Oil price deregulation expected minimal local impact
Congress lifted price controls on fuel oil and diesel this week after five years of restraint. Local gas officials say few area homes rely on fuel oil, so consumer prices here should stay steadier though natural gas and propane dominate heating. Some predict national costs could rise with deregulation, but a sharp spike seems unlikely.
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Congress
William Salome
Kansas Public Service Gas
Salome
Congress okays start of bomber production
Congress approves starting production of three B1 aircraft and 244 Air Force planes under a $32.5 billion Pentagon package. Senate vote 78 to 12 sends the measure to the White House as defense funding moves to appropriations.
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Senate
White House
Air Force
Lawrence School District wins tax levy hikes in Kansas appeal
The Kansas State Board of Tax Appeals granted two requests by Lawrence School District 497 to exceed the general fund budget lid. The combined appeal would add about 0.5 mill in local taxes to fund transportation and operations for fall needs at Lawrence High and West Junior High. Transportation funds total 31,685 for buses, while 34,699 supports new facilities. The board decision followed a May 25 vote by the local school board. Kenneth Fisher presented the case and learned of the favorable ruling within hours.
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Kansas State Board of Tax Appeals
Lawrence
Kenneth Fisher
Appeal For Transportation Funds
Lawrence High
West Junior High
Fisher
Board of Tax Appeals
Pound Tops $1.80 On Mixed London Trading
The pound rose above 1.80 against the dollar for the first time since May 20 as trading in London stayed active. Dealers cited new buy orders from Europe and noted no single catalyst for the move, though Britain has access to 5.3 billion dollars in standby credit from major trading nations.
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London
Europe
Britain
Correction on illegal cremation penalties in Kansas law
A Thursday Journal-World story claimed a $500 fine and jail time for illegal cremation. Under Kansas law the fine may be levied but no jail sentence exists for this offense.
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Journal-World
Kansas
Postal workers falsified mail statistics to boost productivity
GAO auditors testified that officials inflated mail volume by reweighing trucks up to eight times to show higher output. The practice, now stopped, followed pressure from top Postal officials to improve productivity and affected eighty large post offices ranked on a productivity list.
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General Accounting Office
House Post Office
GAO
Internal Postal Service
Subcommittee
Charles H. Wilson
D-Calif
Washington, D.C
William J. Anderson
Anderson
E. T. Klassen
Congress Sees Budget Balance by 1980 Amid Spending Cuts
Congressional leaders forecast a balanced budget by 1980 after a one year test of new budget procedures. They cite $2.4 billion saved in the recent year, with Muskie and Bellman praising discipline and Adams saying Congress has reclaimed fiscal control from the executive.
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Washington
Brock Adams
D-Wash
House Budget Committee
Congress
Adams and Sons
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Henry P. Bellman
R-Okla
Senate Budget Committee
Muskie
Bellman
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Ford
Federal Reserve Board
Susp
IRS bars quickie divorces to dodge taxes
The IRS said it will not recognize divorces obtained solely to reduce federal taxes. Officials called the practice a sham transaction and noted that under tax rules a person is unmarried only if divorced before year end, even on the last day. The advisory ruling followed a couple who divorced December 30 1975 and remarried January 1976.
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Pee Revenue Service
IRS
Caribbean
Mexico
City police car damaged in three-car crash at Ninth and Vermont
Otis Gaines, 66, was cited for running a red light causing a collision with Detective Ted Crady who was eastbound on Ninth and a northbound car driven by Helen Stanley. Crady and Stanley suffered minor injuries. Crady returned to duty. Estimated damages totaled 2500 to three vehicles.
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Vermont
Otis Gaines
N.Y
Ted Crady
Gaines
Helen G. Stanley
Crady
Miss Stanley
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Stanley
Bells To Ring At 1 PM For Bicentennial Independence
Lawrence residents urged to ring bells at 1 p m Sunday marking 200 years since independence. Ann Evans of the Lawrence Arts Center promoted the Douglas County bicentennial bell and KU Campanile chimes with Gov Bennett urging participation. Douglas County officials discussed naming the new judicial and law enforcement center housing all courts and the sheriff and police offices.
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Lawrence
Ann Evans
Lawrence Arts Center
Douglas County
Kansas University
Robert Bennett
Richard Peters
Arthur Heck
Heck
Fourth of July Holiday Closures Across Lawrence
The bicentennial weekend will close most city, county, state, and federal offices from Sunday through Monday. Postal service will operate a single window Sunday for cancellations. trash routes run Monday. landfills reopen Tuesday. KU, schools, libraries, and centers have varied open hours with several facilities closed.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
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Spooner Museum
Lawrence Public Library
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Penn House
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Elizabeth M. Watkins
Lawrence Arts Center
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Journal-World
Harvest acreage may top estimate
Kansas farmers expect to harvest 11.1 million acres of wheat this summer, up from the June 1 estimate but 8 percent below 1975. Total crop acreage to be harvested is 20.9 million, with corn and sorghum up and soybeans, white corn, sugar beets and popcorn down. The shift reflects large wheat abandonment and changing plantings across major crops.
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