Topeka fights urban renewal financing plan in court
Kansas attorney general filed a suit in Shawnee County to test whether the 1976 tax increment financing law can fund a $35 million downtown redevelopment. He contends the plan lacks adopted details, risks unequal taxation, and grants city authorities unchecked power to condemn property for a private developer. The petition seeks to halt the city from issuing $8 million in special obligation bonds and from exercising increment financing powers.
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Topeka
UPI
Monday
Curt Schneider
Shawnee County
Schneider
Topeka Development Corp
Kansas
Water problems warn of drought future by 1990
Water expert Jack Barnett head of the Western State's Water Council warned at a Salt Lake City conference that the 1977 drought is a test run for what the nation will face by 1990 with each year a short water year. He urged long term planning and sustained conservation as demand increases nationwide. The conference is sponsored by the U.S. Water Resources Council.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Jack Barnett
Salt Lake City
United States
Barnett
National Conference On Water
U.S. Water Resources Council
Gas Service seeks extra denial privilege extension
The Kansas Corporation Commission heard Gas Service Co requests to extend for another year its authority to deny service to new customers and to prohibit new gas appliances on portions of its system fed by Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. Gas Service cites inadequate Panhandle supply, arguing less than five percent of Kansas customers are Panhandle-fed while the rest rely on Cities Service Gas Co. The decision was expected in 10 days to two weeks.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Kansas Corporation Commission
The
Gas Service Co
KCC
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Panhandle
Kansas
Cities Service Gas Co
Harold Steenbergen
Commission
Cities Service
Federal Power Commission
Paola
Osawatomie
L.M. Schwartz
Mirrors magnify solar power at Sandia Lab demonstration
At Sandia Laboratories Albuquerque technicians used over 70 mirrors to melt a quarter inch steel plate, producing a beam equal to 1,100 suns and surpassing any previous solar facility output. The test supports the Solar Thermal Test facility for ERDA. A bird was incinerated by the beam during setup.
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Albuquerque
API
Sandia Laboratories
Energy Research and Development Administration
FDA Rejects Miracle Fruit as Saccharin Substitute
The FDA rejected a request to approve using the African miracle fruit as a sweetener in gum, candy, puddings, and drinks. The agency found it cannot assure safety for general or limited use in foods despite historical West African use.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
West Africa
Miralin Corp
Hudson, Mass
Mangled Language Contest Wins Waukesha Student
Erna Magnusson, 32, a Swedish UW Waukesha student, wins the school's Mangled Language Contest aimed at exposing sick diction and wrinkled reasoning. Entries drew from term papers including lines about a courtesy counter job ad and other odd phrasing.
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Waukesha
Wis
UPI
Erna Magnusson
University of Wisconsin- Waukesha
Fred Moss
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