Skylab 3 astronauts splash down after 84 days in orbit
Apollo taxi ship carrying Gerald Carr William Pogue and Edward Gibson lands in the Pacific 3.4 miles from its recovery ship after 84 days, circling the globe 1 214 times and traveling 34 million miles. NASA calls it a milestone in manned spaceflight.
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Pacific Ocean
Apollo
Gerald P. Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Space Agency
America
Globe
Earth
San Diego
Calif
Carr
Nine Day Truckers Strike Expands Across States
Surge in road traffic reported in Pennsylvania Missouri and Kansas as mediators work with dissidents. Governor Shapp meets protesters at Bartonsville Pa while some truckers accept the deal but many remain opposed. Violent incidents resume overnight in several states though several stops lift blocks as talks continue.
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Kansas
Milton J. Shapp
Washington
Bartonsville
Bill Fry
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Fry
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Calif
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Edwards
Kansas City
Wichita
Kan
Kansas House okays mandatory license revocation bill
The Kansas House approved a DUI revocation bill 105 to 15, restoring discretionary revocation to judges and allowing limited driving for work when livelihoods rely on it. A separate proposal to require applicant photos on licenses failed 47 to 72.
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Kansas
House advances bills as session nears end in Kansas
The Kansas House approved three bills and tentatively backed 41 more to vote later as it pushes to finish by Monday. Speaker McGill noted a possible Saturday session while House members also passed a measure standardizing part time board pay. A bill to raise general fund revenue was killed. Executives proposals include abolishing the elected state treasurer and reorganizing the Health Department and transferring the Mining and Conservation and Reclamation Board to the Corporation Commission.
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House
Senate
Duane S
Pete”’ McGill
Robert Docking
Minedand Conservation and Reclamation Board
Department of Labor
State Corporation Commission
Kansas senators weigh Saturday session over crowded docket
Kansas Senate wrestles with nearly 100 bills before a Monday deadline. A potential Saturday session is likely as President Bennett aims to clear the debate calendar. Major items include a campaign finance bill, a 55 mph speed limit, and a no fault auto insurance fix awaiting governor approval. Senator reactions and federal leverage frame the debate.
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Kan
Kansas State
Senate
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Kansas
Kansas House
Shawnee County
Wichita State survey studies economic growth and community attitudes
A graduate Urban Studies class at Wichita State University conducts a community expansion survey with Newton Chamber of Commerce funding. Questionnaires are prepared for residents, interviews handled by 12 students, and results analyzed by a university computer to guide future community goals.
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Newton Chamber of Commerce
Wichita State
Jay Newton
Newton
Glenn Fisher
Weather Outlook For South Central Region
Clear to partly cloudy skies with a gradual warming trend through Saturday. Highs today from the mid 30s to mid 40s, tonight lows upper teens to mid 20s. Saturday highs mid 40s to mid 50s, winds gusty westerly 10 to 25 mph tonight. Airport KIRG reports high 33 low 32, barometer 30.2030, humidity 63 to 70, wind N15 N14.
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Turnpike subsidy bills killed by Kansas Senate panel
The Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee rejected two bills. One would freeze freeway construction fund expenditures for new projects. The other would earmark freeway money to subsidize turnpikes in their early years of operation.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Kansas
Bob Storey
Ropeka
Proxmire proposes 9 billion budget cut to Nixon plan
Senator William Proxmire outlines a 9 billion cheaper alternative to President Nixon's 1975 budget. He urges significant cuts in defense space highways public works and foreign aid while boosting funding for housing public-service employment and health education. Defense would stay at 80.6 billion with reductions from military procurement overseas bases and costly weapons programs.
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Senate House Subcommittee On
Nixon
William Proxmire
Dwis
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Ee Proxmire
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