Dole Campaign Spends Just Under Million In 1974 Re‑elect Bid
Kansas Republican Sen. Bob Dole reported 1974 campaign expenditures at 1,073,413.33 dollars, with officials noting the actual outlay slightly under 1 million after deductions. Roy's Democratic bid spent 737,669.77 dollars, while Keys and Peterson in the 2nd District combined to 115,559.79, leaving lingering debt and missing reports from two candidates as filing closed.
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Topeka
Kan
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Dole
Bill Roy
Roy
Martha Keys
John C. Peterson
Senate
Congressional
Frank Gaines
Samuel J. Wells
Don Smith
Keith Sebelius
Garner Shriver
Bert Chaney
GOP
Larry Winn
Joe Shubitz
Congress
Kansas
House of Representatives
Wertz Rules Out Destruction of 532 KBI Files
Retired Kansas Supreme Court Justice William J. Wertz concluded that all 532 Kansas Bureau of Investigation files on private citizens should be preserved. He found most have legitimate law enforcement value with only about 20 questioned. A report by Wertz and Asst. Atty. Gen. Don Hoffman is expected next week.
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Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court
William J. Wertz
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Associated Press
Wertz
Curt Schneider
Donald R. Hoffman
Hoffman
Wichita
Schneider
Ross
Doyen
Concordia
KBI
Senate
Ways and Means
Fred H. Howard
Jack H. Williams
Coyen
Ford tax plan touted as aid for consumers in energy push
Administration spokesmen argued the plan would add 12 billion to consumer wallets while potentially lowering fuel costs, even as critics warned of higher prices elsewhere. Colson was freed after seven months. Sirica had freed other Watergate figures earlier. Mayors sought 16 billion in emergency relief as inflation and recession bite.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Senate Energy Panel
Administration
Congress
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Colson
John J. Sirica
John W. Dean III
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Federal
Maxwell Afb
Montgomery
Ala
Rogers C. B. Morton
Energy Panel
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Ford
Jackson
Intercepted Letter Cites Funds as Moral Issue
A fragmentary intercepted letter to Cha quotes Raising a million dollars is no problem but it is wrong and ends with Yours Nute. The note hints at ethical concerns over fundraising.
Ford may visit Kansas for possible Topeka speech
President Ford is likely to speak in Topeka February 11 with tentative plans for the municipal auditorium and a Capitol rotunda event. Gov. Bennett’s staff did not confirm the visit while Sen. Pearson discusses Midwest attendance and Lawrence Chamber of Commerce invites KU students faculty and Lawrence residents to hear Ford.
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Lawrence
Kan
Lawrence Daily Journal World
Ford
Topeka
Robert F. Bennett
The
Journal-World
Kansas Capitol
Bennett
Leroy Towns
Kansas
Sen
James Pearson
Capitol
Midwest
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
James B. Pearson
Roosevelt School debated for attendance center status
The USC 413 Board will discuss possibly closing Roosevelt School as an attendance center at 7 p.m. Monday in Fisher Administration Center. Earlier, the superintendent and Roosevelt principal proposed moving first and second grades to Hutton next year, leaving only third and fourth grades at Roosevelt. The agenda also includes band program plans, Operation Catch-Up, a first semester absence report, and a second semester enrollment report.
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Roosevelt School
USC 413
Fisher Administration Center
Jerry Steele
Hutton-Roosevelt
Gordon McBride
Roosevelt
Hutton
Bill Roberts
Chanute National Educators’ Association
Students plan house-to-house sale for band trip funds
Royster Junior High School band members will begin a house-to-house sale of lightbulbs Monday to raise money for expenses of a band contest trip to Miami Oklahoma on April 2. Proceeds will cover meal costs, director Bill Roberts said.
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Royster
Miami
Okla
Bill Roberts
Weather Forecast Mostly Cloudy With Mixed Rain
Mostly cloudy through Sunday with showers tonight. Slight risk of freezing drizzle early today. Winds northeast 5 to 15 mph. Tonight lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Sunday highs stay in the 30s. Precipitation chances 70 percent today and 60 percent tonight.
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REA
Kansas Legislature closes third week with budget bills
The 1975 Kansas Legislature ends week three in Topeka with initial budget installments for fiscal year 1976. Senate sends four appropriation bills and proposals for an ombudsman and a $6 million medical funds pool. House advances probate law overhaul and ethics, while Sedgwick County votes on a 2 percent hotel tax to aid Wichita tourism. Sedgwick tax measure narrowly clears, ethics bill strong.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
House
Kansas Judicial Council
Committee On
Senate
Sedgwick County
Wichita
Credit cards for Kansas regulators sparked ethics talk
Kansas Corporation Commission members have received free long distance telephone cards for years to monitor Southwestern Bell service. The practice ended in 1974 amid ethics concerns tied to a libel suit, with officials noting the cards were for official use and not personal calls.
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Kansas City
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas City Star
Vernon A. Stroberg
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Stroberg
Garden City
Topeka
Dale E. Saffels
Commission
Saffels
Southwestern Bell
Bell
St. Louis
San Antonio
Tex
James Ashley
T.O. Gravitt
Ashley
Berry
Kansas
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Max White
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Attorney General's Office
White House
Charles W. Colson
Morton
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Eric Zausner
Federal Energy Administration
Cha
Yours
Towns
Sedgwick
KCC
Wayne Berry
Utilities
James Haake
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