Revenue Sharing Partners Eye Joint Spending Priorities
Douglas County and Lawrence officials agreed to jointly set priorities for federal revenue-sharing funds to avoid overlapping programs. They discussed upcoming requests from groups including the Douglas County Legal Aid Society and the Lawrence Public Library, while noting that post-OEO funding will raise demand for special revenue-sharing money.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
County Commission
Walter Cragan
Journal- World
Cragan
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Commission
Douglas County Legal Aid Society
Douglas County Planning Council On the Aging, Inc
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Operation Mainstream
Terri King
East Central Kansas Community Action Agency
ECKAN
Journal-World
Arthur Heck
Heck
J. A Stoneback
Kansas House kills bill to liberalize private clubs
The Kansas House defeated a measure to loosen private club controls amid amendments including a 10 cent per ounce liquor tax for clubs. The bill was 54 to 53 on preliminarily approval, then removed from the calendar. Multiple amendments were discussed, including eliminating membership waiting periods for Class B clubs and licensing airplanes. A separate $3.79 million state general fund appropriation for agricultural and conservation agencies passed the House.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Kansas
Ichita
House
McMaster
Michael Glover
Dlawrence
John Sutter
Kansas City
State General Fund For
State Agricultural and Conservation Agencies
Senate
City Council Weighs Street Closures and Speeding Precautions
OsKaloosa council approves temporary street closure around the town square for an April 29 outdoor carnival and directs the marshal to patrol residential streets more closely for speeders. The duo of actions follows a request from the local PTA and residents. The council also plans to install a drainage tube in front of Leonora Carlyle’s property.
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Oskaloosa
Perry
Leonora Carlyle
Gas Production Dips
Domestic auto production eased from its February record pace as factories scheduled less Saturday overtime.
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Detroit
Automotive News
Two KU graduates among 136 released by North Vietnam
Two Kansas University graduates are among 136 Americans to be released this weekend by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Air Force Capt. Ronald L. Mastin, class of 1962 business school, and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert Dean Woods, aerospace engineering 1965, are the prisoners. Mastin is listed from Delmont Wisconsin and Merriam Kansas, Woods from Adrian Missouri.
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Kansas University
Air Force
Ronald L. Mastin
Navy
Robert Dean Woods
Bunten Denies Secret Reapportionment Plot
Rep William Bunten of Topeka chairman of the House Reapportionment Committee says Republican members held a caucus not a meeting and no committee business occurred. He denies any secret plan to purge Democrats and vows joint effort toward fair reapportionment. He criticizes Rep Richard Loux for protesting a secret gathering without Democratic notice.
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Topeka
Kan
William Bunten
House
Bunten
Richard Loux
Wichita
Plumb Foe of Amnesty Returns From War Rumpus
Lt Cmdr Joseph Charles Plumb Jr of Overland Park Kansas says objectors who fled the United States should not be welcomed back for breaking a contract with their country. Also speaking at the news conference were Lt Cmdr Richard Ratzlaff of Aberdeen South Dakota and civilian Michael Krome of Decorah Iowa. Cmdr Plumb formerly resided in Lecompton Kansas.
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Great Lakes, Ill
United States
Cmdr
Joseph Charles Plumb Jr
Overland Park, Kan
Richard Ratzlaff
Aberdeen
S.D
North Vietnam
Michael Krome
Decorah
Iowa
Jury Calls Read Back Turner Murder Trial Testimony
Defense witnesses’ testimony to be read to a Douglas County District Court jury this afternoon in the James Turner murder trial. Prosecution testimony was read earlier at the jury’s request. Turner, 24, of 1600 Haskell, stands charged with first degree murder in Chester Shrader’s death during a December dispute at the Yuk Down Club parking lot.
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Douglas County District Court
James Turner
Turner
Haskell
Chester D. Shrader
McLouth
Shrader
Iowa
Birth Rate For U S At Lowest Ebb In 1972
The Health, Education and Welfare Department reports the U S birth rate dropped to 2.03 children per family in 1972 the lowest on record continuing a 1971 decline. Replacement level 2.1, immigration not included. About 400,000 immigrants arrive annually.
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Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Department
National Center For Health Statistics
Census Bureau
KPL Reports Record 1972 Energy Sales and Revenue
Kansas Power and Light Co. reports 1972 energy sales set a record with electricity at 4.8 billion kilowatt hours and gas at 115.3 billion cubic feet. Revenues rose to 115.1 million dollars, while net income lagged 1971 due to higher costs and lower funds used during construction.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Power and Light Co
North Texas State hosts intercollegiate speech tournament in Denton
The nationally ranked North Texas State University debate squad hosts about 300 competitors from 36 universities in Denton Texas. Colleges from Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico Texas and Louisiana compete in debate poetry reading prose reading and current events today and Saturday.
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Denton Tex
North Texas State University
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Dollar Slump Triggers Common Market Float Talks
In Europe the dollar fell further as officials closed markets and urged calm while the Common Market scheduled a Sunday meeting of finance ministers to discuss a possible joint float of currencies. Heath and Brandt met in Bonn amid efforts to stabilize exchange rates and curb dumping of U.S. currency.
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London
Europe
Brussels
Nixon
U.S
Edward Heath
Britain
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Bonn
Heath
Brandt
Donald Maitland
Ruediger von Wechmar
von Wechmar
United States
Frankfurt
Belgium
Netherlands
Japan
Hong Kong
New Zealand
Pakistan
Missing Girls Case Framed by Car Abduction Report
A 15 year old and an older girl were abducted near Ray's Truck Stop on U S 24 40. The older girl was taken to Tonganoxie police by a local, while the younger girl remained in the suspect car. An airplane and sheriff vehicles from Douglas and Leavenworth assist in the search. A farmer with a tractor helped pull a stuck car off a dirt road between Ray's Truck Stop and Eudora.
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Lawrence
U.S
Johnson
Tonganoxie
Douglas
Leavenworth
Ray
Eudora
Senate approves mandatory death penalty bill in Kansas
The Kansas Senate approved a stringent measure 24 to 15 to impose the death penalty in all first degree murder cases. The bill, amended on the floor, would remove jury discretion and apply nationwide in such convictions, with limited exceptions.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Senate
Senaes Hursday
Bob Storey
Frank Gaines
D-Au
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Wyandotte County
Robert Docking
Nixon
Jury Trial Set in Douglas County Murder Case
James J. Brown 21 of Schurz Nevada pleads not guilty to second degree murder in the death by stabbing of Jake Garcia 19 of Santo Domingo Pueblo New Mexico on January 25. Trial date set for April 30 in Division I court.
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Douglas County District Court
James J. Brown
Schurz
Nev
Jake Garcia
Santo Domingo Pueblo
N.M
Irish Leadership Changing Hands
Dublin AP report says Prime Minister Jack Lynch retires as Liam Cosgrave of the Fine Gael Irish Labour coalition vies for control of a hung Dail with 68 seats to 64 for Lynch’s Fianna Fail. Cosgrave aims to name Brendan Corish deputy as Britain plans Northern Ireland policy.
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Dublin
Ireland
Jack Lynch
Liam Cosgrave
Dail
Cosgrave
Fine Gael
Irish Party
Labor Party
Lynch
Fianna Fail
Soldiers of Destiny
Brendan Corish
Laborites
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