Migrant Aid Sought After Weather Hurts Workers in Kansas
State Rep. Ervin Grant plans a migrant workers survey by the Migrant Health Council at Goodland to assess unemployment after bad weather. Finance Council previously turned down emergency funds. bipartisan doubts persist. Grant fears job scarcity may have worsened since hailstorms and poor weather. The Garden City meeting targets migrant plights in southwest Kansas.
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EL Dorado
Kan
Ervin Grant
Migrant Health Council
Goodland
Grant
State Finance Council
Kansas
Vern Miller
Tom van Sickle
R-Fort Scott
Clyde Hill
Yates Center
Health Council
Garden City
Kansas Officials Cheer State Revenue Picture
Kansas closed the 1971 fiscal year June 30 in a stronger position than forecast. June receipts reached 37.89 million, up 7.04 percent from a year earlier, led by sales tax gains. Fiscal year totals rose to 411.60 million, an 8.41 percent increase, with sales and use taxes up 13.24 million and income related taxes up 10.97 million. Motor fuel and cigarette taxes also increased.
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Topeka
Kan
Ryan
State Department of Revenue
Today in History July 9 1971 highlights brief
July 9 1971 marks historic notes from 1816 Argentina independence to Washington reading the Declaration in 1776. It lists Elias Howe birth in 1619 and Zachary Taylor death in 1850 plus Cold War tension 1960 and NAACP and Vietnam war toll milestones from past years.
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Associated Press
Argentina
Spain
George Washington
New York
Elias Howe
Spencer
Mass
Zachary Taylor
White House
Belated one cent postcard travels 55 years to Weir
Weir postmaster reports a postcard mailed January 3 1916 from Asbury Missouri arrived after a 55 year journey. The card bore five cents postage due and was addressed to a former Weir resident who died two decades ago. Postmaster Gerald Simone noted it is hard to believe the letter traveled so long and questioned who would pay the nickel.
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Weir
Asbury
Kansas City
Gerald Simone
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Rollow TV
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Hill
Finance Council
Goocland
Goodland Area
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W. Moin
Fish Haven
United States
Cuba
U.S
Pacific
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Los Angeles
China
W.tm Bargain Warehouse
Kenneth Morris
Chanute
King Truck Tires
Jim Guffey
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