,500, following a prior 35,000 level set for Governor Bennett. The measure also outlines added benefits and related pay scales for top state officials. The bill moves to the House Ways and Means Committee for potential introduction.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Local Government
Ways and Means Group
Robert Docking
Robert F. Bennett
Supreme Court
Kansas Corporation Commission
Board of Tax Appeals
Ways and Means
Kansas Legislature Advances Energy Office and Schedules Adjournment
The Kansas Legislature faced a possible extension past Friday as House Speaker Duane McGill and Senate President Richard D. Rogers indicated the session could run into next week. Major bills passed their final tests and headed to Gov Bennett, including creation of a state Energy Office and a $5 car inspection fee shift to buyers. The body plans to recess and return April 22 for final action before adjournment sine die.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Duane McGill
McGill
Senate
Richard D
Robert F. Bennett
Community youth home needs supplies for 10 17 Place Chanute
The 10 17 Place youth home in Chanute solicits articles and money from readers. Sue Spalding urges pledges of pencils groceries paper gasoline and printing while services and labor can be offered. A rummage sale is planned to clear donated items with storage available now.
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Chanute
Sue Spalding
Miss Spalding
B. A. Morris
Pauline Boerwinkle
Newton
United Methodist Youthville Centers
Fighting Near Xuan Loc as Saigon Rests on Edge
South Vietnam reported heavy fighting around Xuan Loc the provincial capital 40 miles east of Saigon as officials claimed another North Vietnamese attack was repulsed. Analysts doubted quick victory while authorities noted ongoing threats to Saigon. Police broke up a small antigovernment Buddhist youth protest in Gia Dinh. South Vietnam planned to airlift 219 more orphans to the United States with Betty Tisdale leading the effort saying she would not let the Communists take the children.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Xuan Loc
Long Khan
Indochina
United States
Betty Tisdale
Columbus, Ga
Ford to address Congress on foreign aid for Indochina
President Ford plans a joint session speech to request humanitarian and military aid for Indochina. He aims for a bipartisan foreign policy approach and a strong working relationship with Congress, with TV and radio broadcasts starting at 8 p.m. ONeill notes the address could be his most serious yet.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Indochina
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Ford urges wage restraint to curb job losses and inflation
The Ford administration warns higher wage demands threaten jobs and rising prices amid a recession. The Wage and Price Council notes last year’s wage gains lagged prices and urges restraint in 1975. Labor Secretary Dunlop cautions possible strikes in construction if talks wasteful.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Council On Wage and Price Stability
John T. Dunlop
Congress
Wage-Price Council
Weather Summary for Wednesday and Forecast
The report lists today at 1 p.m. as 50 with highs 69 and a low 45 for the date. It notes year ago values and records, humidity at 80 percent, and a barometer of 29.06. The area forecast calls for scattered showers this evening, cool and cloudy conditions with northeast winds 10-15 mph, a low in the 30s, and a Friday high in the mid 40s to lower 50s with a 20 percent chance of precipitation.
Judge Orders Railroads to Pay Rock Island Debts Now
A federal judge ordered all railroads to immediately settle bills owed to Rock Island Lines which is under bankruptcy protection. Rock Island trustee William Gibbons urged a $100 million federal loan as the least expensive way to stabilize the railroad amid a $420 million book value and severe cash-flow problems.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Frank J. McGarr
U.S. District Court
John Mitros
Mitros
William Gibbons
Gibbons
Washington
Dick Clark
D-Iown
Midwest
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
D-Ill
Stevenson
Dewey F. Bartlett
R-Okla
Bartlett
Intercepted Letter Parodies a Great American Statesman
An intercepted letter quotes a paraphrase of a famous statesman, replacing a call to fiscal duty with a dig at unemployment. The correspondent signs as Jerry and closes with a casual farewell to Cha.
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Jerry
Horton BIA agent removed after 12 hour tribal takeover
The Horton BIA office was taken over by two area tribes, ending with the replacement of Horton Indian agent Jack Carson. Bob Delaware was named acting superintendent as Charles James and federal officials work to settle remaining tribal representation disputes. Carson complained of unfair treatment and hinted at an administrative appeal.
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Horton
Kan
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Jack Carson
Carson
Bob Delaware
BIA
Charles James
Anadarko
Okla
Federal Agency
James
Kansas
Washington, D.C
Civil Service
Measures passed on CRC treasurer in Kansas House action
Bills moving to the Senate would expand the Kansas Civil Rights Commission staff by adding field investigators and reform the pooled money investment board. Treasurer Joan Finney criticized the measure as a GOP power grab while the House kept the treasurer as chair and added a full time executive director for daily investment duties.
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Judicial Council
Probate Law Study Advisory Committee
State Board of Pharmacy
Kansas City
Topeka
Senate
House
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kan
Kansas Civil Rights Commission
Kansas House
Civil Rights Commission
Joan Finney
Pooled Money Investment Board
Tags acknowledge cancer drive gifts
Up and Atom 4-H Club members will conduct Tag Day for the Cancer Crusade in Chanute from 9 to 11 30 a.m. Saturday. Fifty club members participate with Tracy Sharp and Tamara Olson as junior co chairs. The group will issue film announcements for Breast Cancer and Where We Are to be shown April 21 at Neosho County Community Junior College.
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Chanute
Robert Olson
Neal Sharp
Tracy Sharp
Tamara Olson
Neosho County Community Junior College
Progressive Homemakers Unit
Up and Atom Club
Sharp
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Ray Vaughn
Young
Chanute City
Rogers
Emergency Medical Services Council
Gia Dinh
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Dunlop
McGarr
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Horton Bia
Delaware
CRC
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