Docking Veto Blocks Kansas House and Senate Remap Efforts
Gov. Robert Docking vetoed the reapportionment bills for Kansas House and Senate. An override attempt on the House measure was planned. Republican and Democratic caucuses were set for 1:30 p.m. to discuss the apportionment issue, with leaders estimating possible defections and votes to sustain the veto.
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Robert Docking
Kansas House
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House
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Kansas veto overrides hinge on party split and redistricting dispute
The Kansas governor’s vetoes faced a possible override as lawmakers returned for a one day session. Docking criticized House Bill 2206 for unfair subdivision of Crawford and Sumner counties, and for potentially pairing two incumbents from the same party in one district. He contrasted it with a Senate plan he called superior.
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Crawford County
John Masovero
R-Arma
Sumner County
James L. Ungerer
Marysville
Brezhnev Eyes Nixon Visit as Path to Mending Ties
Moscow Brezhnev says Soviet leaders will meet Nixon in May with businesslike, realistic positions and view his visit as potentially important for Soviet U.S. relations. In New York Nixon urges tough drug prosecutions during a three hour trip with Rockefeller and law enforcement officials. Belfast sees a deadly bomb blast killing six and wounding 97, including a child and two police, while the Supreme Court rules students must sue individually to vote in campus towns.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Washington
Supreme Court
Senator Booth condemns Docking veto of farm labor bill
Topeka Kansas Senator Arden Booth Republican Lawrence criticizes Governor Robert Docking veto of the farm labor bill calling it one of the year’s major political payoffs. Booth helped craft the act struck down by the veto and issued a statement outlining his stance.
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Topeka
Kan
Arden Booth
Lawrence
Robert Docking
Booth
Docking
Kansas House advances four year terms for top state officers
Kansas House approves a constitutional amendment to reduce elected officers to four year terms starting 1975 and to nominate the governor and lieutenant governor as a team. The measure moves to the general election ballot next November after Senate approval.
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Kan
Kansas House
Kansas Supreme Court
House
Senate
Hope Persists For Sales Tax On Police Fire
Lawrence lawmakers late today debated extending the local half cent sales tax tied to a broader tax lid measure. City officials and police and fire leaders warned that a tax failure could cost 20 police and 15 firefighters their jobs if the tax authority is removed.
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Topeka
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Bob Pulliam
Richard Stanwix
Jack Rose
Nancy Hambleton
Odd Williams
Douglas County
Little Hope For Tax Lid Extension Standoff
Senator Frank S. Hodge says he has no plan to convene the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee despite pressure to consider a bill extending the property tax lid for seven months. The House already passed the measure sought by Gov. Docking to prevent the 1970 lid from expiring and push the deadline to July 31, 1973.
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Topeka
Kan
Frank S. Hodge
R-Hutchinson
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
House
Robert Docking
KU Pay Action to Run Late in 1972 Legislature
The Kansas House Ways and Means Committee removed a proposed 5 percent pay boost for state civil service workers from the omnibus appropriations bill, delaying action on higher KU and state school pay until late tonight. Leaders warn the omnibus bill may be amended on the floor to restore the added raise as the 1972 session nears midnight.
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Topeka
Kansas University
House Ways and Means
Spring Arrives in Lawrence with Uncertain Weather Ahead
Lawrence marks the start of spring at 6 22 AM with forecasts of showers thunder storms and cooler temps Tuesday. Rain probability drops from 60 percent tonight to 10 percent Tuesday as highs reach the 60s. Mild conditions continue midweek with possible rain Wednesday night or Thursday afternoon and no major cold spells expected.
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Solons Hike Salary Scale In Kansas Legislature
The Kansas House approved a bill to raise pay for county and state officials including legislators with increases slated for 1973 and not retroactive. Speaker Calvin Strowig said the move ends a long traditional gap and provides future clarity for candidates. The bill advances to the Senate.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
House
Calvin Strowig
Senate
Strowig
Kansas Legislature Prepares 998 Million Fiscal 1973 Budget
The Kansas House moves toward adopting a fiscal 1973 budget of about 998 million dollars, with a 10 million omnibus bill lifting total appropriations above the governor's proposal. Highlights include 4.5 million for expanded homestead relief, 1.8 million for a new dining facility, and 1 million for private college tuition grants, while several pay raise provisions for state college staff are delayed to July 1.
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Pete” Louix
Wichita
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Topeka
Hutchinson-to-Oklahoma
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Shultz Enters Kansas Governor GOP Primary
Lt. Gov. Reynolds Shultz officially announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Kansas governor. The Lawrence native and farmer joins former Gov. John Anderson Jr. as the second GOP hopeful, with Rep. Morris Kay seen as a possible third. Shultz vows grass roots talks on youth opportunity, prison reform, tax fairness, law enforcement, and education, planning statewide travel soon.
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Kan
Reynolds Shultz
Kansas
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John Anderson Jr
DeSoto
Morris Kay
Lawrence
House
Kansas Senate
Republican Party
Jefferson County
Senate
Richard Rome
Hutchinson
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