Random by Keith Wright Targets Bell Telephone Rate Hike
A Kansas reader letter to the Kansas Corporation Commission complains about Bell Telephone service and a pending rate increase. Photographs show a damaged pole line and field entrance cable as justification for service concerns. The piece mixes inflation talk with meat industry data and notes 1976 and 1977 projections from the American Meat Institute.
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George Goltry
R. 4
Kansas Corporation Commission
Bell Telephone
The
Wichita Eagle
Tribune
Telephone Company
Bel
Chanute
Turkey Creek
IRS probes 50 major corporations for tax evasion
The IRS reveals a large case audit program targeting 50 top firms including General Tire and Rubber Gulf Oil McDonnell Douglas Phillips Petroleum Revion Schlitz Brewing and 3M Company. Other alleged evasion schemes involve political lobbying bad debts bribes and false deductions while scrutiny grows over auditor effectiveness and cooperation from executives.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Donald Alexander
General Tire and Rubber
Gulf Oil
McDonnell Douglas
Phillips Petroleum
Revion
Schlitz Brewing
3M Company
Alexander
Editorial: Ford’s Puerto Rico statehood proposal sparks debate
The Tribune notes President Ford floated statehood for Puerto Rico while on vacation. It argues statehood needs Puerto Rican approval and Congressional action, and notes a shift in administration and cautious responses from Puerto Rico and the Carter camp. Ford’s stance is seen as personal opinion.
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Ford
Colorado
Puerto Rico
Congress
United States
Carter Camp
Governor Bennett Eyes Ambiguous State Spending Authority
The legal fight centers on who may authorize state expenditures when the Legislature is not in session. Atty. Gen. Curt Schneider has repeatedly challenged the Finance Council, winning in court and prompting legislature changes. Bennett weighs appeals as tax funds cover both sides of the dispute.
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IRS
Vanik
Justice Department
Alexander
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bennett
State Finance Council
Atty
Curt Schneider
Finance Council
Kansas Supreme Court
Schneider
Shawnee County
Attorney General’s Office
Chanére Tribune Subscription Rates Listed
Chanére Tribune outlines subscription prices for various regions including Neosho Allen Wilson and Woodson counties with tax details. Rates differ by mail in trade territory, area towns with carrier delivery, Chanute boxholders, and Chanute carrier service with taxes shown for each term.
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Neosho, Allen, Wilson, and Woodson Co
Chanute
Kansas
Kansas Aircraft Firms Press Coast Guard Bid Rules
Two Kansas firms Cessna and Gates Learjet challenge the Coast Guard cabin space requirement of 600 cubic feet for a 41 plane SAR fleet. Beech Aircraft also invited to testify as GAO review looms. senators push for testim ony and job impact while Coast Guard defends its specs.
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Tribune
Washington
Kansas
U.S. Coast Guard
Senate Commerce Committee
Cessna and
Gates Learjet
Coast Guard
Beech Aircraft
Pearson
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
General Accounting Office
GAO
Jerry Pohlen
Cessna
Pohlen
Wichita
United States
France
McShane
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Falcon
U.S
Congress
New York Telephone Plans Joint Listings for Couples
New York Telephone Co. proposes optional joint listings showing both spouses in the directory with the same last name at one address. If the Public Service Commission approves, the plan would start February 6 at 25 cents per listing. The PSC ordered filing on October 18 to satisfy subscriber demands for both first names.
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New York
UPI
New York Telephone Co
Public Service Commission
Kansas 25 Years Ago New License Tags Issued As Metal Tabs
Motorists will not receive full new license plates this year in Kansas instead getting a small white metal tab with a blue 52 embossed. Purchasers must present the vehicle title and registration certificate to buy the new license. Fifty years ago the Hess Balch Mercantile Co sees A W Hess selling his interest to O M Balch who will run the firm as Hess Balch and open a wholesale house in Bartlesville.
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Kansas
Hess-Balch Mercantile Co
O.M. Balch
A.W. Hess
Hess
Bartlesville
Legal services consolidation proposed for Kansas
Kansas Attorney General Curt Schneider outlines 1977 legislative recommendations including creating a Department of Justice to consolidate state legal services, adopting a statewide district attorney plan, and introducing the death penalty with a guided hearing after guilt. He seeks a constitutional amendment to subject Supreme Court justices to the same conduct code, reforms in truck labeling and animal cruelty laws, and prompt implementation of agricultural land assessment changes to reduce farm taxes.
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Kansas
Curt Schneider
United Press International
Department of Justice
United States Supreme Court
Kansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Gov
Bennett
Mixed feelings mark year end at local library
The piece notes the Kansas standards for libraries and an 11 page survey urging five year goals, with a humorous hope to add a 1984 column. It recalls 1976 library improvements Gwen Bartlett staff additions new displays shelving a children's room micro fiche and 1,500 new books plus contact numbers for Tribune delivery.
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Kansas
Poe
Bryant
Gwen Bartlett
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Chicago
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National Restaurant Association
American Meat Institute
Institute
Richard Lyng
National Trade Association of the Meat Packing and Processing Industry
Brickman
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
National Aquarium
R. W. Claxton Seafood, Inc
Claxton's
Richard Claxton
Chanére Tribune
Evergreen
Fred M. Harris
F. M
Mike) Harris
Keith Wright
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Learjet
James Pearson
R-Kan
Commerce Committee
Capitol) Hill
Bernard McShane
Legal Services
Jean Gray
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