Lawrence Delinquent Special Assessments Top $280000
Lawrence property owners owe over 280000 in delinquent special assessments the highest total on record and seven times last year due to high mortgage rates and vacant lots. City commissioners will discuss solutions such as legal action or ending benefit financing, with a decision expected later. Separately a state law on drug paraphernalia faces an injunction in federal court while only the under eighteen sale ban is enforced locally.
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Paroled kidnapper faces hearing in Dickinson County
Gilbert A. Mason, 30, the paroled suspect, is to appear at a preliminary hearing Thursday in Dickinson County District Court. He allegedly abducted three Kansas University students and a child near Junction City, threatened them with a gun, held them 24 hours, then released two women and the child. Mason is charged with four kidnapping counts, three aggravated assault counts, and one felon in possession of a firearm, with bail set at $100,000.
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County tax hike trimmed as commissions seek cuts
Douglas County Commission reviews department requests after finding total proposals would require nearly 4 mills more than current levy. The plan would lift the levy to 31.69 mills from 27.72, funding an 11.8 million budget though state caps allow trimming. Bond and interest on the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and bridges drive much of the increase. City of Lawrence seeks 40.744 mills for a 27.7 million budget with Lawrence School District 497 proposing 49.66 mills for an 18.2 million budget.
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Darlene Hill
Lawrence
Mill levy errors push Wellsville taxes higher next year
Residents of Wellsville 25 miles southeast of Lawrence face a 130 percent property tax increase if the 1982 budget is approved. A miscalculation in motor vehicle tax revenue forces a 27 mill levy rise, while the Wellsville school district forecasts a tax rate drop of about 1 mill. DeSoto plans an 8 mill rise, Baldwin initially predicted a 4.55 mill increase but now expects a 0.99 mill decrease.
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Lawrence
Cramer
DeSoto
Baldwin
Lawmakers Face Enforcement Challenge Over Paraphernalia Ban
Douglas County District Attorney Mike Malone described the new drug paraphernalia ban as a nightmare for law enforcement and said his office is not actively enforcing it three weeks after it took effect. He cited difficulty proving buyer intent to use the items illegally and noted the law defines many items while also prohibiting sales of undefined objects that could be used as paraphernalia.
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Douglas County
Very good prognosis for Kansas City newborn quadruplets
Doctors report a positive outlook for two boys and two girls born Friday at Research Medical Center in Kansas City. The 2½ pound quadruplets and their mother Nancy Giambrone are in satisfactory or stable condition, with a 90 percent survival forecast from pediatrician Dr Julius Kantor.
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Kansas City
Nancy Giambrone
Susan Mullally
Research Medical Center
Agencies pool efforts on transit initiative in city plans
The city may sponsor a joint pre-application for public transportation funds with county involvement. DCARC seeks federal Urban Mass Transit funds to buy vehicles, with 26 909 dollars requested and 6727 dollars from agencies. Local groups like Cottonwood Independence Inc and the council on aging back a collegium to coordinate and expand service.
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Beverly Bradley
Bradley
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Urban Mass Transit Authority
Kathy Marion
Kansas Department of Transportation
Lawrence
Condra
Collegium
Roger Williams
Independence Inc
Bill Langdon
Council On Aging
Hospital Dismissals and Births Notice
Hospitals dismiss four individuals Blanche Marie Smith Baldwin Lenora Mae Quarles Tonganoxie Victoria Lynne Jamison. Births report Mr and Mrs Leonard A McWilliams 210 Pinecone a boy Saturday. Mr and Mrs James T Todd 141 Stouffer Place a
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Baldwin
Lenora MaeQuarles
Tonganoxie
Victoria Lynne Jamison
Leonard A. McWilliams
Pinecone
James T. Todd
Stouffer Place
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