Bonding Approved for Community Activity Center Project
City commission approved a plan to issue 100000 in general obligation bonds at about 4.12 percent annual interest for 10 years to fund the Community Activity Center with construction already underway in block 44 Poplar between W 4th and W 5th. An ordinance will be prepared for the next meeting.
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W. 4Th
W.5th
City Commission
Chuck Boully
First Securities Co
Bob Barnes
Urban Renewal Agency
Recreation Commission
Barnes
Cit
Stroberg Reappointed to Kansas Corporation Commission
Gov. Robert Docking announces Vernon A. Stroberg of Newton will be reappointed to the Kansas Corporation Commission for a two year term ending in March. Close political associate John D. Montgomery of Junction City, a Democrat, will join the state Board of Regents replacing William Danenbarger, who moves to the Kansas Department of Economic Development.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Vernon A. Stroberg
Newton Republicans
Kansas Corporation Commission
Stroberg
John D. Montgomery
Junction City
State Board of Regents
William Danenbarger
Concordia
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Nixon Plans Lifting Most Wage and Price Controls
The Nixon administration told Congress it aims to end most mandatory wage and price controls after April 30, except for health and petroleum sectors. If approved, most of the U.S. economy would be control free, with Dunlop noting potential price increases due to realignments and halted delays. The plan seeks to turn the Cost of Living Council into a coordinating umbrella agency to monitor inflation and economic activity while maintaining health and energy controls.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Cost of Living Council
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Senate
Congress al
Ready
Federal Energy Office
Trucker talks resume as independents press strike
Washington AP reports government negotiators resumed efforts to end a trucker strike that threatens supply chains. Truckers rejected Nixon’s plan to freeze diesel prices and future rate rises, yet said they would keep bargaining with the administration.
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Washington
Nixon
Pentagon spying on Kissinger denied by Moorer
Admiral Moorer testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that he never ordered or encouraged spying on Henry Kissinger. Kissinger denied involvement with unauthorized National Security Council documents from 1971. The hearings focus on alleged improper transfers amid Watergate era diplomacy and the plumbers' investigations.
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Washington
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
National Security Council
Jack Anderson
Security Council
Senate Armed Services Committee
Moorer
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Pentagon
Docking Swaps Terms to Keep Saffels On KCC Four More Years
Stroberg’s current term ends March 20 1976. Dale E Saffels KCC chairman and former Garden City Democrat is moved into the four year term until 1978. The exchange preserves Saffels’ post for Docking amid speculation he may not be governor in 1976 to reappoint him. The Senate recently confirmed Saffels’ reappointment and Docking named additional figures this year.
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Wallace Bacon
N. Berry
Grandview
Berry
Bacon
Dey Newton
Paul Randall
Santa Fe Middle School
Stroberg
King
Dale E. Saffels
KCC
Garden City
Saffels
Docking
Senate
Labor wins as Kansas House lines up workmen’s bill
In Topeka the Kansas House backed three key labor amendments and passed a heavily amended workmen's compensation bill 95-25, sending it to the Senate. Labor kept the definition of injury and burden of proof out, retained current benefits, and lowered the exemption level for payrolls. The session saw 34 bills pass and nine die as lawmakers also moved on education funding and constitutional issues.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
House
Senate
Public Health and Welfare Committee
House Labor and Industry Committee
Industry
Interior Committee
Labor and Industry Committee
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
Bob Storey
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Ways and Means
Weather Summary for South Central Region
Cloudy and windy with light snowfall this afternoon, highs in the 20s, then clearing and very cold tonight with teens. Thursday looks sunny and warmer, highs from the mid 30s to mid 40s, winds northerly at 20 to 35 mph, becoming light. Airport data: KIRG 52 to 57. barometer 30.19. humidity 82 to 85. wind N32 to NE 20.
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Atty General Miller subpoenas Kansas media on 1972 ads
Topeka Kansas Atty Gen Vern Miller said he issued about 375 subpoenas to newspapers radio and television stations across Kansas to determine how much money was spent on political advertising during the 1972 gubernatorial campaign.
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Topeka
Kan
Vern Miller
Kansas
Nixon counsel John W Dean III loses law license
John W Dean III, Nixon’s longtime official lawyer, had his law license disbarred by a Virginia three judge panel after unethical conduct connected to the Watergate cover up. He did not testify at the hearing as the panel deliberated about his fate.
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Alexandria
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Virginia State Circuit Court
Dean
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