Kansans face sales tax questions after 1971 session
In Topeka the 1971 Legislature leaves a revenue gap for 1972 with leaders signaling possible sales tax hikes. Senate President Pro Tem Glee Smith warns higher education funding and a special session could follow as Gov. Docking and leaders weigh equitable tax measures amid looming May financing needs.
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Kansas
Senate
Glee Smith
Larned
Smith
Herd
Robert Docking
Sen
Joseph Harder
R-Moundridge
Senate Education Committee
Harder
House
Ways and Means
Strowig
Planning and City Commission discuss capital improvements
At a Tuesday informal session the city commission and Planning commission reviewed the capital improvements program focusing on gas, drainage and electrical work. They endorsed the plan's direction and praised planner Richard McClanathan with emphasis on prioritizing gas line projects and a proposed drainage maintenance program.
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City Commission
Planning Commission
Richard McClanathan
Vesta Lightfoot
John Schultz
Methodist Church
McGregor
Harvey Young
Maurice Argabright
Ross Cooper
Clyde Kile
Schultz
Hilton
McClanathan
Nixon seeks sweeping overhaul of U.S. foreign aid program
President Nixon asks Congress for a major overhaul of foreign assistance with a proposed 3.3 billion dollar package for the next fiscal year. He calls for splitting aid into international security and economic components, citing global peace and prosperity stakes.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Com
Area Forecast Details Fair Weather and Warming Winds
A forecast notes southerly winds 10 to 15 mph and partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Tonight low in the lower 50s, Thursday high in the upper 70s, with patchy clouds and warmer conditions overall.
Supreme Court Allows Abortion Prosecution With Health Limitation
In a divided ruling the Supreme Court upheld prosecutions of doctors in the District of Columbia for abortions while allowing procedures deemed necessary for the mother's health. The decision clarifies the 1901 law's health standard and rejects vagueness challenges.
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Washington
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Gerhard A. Gesell
White House
Hugo L. Black
Fashion Show The Long and the Short of It 1971
The Chaincomers Welcome Wagon presents a Spring Festival fashion show titled The Long and the Short of It. It starts at 8 30 p m in the Memorial Building auditorium and features daytime evening and bedtime outfits including hot pants swimwear nightwear sportswear and evening formal wear. Admission is 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children.
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Chaincomers Welcome Wagon
Memorial Building
Docking Vetoes Wichita Office Rent Provisos
Gov. Docking signed a major appropriation bill and vetoed two line items that would cap Kansas Corporation Commission and Department of Revenue office rents at Wichita locations. The provisos limited to 212 N Market and 202 N Market with fixed rents, thwarted by the governor who cited restricting agency leasing to a single facility.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas Corporation Commission
State Department of Revenue
Wichita
Corporation Commission
N. Market Street
Department of Revenue
Docking
Intercepted Letter Proposes Fewer Legislative Sessions
A fragment notes a suggested reform to cut the number of sessions as one path to improving legislation. The line appears among intercepted correspondence and hints at efficiency goals without detailing broader plans or actors.
Desegregation push and court ruling shape 1960s debate
Washington AP reports the White House urging obedience to a Supreme Court desegregation ruling as mass busing is upheld. Southern Democrats aid a Senate plan to integrate inner city black children into suburban schools. Burger bans antiwar veterans from the Mall while Congress sees pro tests and wreaths at Arlington. House panel backs automatic COLA raises and expands Medicare to the disabled.
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Washington
Supreme Court
White House
Senate
House
Ways and Means
South Vietnamese Troops Move Into A Shau Valley
South Vietnamese forces advance into the A Shau Valley but report no contact with enemy forces as military activity continues in the area.
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Saigon
A Shau
Lawrence Reinstates Sunday Pool Hours After Vote
Lawence city commissioners repealed the Sabbath closing rule for pool halls, ending years of enforcement in Lawrence Kansas. Mayor Bob Pulliam noted modern pool halls differ from past establishments and legal advisers called the Sunday closing policy discriminatory.
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Bob Pulliam
Russian Vietnam label echoed on Middle East crisis
Dr. George Gruen of the American Jewish Committee in Wichita compared Soviet involvement to Vietnam saying Russia is drawn into the crisis with arms. He argued Moscow’s role helps keep tensions high and that without Soviet support there might have been peace earlier.
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Wichita
Kan
Ussr
Vietnam
American Jewish Committee
George Gruen
New York City
Russia
United States
Gruen
U S Table Tennis Chief Announces Chinese Tour Invite
Graham Steenhoven, president of the U S Table Tennis Association, said Communist Chinese players have accepted an invitation to visit the United States in the near future. The invitation followed the U S team’s trip to China, the first American group there since 1949.
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Detroit
U. S
United States
Graham Steenhoven
U.S
China
Cambodian Premier Lon Nol Resigns Due to Ill Health
Cambodian Prime Minister Lon Nol, in office since August 1969, resigns amid severe illness including a stroke in February. Officials urged him to stay and form a new government, but he was too sick to meet emissaries after two months of treatment in Hawaii. He also suffers from diabetes kidney trouble and high blood pressure.
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Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Hawaii
Union Station Faces Abandonment Review By Railpax
Kansas City Union Station once served 200 trains daily and now operates about a dozen. Railpax officials say at least 10 high cost terminals including Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati and Chicago are under study with no decision yet.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Union Station
Railpax
National Railroad Passenger Corp
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Laird Cites New Soviet ICBM Campaign Evidence
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said intelligence confirms a new and extensive Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile program. He warned the United States may need offsetting actions if progress at SALT is not convincing to maintain strategic force sufficiency.
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New York
Melvin R. Laird
Soviet Union
United States
Laird
Publishers’ Association
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
FTC Challenges Parke Davis Warner Lambert Merger
The FTC has challenged the Parke Davis & Co. and Warner Lambert merger, arguing the acquisition reduces competition between two major drug firms with combined 1969 assets of $971 million. The move follows a DOJ dispute over the deal, which Deputy AG Kleindienst approved last November.
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Federal Trade Commission
Justice Department
FTC
Parke, Davis & Co
Warner-Lambert Co
Richard W. McLaren
Richard G. Kleindienst
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