Trimble captures landslide win in Pine Ridge tribal vote
Albert Trimble former BIA superintendent at Pine Ridge defeats incumbent Dick Wilson 1601 to 1084 in the Oglala Sioux tribal council race. Officials say 527 ballots were challenged but not enough to change the outcome. Trimble pledges to return government to the people as April take office approaches.
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Pine Ridge, S.D
Albert Trimble
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Pine Ridge
Oglala
Trimble
Judy Cornelius
Cornelius
Wilson
Wounded Knee
Kansas House approves electric service territories bill
The Kansas House passed a bill defining exclusive electric service territories 109 to 15 and sending it to the Senate. It resolves past competition among providers, allowing the Corporation Commission to assign territories and set standards while avoiding duplicative facilities. Initial hearings on unified courts also occurred with support and some caution from judges. Governor Bennett signed a second bill adjusting liquor tax distribution to counties and cities.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Senate
Rural Electric Cooperatives of
Kansas
Duane McGill
Ansas Gas and Electric Co
Wichita
Kansas Corporation Commission
House
Ross Doyen
Supreme Court
Clark Owens
Sedgwick County
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas income up 155 percent 1960 74 study shows
A memorandum for the Legislative Budget Committee found Kansas per capita income rose 155 percent from 1960 to 1974, above the 145 percent national average, while per capita taxes rose 163 percent vs 207 percent nationally, and population grew 4 percent against about 18 percent nationwide. The tax to income ratio stayed near 10.4 in 1974.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Legislative Research Department
Legislative Budget Committee
Defense spending leads Douglas County outlays in 1975
Federal spending in Douglas County topped $144.5 million last year led by Defense at $75.7 million and HEW at $29.3 million. Misclassified Hercules contracts inflated county totals. Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in Johnson County contributed via Lawrence mailing address.
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Douglas County
Washington
Community Service Administration
Departments of Defense and Health, Education and Welfare
CSA
Chamber of Commerce
Defense Department
Hercules Inc
Sunflower Army
DeSoto
Johnson
Hercules
Johnson County
Lawrence
Douglas
Sunflower
Hensel Phelps Construction Co
Greeley
Colo
Wilmington, del
Kansas University
HEW
Kansas
U.S
Larry Winn
Overland Park
Third
Franklin
Johnson Counties
Kansas City
Kan
Winn
Defense
Third Judicial District
Tax increment financing bill backed in Topeka hearing
Lawrence Chamber advocates tax increment financing to improve the north end of downtown Lawrence. The bill would let cities create urban renewal projects funded by revenue bonds and repay debt from tax gains on blighted district improvements. Mayor Barkley Clark supports it. committee action expected after next week’s hearings.
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Topeka
Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
House
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Bennett says no guarantee of militancy if pay cuts pass
Gov. Bennett says Kansas college faculty unlikely to grow militant if 10 and 11 percent pay hikes are trimmed. He expects disappointment but notes commitment to a third year of large raises. He cites House support limits and contemplates union talk depending on alternatives proposed.
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Trimble
John
Haskell Indian Junior College
Journal-World
Batesland
Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas College
State College
Bennett
Statehouse
Duane McGill
House Education Committee
Bush Confirmed as CIA Leader in Senate Vote
The Senate confirmed former Republican Party chairman George Bush as CIA director by a 64 to 27 vote. Only one Republican, Sen. Jesse Helms, opposed. six Democratic members of the Intelligence Committee voted against. Bush succeeds William Colby amid a reform drive and follows Colby and James Schlesinger ousted in the previous year.
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Washington
Senate
George Bush
CIA
Bush
Ford
William Colby
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Senate Intelligence Committee
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Senate Intelligence
Frank Church
Idaho
Central Intelligence Agency
Colby
Defense
James Schlesinger
Richard Helms
Justice Department
Lawrence teachers and district outline 1976-77 contract talks
Lawrence District 497 and the Lawrence Education Assn begin formal talks for the 1976-77 teacher contract by listing 41 items split 14 district proposals and 34 LEA requests. They open with public access to board meetings and consider attendance during school hours, but no agreements are reached beyond scheduling the next session. The non negotiable items include board meeting policies and student bus schedules remain unresolved with future discussions planned on educational programs school start times and payroll dates.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Education Assn
LEA
Brand
Tony Gauthier
Gauthier
Teacher ‘Association
Local tax relief fund apportions 301559.44 to Douglas County
Douglas County receives 301559.44 dollars from the state treasurer's distribution of the local ad valorem tax reduction fund. The allocation supports county tax relief efforts and follows state treasury apportionment procedures.
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Douglas County
First Woman U.S. Ambassador to Britain Confirmed
The Senate confirmed Anne Armstrong, 48, Ford’s nominee, as the first woman U S ambassador to Great Britain by voice vote. Armstrong, former Nixon Ford consumer affairs counselor, succeeds Elliot L Richardson who returns to become secretary of commerce. Mansfield praised the appointment. Armstrong had served as RNC cochair from 1971 to 1973.
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Washington
Senate Today
Ford
Anne Armstrong
U.S
Great Britain
Armstrong
Nixon
Elliot L. Richardson
United States
Commerce
Senate
Texas
Mike Mansfield
Republican National
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Chamber
Barkley Clark
Capital Security Patrol
Department of Administration
Kansas Highway Patrol
Ronald Reagan
Adam Ambrose
Kansas University Labor Relations
Martha Masinton
Charles Oldfather
Jack Brand
Iowa
Ray Stoneback
Hoover
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