Tax reform could boost Kansas state revenues up to 250 million
Topeka Kansas officials unveiled a bipartisan tax reform plan projecting as much as 250 million dollars in additional state revenue. The proposal would remove exemptions and extend the sales tax to professional services such as attorney and doctor fees, potentially doubling the current 125 million annual take if rates stay at 3 percent. The plan suggests cutting the sales tax rate or distributing added revenue as property tax relief to local governments.
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Topeka
Governor's Commission On Tax Reform
Franklin D. Gaines
Gaines
Kansas
Commission
Midwest Research Institute
Minus 31 Degrees Soviet Cosmonauts Land in Snow
Moscow AP reports three cosmonauts in Soyuz 4 landed in fierce winds and 31 below zero near Karaganda Kazakhstan after an orbital link to Soyuz 5. The crew were flown to Karaganda and quarantined at Chaika Seagull Hotel as contact with Soyuz 5 continued. Volynov remained in orbit and later said he feels excellent.
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Moscow
Boris Volynov
Karaganda
Kazakhstan
Chaika—Seagull
Tass
Vladimir Shatalov
Alexei Yeliseyev
Yevgeny Khrunov
Radio Moscow
Volynov
Earth
Soyuz 5
Sirhan Juror Not Seated in Kennedy Killing Trial
The judge refused to seat Alvina Alvidrez after she said she would not vote for the death penalty. The defense argued for her inclusion citing a 1968 ruling, but the judge relied on a California Supreme Court decision upholding dismissals for unalterable opposition to capital punishment.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Alvina Alvidrez
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S
Alvidrez
Supreme Court
Herbert V. Walker
Witherspoon
Walker
California Supreme Court
Grant B. Cooper
Deaths and Notices In Brief From Local Pages
A compact digest lists death notices and editorial items from early sections. It highlights market and sports briefs, weather notes, and television listings, with ads for pharmacy services and a local insurance agent.
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Ccs
Ce Tee
Cccee
Cc Cess
Ccc Ees
Cee Eee
Three Tables Approved for Vietnam Peace Talks
Paris AP reports American and North Vietnamese officials approved a trio of tables for the Vietnam peace talks. The plan includes a 15 foot round table for four delegations with two rectangular secretarial tables, ending a two month deadlock over seating. Delegates will meet at the former Hotel Majestic now the International Conference Center, with no seating arrangement announced.
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Paris
Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Hotel Majestic
International Conference Center
Boston widower and widow plan marriage with 23 kids
Frederick J. O'Donnell and Frances Brady announce a February 2 wedding at Blessed Sacrament Church Jamaica Plain. O'Donnell, city clerk aide, has 13 children. Brady has 10, ages 9 to 26. Both families will merge as the couple shares plans and invites.
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Frederick J. O’donnell
Frances Brady
Blessed Sacrament Church
Jamaica Plain
O’donnell
O'Donnell
Fran
Nixon Names Agnew State and Local Liaison
President elect Nixon signs Agnew to serve as liaison with state and local government officials to make federal policy more responsive. He highlights ongoing Paris peace talks and plans for post inauguration policy instructions to negotiators in Vietnam.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Paris
Key Biscayne
Florida
Point
Pentagon
White House
U.S
Saigon
Vietnam
Continuances Granted for 2 KSU Students in Disturbing Peace
Manhattan Kansas AP defense lawyers won continuances Thursday in hearings for two Kansas State University freshmen Andrew Rollina 18 of Kansas City Kansas and Frank Cleland 18 of New York City charged with disturbing the peace for using obscene language Judge Jerry Mershon tentatively set hearings for Jan 30
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
Jerry Mershon
Andrew Rollina
Kansas City
Frank Cleveland
New York City
Regent Groups Lined Out As 2 Join Board
Two new members joined the Kansas Board of Regents at a Topeka meeting Vincent L. Bogart of Wichita and Jess Stewart of Wamego filling vacancies from John Eberhardt and Eldon Sloan. Bogart and Stewart were placed on multiple committees and Stewart named to Educational Television Commission representation.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Vincent L. Bogart
Wichita
Jess Stewart
Wamego
John Eberhardt
Eldon Sloan
Bogart
Stewart
Ned Cushing
Downs
M. C
Henry A. Bubb
Sloan
A. J. Cromb
Mission
Klinger
Bubb
Tom Griffith
Manhattan Stewart
Cromb
Cusling
Griffith
Larry Morgan
Goodland
Basham
KU Medical Center
Morgan
Bubb, Bogart
Hazardous Travel Alert for Kansas Region This Weekend
A hazardous travel alert covers the Kansas region including Lawrence with freezing rain sleet and snow possible by Saturday morning. Western and north central Kansas already warned and northeast could see sleet or snow this afternoon. Northwest Kansas should clear by Saturday night. Lawrence may see rain changing to snow and sleet with lows around 30 and highs in the 30s. Precipitation chances 80 percent tonight and 30 percent Saturday. Five day outlook stays colder with highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s and little rain.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Lawrence Area
Stock Market Index Quietly Edges Higher
New York closing average for 60 stocks at 353.0, up 1.3 points. The AP reports a modest gain in today’s market with the overall index finishing higher.
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Stock Market Index
New York
Politically Unknown Kansan May Become FAA Member
A 30 year old Kansan known mainly as a political unknown may join the Federal Aviation Agency in Washington. Darrell Trent of Pittsburg is reported high on Nixon’s list for the top aviation board, though he is little known in Kansas. He was born in Neosho Missouri and has lived in Pittsburg since youth.
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Kansan
Federal Aviation Agency
Washington
United States
Darrell Trent
Pittsburg
FAA
Nixon
Trent
Kansas
Republican Party
Neosho
Stanford
California
the Hague
Netherlands
Pittsburg State College
Politically Page Note on Funeral Services and Event Dates
Local column notes political context as it mentions funeral arrangements and community events. References include a funeral service in a named city and a civic meeting or public notice related to dates for participation. Details are fragmentary but indicate scheduled activities connected to public life.
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Robert Docking
Ralph Walz
Louis Douglas
Mignon Bowen
Kansas League of Women Voters
Bill Fridley
R-Crestline
James Mangan
Glen Dockery
Raney Drug Stores
Gene Doane
Boston
Fred
Journal-World Photo
Agnew
George A. Lincoln
U.S. Military Academy
Office of Emergency Planning
Lincoln
West
St. John’s Catholic School
Robert Mason
KSU
J-W News
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