Ford seeks record peacetime deficit in 1976 budget
President Ford asks Congress to approve a $52 billion peacetime deficit as part of a $349.4 billion FY 1976 budget. He signs the annual economic report warning of rising unemployment and inflation while urging swift action and targeted cuts to tame deficits.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
America
Oval Office
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and Means Committee
Ullman
South Vietnam
Roy Ash
Liquor bill cleared Senate Judiciary Committee in Kansas
The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12 to 1 to send a liquor by the drink constitutional amendment resolution to the full Senate. Only Sen. Dan Bromley recorded a no vote after a voice tally. Debate to be held Tuesday or Wednesday with slim chances of reaching two thirds.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Dan Bromley
D-Atchison
Norman Gaar
R-Westwood
House
Sen
J. C. Tillotson
R-Norton. Com
Mittee
Gaar
Bob Storey
John Simpson
Salina
Paul Burke Jr
Leawood
Paul Hess
Wichita
Richard Rogers
Manhattan
Cale Hudson
Chanute
Robert Talkington
Iowa
George Bell
Kansas City
Ted Saar
Pittsburg
Robert Madden
Bright farm future envisioned at Neosho County meeting
Dr. Wilbur Ringler of Kansas State University urged fair pricing and ongoing conservation at the Neosho County Soil Conservation District yearly dinner and meeting drawing about 325 attendees. Bankers funded the supper while poster contest winners from Erie and Stark were announced. board members and legislators discussed a 1976 ballot amendment on liquor law changes and local option.
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Bankers’ Conservation Awards
Neosho County
Soil Conservation District
Erie High School
E. D. Uthmann
Vernon L. Ammann
Parsons
Harold Heilman
Thayer
Erie
Wilbur E Ringler
Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service
Doug Haddan
Stark
Angie Rowland
Lyndon Hines
Eric
Lisa Gough
Laurie Simmons
Joe Burress
Tracy Hazen
Beverly Harris
Sheryl Dillinger
Jennifer Dorris
Charles Riggs
Tisha Driskill
Shirley Ann Barnett
S. Malcolm
Pam Harris
S. Highland
C. K. Merrill
Galesburg
District Board of Supervisors
Tioga and Derby Robberies Linked. Nearly $500 Stolen
Police tie two weekend robberies to one suspect, with about 217 from Tioga Hotel and around 280 from Derby Refining Co. The Tioga thief wore a red wind breaker and a long pistol, while a witness at the service station was fired at. No identifications yet.
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Tioga Hotel
Derby Refining Co
N. Santa Fe
Lige Matlock
la Rose
Tom McLaren
McMillan
Eastburn
Seminar on Squawk-Naut I at Kustom Electronics
International attendees from British European Airways Decca Collins Radio and King Radio arrive in Chanute for a seminar at Kustom Electronics. The session covers testing distance measuring equipment on jets using the Squawk-Naut I. Bob Bacon of Shawnee Mission leads the seminar. lab work directed by Lyle Caldwell and Gene Wright.
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British European Airways
Decca Corporation
England
Collins Radio
Iowa
King Radio
Missouri
Chanute
Kustom Electronics
Bob Bacon
Shawnee Mission
Kustom
Lyle Caldwell
Gene Wright
Bennett plan calls for 26 million property tax rise
Gov. Bennett confirms his school finance plan would require 26 million in local property tax increases to supplement a 34 million state boost over two fiscal years. He says higher local support is needed to fund education and keep pace with inflation.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Richard C. Loux
Wichita
House
Associated Press
Measures to modernize Kansas sex laws
Rep. Jim Lawing introduced bills in the Kansas House to remove criminal sanctions for adultery and unlawful cohabitation and to end criminal penalties for lewd and lascivious behavior and sodomy while adding penalties for bestiality. He argued selective enforcement and common law marriage implications.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas House
Jim Lawing Dwichita
Lawing
Intercepted Letter to Cha Ponders Vague Law Words
A playful note from a Statehouse brain teaser asks if terms like filthy and wanton could be constitutionally vague, given lewd and lascivious as a test case. The sender questions semantic boundaries and legal standards in a wry political context.
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Statehouse
Outdistrict enrollment before NCCJC trustees
A student’s request to attend one class at Allen County Community Junior College will be reviewed at the Neosho County Community Junior College Board of Trustees meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The agenda also includes a Chapman Library progress report by Mike Tacha, a spring enrollment update and fall recruitment plans from Joe Smith, and dorm occupancy details. Dr. J C Sanders will report on the CAO meeting with Gov Robert Bennett.
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Allen County Community Junior College
Neosho County Community Junior College Board of Trustees
Chapman Library
Mike Tacha
Joe Smith
J.C. Sanders
Council of Chief Administrative Officers
Robert Bennett
Bennett to meet KCC on Bell credit cards
Gov. Robert F Bennett said he would meet with the Kansas Corporation Commission to discuss the use of Southwestern Bell credit cards by KCC members. The cards, used for unlimited calls, were ended Jan 1 under a new state conflict of interest law. Bennett cited the issue as a potential legal violation and noted cards were turned in as the law took effect.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F Bennett
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Dale E. Saffels
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas City Star
Kansas Telephone Company
T. O. Gravitt
Texas
NCCJC Enrollments Hit Record Amid Growth at NCCJC
NCCJC reports a record 547 students enrolled for credit this semester, a 17 percent rise from fall. Full-time equivalent is 392.6, up 8 percent, while veterans enrollment climbs 45 percent to 106. Evening and part time access explain the gap between headcount and FTE.
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Neosho County Community Junior College
Joe Smith
NCCJC
Smith
United Brands chairman dies in fall from Pan Am Building
Eli M. Black age 53 chairman of United Brands fell from the Pan Am Building at 8 20 a m. He landed on Park Avenue near Grand Central Terminal as traffic was halted. United Brands, a major food processor, owns A and W and Chiquita bananas accounts for about a quarter of world supply.
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New York
Eli M. Black
United Brands
Pan Am
Black
PEC Israel Economic Co
Park Avenue
Grand Central Terminal
Mid- Manhattan
United States
Latin America
Europe
Asia
A and W International
Macdonald’s
United
Weather Area Forecast for light rain through Tuesday
Occasional light rain continues tonight and Tuesday with a 50 percent chance. Lows tonight mid 30s and a high near 40 Tuesday as east to southeast winds of 5 to 15 mph persist.
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Henry Bellmon
Oklahoma
Senate Budget Committee
Johnson
Bellman
White House
Office of Management and Budget
Kansas Bankers Soil Conservation Tuc
Bright Farm
Bankers’ Conservation
Rural
Tioga
Derby
Eva Cunningham
S. Kansas
Cunningham
North Santa Fe
Matlock
Dan McMillan
Leon Eastburn
S. Central
McLaren
Guest House Motor Inn
S. Santa Fe
Cha
Yours
Bell
College
Chanute High School
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