Docking Vetoes Right to Work and County Election Powers
Kansas Governor Docking vetoed a right to work bill and a measure shifting election officer appointments in Sedgwick Johnson Shawnee and Wyandotte counties from the governor to the secretary of state. He called both vetoes protective of public interest and condemned the political measure as partisan. He urged tax reform to fund school aid and questioned consumer loan rate hikes in a truth in lending bill.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Docking
Kansas
Sedgwick, Johnson, Shawnee and
Wyandotte
Harvard Protests End With Police Clash At University Hall
In Cambridge Harvard University Hall clash left 30 injured as police with clubs swept 200 protesters from the building. About 200 more were arrested or moved to wagons amid Yard turmoil and chants calling for Pusey to go.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
University Hall
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Harvard Yard
Memorial Church
Pusey
Nathan M. Pusey
Harvard Crimson
The
Crimson
Colin Leinster
Life Magazine
Marion Springs Student Wins Spelling Contest
Margaret Shuck, a 12 year old seventh grader from Marion Springs School, won the Douglas County spelling contest at Vinland School beating Beth Hinson of Baldwin Elementary. She advances to the state contest May 3 in Topeka as the county champion.
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Baldwin
Margaret Shuck
Marion Springs School
Douglas County
Beth Hinson
Baldwin Elementary School
Topeka
Vinland School
Margaret
Warren Shuck
Rt. 2
Marion Springs
Beth
William Hinson
Lawrence
Eudora
Ruth Anne Yaussi
Schwegler School
Mary Brohammer
Right to Work Veto Sparks Democratic Criticism in Kansas
L E Weiss president of Kansans for Right to Work and Sen Robert F Bennett denounce Gov Docking for vetoing a Right to Work bill. They charge the veto serves union interests and misstates attorney general opinions about applying state law to federal installations. They urge overriding the veto to let a federal court decide applicability.
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Topeka
L. E. Weiss
Kansans
Robert Docking
Union Treasuries
Weiss
Robert F. Bennett
Prairie Village
Docking
Bennett
Kent Frizzell
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Kansas
Frizzell
Proposed School Bus Bid Seen As Vote Of Confidence
USD 497 delayed renewal of the School Transportation Inc contract to clarify bus ages. The 1969 70 bid would raise costs about 2.7 percent to about 97 582.97 if pupil numbers stay steady, with state aid covering roughly a third of the price.
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Unified School District 497
Board of “Education
Carl Knox
Knox
School Transportation, Inc
Tinnen Bus Co
Plattsburg
Day - Baker Transportation
Odessa
Rogers Chevrolet
Waverly
Lawrence
Dick Johnson
USD 497
Condi
Board of Education
Nixon Proposes 3 Point NATO Plan for Cooperation
President Nixon outlined a three point plan to tighten political coordination among NATO members at the 20th anniversary ministerial conference. He called for periodic deputy foreign minister meetings a dedicated political planning group and a committee on the challenges of modern society to pool Western resources for improving quality of life as the alliance enters its third decade.
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Washington
Nixon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Western Alliance
Kansas House Delays on New Criminal Code and School Aid
The Kansas House struggled to advance a new criminal code with slow progress. An abortion law revision was blocked, keeping current law. The school aid bill, boosted by $1 million for transportation in committee, faced Senate rejection and a conference committee call.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Stock Market Close in New York Rises Slightly
AP reports the closing average for 60 stocks at 334.9, up 0.2 points as trading ended in New York.
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New York
Sioux Falls Flood Dike Break Not Repaired
Flood fighters abandoned an 18 block area in Sioux Falls after an eight hour battle to close a 100 foot dike break in the Riverside district. 100 tons of rock and volunteer efforts failed as water rose 25 to 30 feet. Evacuation and roadblocks sealed the area near meat packing plant and stockyards.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Big Sioux
Riverside
Vanderloo
Sioux City
Iowa
Ideal spring weekend forecast from Topeka Weather Bureau
Topeka area may enjoy pleasant temperatures Friday through Sunday with lows near 45 to 50 and highs around 75. A Saturday night shower chance exists, while Wednesday reached 80 but likely stays in the upper 60s thereafter.
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Topeka Weather Bureau
Kansas
Lawrence Area
Weather Bureau
Redon Stow at F9 Spurs Finite Mediation
Local note records Raney Doug Stores mediation action at the Finite Mall. The sequence involves index pressor redon stow and related timing details for resolving a dispute.
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Rea Pressor
Fins Mediate Mall
Raney Doug Stores
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Gov. Docking
Secretary of State
Management and Labor
Journal-World
School Transportation
Kansas City
Missouri
Associated Press
Joe Vanderloo
Minnehaha County
Cherokee
Little Town
Akron
Bic
Reason Nana
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