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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1995
Page
2
Officials from Douglas County and Lawrence press toward a truce on rural water meters amid 1996 budgets and capital plans. Talks target expanded PUGA boundaries to assure growth alignment, with a proposed agreement needing both commissions' approval.
Lawrence city commissioners plan to fine-tune the 1996 budget focusing on social-service agencies, teen summer jobs, and handling discrimination complaints. They called for clarifications before Tuesday night’s public discussion, noting solid funding for social services but unresolved tax sources. A state audit found three agencies do not qualify for alcohol-tax funds due to lacking targeted programs.
Lawrence city commissioners unanimously approved 248000 for next year to begin fixed route van service for qualifying low income elderly and disabled riders at a $1 one way fare. Each trip city cost 6.70 next year down from 7.90 this year.
Shirley Martin-Smith, a former Lawrence city commissioner and mayor, joins 19 others on Gov Graves Task Force on Tax Policy to examine Kansas tax structure and issue recommendations. The group, chaired by ex Gov Robert Bennett, will hold meetings and hearings across the state and study ideas from the last legislative session, including replacing the statewide school property tax with sales and income tax increases.
Gov. Bill Graves told the Tax Equity Task Force that major changes to Kansas taxes are not required, but a thorough study is needed. The group should deliver recommendations by December 1, possibly proposing repeal of the school property tax levy with revenue recoupment or spending cuts, or doing nothing.
AP reports a computer glitch at the state Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services delayed 1.2 million dollars in foster and child care payments. Officials cited heavy end of fiscal year activity and accounting system changes. Spokesman John Garlinger said payments should be processed and mailed by Saturday. SRS funds providers statewide serving over 14 000 children in employment programs and about 4 700 in foster care each month.
State education officials vote 8-1 to grant provisional approval to Haskell Indian Nations University for a new four year teacher education program. It marks the school’s first bachelor’s degree in 111 years and aims to train American Indian teachers mindful of cultural needs. The program starts this fall with about five students and will be reevaluated in a year.
Overland Park woman Pamela Jane Wells 35 was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Daria J. Green 26 of Lenexa. The incident occurred on I-435 near Roe Avenue during a Tuesday night traffic slowdown with construction. Green's body was thrown 22 feet and her car 47 feet forward after Wells allegedly struck the scene while driving under the influence.
Mass of Christian burial for Ralph F. Balletta Jr., 63, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Burial is in Mount Calvary Cemetery. He died July 10, 1995, in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Born Sept. 12, 1931, in Manhattan, N.Y., he moved from Long Island to Lawrence five years ago. He was a former sanitation truck driver in Mineola, N.Y. Surviving: wife Nettie Scacco. two sons Stephen in Yokohama, Japan, and Michael in Lawrence. five siblings. five grandchildren. Memorials to the Kansas Lung Association. Funeral arrangements by Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
The Kansas Department of Corrections reports a June total of 6,926 inmates across state prisons work programs county jails and Larned State Hospital, a record high despite 66 free beds and 319 more from renovations. From July 1994 to June 1995 the population rose 835 inmates nearly 14 percent, with prisons at 95 percent capacity under the 1989 federal court order restricting overcrowding.
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