Britain announces spending cut plans in IMF loan bid
Britain's Labour government proposes 4.2 billion dollars in two year spending cuts and higher taxes to steady the economy and qualify for an IMF loan. Denis Healey told the House of Commons that 1.7 billion will be cut next year and 2.5 billion the following year with tobacco and liquor taxes raised after January. Unemployment fears rise as unions oppose the measures amid a deep economic crisis.
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London
Britain
Denis Healey
House of Commons
International Monetary Fund
IMF
James Callaghan
Healey
Callaghan
Local residents may attend Carter inauguration
Kansas University law professor Marilyn Ainsworth and former Carter colleague J D Marzluff from Annapolis may be invited to Jimmy Carter's inauguration in Washington. Both wait to see if invitations arrive and if personal commitments allow attendance. Marzluff cites a Navy transfer affecting his plans while Ainsworth weighs education value for her child.
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Carter
Marilyn Ainsworth
Kansas University
J.D. Marzluff
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Lawmakers Hear Legislative Requests On Local Taxes
Lawmakers hear proposals for non tax funding and local tax options including referendum clauses. School leaders call for raised budget increases beyond limits and for a referendum alternative to exceed statutory caps. Other requests include KU library funding, city planning changes, and property tax timing reforms.
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Lawrence Schools
Carl Knox
Kansas Manufacturers Face Rising Product Liability Costs
Lawrence lawmakers and Chamber officials pressed for legislation to ensure affordable products liability insurance for Kansas manufacturers amid soaring premiums and policy cancellations. The plan relies on pre-filed bills for 1977, with debate on causes and broader interstate impact. Senator Arnold Berman cautioned that without similar laws in other states the relief may be limited. West warned small firms may close if costs stay high, pushing price hikes or self insurance.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Glenn West
Chamber
West
Arnold Berman
Berman
Iraqi blast at Baghdad Airport blamed on Syrian secret service
Iraq accuses Syria's secret service of planting a bomb in Baghdad airport customs. Three killed and many injured, including 10 hospitalized, with reports of up to 400 injured. A suitcase explosive on an Egyptian jetliner stopped at Damascus caused the blast during luggage checks after sundown Tuesday.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Secret Service
Baghdad
Syria
Arab Baath Socialist Party
London
Damascus
Kansas Universitiy sophomore named Truman Scholarship candidate
Kansas University sophomore Christopher Caldwell of Overland Park is chosen to represent KU in the inaugural Truman Scholarship competition. The award offers up to 5000 annually for tuition and living costs, renewable for four years, with one winner per state and three territories. Caldwell will be interviewed by a regional panel after today. He has interned for Sen. Bob Dole and participates in a Washington Bicentennial Semester. In a separate item, Gary Spillman, 14, faces a Monday preliminary hearing on criminal trespassing charges after being accused by his mother of breaking into her home. he is held on a 1500 bond.
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Christopher Caldwell
Overland Park
Kansas University
Harry S. Truman
Kansas
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
U.S. Territories
Caldwell
Washington, D.C
Washington
U.S
Robert Dole
Gary Spillman
Carol J. Tibbits
Spillman
KU seniors duel for Rhodes Scholarships in Kansas
Three Kansas University seniors William Blessing Robert Burk and Marian Reidy travel to Topeka to interview for Rhodes Scholarships among 12 Kansas contenders. The state committee will name two nominees to advance to regional judging in Rochester Minnesota where four region scholarships are at stake. Reidy is KU's first female candidate.
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Kansas University
Topeka
Rhodes
William Blessing
Kansas City
Robert Burk
Scranton
Marian Reidy
Hope
Kansas
Kansas Selection Committee
Rochester
Minn
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
United States
Oxford University
Reidy
Man Accused of Avoiding Motel Bill After Protest
Police questioned a participant from a caravan of out of state residents detained in Haskell Indian Junior College town. An Indian man allegedly signed for three Holiday Inn rooms from Saturday to Tuesday and left without paying a 160 dollar bill. A motel car tag led to Rapid City bound occupants, tied to a protest over alleged child abuse against Tony Hyde. a warrant in the case is expected this week.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Holiday Inn
Iowa
Rapid City
S.C
Tony Hyde
Baker to Build Fine Arts Facility at Baker University
Baker University will construct a 100000 dollar fine arts building on campus east of Mulvane Hall with W W Bennett Construction Co. supplies and labor. The new facility will supplement Parmenter Hall renovation and house ceramics sculpture lithography a lecture room and faculty offices with an open courtyard for kilns and sculpture space. Completion is planned for spring 1977 and total cost may exceed the estimate.
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Baldwin
W.W. Bennett Construction Co
Kansas City
Baker University
Mulvane Hall
Sixth Street
Baker
Parmenter Hall
Jerald C. Walker
Kansas
Walker
John Crooch
Crooch
Holt
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Marzluff
Naval Academy
Vogel
Knox
District 497
Board of Education
Archie Dykes
Watson
City Commission
Planning Commission
Heck
Tom Greene
Pendleton
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Dwight Keen
Manufacturers Hanover Corp
New York
Keen
Wichita State University
Kansas University School of Law
Rockport Casuals
Rockport
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Massachusetts
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