Sharp Battle Lines Over Kansas Senate Leadership
In Kansas the opening week of the 1973 legislative session saw a divided Senate with Democrats led by Sen. Jack Steineger accusing the Republican majority of autocratic control over committees and chair selections. Sen. Bob Bennett defended the GOP leadership while noting Democratic militancy and a shift in minority strategy to challenge tax proposals from Gov. Robert Docking.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Senate
Bob Bennett
Overland Park
Bennett
Steineger
GOP
House
Pete Loux
Wichita
Harold Herd
Coldwater
Robert Docking
Legislators Pay Up 500 Percent Across Nation
A Citizens Conference on State Legislatures report shows average state lawmaker salaries rose from 2459 in 1950-51 to 15785 now, with Missouri paying 8400 yearly plus 10 daily expenses. Missouri ranks 17th, leaders lack extra pay while neighboring states grant modest supplements.
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Jefferson
City
Citizens ’Conference On State Legislatures
Kansas City
Citizens Conference
Missouri
California
New Hampshire
Kansas
Illinois
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log May Reflect January Toll
Kansas highway death log reports 0 deaths in the 24 hours to 9 am Friday. The January total stands at 7, with 7 deaths recorded in 1973. The comparable 1972 period shows 20 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Farm Bureau vows to oppose price controls
Kansas Farm Bureau president John Junior Armstrong told the State Board of Agriculture Convention that the group will fight any effort to cap prices of raw food products. He argued ceilings on farm prices harm production and may raise food costs, noting Treasury Secretary George Shultz's stance against such controls and an expected political push in Washington.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Farm Bureau
John Junior Armstrong
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
U.S. Treasury
George Shultz
Anderson
Washington
Shultz
Welfare Expenditures Level Off In Kansas Budget
Kansas Budget Director James Bibb and Tom Van Cleave noted welfare expenditures had leveled off, requiring no supplemental appropriation for the current fiscal year. They cited stronger economic growth driving higher tax revenues and discussed potential changes to federal tax deduction disallowance for corporations.
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Topeka
Kan
James W. Bibb
Tom van Cleave
Robert Docking
Kansas
Bibb
Newsmen
van Cleave
Docking
Winn predicts no passage for newsman's rights bill
Overland Park Kansas Congressman Larry Winn told a Chamber of Commerce breakfast the newsman's rights bill will not pass the 93rd Congress. He urged courts to decide the issue and said journalists have no special legal privileges beyond libel and slander laws. He favors optional subpoenas only when testimony would meaningfully aid a case. He also opposed court ordered busing and noted school funding concerns.
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Overland Park, Kan
Larry Winn
Winn
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Court Dockets 16 Cases In Douglas County Division II
Sixteen criminal cases were called in Division II of the Douglas County District Court on the first day with Judge James W. Paddock. Seven jury trial dates were set, two bench warrants issued for no shows, and five continuances granted at defendant requests. Beech and Kanzig cases continued due to illness. Beech is hospitalized after a suspected stroke.
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Douglas County District Court
James W. Paddock
Robert Beech
John Kanzig
Beech
Ter
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
Stephen Rhody
David Berkowitz
Kanzig
Berkowitz
Rhody
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