Lawmakers seek changes to state campaign statutes
The interim Committee on Federal and State Affairs in Topeka urged drafting legislation to amend campaign finance and ethics laws. Proposals would redefine candidate status to trigger reporting at the $25 threshold and may limit reports for candidates with no general election opposition. Members debated audit contact with contributors and lobbyist reporting, noting few complaints about verification letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka, Kan
UPI
Federal and
Governmental Ethics Commission
Bill Morris
Wichita
Ethics Commission
Chuck Wilson
D-La Crosse
Paul Feleciano Jr
Feleciano
Morris
Neil Arnsmith
R-Phillipsburg
Ethics Comission
Commission
Ford and Congress clash over six month oil price controls
President Ford vetoed a bill extending U S oil price controls for six more months. Democrats expect a veto override though a two thirds margin seems unlikely. Ford urged a short extension to seek a gradual decontrol plan amid debate on price impacts and jobs.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
U.S
GOP
United States
Library of Congress
Congressional Budget Office
Congress Overrides Ford Veto On 7.9 Billion Education Bill
The House voted 379 to 41 to override President Ford's veto of a 7.9 billion education appropriation. The measure funds major federal aid to education for 15 months starting July 1, with 2.6 billion in advance for fiscal 1977. Senate action was pending. Budget director James T. Lynn called the vote a con game and warned of inflated deficits.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ford
James T. Lynn
Union and Ford Reach Grain Loading Accord With Soviets
In a White House meeting President Ford and AFL-CIO leader George Meany agreed to resume loading U S grain on Soviet bound ships in exchange for administration concessions. The moratorium on grain sales to the USSR is extended mid October, and a policy board will guide long term talks. Kissinger hints at oil for grain swap as talks begin.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
George Meany
U.S
Afl-Cio
White House
Meany
John Dunlop
Gulf Ports
Moscow
Henry Kissinger
Agriculture Department
Land costs for SEK turnpike revised upward
A Topeka appraiser testifies land acquisition for the Southeast Kansas Turnpike would cost the state 4.9 million or more, higher than a 4.5 million estimate, with total impact reaching about 7.6 million due to decreased surrounding property values. The 300 landowners seek to stop the project arguing public funds cannot subsidize the toll road.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Robert Taggart
Topeka
Southeast Kansas Landowners Association
Taggart
Shawnee County
E. Newton Vickers
Turnpike Authority
State Freeway Fund
Intercepted Letter Returns with Buffalo Decline Warning
An intercepted letter notes the impact of buffalo decline on fuel supply and resources. The author signs off with a personal closing, highlighting concern over future shortages and losses.
Senate panel questions Helms on poisons stockpile
Former CIA Director Richard Helms was summoned to testify under oath by a Senate investigative panel about the CIA’s stockpile of lethal bacteriological toxins including cobra venom despite a 1970 order to destroy them. The interview was conducted by staff members of the 11 member panel.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
Richard Helms
Senate
Helms
Weather and political note mix in early report
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers through Thursday and warm highs in the mid to upper 80s. Tonight lows mid 60s to lower 70s with southerly winds. Meanwhile Senator Church notes President Nixon ordered destruction of bacteriological stocks but toxins remained unguarded at a CIA location for five years.
Bennett to tour area farms this Thursday
Gov. Robert F. Bennett will visit the Richard Reinhardt dairy farm at 4 p.m. and the Don Sailors farm at 5 p.m. He will also stop at the E. J. Siefker farm in Allen County and the Jim Strong farm luau site. Public is invited to the farms. luau tickets are sold out.
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Robert F. Bennett
Richard Reinhardt
Don Sailors Farm
E. J. Siefker
Allen County
Jim Strong
Festivities Set for 58th Mexican Fiesta in Chanute
The 58th Chanute Mexican Fiesta runs Friday and Saturday at Santa Fe Park with mass at St. Patrick’s Church to begin the celebration. Events include speeches by community leaders, Bailes Mestizos dances from multiple Mexican states, crowning of fiesta royalty, live radio from KKOY, sidewalk sales, and food and beer stands run by the Chanute Safari Jaycees.
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Santa Fe Park
St. Patrick's Church
Linda Lopez
Vincent Hogan
St. Patrick’s
Veterans of Foreign War Post
Bailes Mestizos
Topeka
Julie de la Torre
Crespin de la Torre
S. Central
O. H. Cunningham
Cindy Cruz
Alex Cruz
Parsons
Dale Hudson
Helen Hernandez
Max Reese
Coffeyville
Chanute City
John Orozco
Chiapas
Michoacan
Guanajuato
Jalisco
Albert Ysusi
Omar
Big Man” Lopez
Dallas
KKOY
Chanute
Chanute Safari Jaycees
Fiesta Committee
Pete Zaragosa Jr
Lucio de la Torre
Nick Alonzo
Manuel Aguilar
Chanute Chamber to hear six Bicentennial ideas
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce will hear six proposals for celebrating the American Revolution Bicentennial. Proposed ideas include a living pictures pageant, a railroad history museum on the Santa Fe depot second floor, a 2076 time capsule burial, a community fair with rides, building painting of historic scenes, and a united church service. Also under review are new city maps and purchasing the Main and Highland bank building for chamber offices and a historical museum.
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Chanute Area
Tom Hoxie
Santa Fe
United States
Main and Highland
Chamber and Historical Museum
Energy fight among states sparks winter gas crisis
United Press International reports a looming energy crunch as a “war between the states” over natural gas prices collides with a coal miners strike and potential Middle East oil disruptions. Producers in Texas and other states resist price ceilings while Congress weighs lifting interstate gas controls. Coal stocks dip amid a wildcat strike. heating oil suppliers Exxon Mobil Gulf Oil pledge stable supplies.
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Middle East
Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Louisiana
Sherman Hunt
Hunt
United Mines Workers
Herb Foster
National Coal Association
Exxon
Mobil
Gulf Oil
Pittsburgh
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Frank Zarb
Zarb
Ken Caldwell
Tolle Mfg. Co
Safari
Tolle
Union
Cha
Yours
Select Committee On Intelligence
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Richard Nixon
Church
Bennett
Sailors
Reinhardt
Hudson and
Orozco
Erik Conard
Neosho County
Munity Junior College
John Moody
United Press International
Gulf States
Robert Coughlin
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Boston
Coughlin
Lehigh University
Ford Administration
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