Kansas Tax Increases Shrug Off Public Outcry
Gov. Robert F. Bennett defends tax hikes as modest in a Kansas budget package moving July 1. Increases touch automobile registration fees motorcycle fees gasoline and diesel taxes park licenses and property taxes with homeowners and motorists facing modest hikes while business and corporate levies stay largely steady. A cigarette tax proposal died, limiting cancer research funding.
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Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Joe Blow
Joe
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Syria's Role Intensifies Lebanon War Scene
Beirut reports show casualties rising toward pre cease fire levels with 75 killed and 120 wounded as factions clash in Beirut and Zagharta. Presidential politics swirl as Franjieh resists term end while Syria massed forces near border and Kisinger signals limited Israeli concern.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Med Center bids please KU planners
Bids for the final major package of the Kansas University Medical Center project were opened in Topeka. J E Dunn Construction Co of Kansas City submitted the base bid of 7.95 million with seven alternatives raising the total to 8.29 million. The bids show competitive, accurate pricing and enable rapid project progress, said coordinator Max Lucas.
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Topeka
Warren Corman
Kansas Board of Regents
Statehouse
J.E. Dunn Construction Co
Kansas City
Dunn
Max Lucas
Archie Dykes
Severe storms sweep Kansas with tornadoes and high winds
Tornadoes ripped through two Kansas towns Wednesday evening while high winds knocked out power and shattered windows in Topeka and Lawrence. By Thursday morning storms brought light rain, with record warmth earlier in the week and cooler weekend forecasts as 60 mph winds and marble sized hail affected several areas.
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National Weather Service
Planning Commission to rewrite Lawrence Comprehensive Plan
Lawrence planning board will redraft the proposed Comprehensive Plan over two months after a four hearing review. A 50 page Chamber of Commerce task force analysis criticized the draft as incomprehensible and unworkable, urging corrections before consideration as final.
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Douglas County Environmental Improvement Council
Richard Zinn
Chamber
Journal World Classifieds and Sections Index
Index page listing sections such as Classifieds Editorials Markets Sports Comics Deaths and TV. Note indicates local forecast on page 12 with hot and wet conditions and full details elsewhere.
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Proxmire Used Reception Rooms For Wife Tours
Senator William Proxmire reserved congressional reception rooms for his wife Ellen Proxmire’s Washington Whirl Around tours about 30 times in five years, then stopped following complaints from rival Candis O Ray. Barbara Boggs also reserved rooms through her mother-in-law, Rep. Lindy Boggs. The Rules Committee investigates Ray's complaint while Proxmire defends access as routine.
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William Proxmire
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Proxmire
Howard Shuman
Ellen Proxmire
Tax deadline looms with heavy rush to file
State and federal officials say tax filing is unusually busy as forms are due at midnight. IRS Wichita reports about 3,000 calls today and 59.4 million of 86.4 million returns received by last week. Extensions allowed if Form 4868 is filed with payment, but accurate estimates matter to avoid interest and penalties.
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Zagharta
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Franjieh
Kamal Jumblatt
Lebanon
Henry Kissinger
Senate
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Israel
Kissinger
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Palestine Liberation Army
Lawrence
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Wichita
Rick Furlick
IRS
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Kansas Revenue Service
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