Area Congressmen Cite Economics as Big Issue
Area lawmakers James Pearson Bill Roy and Larry Winn discuss the 93rd Congress priorities with the Journal World stating the economy inflation and rising living costs dominate. They foresee tax increases and fights over spending with Nixon. Roy calls for true tax reform and alignment of spending with income and warns of environmental and health care cuts.
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James Pearson
R-Kan
Bill Roy
D-Kan
Larry Winn
Journal- World
Congress
Robert Dole
Pearson
Richard Nixon
Roy
House of Representatives
Senate
Nixon
House
Democrats Push Immediate Vietnam Disengagement
The 93rd Congress opened with Senate Democrats endorsing a call to end U.S. involvement in Indochina and pressuring for complete disinvolvement. Republicans supported Nixon’s peace efforts with a 16 to 10 vote for a negotiated settlement, as party leaders were re-elected amid a Democratic majority in both chambers.
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Montana
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Illinois
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
John G. Tower
Texas
William E. Brock
Tennessee
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Mansfield
Executive Branch
Explosives Found in Learned Hall on Kansas University Campus
A substantial quantity of explosives and related items were found on the first floor of Learned Hall at KU late Tuesday night and early this morning. The find prompted a full search by university police, the FBI, and ATF agents. Investigators say the materials were not bombs or timed devices and were stored in containers. No arrests or definite involvement by students were disclosed.
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Kansas University
John Conard
University Relations
Mike Thomas
KU Security and Parking Division
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School of Engineering
Howard Docker
KBI
FBI
Alcohol, Tobacco and Fireams Division
U.S. Treasury Department
Conard
Dave Johnson
Smith
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Computation Center
Summerfield Hall
Body found in dense sawgrass after Everglades crash
Investigators in Miami report the body of a Mrs. S. Karpen found in dense sawgrass, bringing total recovered victims to 99 with 77 survivors from the Eastern Airlines TriStar crash in the Everglades. The medical examiner and Eastern Airlines confirmed final death tolls. NTSB spokesman Ed Slattery said little wreckage may need to be examined.
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Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Everglades
S. Karpen
Dade County Medical Examiner
Eastern
Ed Slattery
National Transportation Safety Board
Snow Fulfills Forecast Yet Brings Hazard To Douglas County Roads
Snowfall near 4 inches expected by the National Weather Service arrives as rain and sleet earlier in the morning. Douglas County crews sand and salt intersections as county roads remain slick and hazardous. A Continental Trailways bus wreck occurs on the Kansas Turnpike near East Lawrence with no injuries reported. Police log about 10 minor traffic accidents. Power outages disrupt some homes as the storm continues.
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Douglas County
Dean Sanderson
Sanderson
Joe McCourt
Kansas Highway Commission
U.S.59
Lawrence
Sheriff’s Department
Kansas Turnpike
East Lawrence
Douglas-Leavenworth
Local Ads List Service Offers Free Prescription Delivery
Adv offers free delivery for Raney Drug Stores prescriptions and Adv Auto Insurance. Russell Stover Candies and Key Rexall brands promoted. Gene Dome Agency at 824 Mass advertises experience. Rumsey Funeral Home lists phone 843 5111 with over 40 years in service.
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Raney Drug Stores
Gene Dome Agency
Mass
Rumsey Funeral Home
Medicare Cost Rise to 6.30 a Month for 22.5 Million
Medicare premiums will rise 50 cents monthly starting July 1 for about 22.5 million seniors. The supplemental medical insurance will cost 6.30 monthly, up from prior rates, due to higher hospital costs and use of services. New law expands Medicare to 1.7 million disabled under 65 and adds chronic kidney disease coverage and other services.
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Medicare
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
Kansas traffic death log shows January and 1973 totals
A Topeka AP report lists 4 highway deaths in the 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday. It records 4 deaths for January and 4 for 1973, with a comparable period in 1972 at 8. The data outlines yearly totals for Kansas highway fatalities.
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U S Warplanes Hit South Panhandle With 120 Strikes
Saigon reports more than 120 U S airstrikes on the southern North Vietnam panhandle as combat shifts. The loss list grows to 28 aircraft and 95 airmen missing or dead in under three weeks. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks rise to 81 with 57 rockets and mortars. Highway 4 bridge southwest of Can Tho blown by saboteurs. A Marine AG Intruder is listed missing after a Dec 28 crash.
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Haiphong
Counts resigns top labor post to join private industry
J Curtis Counts resigns as President Nixon's chief labor mediator and director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service after four years in charge of 250 mediators. He helped settle major contracts in trucking, electrical manufacturing, steel, telephone, shipping, and construction.
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J. Curtis Counts
Nixon
Counts
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
1973 session to split over taxation tensions in Kansas
Kansas legislators signal a divided 1973 session with taxation as a major fault line. Congressmen from Kansas cite the economy as the key issue as the 93rd Congress convenes in Washington. A Lawrence review notes hopes for highway improvements and civil leadership discusses the year ahead.
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Lawrence
Cynthia Turner
Ballard Center
Douglas County
Journal-World
Ken Seals
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