Railroads to pay first half of Kansas property taxes
Four railroads will pay the first half of their 1980 Kansas property taxes by December 20 under protest. They owe 4.88 million, will cover 2.84 million now and seek refund after the lawsuit. State official says the ruling preserves local tax collection while a trial date is sought.
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Associated Press
Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co
J.B. Reeves
Topeka
Michael Lennon
State Secretary of Revenue
Richard D. Rogers
Lennon
Reeves
Rogers
Railroads
State of
Railroads seek injunction over Kansas tax burden
Four railroads Rogers v. the state seek to reduce Kansas property taxes claiming under 4-R they should be taxed on 12.7 percent rather than 30 percent of value. Judge Rogers refused to grant a preliminary injunction saying harm to counties and unrevealed irreparable harm outweighed potential merit.
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Rogers
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Kansas
Two more Abscam convictions shake Congress
Two House committee chairmen were convicted in the Abscam probe. Frank Thompson Jr of New Jersey was found guilty of bribery and conspiracy, while John M Murphy of New York City was convicted of conspiracy conflict of interest and receiving an unlawful gratuity. Murphy was acquitted on bribery. A関連 case against Richard Kelly was underway. The ethics panel also ruled John Jenrette violated House ethics in a related matter.
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New York
House Committee
Frank Thompson Jr
New Jersey
U.S
John M. Murphy
New York City
FBI
Murphy
John Jenrette
D-S.c
Abscam
House
Brooklyn
Thompson
Pesticide Recertification Sessions Planned in Gray County
Gray County Extension Service offers three private recertification meetings in December for producers with licenses expiring December 31 1980. Sessions are December 9 Cimarron 7 30 p m at 4H Building December 11 Montezuma 9 30 a m at Community Building and December 12 Ingalls 9 30 a m at Catholic Center each about two hours. Attendance, $5 to State Board of Agriculture, grants three more years of certification. Also a pie social fundraiser December 11 6 30 p m Alta Brown School auditorium for Little Schoolhouse in Finnup Park with pie auctions and refreshments plus entertainment by Buffalo Stompers Square Dance group. Donations aid schoolhouse renovation. chance to win beef and fruit baskets from local merchants. Members listed for Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse committee include Dr Horace Good Anne Rogge Mary Plager Erma Adamson Florence Wilson Helen Harp Kris Runberg. Auditorium opens 6 p m.
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Gray County Extension Service
Cimarron
Montezuma
Ingalls
State Board of Agriculture
Gray County Extension Office
Alta Brown School
Jerry Cromer
Finnup Park
Buffalo Stompers Square Dance Group
Joe York
Ehresman Packing Co
Dillon's
Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse Committee
Horace Good
Anne Rogge
Mary Plager
Erma Adamson
Florence Wilson
Helen Harp
Kris Runberg
Deaths in Kansas districts mark multiple local obituaries
Ulysses resident John A. Bacon 63 dies at Memorial Hospital McPherson after a Canton upbringing and a long life with wife Hazel Spencer Bacon. father of Randy G. Bacon and two other sons with many relatives. Martha Ellen Breitenbach 88 dies in Larned. survived by Laurence Breitenbach and many descendants. Rosary Friday. burial Belpre. Phillip Marshall Rice 56 former Greensburg resident dies in Brooklyn. services in Greensburg with military rites. burial Fairview Cemetery. memorials to church Methodist Youthville or American Cancer Society. Survivors include Virgil Rice and Jack Rice among others. Funeral plans and locations listed.
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Ulysses
John A. Bacon
Memorial Hospital
McPherson
Canton
Randy G. Bacon
Spring Valley Township
Hazel Spencer
Wichita
First Baptist Church, Canton
W. H. Clark
Beryl Winchattle
Larry D. Bacon
McPherson Cemetery
American Heart Association
Martha Ellen Breitenbach
St. Joseph Hospital
Larned
Laurence Breitenbach
Conkling
Martha Ellen McGinty
Seward
John Breitenbach
Belpre
St. Bernard’s
Phillip Marshall Rice
Greensburg
Fleener Chapel
Richard Bowersox
Fairview Cemetery
Rice
Brooklyn
N. Y
Virgil Rice
Lakin
Jack Rice
Garden City
United Methodist Church
VFW
Methodist Youthville
American Cancer Society
Greensburg State Bank
Stanford wins first patent on recombinant DNA technology
The U S patent office issued the initial patent on basic gene-splicing to Stanford University. The document covers use of restriction enzymes to swap DNA and create engineered bacteria that produce hormones or proteins, naming Cohen and Boyer as inventors with patent number 4 237 224 filed in 1974.
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Washington
U.S
Stanford University
Patent Office
Stanley N. Cohen
Herbert W. Boyer
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Lew Ferguson
Wilfred H. Pine
Kansas State University
Pine
Congress
Alfred Moskowitz
Moskowitz
Yum
St. Thomas Episcopal Church Main and Walnut
Pie
N. Taylor
Coyote’s Sports Center
600 JR. the Plastic Master
Buck-Browning-Gerber & Schrade Walden
Pacific Metallic
Oliver F
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Co., Inc
Advertising & Business
P.O. Box
Fred Brooks
le Roy Allman
Finney County
Martha E. Breitenbach
Kinsley
St. Bernard Church
Eugene Kenney
Belpre Cemetery
Philip M. Rice
Garden City Co-op
Campus Drive
Hiway
Alvin Tanenholtz
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