Either Plan Would Aid Chanute Schools in Kansas
Buford Fisher of School District 413 says either Gov Docking education plan or Senate House study committee plan would boost Chanute district funding. Docking proposes $375,449 more and the committee $596,609 more. Fisher expects a compromise between amounts and notes property taxes may stay the same or fall. He urges a timely budget forecast for next year and cites other districts gaining or losing funds under the proposals. Coffeyville Independence Parsons Iola Fort Scott stand to gain significant sums under Docking plan.
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Robert Docking
Buford Fisher
Senate House Study Committee
Docking
Fisher
Chanute
Kansas
Coffeyville
Independence
Parsons
Iola
Fort Scott
Kansas Senate to hear interim school finance plan today
The final draft from the Interim Committee on School Finance will be introduced in the Kansas Senate. Sen. Joseph Harder directs both the interim panel and the Senate Education Committee. The plan proposes a 1.5 percent state income tax rise to fund 4.2 million dollars back to districts, reducing statewide property tax by 20 to 25 percent.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Joseph Harder
R-Moundridge
Senate Education Committee
Robert Docking
Senate
Docking
Prosecution Calls Six In Craven Embezzlement Trial
In District Court, six witnesses testified against Mrs. Helen Craven as prosecutors begin presenting evidence in the case accusing her of embezzling Erie city funds during her tenure as city treasurer. Witnesses included John Hartnett auditor and Leroy Priest mayor with others detailing investigations and related actions.
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Erie
District Court
Helen Craven
Craven
Erie City
Leroy Priest
Gertrude Salle
Birthright Group Forms in Chanute for Jan Meeting
Anti abortion group Birthright forms in Chanute with noon January 25 luncheon meeting at St Patrick auditorium 409 S Malcolm. The Toronto origin charity plans counseling and help for pregnant girls with volunteers led by Bernadette Sanders Wichita chair. Chanute women opposed to abortion invited. contact Marilyn Waggoner for details.
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Birthright
Chanute
St. Patrick's Auditorium
S. Malcolm
Toronto
Canada
United States
Marilyn Waggoner
Weather Summary for Area with Temperatures and Forecast
Mostly cloudy and mild tonight with a slight chance of showers. Low upper 30s to low 40s. Thursday partly sunny and warmer with highs in the 50s. Winds from the south 28 mph at 1 p.m., gusts to 37, shifting to northwest later. Precipitation chances 20 percent tonight and 10 percent Thursday.
Intercepted Letter Mention Reveals Plainspoken Tone
An intercepted note to Cha presents a casual line about massage as a profession and debates experience versus formal training in the field. The fragment hints at broader discussion without detailing identities or locations.
Legislature Votes On 4 Bills Today In Kansas Senate
Four bills were set for final action in the Kansas Senate as leaders praise a fast start to the session. Proposals include raising auto liability limits, repealing abortion laws, retaining capital punishment, and banning assignment of students to achieve racial balance. House measures address making property tax limits permanent and adding racial tint photos to licenses.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
Elwaine Pomeroy
House
Revenue Worries In Iola Over Federal Funds
Former Kansas state senator Howard Immel warns that federal revenue sharing has become a political boondoggle. He urges a study by the Kansas Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Relations to guide the use of about 200 million dollars due to Kansas local governments over four years and the 1972 allocation of thirty four million six hundred twenty five thousand six hundred twenty dollars. Immel says funds must meet urgent local needs and cover maintenance costs, and he pushes legislation to apply normal budget procedures and modify the funding formula to exclude weight from local tax collections.
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Iola
Kan
Howard
Tony” Immel
Immel
Kansas Advisory Council On Intergovernmental Relations
Kansas
FDA Seeks Wide Nutritional Labeling On Food
The FDA unveils a dozen regulations requiring calorie, protein, carbohydrate and fat disclosures on labels or ads for foods with nutritional claims and for enriched or fortified products. New rules set guidelines for cholesterol and fat labeling, and propose standards for vitamins minerals and flavor labeling. Industry reaction was mixed with concern over mandatory labeling hurdles.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
George W. Koch
Grocery Manufacturers of America
FDA
Koch
Kansas City shuts six massage parlors under new city ordinance
Police and vice squad began closing six massage parlors in Kansas City Kansas after a city ordinance took effect. An examining board was activated to certify parlor employees, but Police Chief John Donnelly doubted that many women would complete the required training.
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Kansas City
Kan
John Donnelly
Haig Seeks Closer Pact as Thieu Holds Security Talks
Gen. Alexander Haig met with President Thieu for an hour to discuss a revised peace draft amid growing signs a cease-fire nears. Thieu conferred with his National Security Council and four corps commanders for 744 hours at Independence Palace on post-cease-fire steps to protect territory and people under Saigon control.
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Saigon
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Thieu
Nixon
Haig
National Security Council
Independence Palace
South Vietnam
Senator Proxmire seeks curb on limousines in budget cuts
Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin told heads of a dozen agencies that budgets for chauffeurs and limousines should be cut as part of tight fiscal measures. He linked the move to broader cuts in low income housing and farm aid programs and wage controls.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Inaugural Chief Seeks Help from Three Congress Members
Jeb Magruder head of the Inaugural Committee urged Reps Bella Abzug Paul McCloskey and Donald Riegle to use their influence to keep antiwar protests peaceful during the inauguration and a coinciding march. About 250 000 spectators expected in Washington.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Jeb Magruder
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Paul N. McCloskey
R-Calif
Donald W. Riegle Jr
R-Mich
House antiwar forces to push Vietnam war funding cut
Washington lawmakers from the antiwar coalition plan to introduce a bill to stop funding the Vietnam war if peace talks fail to yield a settlement. Representative Lee Hamilton of Indiana said the effect would be to derail diplomacy if no peace agreement is announced.
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Washington
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
Bombing intensifies before possible cease fire in Vietnam
U S planes pressed heavy strikes in South Vietnam as bombing halted in North Vietnam. The raids spread to Laos and Cambodia with the aim to blunt a North Vietnamese supply buildup ahead of any cease-fire.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Marcos Signs New Philippine Constitution for Parliamentary System
President Ferdinand E. Marcos ends 26 years of U S style rule and enacts a new charter that merges president prime minister and legislature powers. He assumes roles under the charter and proclaims martial law will continue indefinitely to protect the people and the republic.
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Buffalo
Bill McCann
Safari West
Bill Ketterlin
Ketterlin
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Bernadette Sanders
Birthright Organization
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Cha
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Charles C. Edwards
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