Widely Divided Legislature Seen On Tax and Revenue Issues
Area legislators forecast a split 1973 session over taxation and school funding. Rep. Vogel favors 50 to 60 million for reform with mixed funding, while freshman Rep. Buzzi leans toward sales and income taxes. Sen Booth seeks lower property taxes through a tax mix, with revenue sharing aiding school funding. Other topics include farming filings and no fault auto insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Buzzi
Lawrence
Buzzi
Vogel
Arden Booth
R-Lawrence
Booth
City moves to remove 71 dead trees and expands sanitation fleet
Lawrence city commissioners ordered the removal of 71 dead trees and awarded low bids for sanitation trucks and roll-off units totaling 57,963.92. The panel approved extending the Naismith Valley green belt purchase and set Welfare Awareness Week while discussing house demolition authority and park plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
City Hall
City ‘Hall
Elizabeth M.watkins Community Museum
Rose
Building Code Board of Appeals
King Container Inc
Kansas City
John Haddock Ford
Buford Watson
Commission
Naismith Valley
Four Seasons Inc
Planning Commission
Jim Chabin
Chabin
Douglas County Welfare Advisory Board
Attornge
A. D. Wagner
18Th St
Ter
Completion Dates Delayed By Fall Weather
Persistent rain snow and cold this fall and winter slowed city and county projects around Lawrence. County road crews await dry ground to clear Wells Overlook Park and finish backfilling two Captains Creek bridges with 45 days left on the 31st Street project. City parks construction and tree planting also stalled, delaying fields lighting and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Sanderson
Wells Overlook Park
Lawence
Sanderson
31St Street
Captains Creek
Eudora
Bly
Park Department
Albert Grayson Named Engineering Supervisor at Westinghouse
Albert Grayson of San Jose California formerly of Lawrence has been named engineering supervisor for Westinghouse Electric Corporation Division overseeing test programs for missile launch and submarine equipment. Grayson graduated from Kansas University in 1957 and joined Westinghouse in 1958 as instrumentation engineer. He serves as army reserve major and is involved in Blue Hills Baptist Church PTA Scout leadership and Alpha Phi Alpha at KU. He and wife Anna Marie have five children Andrea William Melinda Albert Bettina with Bettina at Ford University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Grayson
San Jose
Calif
Lawrence
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Grayson
Kansas University
Westinghouse
Blue Hills Baptist Church
PTA
Army Reserve
Alpha Phi Alpha
Andrea
Willam Bi Melinda
Albert
Bettina
Ford University
Gray
Anna Marie
Jose‘White
N.J
Law
Snow to 4 Inches Continues Across City
Light Co manager says ice laden tree limbs fell on power lines at about five city locations today. Fuses blew cutting electricity to two to three blocks in each area. The National Weather Service predicts continued snow through tonight with a cold wave dropping temperatures to 10 to 15 below. High near 20 on Thursday with slight precip chances. Travelers advisory covers eastern Kansas with cold wave for northwest. Snow chances end Friday into Saturday.
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National Weather Service
Kansas
The
Weather Service
Surplus Campaign Funds Fates Explored in Kansas
Kansas officials say state law leaves surpluses from campaigns to the candidates. Robert Docking's victory left 6227 unspent, Morris Kay's defeat left 11639 undispensed. Law requires possible redistribution and future reports by campaign groups. Downtown Lawrence project to be featured in Rural and Urban Roads March issue with color photos.
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Kansas
Secretary of State
Robert Docking
Morris Kay
Lawrence
Lavina McDonald
Elections Department
Harold J. McKeever
Amtrak Liquor Sale Approved by Federal Judge
A federal judge ruled that Oklahoma cannot block liquor by the drink on Amtrak trains passing through the state. Judge Stephen Chandler said state and county enforcement of the ban has been sporadic and discriminatory and noted questions about open saloon legality are interesting but not needed to decide this case.
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Oklahoma City
Amtrak
Oklahoma
U.S. District Court
Stephen Chandler
Miller Shultz Reveal Gifts In 1972 Campaign Reports
The Miller campaign reported official contributions of 62642.30 to the secretary of state in 1972, with an earlier figure of 64013 corrected. M Clare Miller, a McPherson construction executive, gave at least 1000. Reynolds Shultz's campaign showed 15244 raised and spent. John Anderson Jr. campaign totals reached 68709.
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Topeka
Kan
Atty
Vern Miller
Secretary of State
Miller
M. Clare Miller
McPherson
Reynolds Shultz
John Anderson Jr
Fire damages sanitation truck engine compartment near Lawrence
Fire reported at 12 53 p m Tuesday caused about 250 damage to the engine compartment of a City Sanitation Dept truck near Midland three miles north of Lawrence. Firemen report. Ady Rumsey Funeral Home lists 40 years experience at 843 5111 Ady.
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City Sanitation Dept
Midland
Lawrence
Rumsey Funeral Home
Cattle Hit Hard by Winter Losses Across Southwest Kansas
Cattle raisers in southwest Kansas suffer heavy death losses due to mud and winter weather amid market squeeze. Fieldman W S Bill Watson notes 100 to 700 head per feedlot dead, with hardest impact in Grant Stanton and Seward counties and rendering plants taxed, including Dodge City’s Jayhawk Rendering Co. handling about 400 head daily.
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Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
W. S. Bill Watson
Kansas State Animal Health Department
Colorado Line
Oklahoma
Watson
Grant
Stanton
Seward
Hutchinson
Colorado
Jayhawk Rendering Co
Dodge City
Three Committees File Statements in Douglas County Campaigns
Three more election campaign committees filed expense reports in Douglas County with five more expected. The Committee to Elect Loren Impson reported 518 in expenses and 520 in receipts. the Committee to Elect Lloyd Buzzi showed 3562 expenses and 3735 receipts. The Committee to Elect Jack Maxwell filed 725 in expenses and receipts. County Attorney David Berkowitz noted five committees may still be delinquent and warned of misdemeanor fines up to 100 for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
David Berkowitz
Loren Impson
Lloyd Buzzi
Jack Maxwell
Berkowitz
Free 300 Cash Coupon Ad From C L Mobile Homes
Advertisement offering a free 300 cash coupon from C and L Mobile Homes with contact number 843 8127. Includes Adv tag.
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C&l
Roads Projects Drive Douglas County 1973 Outlook
Douglas County plans a 121 million Lawrence Area Transportation Study to shape road improvements by 2000 including an eastern bypass from U.S. 24-40 to U.S. 59 south of Lawrence and a 6.2 mile four lane extension of U.S. 59. Details cover K-10 upgrades, grading and bridge work, and a perimeter Clinton Reservoir route. Officials cite weather and legal delays but outline progress on major highway developments and bridge projects.
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23Rd
Iowa
Lawrence
Pleasant Grove
Wakarusa River
Shank Hill
Journal-World
Douglas County
Journal- World
Robert Hagen
Walt Cragan
R. L. Peyton
Topeka
Joe McCourt
The
Highway Commission
Lawrence Area
Peyton
U.S. 59
McCourt
Douglas-Johnson County
DeSoto
Stull
Cragan
Army Corps of Engineers
Clinton Reservoir
Nine Mile Creek
Tonganoxie
U.S. 24
U.S. 40
Mountain climbers rescue ends in teen tragedy at Humphreys Peak
A 17-year-old Allison Clay died after a New Year storm on Humphreys Peak in Arizona. Teammate Clint Miller, 24, was airlifted as frostbitten climbers were treated in Flagstaff hospital. Four others from the climbing party were hospitalized. Miller was reported in satisfactory condition.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Arizona
Allison Clay
Scottsdale
Clint Miller
Phoenix
Humphreys Peak
San Francisco
Norm Johnson
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Mike Glover
D-Lawrence
Vietnam
Glover
U.S
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North Vietnam
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Lee
By Toby McIntosh
First National Bank
Jack Rose
Nancy Hambleton
Quantrill
Haddock Ford
Burnup Equipment Co
Independence
Arkansas Street
Florida Street
Lakeview Road
Santa Fe
Jack Harris
U.S. 56
Globe
Wayne Bly
Parks and Recreation
Louie Holcom
Lawrence Public Library
Journal-World Photo
Associated Press
Rick Hufnagel
Raney Drug Stores
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