04 Feb 1977
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1977
Page
1
The Postal Service plans to announce a second straight quarterly surplus for Oct Dec 1976, signaling no rate increase this year. Surplus $363 million versus $289 million loss a year earlier, with future deficits expected due to rising costs. Workforce trimming and a pending commission report to Congress by March 15 drive ongoing changes.
U S Senator James B Pearson will tour southwest Kansas on Saturday to discuss the natural gas situation. The itinerary includes breakfast in Wichita with gas producers, briefings at Wichita City Hall, a Panhandle Eastern Pipeline tour in Liberal, meetings in Garden City with officials and farmers, and a Sunflower Rural Electric Cooperative facility visit before returning to Wichita. The tour aims to outline city plans for coal gasification and related energy issues.
The chairman Brig. Gen. Teferi Bante and six Central Committee members were executed after a failed coup by plotters tied to the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party and the Ethiopian Democratic Union. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam and Lt. Col. Atenafu Abate were reported safe. Curfew was tightened as gunfire echoed in Addis Ababa.
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith urged the United States to aid in preventing Soviet backed black leaders from taking over. He proposed an envoy visit Salisbury to assess the situation and said he would pursue a domestic Rhodesian settlement with majority rule in two years while rejecting Geneva talks. Vance warned Smith's internal approach won’t yield a peaceful settlement.
KU seeks 7.2 million for Robinson Gym expansion to add a classroom wing and multi purpose gym as part of the 1978 fiscal plan. Legislators express concern over capital improvements while students lobby for space needs and educational use of the facility.
A Kansas House bill to raise sales tax from three to four percent and exempt prescription drugs and groceries was introduced by Rep. James Holderman. Other measures include health impact fee authorization, accessibility standards for public buildings, civil rights trial reforms, Extension Service agreements with a regional planning commission, and a statewide home maintenance expansion. The piece notes four living ex vice presidents Hubert Humphrey Spiro Agnew Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
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