Tobacco Tax Approved by Kansas House
The Kansas House approved a 10 percent tobacco products tax and sent it to the Senate as part of a revenue package for the 1972 fiscal year. Debates on severance tax and other measures accompanied a $412.4 million appropriation for state colleges and agencies, with session end in sight and a two-day post-session date to consider vetoes.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Senate
House
Austin Nothern
Ways and Means Committee
Calvin Strowig
Rabilene
Robert Docking
Committee For Appropriations
Kansas Board of Regents
Ways and Means
Kansas
Dust Storm Forecast Knocks Kansas City area
The weatherman warned of a dust storm today with winds from 25 to 45 mph into the state. Dry spells and warm temps push warnings, but winds ease tonight and temperatures fall back with highs in the 60s on Friday and 40s at night.
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Kansas
Topeka
Boy salutes Nixon after Medal of Honor moment
Four year old Kevin Taylor, in cowboy pajamas, saluted President Nixon who returned the salute after the late Karl Taylor, Kevin's father, received the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism in Vietnam. Kevin spoke of meeting Nixon and recalled the White House salute with his family watching.
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Kevin Taylor
Nixon
Kevin
Marine S
Karl Taylor
Avella
United States
White House
South Vietnam
Shirley Taylor
Kansas University Faces Budget Cuts From State House Action
The Kansas University chief Jayhawks mood sours as the House fails to restore higher education funding. Chancellor Chalmers warns no raises for classified staff if cuts hold, with possible student job losses and no fee increase offset due to legislative spending limits.
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Strong Hall
House of Representatives
House trims school funds in Kansas budget battle
Kansas House upheld committee cuts to six state colleges and universities totaling more than 3 million dollars. The plan moved to a conference committee after a voice vote rejecting restoration. KU would lose about 130 to 155 thousand dollars without added security funding.
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Topeka
Kansas House of Representatives
Washburn University
House
Donn Everett
Manhattan
Kansas Senate backs bingo bill sending to House for concurrence
The Kansas Senate 31 8 approved a conference committee report legalizing gambling bingo for non profits and certain groups with restrictions. The bill could face the state Supreme Court on constitutionality and moves to Gov Docking after House approval. The body also sent four other measures including one allowing physicians to treat minors for drug abuse without parental consent.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate Today
Conference Committee
House
Robert Docking
Senate
Steadman Ball
R-Atchison
Senate Judiciary Committee
State Supreme Court
Kansas
Jack Robinson
R-Wichida
Robinson
Supreme Court
Americans Die At Record Weekly Toll In Indochina
The U S Command reported 88 Americans killed in Indochina last week the highest weekly death toll in nine months. Airstrikes hit North Vietnamese forces besieging a South Vietnamese artillery base as Cambodian paratroopers were ambushed on the highway near Phnom Penh. An Australian UPI correspondent a Japanese journalist and a Cambodian photographer were missing. Despite the toll the first quarter deaths are down about 50 percent from last year and 80 percent from 1969. President Nixon framed the drop as progress in disengagement from the war.
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Saigon
U.S
Indochina
Highlands
Phnom Penh
United Press International
Nixon
Blaze Destroys UC Santa Cruz Administration Building
Fire swept through the University of California at Santa Cruz admin building early today destroying about two thirds of the $3 million structure. Chancellor Dean McHenry's second floor office and many university records were lost. Fire officials said the blaze appeared incendiary and took two hours to control. no injuries were reported and FBI involvement was initially considered but later not pursued.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
University of California At Santa Cruz
Dean McHenry
David Alsip
FBI
Richard Gebhardt
San Francisco
Winds Diminish Tonight As Cooler Air Moves In
The forecast notes winds shrinking and temperatures dropping tonight across the region. Expect clear skies, gradual cooling, and lighter breezes as a cooler air mass settles in for the overnight.
Drug Seizure in Lawrence Nets 2 Jailed
Law officers seized about 66 pounds of hashish valued at roughly 200000 to 300000 dollars after arresting 25 year old David Millstein and 22 year old Susan Millstein at the Ramada Inn in Lawrence. The couple from 607 Louisiana Avenue were jailed for federal authorities, with no bond set, as investigators pursued smuggling charges. Hashish valued between 100000 and 500000 dollars was also cited by officials. Items were found hidden in the headliner and behind the firewall of the white Volkswagen bus.
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Lawrence
T Has
Douglas County
David Terry Millstein
Susan Elizabeth
U.S
Ramada Inn
Sixth
Iowa
Vern Miller
Kansas City
Kan
Mexico
Texas
Soviet Union Expands Military Aid to Egypt Reported
Western diplomats in London cite increased Soviet military presence in Egypt with 2,000 more troops and a surge in jet fighters, SAM missiles, and other arms. The British Institute for Strategic Studies placed 16,000 Soviet personnel there and noted new anti aircraft defenses from Cairo to Aswan and along the Mediterranean toward Libya.
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Soviet Union
Egypt
London
British Institute For Strategic Studies
Cairo
Nile Valley
Aswan Dam
Mediterranean
Libya
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J-W
Kansas University
Laurence Chalmers
Chalmers
Keith Nitcher
Raymond Nichols
University
Nitcher
By Jerry Schwartz
Wednes
Everett
Jack Euler
Wathena
Country Clubs
Supreme Court of Kansas
Ball
WEA
Russell Stover
Key Rexall
Adv
Katie Stauffer
Laura Bodle
Laura
Katie
Darrel Stauffer
Rt. 2
Lawrence Bodle
Tenn
Journal-World
Ken Seals
THE
Associated Press
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