Cities Await Decision on Authority to Levy Sales Tax
Kansas cities Lawrence Topeka Manhattan face loss of local sales tax authority as legislature debates extending the option. Dodge City joins push for an April 1 election to fund police fire staffing and reduced property mill levy. Local leaders warn of tax increases and budget planning impacts.
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Lawrence
Legislative Action
Kansas
Topeka
Manhattan
Dodge City
Richard Cunningham
The
Kansas League of Municipalities
Leavenworth
Hutchinson
Garden City
Cunningham
League
Shirl Abbey
Abbey
Municipalities League
Pay Board Endorses 25.9 Percent Stevedore Pay Rise
West Coast dock union approved a 25.9 percent pay package backed by a Pay Board staff report. ILWU President Harry Bridges cautioned the raise supports productivity gains and could invite renewed strikes if trimmed. Staff analysis says dock unit labor costs fell 30 percent 1960–70 while shipping profits rose with higher productivity.
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Washington (Ap
West Coast Dock Union
Harry Bridges
International ,Longshoemen’s, and
Warehousemen’s Union
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
Two Arrests In Wichita South High School Fight
Police arrested a 16 year old black student and a 17 year old white student after a morning brawl at Wichita South High School. The clash drew 75 to 100 participants and left two students with minor injuries.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita South High School
USC Wins 16th Heart of America Debate Tournament
Southern Cal wins the Heart of America Debate Tournament at Kansas University without a final round. KU’s Bill Russell and Bill Hensley placed fourth, earning a chance to compete in the national tournament in Salt Lake City mid April. Missouri and Southwest Missouri State also finished in the top 16 among 54 schools. The event took place last weekend.
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University of Southern California
Heart of America
Kansas University
Bill Russell
Omaha
Neb
Bill Hensley
Wichita
Salt Lake City
University of Missouri
Southwest Missouri State
Lawrence residents urged to complete city information survey
Douglas County Treasurer Edythe Norman announced vehicle owners with tag initials C or D may begin purchasing 1972 license plates Wednesday. The C and D period runs through April 30 with late B tag penalties starting April 1.
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Douglas County
Edythe Norman
Preliminary hearings set in Douglas County for assault and check charges
preliminary hearings are set for March 24 for Edward Lewis Robinson and Bonnie Sue Fox, Topeka, charged with passing two forged checks on Feb 3 at Kroger and Rustys Hillcrest. Fox allegedly passed the checks. Robinson aided. Each posted $2,500 bond. Earlier, Michael Harding Brown, Leavenworth, 21, posted $2,200 bond for felonious assault on Jerry Hunter and related misdemeanor battery near Ninth and New Jersey on Feb 13. Brown faces a 10 am Wednesday hearing in Douglas County Court.
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Douglas County
Michael Harding Brown
Leavenworth
Jerry Hunter
N.J
Ninth
New Jersey
Hunter
Eugene
Edward Lewis
Nixon Urges Full Military Aid Request to Congress
President Nixon presses Congress to approve 2.15 billion dollars for foreign military aid for the next fiscal year, with 100 million for refugee relief in South Asia and 42.5 million for narcotics controls. Secretary Rogers testifies that the funds are needed to stabilize relations with former adversaries and support U.S. security goals.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
U.S
William P. Rogers
House Foreign Affairs Committee
South Asia
Bangladesh
Rogers
Tiny Tim vows lasting marriage amid split with Vicki
Kansas City AP report says Tiny Tim Herbert Khaury vows to keep his ring on until death despite separation from wife Miss Vicki. He reports subpoenas dodged by them both while their 9 month old daughter Tulip remains with neither parent. He notes Vicki left to pursue modeling and laments her challenges while affirming their spiritual bond.
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Kansas City
Tiny Tim
Vicki
Herbert Khaury
Tulip
Tim
Williams Elected President of Lawrence Chamber
Williams was elected Lawrence Chamber of Commerce president for the coming year at a chamber board meeting at the Holiday Inn. He succeeds John Crown in April. Jack Brand was elected first vice president Gene Burnett second vice president and Lynn Anderson was re elected treasurer.
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Odd Williams
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Board of Directors
Holiday Inn
John Crown
Jack Brand
Gene Burnett
Lynn Anderson
Two Men Sentenced to Prison Terms in Douglas County
In Douglas County District Court Judge Frank Gray sentenced Patrick E. Hushour, 20, of Lecompton for selling marijuana to one to ten years in prison after a jury conviction. Lloyd C. Miller, 40, of Eudora received fifteen years for attempting to pass a worthless check over fifty dollars after pleading guilty.
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Douglas County
Frank Gray
Patrick E. Hushour
Rt. 1
Lecompton
Lloyd C. Miller
Eudora
Haskell Library Donations Slow To Trickling
Donations to the Haskell Indian Junior College Alumni Association library fund drive have slowed to a trickle with total at 61395 toward a 139000 goal. An initial 28000 grant from the William Donner Foundation and a promised 20000 if 8000 was raised by Oct 31 last year are noted, plus 5068 raised beyond 8000. The fund supports upgrading library contents and facilities and may enable satellite libraries around the campus.
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Haskell Indian Junior College Alumni Association
William Donner Foundation
New York City
Gas Leak Blamed for House Blaze in Lawrence
A fire at 1320 Ohio in Lawrence started from curtains in Steven Johnson’s second floor apartment and spread to walls and roof. Firemen report damage to the three story frame house estimated at 4500 with 3500 on the building and 1000 on the contents plus water damage. Johnson, a Kansas University student from Des Moines, Iowa, said he smelled gas near an old lamp jet and tightened the cap. Mrs. Anna Weed owns and occupies the first floor. Johnson occupies the second. the third floor is partially furnished and unoccupied.
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Ohio
Lawrence
Anna Weed
Steven Johnson
Kansas University
Des Moines
Iowa
Mrs. Weed
Johnson
F. C. Sanders
Docking Pushes Kansas Tax Lid Extension Campaign
Gov. Robert Docking urged a statewide drive to extend the property tax lid as Kansas lawmakers near the final day of the 1972 session. He urged Kansans to join the campaign after two tax lid bills, including extending the lid and making local sales taxes permanent, were stalled or killed.
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Robert Docking
House
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Sabetha
Kan
Kansas
Docking
Nixon to Visit Canada in April Trip with Mrs Nixon
The White House announced Nixon will travel to Ottawa and possibly other Canadian cities from April 13 to 15 with Mrs Nixon. Deputy press secretary Gerald L. Warren said the exact itinerary is not fixed and the visit follows an invitation from Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau to discuss current international issues and bilateral matters.
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Washington
Nixon
Canada
White House
Ottawa
Gerald L. Warren
Nixons
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Bayh to Speak at KU in Class of 1974 Lecture Series
U S Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana will address students at 8 tonight in the Kansas Union ballroom as the second speaker in KU’s Class of 1974 Lecture Series. He will discuss The Future of the American Political System. Bayh began in the Indiana House at age 25 and later served in the U S Senate.
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U.S
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Kansas Union
Kansas University
Hospital Board to Discuss Abortion Statute Ruling
LMH administrator Charles Denniston says no immediate policy changes will occur after a U.S. District Court ruling finds two Kansas abortion law sections unconstitutional. The board will weigh the issue at the 9:30 a.m. meeting, with state health department notification awaited.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
State Health Department
Charles Denniston
LMH
U.S. District Court
Kansas
Kansas City
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Denniston
State Department of Health
Harvard Hasty Pudding Names Hoffman Man of the Year
Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals awards Dustin Hoffman its Man of the Year honor. The group calls him unquestionably the greatest star of the younger generation.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard University
Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Dustin Hoffman
Hoffman
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