Senate committee rewrites habitual traffic offender bill
In Denver the Senate Transportation Committee amended the habitual offender bill to require 12 moving offenses in five years to qualify, while keeping three major violations in 10 years as a trigger. The panel did not report the bill pending Motor Vehicle Division input, with Sen. Ruth Stockton asking for procedural discussions. In Littleton Arapahoe Community College named Dr Joseph K Bailey president to replace Aller Crawford.
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Denver
Colorado
Senate
Committee On Transportation
Ruth Stockton
Lakewood
Motor Vehicle Division
Littleton
Colo
Joseph K. Bailey
Arapahoe
Colorado House Debates PPBES Budget Bill Back To Panel
The Colorado House returned the PPBES budget bill to the Education Committee for study after debates on extending the July 1 1974 deadline. Lawmakers also discussed an endangered species sales ban including Colorado native animals and approved several bills on judicial building planning homestead exemptions and a 5 percent tax on closed circuit telecast admissions. Aspen skiing coach Beattie urges year round conditioning with jogging and tennis for skiers.
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Carl Hilliard
Associated Press
Denver
Colorado
Colorado House
Education Committee
Department of Education
Austin Moore
Englewood
Sandy Arnold
Boulder
John Carrall
Westminster
House
CU Officials Face Hearing on Colorado Dental School
Colorado lawmakers grilled University of Colorado leaders on the proposed 2.5 million dental school plan as the Joint Budget Committee opened its hearings. Dean Leslie Burrows outlined a 1974 start with 25 students and 16 hygienists, rising to 100 students and 32 hygienists by 1976, mostly Colorado residents.
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Carl Hilliard
Associated Press
Denver
University of Colorado
Frederick Thieme
Colorado Legislature
Leslie Burrows
Dental
Burrows
Thieme
Dental Committee
Colorado
CU Medical Center
American Dental Association
Man killed during rail derailment cleanup near Clearmont
Bernhard D. Gunsch, 44, of Fort Steele North Dakota, died at Sheridan hospital after a 1 inch cable snapped while a cleanup crew worked on the derailed Burlington Northern cars and engines 1.2 miles west of Clearmont Wyoming. Gunsch directed a winch truck and was struck in the chest as the cable snapped.
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Clearmont
Wyo
Burlington Northern Com
Here
Bernhard D. Gunseh
Fort Steele
N.D
Sheridan
Gunsch
Getter Trucking Co
Gillette
Gunnisch
Gunisch
Derailment on Solstice Summit Won’t Halt D&RGW Traffic
Officials of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad say a derailment atop Soldice Summit in central Utah is not holding up traffic. Division Trainmaster John Aberton said 14 cars derailed between switches for a siding, with traffic rerouted around the wreckage. Derricks have begun lifting cars back onto the rack and the line is expected to reopen soon.
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Salt Lakes City
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Utah
John Abertan
Minder
Atherton
Colorado voters face switch to punch card voting system
Colorado voters may encounter a new punch card electronic voting method in the 1974 elections as the legislature weighs a bill allowing counties to switch. Senate hearings will probe the system’s pros and cons, noting compact machines, faster results, and the risk of lost ballots en route to central computers.
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Gordon G. Gauss
Associated Press
Colorado
Ray Kogovsek
Pueblo
Don Nicholson
Denver Election Commission
Seattle
Nicholson
Senate bill seeks D N R power to acquire state land
A bipartisan bill in the Colorado Senate would authorize the Department of Natural Resources to condemn or purchase land held by the State Board of Land Commissioners without auctions. It targets state lands deemed of public importance, potentially opening access to areas like the forest west of Fort Collins, with officials noting the measure clarifies public value and halts sales when declared needed.
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Denver
Department of Natural Resources Authority
State Board of Land Commissioners
State Senate
Natural Resources Agency
John Bermingham
Allet Dines
Ronald St
Land Board
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Joe Schieffelln
Robert E. Johnson
Arvada
David Milak
Colorado Insurers Association
Cordell Smith
Wayne Keith
State Patrol
Hillside Mall
Aspen
Bob Beattie
Cnach
Beattie
Jill Taylor
Robert Taylor
26Th
Ave
Crefley
Jos
Jill
University High School
PEP Cub
University High
Don Friedman
Aerom
Tyte
Sue
AIR Force Resenve
the Greeley National Bank
Cache National Bank
West Greeley National Bank
Veatch Mol
Capitol
Income Tax Service
R. F. Cowles
Eighth Avenue
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