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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1972
Page
10
The Kansas Legislature ended a 60 day session with 16 hours of debate and a celebratory mood in Topeka. Key items included revenue and appropriation bills totaling $988.9 million, reapportionment measures sent to Gov. Docking, and talks on extending the property tax lid and local sales tax provisions.
Lawrence city officials returned from Topeka frustrated after a last minute push to extend the local half cent sales tax failed. The House vote to reconsider fell two votes short, with March 20 set for a potential wrap up. Local leaders warn 42 police and fire hires could be cut without the tax and suggest a mill levy hike as an alternative.
Three Topeka men were arrested and four Haskell Indian Junior College students were treated for injuries after a disturbance near 19th and Massachusetts at about 12 10 a m today. Police reported rocks bottles and a knife involved with several injured and as many as 30 people in the street.
A fire at the John Brown Hotel in downtown Osawatomie destroyed the three story building. Eight people were in the hotel when it broke out at 4 45 a m leaving one resident missing and four injured including Charles Hamilton and Frances Rivers. The Hamiltons escaped by a second floor window with Hamilton sustaining a leg fracture. Mrs Rivers suffered a severe cut arm after breaking a first floor window while her children Patty Sue and Eddie were assisted to safety. Watson received a broken left arm and was hospitalized. A state fire marshal investigator was dispatched to determine the blaze origin on an upper rear floor.
A Lawrence girl Teresa Irene McMillin 15 died in a one car crash to night at 9 11 p m. Three others in the car were injured and taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Driver Kevin W Mooney 16 and two passengers David K Mooney 16 and Cindy House 14 suffered multiple injuries. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Rumsey Funeral Home.
The White House announced the pair of pandas promised by Chinese Premier Chou En Lai are expected in the United States around April 1. Officials would not disclose arrival plans or destination as interest from U.S. zoos surges and Smithsonian’s National Zoo weighs its options.
The National Weather Service predicts an unseasonably warm Sunday in Lawrence with temperatures climbing into the 80s. Tonight will be fair and cool with lows around the 40s as a cooler but mild pattern continues through Wednesday and highs from Monday through Wednesday are likely in the 50s.
Gov. Robert Docking vetoed earlier redistricting plans for the Senate and House but two new remap bills cleared the final hours. The House version passed 81-33 and the Senate ratified it unanimously after a late Friday vote. A conference committee resolved differences, removing a House bid to shrink the Senate to 80 and dropping an Iola inclusion in Sen. Van Sickle territory. The Senate plan preserves at large representation in Johnson and Sedgwick counties, with zones drawn to allocate three seats in Sedgwick and two in Johnson.
Leavenworth County voters face a special election on April 4 to approve a two mill levy for ten years to fund a port authority. The group aims to attract big industry and develop docks and facilities along the Kaw River to attract businesses and increase property tax revenue, with initial tax increases possible before long-term relief as employment grows.
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