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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1975
Page
4
A powerful winter blast blankets the nation with heavy snow from the Plains to New England and an Arctic plunge. Eight to 12 inches bury New England and Rhode Island sees seven inches in one day as schools close and travel slows from the Carolinas to Connecticut.
Kansas Attorney General Curt T. Schneider said the head of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation organized crime unit kept files with useless information and ordered a production review. He will receive a report from Jack H. Williams on the unit's operations amid reports of 100 percent turnover since its formation.
Schneider released a report on 532 files from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation about people never charged with crimes. The files include about 10 000 names with 150 public officials and recommend destroying 73 files. three times that number may also be nonessential. Senator Ross Doyen delays hearings decisions. Schneider will not destroy files yet.
Thieves stole Raphael La Muta and Piero della Francesca pieces Madonna of Senigallia and The Flagellation of Christ from the Ducal Palace in Urbino. The break in used a scaffold, window, and frames left, valued uncertain after years without market sales.
Sen Barry Goldwater denounces the 1976 federal budget as a total disaster and warns deficits of 50 billion or more could push the nation toward bankruptcy in two years. He cites a 51.9 billion deficit projected in fiscal 1976 and suggests cuts across the budget while opposing deep defense cuts. He attributes overspending to Democrats and notes hospital spending from the 1973 American Hospital Association figures.
The Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes Kansas red meat production in 1974 rose 6 percent from 1973 while cattle and calf numbers on farms fell 8 percent to 6.4 million. December production gained 3 percent year over year with beef at 133 million pounds, pork at 27 million, and lamb and mutton up to 48 thousand pounds.
Energy Minister Donald Macdonald announced a 30 cent increase in the crude oil export tax to the United States, rising to 5.50 per barrel effective March 1, citing changes in international oil prices including Venezuelan price moves. The Lloydminster heavy crude tax climbs to 4.40 while other heavy fuel taxes rise to 5. Condensate, motor gasoline, and middle distillate taxes stay unchanged.
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