Democrats say funds are down
Kansas Democratic Party financial woes worsen since Robert Docking era. Chairman Terry Scanlon details a $55,000 bank debt with $3,500 to $4,000 yearly interest, salary delays, and Century Club memberships dropping from 600 to 279, forcing frequent fundraisers to cover daily operations.
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Topeka
Kan
Democratic Party of
Kansas
Robert B. Docking
Congress
House of Representatives
Statehouse
Robert F. Bennett
Terry Scanlon
Wichita
Scanlon
AP editors vote Top state story is farm strike
Kansas AP editors pick the farm strike and farm economy as 1977’s top story. Retirements of Sen James Pearson and Rep Joe Shubitz rank near top, with 1977 weather, politics, and crime also highlighted.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Associated Press
Congress
James Pearson
Joe Shubitz
Colorado
American Agriculture Movement
Skubitz
Pearson
Senate
Bill Roy
Milda Sandstrom
Thad M. Sandstrom
Gas Service Co
Washington
Cities Service Gas Co
Douglas County farmers to hear AAM farm strike case
Representatives Bill Grantow and Bill Novak of the American Agriculture Movement plan a public meeting at 7 30 p m Wednesday in Building No 21 at the 4 H Fairgrounds to explain their aims. They seek parity and fair market prices, not guaranteed profits, and warn of tougher action if current tactics fail.
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American Agriculture Movement
AAM
Douglas County
Bill Grantow
Bill Novak
Herington
United States
Grantow
Novak
I.J. Stoneback
Rt. 4
Lawrence
Stoneback
Soviet book attacks American comics as capitalist brainwashing
Soviet editors in Imperialism: The Enemy of Humanity condemn U S comic books as tools of the military industrial complex to instill bourgeois ideology and anti science attitudes in American youth. They argue Captain America promotes the free world crusade and warn against violence, militarism, and propaganda in U S comics and television.
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Moscow
U.S
Porlay
Apostle
N. Kalaiian
A. Sosnovsky
Dennis the Menace
United States
Douglas County Treasurer Office to Close for Auditor Report
Treasurer Ruth Vervynck announced the Douglas County Treasurer's Office will close at noon Friday for the annual auditor's report and reopen next Tuesday. The office will be closed through Monday for the New Year's holiday.
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Douglas County
Ruth Vervynck
Clear skies forecast for Lawrence area with cold temps
The Lawrence area is expected to stay clear to partly cloudy and cold through Wednesday with tonight’s low around 10 degrees and Wednesday’s high about 30. A moderating trend could bring 40s by Saturday and little or no precipitation the rest of the week.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Coffeyville
Hill City
Salina
States protest U.S. trade treaty over taxes
Georgia official leads 12 state push to oppose a treaty with Great Britain that would bar state auditors from weighing foreign subsidiaries' costs and profits. They warn it could shift tax burdens onto states from multinational firms, especially oil companies, under a unitary doctrine.
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Washington
Carter
Great Britain
W.C. Strickland
Georgia
Treasury Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnsons face leaky roof woes before sale
The Johnsons paid for a roof repair but the ceiling stain remained yellow. Buyers questioned the bill as the stain persisted, illustrating the penny wise pound foolish adage in a damaged home sale scenario.
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Johnson
Officials study Dec. 15 blast and fire in downtown Lawrence
City leaders plan to hear a report on the December 15 explosion and fire that destroyed a building at 747 Mass and killed two residents. Fire Chief Kasberger and investigators say a natural gas leak likely caused the blast.
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Lawrence
Mike Wildgen
Wildgen
John Kasberger
Mass
Alley
Kasberger
Ralph Wolfson
Wolfson
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Warren Meelwain
Harley D. Catlin
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