Bennett questions Dewey nomination amid crime commission report
Gov. Bennett says he has learned of troubling items in a Wichita Crime Commission report on Richard D. Dewey, nominee for Kansas Bureau of Investigation director. Dewey faced a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing as opponents vow to fight the nomination.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Richard D. Dewey
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Bennett
Wichita Crime Commission
Dewey
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ross O. Doyen
Concordia
Doyen
Crime Commission
Sens
J. C. Tillotson
Robert V. Talkington
Robinson
Ozarks Commission
Kansas
Oxford
Robert Bennett
SEKPC approves $12.825 million in HUD and federal aid applications
The Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission approved 16 HUD aid requests totaling over 6 million, including Chanute's 300 000 community service center. Other HUD grants cover water treatment plants in Humboldt Erie St Paul Thayer and Walnut. SEKPC also backed a bill to replace county attorney with district attorneys and discussed school finance actions.
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ERIE
Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission
SERPC
Chanute
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Kansas
Humboldt
Walnut
St. Paul
Thayer
Environmental Protection Agency
HUD
Fort Scott
Neodesha
Parsons
SEKPC
Mike McCurdy
Crawford County
Kansas County Attorney and District Attorney Association
Intercepted Letter Promotes Toll Road Plan
A fragmentary intercepted letter urges support for a north south toll road along Kansas eastern border and calls for moving the state line about 60 miles west. The note ends with a personal closing.
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Kansas
House approves 21.3 billion tax cut and oil depletion repeal
The House approved a 21.3 billion tax cut mainly for low income earners and backed repealing the oil depletion allowance. The measure, 317 to 97, would issue 1974 rebates and reduce 1975 withholding. Senate action and possible filibuster loom as debate continues.
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House
Washington
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Local primary held Tuesday in Chanute
Chanute voters will go to the polls Tuesday to narrow the field of candidates for two City Commission positions from six to four. Each voter will vote for two candidates and the four receiving most votes will appear on the April 1 ballot. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at eight polling sites.
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Chanute
City Commission
First Ward
Alcott School
Royster Junior High
Central Park
Bank’s prime rate lowered to 8.25 percent
First National City Bank cut the prime lending rate to 8.25 percent effective Monday becoming the first major bank to ease credit. Most rivals stood at 8.50 percent as the Federal Reserve signals easier terms prompt expectations of a broader drop.
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New York
First National City Bank
Federal Reserve
Bell Defends Insurance Office Stance in Kansas House Hearing
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell told the House Government Organization Committee that moving the insurance department to an appointive, executive model would not improve regulation or public protection. Bell stressed the office is a major policymaking agency shaping the insurance environment for Kansas citizens and urged against reorganization.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Fletcher Bell
Commissioner of Insurance
Bell
House Government Organization Committee
Robert F. Bennett
Insurance Department
Kansas Insurance Department
Rock Island Faces Shutdown Without Congress Loan
Rock Island Lines warns of imminent shutdown within two to three weeks if a $100 million loan is not approved. ICC contingency plans consider other railways taking over Rock Island service for up to 240 days unless Congress authorizes extension.
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Washington
Rock Island
Interstate Commerce Commission
John W. Ingram
Ingram
Congress
U.S. Railway Association
ICC
Commission
USRA
Ford
U S 69 toll road backers claim region united behind proposal
Southeast Kansas supporters told a House committee the U S 69 toll road plan has regional backing. The panel reviewed a bill to update a feasibility study for a four lane toll road, with subsidies estimated at 136 million under current standards and 50 million if costs shift.
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U.S. 69
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
U.S. 69 Highway Association
House
United States
House Transportation Committee
Weather summary for the area with mild weekend forecast
At 1 pm the area reports 54 with a low of 3 earlier today. The forecast shows clear to partly cloudy skies through Saturday with highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s and tonight’s lows in the upper 20s to low 30s. Winds remain light from the southeast.
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