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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1973
Page
2
President Nixon sends a tough crime reform blueprint to Congress, overhauling federal laws for the first time since 1790. It reins in obscenity and drug crimes, reinstitutes the death penalty, and imposes mandatory probation conditions with stiff penalties for corporate offenders.
The Kansas House approved a 64.60 million appropriation bill financing the state health and hospital functions plus boys and girls industrial schools for the next fiscal year. It includes 41 million from the general fund and funds for a hot lunch program. The Senate planned final votes on the lunch aid and foreign trade zones while also considering 16 measures, including a defeated Social Security age reduction proposal.
Senate President Bennett said a compromise school finance bill was being drafted into a conference report after late talks with lawmakers. The plan hinges on corporate disallowance and funding shifts from ad valorem tax relief to districts, with a key summit planned among top leaders to finalize processing for Gov. Docking.
Rep. John Vogel says the Kansas House approved Bill 1280 with 15500 for the Kansas All-Sports Hall of Fame in Lawrence and 15000 for a Douglas County Historical Society grant to move the hall to Lawrence. The measure includes the athletic commission budget and moves the hall to the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum. The bill awaits Senate action with optimism for Fiscal 1974 funding.
U S officials say a four engine C130 on an unspecified electronic listening mission over international waters 83 miles from Libya was attacked by two Libyan jets in daylight. Cannon fire missed the aircraft which returned to Athens unharmed. The incident drew protests from Washington and Tripoli.
The Nixon administration warned of the February 2.2 percent surge in food prices and outlined a plan to temper inflation. Officials projected a slower rise through the year with near zero increase by year end, while noting March and April price rises likely.
L Patrick Gray told Senate investigators that John Dean likely lied to the FBI on June 22 about needing to check if E Howard Hunt had a White House office. Gray noted Hunt’s safe in the Executive Office Building opened three days earlier contained a gun and devices, later turned over to the FBI.
Law rence District 497 would see only a small tax increase under a conference committee plan. About 61 000 more state aid is expected, with transportation and special education costs largely excluded from the equalizer and subject to appeals. The total state cost would run 186 million, with 65.2 million in new funds, and final approval rests with both houses and the governor.
West Coast meat wholesalers cut prices by 2 to 3 cents a pound following consumer and government pressure. Norm Maffit of the Western States Meat Packers Association said the voluntary cut could bring retail prices down as much as 5 cents a pound by next week. In Chicago, the American Meat Institute reported beef wholesale prices fell $3 per hundredweight since last week.
Lawrence Morris Kay, Republican standard bearer in last November's gubernatorial race, says he will stay in private business. Former GOP rivals Reynolds Shultz and Kent Frizzell are considered for federal posts with salaries of 25 000 and 38 000 dollars respectively. Arbor Day plantings in Central Park will feature demonstrations by George Osborne and Earl Van Meter at 10 a.m.
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