Kansas Legislature Seeks Final Short Friday Actions
Kansas Senate and House plan last short session day as 39 new bills are introduced ahead of Monday deadline. Senate considers social welfare and a proposed Department of Transportation with a secretary appointed by the governor. House debates a resolution on the women’s equal rights amendment and studies its implications. Leaders warn drafting will end Monday and no extensions are planned.
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Topeka Man Sentenced in 1972 Slaying Case
Jan C Carpenter of Topeka received 15 years to life for second degree murder after he pleaded guilty and his brother Eben was found guilty of the same offense. Karen Larson faces sentencing for concealing a felon as the trial occurred in Johnson County District Court on a venue change from Shawnee County.
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Clathe
Kan
Jan .C. Carpenter
Topeka
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Willis Upshaw
Jan Carpenter
Harold Riggs
Eben Carpenter
Karen Larson
Johnson County
Shawnee County
Kansas traffic death toll rises in 24 hours and January
Kansas highway death log records 1 death in the 24 hours ending 9 am Friday, 17 deaths in January, 17 in 1973, and 29 in the comparable 1972 period.
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Topeka
Kan
HUD Halts Tonganoxie Elderly Housing Plan Indefinitely
The Tonganoxie Housing Authority learns from HUD that its housing for the elderly project is indefinitely halted. A January 5 freeze on new project approvals means no action will proceed until a new HUD chief is appointed and program administration clarified.
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Tonganoxie
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Geroge Romney
Love of Wife Prompts Divorce in Florida Welfare Case
Ruth Thomas, 45, dying from multiple sclerosis in a Florida nursing home, faces losing Medicaid benefits after her husband Howard Thomas sues for divorce to regain aid. He says he must proceed to protect her and that she would later qualify for payments herself, though officials note regulations prevent exemptions. The divorce, expected final in about 10 days, would allow her to receive $350 monthly Medicaid if she has no other means of support.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Ruth Thomas
Howard Thomas
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State Division of Family Services
Florida
Ofice
Johnson
No Rumor Center to Close in Seattle After Rumor Decline
The Seattle Rumor Center will close after four years. Rev Everett J Jensen says funding and backing remain, but calls have fallen from 400 to six daily as crisis wanes. He notes improved access to police, agencies and schools and reflects on the center’s work.
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Everett J. Jensen
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