Docking Opposes Tax Hikes to Fund State Services
Gov Robert Docking rejects proposals by Sen Harold Heard and Rep Shelby Smith to raise about 60 million dollars in state funds via sales or income tax increases. He favors austere spending and possible tax reform including disallowing corporate federal deductions and examining exemptions, while considering a statewide property tax as a future option.
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Ture
Duce
Docking
Topeka
Sidewalk Revisions for Indian Hills Move Forward Tuesday
Lawrence city officials present a new plan for Indian Hills sidewalks at the Tuesday city commission meeting. The proposal removes sidewalks on all cul de sacs including 27th 28th and 29th Places and adds new lots on Bardith Court to the benefit district. Sidewalk placement shifts to lessen street crossings for schoolchildren with specific curb side decisions on 29th Street 29th Terrace and surrounding streets. A separate fireworks time regulation proposal seeks blast hours 7 am to 11 pm on July 2 3 and 4. The meeting also aims to discuss amendments to the Lawrence site plan regulations and a Planning Commission note. The session begins at 2 pm in the First National Bank Building chambers.
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Louisiana
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29Th Street
27Th Terrace
28Th Street
28Th Terrace
Lawrence- Douglas County
Kansas Land and Conservation Fund
Holcom
Strong Avenue
Traffic Safety Commission
Holmes, Peck and Brown, Inc
Welfare Breakfast Addresses Douglas County Issues
The Eggs and Issues event at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Holiday Inn Skyline Room will examine welfare problems in Douglas County and Lawrence. A panel from the Douglas County Welfare Office, County Commission, State Legislature, Ministerial Alliance, Salvation Army, Ballard Center, and Emergency Services Council will discuss. The Chamber of Commerce sponsors the session and reservations are through the Chamber.
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Lawrence
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League of Women Voters
Douglas
County Welfare Office
State Legislature
Ministerial Alliance
Salvation Army
Ballard Center
Emergency Services Council
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Rare Earth concert prompts stage dancing and crowd intermission
Hundreds of students packed Hoch Auditorium for Rare Earth's Saturday show. Spontaneous dancing and clapping led to a brief intermission as staff cleared aisles for fire regulations. The band highlighted heavy drums and rhythm with crowd favorites like Get Ready and I Just Want to Celebrate.
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Hoch Auditorium
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The
Temptations
Tobacco Road
Kansas University
City Commission Faces New Sidewalks and Bids in Agenda
New business covers a sidewalk proposal for Indian Hills and church sidewalk talks at East Heights Baptist Church. Board resignations, park minutes, and gas rate reports to be received. Paving and storm sewer assessment reports cover Kasold Drive Sixth to 23rd and 15th Street to Kasold. Alvamar Access Road. Old business includes fireworks dates July 2 4 and zoning site plan rules.
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Red Cross
Maynard Stark
Human Relations Commission
Park and Recreation Advisory Board
Kansas Public Service Co
Kasold Drive
Alvamar
15Th Street
East Heights Baptist Church
Haskell Avenue
Thanksgiving Center to Close for Holiday in Lawrence
University information center closes at midnight Wednesday and reopens 8 a.m. Friday for 24 hour operation. Also, Kansas football fans report a disputed safety in a 7-2 win over Missouri affecting gambling odds.
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Mary Lou Anson
Higginsville
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Missouri
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Jaycees Attend Trailblazers Jaycees Anniversary at Leavenworth Prison
Seven Lawrence Jaycees attended a fifth anniversary party for the Trailblazer Jaycees of the Leavenworth federal penitentiary. Guest speakers included Al Murfin, Charles Wheeler, Bob Schneider, and other Kansas City and Kansas Jaycees leaders.
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Trailblazer Jaycees
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Bob Wells
Richard McCleery
Harold Morris
Charles Williams
Mike McCleery
Jim Wells
Roger Grammer
al Murfin
United States Jaycees
Charles B. Wheeler
Kansas City
Bob Schneider
Kansas Jayees
Bobby K. Hudson
Kansas Jaycees
James 0. Blass
Gerry East
Trailblazers Jaycees
Parents Get Baby Back After Hours Left In Car
A nine month old boy left unattended in a parked car in downtown Lawrence on Oct 28 was returned to his parents Friday after a juvenile court hearing. The child had been in a foster home since Oct 28 with custody to be reviewed in February. Parents live in Johnson County.
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Lawrence
Douglas County Juvenile Court
Johnson County
Meany Denies Discourtesy at Nixon Union Visit
AFL-CIO President George Meany defended the labor convention from claims of rudeness toward President Nixon. He said Nixon received every courtesy and that the speech to about 2,000 delegates drew applause, with laughter only at Nixon’s wage price control remarks. Meany blamed Nixon for leaving the White House schedule and noted the president mingled with the crowd after the event.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
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Meany
White House
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Humphrey Attacks Nixon Labor Convention Script
Sen. Hubert Humphrey accuses President Nixon of arriving at the AFL CIO meeting with a provocation script. Nixon counters that his economic program will proceed with or without labor support, as Muskie and Kennedy weigh the race and possible triumphs if Nixon ends the war and reaches arms talks.
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Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Time Magazine
Seals Takes Second Place in AP News Photo Contest
Journal World photographer Ken Seals earned a second place in division B of features in the 1971 Kansas and Missouri Associated Press News Photo Contest. His winning image titled Candles on Christmas Eve was judged by Roy Fisher, dean of MU School of Journalism, among more than 460 entries.
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Journal-World
Kansas and Missouri
Associated Press News
Roy Fisher
University of Missouri At Columbia
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