Agnew Promotes Dynamic Federalism At County Hearings
Vice President Spiro Agnew urged about 200 county officials in Kansas City to back a dynamic federalism approach tied to Nixon’s revenue sharing plan. He outlined a $6 billion new money package and said grants would hinge on civil rights compliance and local formula development, with distribution roughly 48 percent to localities and 52 percent to states. He spoke in Atlanta earlier and planned stops in Cleveland and San Francisco.
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Ansas City
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Kansas City
Agnew
Lawrence K.roos
St. Louis County
Congress
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Atlanta
National Association of Counties
Cleveland
San Francisco
Host Families Needed at KU
Kansas University seeks 34 additional host families to warmly welcome international students. Families provide friendship, not housing or financial support, per Mrs. Carole Stockwell. Contact 842-3982 to volunteer.
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Kansas University
Carole Stockwell
County Receives Bids on Gasoline
Douglas County Commission opened bids for county fuel needs with Gulf Oil Co. as low bidder for regular and ethyl gasoline for sheriff vehicles at 12.57 and 14.32 cents per gallon. Farmers Co Op Assn. offered 11.78 cents for diesel. Contracts set to be awarded Friday amid four higher bids.
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Douglas County Commission
Commission
Gulf Oil Co
Farmers Co-Op Assn
Gulf
Ethyl
Co- Op
First Session With Scions Set
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce schedules the first eggs and issues breakfast of the year for Saturday February 6 at 7 30 a m at the Holiday Inn John Emerson chair of legislation and taxation notes expected attendees include Representatives John Vogel Morris Kay Senator Arden Booth and Lt Gov Reynolds Shultz the group plans several breakfasts during the legislature session.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
John Emerson
Chamber
Holiday Inn
John Vogel
Morris Kay
Arden Booth
Reynolds Shultz
Protest at Gem Theater in Baldwin Over Trail of the Hunter
About 25 youths staged a peaceful protest at the Gem Theater in Baldwin on Wednesday against the film Trail of the Hunter. A spokesman said the protest targeted the outdoor life and hunting themed movie as not in the nation’s ecological well being.
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Gem Theater
Baldwin
Washington Monument Step Count Highlight
The item notes the Washington Monument has 94 steps and includes a reference to the Castle Tea Room at 1307 Mass with the phone number 843 1151.
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Washington Monument
the Castle
Manson Penalty Trial Opens With Testimony Planned
Los Angeles AP Charles Manson and three female followers face the start of the penalty trial for the Tate murder conspiracy. Bernard Crowe, a key witness, says he was shot at his Hollywood apartment and mentions a gun linked to the killings. Prosecutors aim to seek the gas chamber death sentence on all four defendants.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Manson
Bernard Crowe
Hollywood
Tate
Crowe
Miss Tate
Paul Fitzgerald
California
Fitzgerald
Dave Shinn
Miss Atkins
Shinn
Two Men Charged With Motel Killing In Hays
Ellis County Attorney Simon Roth said warrants for first degree murder have been issued against Michael G Wilson and Alan D Randall tied to the motel manager slaying in Hays. Wilson is in Colorado Springs custody while Randall is held in Flint Michigan. Fern Poer, 70, was shot three times, crawled to a phone, died four hours later at a Hays hospital.
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Hays
Kan
Ellis County
Simon Roth
Michael G .Wilson
Alan D. Randall
Colorado Springs
Cols
Roth
Wilson
Randall
Flint
Mich
Fern Poer
James Duvall
Haskell Center Names Kansas City Trainer as Keynote
James H. Tatum Jr., coordinator of the Builders' Training Center in Kansas City Missouri, will be the keynote speaker at a Friday assembly for Haskell Indian Junior College vocational students in the school auditorium. He will address those studying masonry carpentry painting electricity and welding.
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Kansas City
James H. Tatum Jr
Builders’ Training Center
Minimum wage rises to 1.60 for 1.6 million workers
The Labor Department announced that the federal minimum wage increases from 1.45 to 1.60 per hour, effective Monday, affecting workers in small retailers, service firms, hotels, restaurants, schools, and nursing homes while agriculture workers on large farms stay at 1.30. About 46 million people are now covered under the higher rate.
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Washington
Labor Department
Yo Yo May Be Biggest Recreation Challenge Predictions
Hutchinson Kan AP Henry Swan recreation superintendent Phoenix and president of the American Park and Recreation Society spoke at the Kansas Recreation and Park Association meeting. He warned of “people pollution” reducing open space and said future focus will shift to tension relief and cultural activities like music dance art and literature. The rising population and increased leisure would strain planners.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Henry Swan
Phoenix
Ariz
American Park and Recreation Society
Kansas Recreation and Park Association
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