Death Penalty Seen a Lost Cause in Kansas
Senate President Ross Doyen said restoration of capital punishment for murder appears dead for the session after the House changed the Senate bill to a narrower category death penalty. Gov Bennett called the effort a dim prospect, with a final House vote 65 58 and Senate passage 23 16.
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Ross Doyen
Kansas
Doyen
House
Jack Steineger
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Edward F. Reilly Jr
R-Leavenworth
Robert Talkington
R-Iola
Duane McGill
McGill
Bomb injures 18 in Boston courthouse blast
A bomb exploded at the Suffolk County Courthouse probation office in Boston injuring 18 people, including a man who lost a leg. An anonymous call warned of the attack, referencing a black defendant named Anthony Jackson tied to earlier killings of white Boston area coeds. Authorities described the warning as ethnic in tone and said workers may have ignored it as a hoax.
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Boston
Robert diGrazia
Suffolk County
diGrazia
Walter Murphy
John Powers
State Supreme Court
Powers
Anthony Jackson
Thomas Eisenstadt
Jackson
Kansas Supreme Court urged on tax increment bill challenge
Lawrence City Commissioner Barkley Clark urges Kansas Supreme Court original jurisdiction to rule on the constitutionality of a new tax increment financing bill. Clark outlines five possible challenges including equal taxation, eminent domain for private use, blight definitions, and spending limits. The case aims to precede the 1977 legislative session with Lawrence as the first potential challenger.
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Lawrence
Barkley Clark
Kansas
National Association of Housing Rehabilitation Officials
Clark
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Attorney General's Office
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District Court
Massachusetts Street
Kansas University
Attorney General
Rain Skies Bring Showers Tonight Through Saturday
Weather forecast notes a likely shower pattern tonight and Friday with rain possibly extending into Saturday. Lows stay in the 50s with a 20 percent rain chance through Friday rising to about 40 percent by Saturday. A warming trend was expected midweek with highs near 69 after Tuesday’s 55.
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National Weather Service
Defense chief says Soviets not in lead in power balance
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld told ABC News that U S military advantage is not with the Soviet Union and that power is broadly balanced. He cited areas where each side leads and areas of equivalence, tempering Ford's claim of clear U S superiority.
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Washington
Donald Rumsfeld
Soviet Union
U.S
Ford
United States
Russia
Rumsfeld
Abc-Tv
Good Morning America
Kansas Governor Signs Four Year Terms For Officials
Gov. Robert F. Bennett signed into law 10 bills including four year terms for state treasurer and insurance commissioner starting in 1978. The bill extends four year terms to all elected Kansas county officials, ending a 115 year two year county term tradition. The measure aligns with a 1972 constitutional amendment and follows a court unification plan for next year.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Joan Finney
Fletcher Bell
Bennett
State Secretary of Transportation
KU to honor six with Distinguished Service Citations
Six Kansas University alumni will receive KU Distinguished Service Citations at May 24 commencement. Recipients: Olin Petefish Lawrence attorney. William Douce Phillips Petroleum Co. executive. Homer Hoyt Washington real estate analyst. Edwin Phelps Jr. Peabody Coal Co. executive. Robert Riss Republic Industries founder. Paul Wunsch longtime Kansas legislator and KU regent.
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Kansas University
Olin Petefish
Lawrence
Petefish
William Douce
Phillips Petroleum Co
Homer Hoyt
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