Ballot miscount fixes leadership in Kansas House
In Topeka a ballot error changed an election for assistant minority leader. James Holderman now holds the post with 27 votes to Dave Mikesic's 25 after a corrected tally. Mikesic remains whip, Paul Feleciano loses leadership. Leader John Carlin said the error was a reading mistake and credited on-file ballots for correct totals.
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UPI
James Holderman
Wichita
John Carlin
Dsmolan
Holderman
Dave Mikesic
Kansas City
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Mikesic
Ford vows caution after assassination attempts
President Ford pledged to be as careful as possible during public appearances after two assassination attempts. GOP leaders said Ford will not curtail travel, citing his desire to meet the public and the concerns over giving would be assassins attention. Secret Service procedures are being reviewed and protection will be extended to four potential Democratic candidates next month.
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Patricia Hearst
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Treasury
William Simon
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Chicago
Evanston
Los Angeles
Congress weighs expanding Secret Service protection for Ford
Senator Montoya announced an inquiry by his appropriations subcommittee into boosting protection for President Ford and future candidates. The plan calls for hearings with Secret Service Chief Knight and former presidential contenders to explore hiring more agents revising protective strategies and tightening screening of dangerous individuals. House Leader Rhodes backed the death penalty for would be presidential assassins.
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UPI
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
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John Rhodes
United States
Montoya
Appropriations
Secret Service
H. Stuart Knight
Plan to merge Kansas junior colleges under regents faces opposition
Kansas lawmakers inch toward a plan to place 19 state junior colleges under the Kansas Board of Regents with a new division for postsecondary vocational education. The proposal, backed by Sen. Joe Harder, would also adjust budgets and require statute changes, while Colorado educators warn of funding priorities.
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Kan
UPI
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Kansas Board of Regents
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R-Moundridge
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Goodland
Wichita
Manhattan
Emporia
AVTS
Regents
Salina
Kansas Technical Institute
James Maag
Dodge City
Commission
Farmland Cuts Off Fuel to 17 Kansas Customers
Farmland Industries halted gasoline deliveries to 17 customers across a 15 state region effective immediately. Parsons area dealer William Fouts, who has depended on Farmland since before its refinery purchase, cites unfulfilled allocations and rising uncertainty about crude oil supplies. Kansas Energy Director Lamar Weaver notes temporary aid via Derby Oil Co. with broader relief tied to future federal action and potential deregulation.
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Topeka, Kan
Nielson
Weaver
Mid-America Faces Gasoline Cutoff From Farmland
Mid-America Refining President Justus O Reilly said a Farmland Industries cutoff of gasoline to 17 independent customers, including Mid-America, should not harm local customers. Farmland cites expired Fuel Allocation and high crude costs as reasons for the move. O Reilly seeks a new supplier and has contacted the Kansas State Energy Office.
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Kansas City
Mid-America Refining Co. Inc
Justus O'Reilly
Mid-America
Mid- America
Farmland
O’ O’reilly
O'Reilly
Iola
Fort Scott
Missouri
Bud Weaver
Kansas State Energy Office
Mayor elected to league board in Chanute
Chanute Mayor O. H. Cunningham was chosen Tuesday for a one year term on the 12 member board of directors of the League of Kansas Municipalities. The vote occurred at the Overland Park convention. Ernie Mosher noted the board and leadership act as the league policy and program body serving 475 member cities.
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O. H. Cunningham
The
League of Kansas Municipalities
League
Overland Park
Ernie Mosher
Mosher
Hearst affidavit cites brutalization and loss of control
Patty Hearst says in an affidavit filed in federal court that she was terrorized by captors and slipping toward insanity, brainwashed to the point that her criminal actions over the past eighteen months were beyond her control. The filing attributes the conduct to brutalization and a developing fantasy.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patty Hearst
Miss Hearst
Weather Area Forecast and Court Bail Hearing Fragment
Partly cloudy through Thursday with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s and lows in the lower 40s. Winds northeast 5 to 15 mph. In court, defense seeks release on bail for a woman facing 22 felony counts including kidnapping and bank robbery. Judge Carter orders immediate psychiatric evaluation and keeps bail hearing pending next Tuesday.
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Carter
Vincent Hallinan
Weather balloon passes over Chanute en route to Hutchinson area
A 530 foot unmanned weather balloon launched from Muskogee Oklahoma at 5 30 p m Tuesday flight time 70 hours flies at 125000 feet carrying 3775 pounds of instruments. It passed over Chanute this morning on its way to a landing 20 miles northwest of Hutchinson with readings on wind speed and humidity.
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Chanute
Muskogee
Okla
Hutchinson
Joe Gormley
Chanute Flight Service
Gormley
National Weather Service
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Public Relations Agency
U.S
Oliver J. Carter
Hearsts
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