Severance tax plans collapse in Kansas 1981 session
Gov. John Carlin fought for a severance tax aimed at funding schools and highways as Senate leaders blocked full debate. Senate Minority Leader Jack Steineger withdrew after a failed vote, ending the measure for 1981. Carlin vowed it would return in 1982 with renewed effort.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Kansas
Senate
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Carlin
House
Wendell Lady
Fred Weaver
Tax relief battle looms in Kansas House session
TOPEKA Kan AP The House prepared to debate final appropriations as lawmakers wrestle with school property tax relief. The Ways and Means Committee vetoed 16 million for school finance, while the Senate sought to add funds to curb tax hikes. The split aims to balance a balanced budget amid federal cuts and looming adjournment.
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Topeka
Kan
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Rep
Mike Hayden
Atwood
John Carlin
Associated Press
Fred Weaver
Baxter Springs
Weaver
Hayden
Carlin
No wedding in governor's weekend plans aide says
TOPEKA Kan AP Gov John Carlin press secretary denied a report he plans to marry political aide Karen Hurley this weekend Hoch could not confirm or deny tentative plans saying there are no wedding bells this weekend He has said any plans would be revealed well in advance Speculation followed his Nov 5 divorce from Ramona Hawkins Carlin after 18 years of marriage Hurley also divorced and joined the campaign in 1978 as chair of Kansans for Carlin directing political appearances from state Democratic headquarters.
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Steineger
Senate
Ross Doyen
Wyandotte
Carlin
Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Karen Hurley
Bill Hoch
Ramona Hawkins Carlin
Carlins
New Cattle Feeding Facility Dedicates Honoring Homer Walters
A new 20 pen beef cattle feeding facility at Garden City Experiment Station was dedicated to the late George E. Homer and John F. Walters. Kansas State University associate dean Jim Orbun led the ceremony. The site will support feedlot trials and studies including ammoniated wheat straw and corn stover, with Orbun praising state support for agricultural research.
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Jim Orban
Kansas State University
Garden City Experiment Station
George Davis
George E. Homer
John F. Walters
Jim L. Orbun
Homer
Walters
Orban
Garden City
K-State
Orbun
University of Minnesota
North Dakota
Kansas
Sands predicts death in 24 hours in hunger strike crisis
Belfast AP reports IRA prisoner Bobby Sands, on day 62 of his hunger strike, is in severe pain with fading vision and little strength. Aide Owen Carron said Sands showed signs of deteriorating health while rejecting calls to end the fast.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bobby Sands
Sands
Owen Carron
Carron
Labor Party
London
Don Concannon
Hughes
Skeletal Sands
Japan to cut auto exports to United States
Japan agrees to a voluntary two year cutback on auto shipments to the United States. The first year ceiling is at least 140,000 cars weaker than last year’s 1.82 million and represents about a 7.7 percent reduction. The second year depends on U.S. automaker sales and recovery.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
U.S
Rokusuke Tanaka
William Brock
Congress
Brock
Estee Lauder
Hoovers
Algeria Quietly Aids Iran Amid War With Iraq
Algeria, praised as a mediator in freeing U S hostages, is allegedly supplying Iran with Soviet arms for its war against Iraq. Delivery reportedly began in early April via Syria, with Libya also aiding Iran. Officials could not verify, but Iranian émigré sources confirm the claim. Prince Charles visits Washington touring the National Air and Space Museum and meeting President Reagan in an informal Oval Office chat during a four day U S stay.
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Washington
Algeria
Iran
Iraq
Associated Press
Syria
Libya
Europe
Prince Charles
National Air and Space Museum
Reagan
Charles
United States
New Zealand
Australia
Venezuela
Oval Office
White House
Olivia de Havilland script sells at auction for 13250
The original Gone With The Wind script used by Olivia de Havilland sold for 13250 in New York auctions alongside letters by Ronald Reagan and Jesse James and erotic drawings by John Lennon. The sale included a four page memoir in which de Havilland recounts identifying at 22 as Melanie Hamilton Wilkes in the 1939 classic.
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New York
Olivia de Havilland
Ronald Reagan
Jesse James
John Lennon
Miss de Havilland
Melanie Hamilton Wilkes
Page items note youth protection and Derby plans
The snippet mentions 16 and 17 year olds protected as juveniles under the law, a volunteer in girl scouting who has lived here less than a year, and the Kentucky Derby coming Saturday. It also references a 24 hour temperature listing ending at 7 a.m. Friday and lists Kansas cities including Garden City Dodge City Goodland Hutchinson Russell Salina Topeka Wichita.
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Hi Lo Pree
Garden City
Dodge City
Goodland Hutchinson
Russell Salina Topeka
Wichita
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