Gas tax rise and wide Kansas law changes take effect
Kansas begins new laws at midnight including a penny gasoline tax hike from seven to eight cents per gallon and a diesel tax increase to ten cents. Vehicle registration and park fees rise next year while a tax credit for new jobs and headgear relief for riders are also enacted. Major reforms cover education funding, labor, malpractice limits, mental health rights, firearms penalties, and court unification.
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Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Joe
Jack Turner
State Labor Department
Department of Human Resources
Supreme Court
James A. McCain
Kansas State University
Commission lowers dog fines and weighs kennel rule
City commissioners approved a final dog-control ordinance reducing the minimum fine from 25 to 10 dollars, with the current minimum at 5 dollars. They discussed kennel definitions, approved housing program reports, and advanced several infrastructure and planning actions including sewer bids and roadway paving.
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Kyle Andregg
Lawrence Humane Society
Lawrence- Douglas County
Andregg
North Lawrence
East Lawrence
Pinckney
Hijackers Release 47 Hostages At Entebbe
Palestinian hijackers holding 250 plus hostages at Entebbe Airport Uganda released 47 elderly women sick persons and children. Two Americans Carol Taylor 33 and her son Eric 6 were freed and handed to French ambassador. The Israeli cabinet planned an emergency session to decide on freeing 40 prisoners to ransom the rest.
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Kampala
Uganda
Entebbe
Carol Taylor
Eric
Pierre Renard
Idi Amin
Hashi Abdullah
County to open investment bids for 4 million dollars
Douglas County will open bids Thursday for investing 4 million dollars of taxpayer money in short term instruments. The plan, approved by the county commission, aims to yield about 7 thousand dollars by mid July through repurchase agreements and short term deposits in local banks.
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Douglas County
County Commission
Peter Whitenight
Arthur Heck
Focal Bank
Betty Leslie
McLouth School Board Approves Auditorium Remodel
The McLouth school board approved final changes to the high school auditorium damaged by fire in December 1974. Plans convert the balcony into a single level and two classrooms for journalism and newspaper production. contractor Arnold Harwood, also a board member, awarded the project at a cost not to exceed $2,200. Other actions included purchases, guidance counselor policy review, and plans for the elementary addition.
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Mclouth
Supt
Kennet Andle
Arnold Harwood
Lawrence Readies Bicentennial Fourth Fest in July Weekend
Lawrence prepares a full July 4 schedule leading to a Memorial Stadium fireworks finale. The festival includes a Prairie Chautauqua at South Park with music, dances and crafts, plus a dense lineup of performances and parades on Friday through Monday in celebration of 200 years of independence.
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Lawrence
America
Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
South Park
Sweet Adelines
Bob Gibler
Old Jefferson Town
Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum
University Theater
Murphy Hall
Lawrence Arts Center
Albert Gerken
KU Campanile
Baldwin
Baker University
DeSoto
Art Camp
Ken Smith
Calder M. Pickett
Farm product prices rise in June while retail costs unclear
Prices farmers received for soybeans corn and hogs rose in June lifting the farm price index to 195 percent of the 1967 base. Cattle apples and hay fell, while USDA warned retail food costs may rise 2 to 5 percent this year despite bumper rain crops.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
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Curt Schneider
Kansas Highway Patrol
Commission
Barkley Clark
Clark
Haskell
The
Hill Construction Co
Trail Ridge
U.S. Pipe and Foundry Co
Princeton Boulevard
Country Club West Addition
Ridge Court
24Th Street
Ate
Planning Commission
Parkmar
Bill Lebert
Ark
Lawrence-Douglas County
George Pearson
Lawrence Memorial
Ron Smith
Leslie Patterson
Walnut
Iowa
Ramada Inn
Bonnie Decker
Prairie Chautauqua
Paul Gray
Dixieland
Emerald City Boys
Peggy Walsh
Cole Tuckey
Rye
City Union
Park
Barberhawks
Chautauqua
Leavenworth
National Bell-Ringing
Kansas University Campanile
Bell Ringers Choir
Lawrence Arts
Lecompton
Grasse
Group Travel
AIR Charters
Travelers Limousine Service
Massachusetts
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