Miller Hesitates to Challenge Kansas Bingo Law in Court
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller weighs a possible court test to the new bingo law which strips criminal penalties for playing bingo by non profits while not legalizing gambling. A test would likely be a criminal prosecution, with Miller seeking a strong case before challenging constitutionality.
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Vern Miller
Topeka
Kansas
Miller
Robert Docking
Docking
Ile
John Martin
Martin
Attorney General’s Office
Lyman Beecher Kellogg
Emporia
State Supreme Court
Kellogg
Whomper diet change eyed by Kansas students
Kansas University students in charge of the whomper operation seek a slight diet change. Paperless cans will be sold in Kansas City while cans with paper go to Chicago. Bottles and cans should be rinsed before bringing to the reclamation center in the stadium. summer operation continues but fall schedules may shift to avoid stadium conflicts.
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KU Reclamation Center
Memorial Stadium
Kansas University
Kansas City
Chicago
Reclamation Center
Steve Emerson
Topeka
Emerson
Docking
Legislator Calls 1971 Session Worst, Blames Governor
Kansas State Senator Richard Rogers of Manhattan blasts the 1971 session as the worst he has endured. He criticizes budget cuts, denounces a GOP tour praising the session, and warns of possible tax rises and a need for action before 1972. The group tours western then eastern Kansas, stressing financial strain and potential deficits.
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Manhattan
Kan
Richard Rogers
Rogers
GOP
Kansas
Republican Party
Teacher Suit To Get Job Has No Trial
Galen McKinley, president of the Community Teachers Association, settles federal civil rights suit with Joplin School District. The board will restore his high school teaching job with tenure, sick pay and retirement benefits effective September. McKinley waives back pay to May 1970, drops a $30,000 libel suit, and agrees not to hold CTA office for three years nor negotiate for four years.
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Joplin
Galen McKinley
McKinley
Community Teachers Association
Elmo B. Hunter
Hunter
CTA
Kansas City construction worker dies in fall at Crown Center
Charles Howard, 53, a construction worker at the Crown Center project, was killed when a 4 by 8 foot prefab concrete slab toppled from the fourth floor during placement. Two other workers were severely injured in the incident.
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Kansas City
Charles Howard
Crown Center Project
Howard
Estes Paroled After Six Years In Federal Prison
Billie Sol Estes, Texas promoter, paroled to his brother’s Abilene farm after six years of a 15 year federal sentence for mail fraud and conspiracy. He will not engage in self employment without parole board clearance and will work in farming with brother John.
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Washington
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
U.S
George J. Reed
Estes
Abilene
Tex
John
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