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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1972
Page
8
Kansas House committees advanced bills on private college tuition grants based on need up to 1000 dollars or two semesters. Other measures include a model year around school program, treatment for alcohol abuse, centralized welfare administration, and study of a liquor tax.
In Topeka, the Kansas Legislature narrowed Gov. Docking’s tax reform agenda to one proposal. The House committee killed the consumables sales tax exemption and another reform raising inactive fund interest. remaining proposal would eliminate the federal income tax deduction for corporations. If further bills fail, Kansas faces crafting a new tax package to raise about $30 million in revenue.
First Lady Pat Nixon visits Beijing zoo and reports Premier Chou En-lai will present a pair of giant pandas to the United States. The gift marks the first pandas in decades with Mrs Nixon joking about packing them on the plane. Lin Yu-hua notes only Moscow, London, and North Korean zoos house pandas outside China. The specific American recipient zoo was not announced.
Two people were killed when a car collided with a tractor-trailer about five miles north of Cherryvale on US 169. Victims were John A. Mills 36 Shawnee and Alma L. Webber 18 Cherryvale. Truck driver W L Lawson of Augusta escaped with minor injuries. Cause of the crash was not known.
North Salem New Hampshire report tells how 14 year old Tom Kulesz broke and repaired an artificial leg hinge at an auto body shop. He has worn a prosthesis since infancy and became active in mountain climbing swimming and basketball while pursuing St Josephs parish team. He stands six feet tall and plays behind the center in the Central Catholic League. He was born without the tibia and had the leg amputated near the knee as an infant.
A constitutional amendment to create a nine member appointive State Board of Education was set for a final Senate roll call. The measure, requiring two thirds in both chambers, would allow the governor with Senate consent to appoint board members from five districts with no more than two from a single county. The current 10 elected members could shift if approved. Only Sen. Leslie Droge opposed. Committees rush to finish bills as session nears end.
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