Kansas report calls for tax breaks to boost state economy
University of Kansas study proposes 34 recommendations for future growth including tax credits for research and development, exemption of computer parts and machinery from sales tax, and a constitutional move to phase out inventories taxes. It urges creation of a Kansas Science and Technology Authority and a state community development block grant program, plus a joint legislative committee on economic development to focus policy.
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Topeka
Kan
University of Kansas Institute For Public Policy and Business Research
Kansas
Kansas Legislature
John Carlin
Carlin
House
Mike Hayden
Senate
Robert Talkington
Kansas Science and Technology Authority
Institute
Anthony Redwood
Public Agenda Commission
Block to quit as U S Agriculture Secretary today
AP reports Secretary John R Block plans to resign later today sources say with anonymity. He has led the Agriculture Department for nearly five years during a period of plummeting land values and a farm credit squeeze while exports lag and a new farm bill looms in Congress.
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Washington
John R. Block
Block
Culllilitus
Agriculture Department
U.S
Black
Congress
Jets collide near Zweibrücken kill two pilots in Germany
Two US Air Force F 15s collided in flight over Rheinland Pfalz before crash landing in a field. Civilian injuries were reported from falling debris while German officials claimed one pilot was killed and the other survived. U S Air Force reports unknown status and witnesses saw two parachutes. The aircraft belonged to the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing based at Bitburg Air Base.
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Zweibruecken
West Germany
Rhineland
U.S. Air Force
36Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Bitburg Air Base
Eifel Hills
K State Downs Wichita State
K State defeats Wichita State in a college basketball matchup. The game highlights the Wildcats' performance as the key headline event on page 11.
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Garden Cition
Colorado
St. Catherine Hospital
WIC
K-State Downs
Wichita State
River gun ban stays in Finney County along Arkansas River
Finney County commissioners rejected shortening the six mile gun ban along the Arkansas River west of Garden City. They will keep the restriction from one mile east of the US 83 bridge to one mile west of the Main Street extended bridge south of Holcomb with an eighth mile buffer each side. Deputies will issue citations for violations with fines up to 100 dollars.
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Finney County
Arkansas
Garden City
Holcomb
Grover Craig
Craig
Two hurt in Mennonite Road curve crashes near Garden City
Two crashes on Mennonite Road 28 miles northeast of Garden City injure Michael Eddy and Roy Coghill after a truck overturned 12 times. A second crash later injures no one. 43 Lane Finney households lose power for about two hours. Speer declines medical help. An alibi remark appears.
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Garden City
Finney Lane
Kansas Highway Patrol
Michael Eddy
Lakin
Roy Coghill
Ulysses
Eddy
Coghill
Gerald Speer
W. Olive
Lane-Scott Electric Company
Lane and Finney
Speer
Postmaster General Fired. Albert Casey Takes Reins
The U S Postal Service ousts Postmaster General Paul N Carlin for slow automation and staff streamlining and installs Albert Casey former American Airlines chair president Casey becomes 66th postmaster general and board member Casey replaces Carlin as advisor to the board. Carlin becomes adviser to the new regime in a closed board meeting Casey is based in Dallas and had led American Airlines from 1974 to 1980 as chairman and president
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Paul N. Carlin
Albert Casey
Postal Board
Casey Casey
Postal Service
Ralph Stewart
Carlin
Casey
American Airlines
Benjamin Franklin
Dallas
Donor heart gives teen couple hopeful chance at life
Felipe Garza Jr a 15 year old from Patterson Calif died after a brain bleed. His heart kidneys and eyes were donated for Donna Ashlock 14 who needed a transplant. Donna received Felipe s heart in a five hour operation at San Francisco Presbyterian Hospital and showed improvement the next day.
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Patterson
Calif
Felipe Garza Jr
Donna
San Francisco
Sanchez
Felipe
Garza
Modesto
Presbyterian Hospital
J. Donald Hill
Nancy Mill
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Travis Wooley
Jason Reichle
Sonya Silva
Bradley Parkins
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van H. Seagraves
Business Mailers Review
Seagraves
Board
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John Sanchez
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