Riverfront Park funding trimmed by federal rules
City Riverfront Park faces reduced federal backing as the Army Corps disallows 23 acres on the south bank and questions landfill area. City funds may offset losses if land is usable. construction could start this summer if funding emerges, with heavier features moved to the north bank.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineer
Journal-World
Corps
Office of Management and Budget
Kansas River
Buford Watson
Riverfront
Congress
Watson
South Bank
Fred DeVictor
Parks and Recreation
DeVictor
Public Works
George Williams
Chuck Davis
Managers in Kansas debate inevitability of public employee unions
City managers at a Kansas University seminar discuss whether municipal employee unionization is inevitable. Local attorney Arnold Berman argues unions are on an inexorable path, while managers from Hutchinson Texas University Park and others weigh in with varied views. Lawrence tests and state laws shape potential outcomes.
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San Francisco
Calif
Lawrence Municipal
Teamsters Union
Kansas University
Arnold Berman
Lawrence
George Pyle
Hutchinson
Pyle
Kansas
George
Leland Nelson
University Park
Tex
Nelson
Texas
Larry Rice
Highland Park, NI
Missouri
David Warren
Maryville
Joe Whitehead
Holton
State tax outlays vs federal grants in 1975 compare
The Tax Foundation reports 20 states paid more than one dollar in federal taxes for every dollar received in grants in fiscal 1975. Florida topped the worst-return list at $1.46 per $1, with New York receiving the largest grant share at $5.7 billion and 83 cents returned per dollar. Kansas paid $1.12 per dollar from $444 million in grants. D C had the best return at 28 cents.
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New York
The
Tax Foundation
District of Columbia
Foundation
Kansas
Washington
Florida
Indiana
Ohio
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
New Jersey
Will of Howard Hughes contested by estate officials
Three faded pages outlining a plan to leave Hughes billions to the Mormon Church and Willard Utah gas station owner Melvin Dummar are to be probated as Hughes's last will. Dietrich, Hughes’s former aide, says handwriting and signature appear authentic though court dispute over validity looms.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Utah
Howard Hughes
Noah Dietrich
Hughes
Dietrich
Los Angeles
Mormon Church
Clark County
Loretta Bowman
Wilford W. Kirton Jr
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Kir
Hughes Medical Institute
Miami
Universiy of Texas
Rice Institute of Technology
Houston
University of Nevada
University of California
Ella Rice
Jean Peters
Melvin Dummar
Willard
Nevada Desert
Dummar
Spending ceiling passes to support recovery amid inflation fears
Washington Republicans oppose cutting defense and domestic programs as the House approves a 415.4 billion spending ceiling for the next fiscal year. Ford calls the move a gamble with inflation while Democrats defend it as sustaining the recovery and funding jobs. The plan projects a 52.4 billion deficit versus Ford's 44.6 billion.
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Washington
House
Ford
James Lynn
Congress
John McFally
California
Kissinger links U.S. Angolan ties to Cuban troop exit
Secretary Kissinger says Washington could recognize Angola if 15,000 Cuban troops are withdrawn. He backs Rhodesian negotiations, rejects claims linking black rule to violence, and notes preliminary talks with Angola at the UN. Washington seeks clear foreign troop removal within a year.
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Monrovia
Liberia
United States
Angola
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Zaire
Rhodesia
United Nations
U.S
Washington
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OMB
Ron Smith
Larry Kay
Jeremiah Rials
Lawrence High School
Rials
Douglas County
Whitehead
Will
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Paul Daggs
Doug Walker
Susan Russell
LHS
John Langstrum
Mark Williams
Jerry Donnelly
Journal
WORLD
Randy
Ady
U.s.-Angola
William R. Tolbert Jr
Popular Movement
Ian Smith
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