Kansas Legislature opens with 180 bills ready for introduction
TOPEKA Kan AP The 1976 Kansas Legislature starts with about 180 new bills to be introduced, joining more than 200 holdover Senate bills and 270 House bills from 1975. The session begins with organizational formalities at 2 pm, a joint Bicentennial session at 3 pm, and then separate sessions to review the new measures.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
House
U. S
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Bennett Prefers Reinstatement of Death Penalty in Kansas
Gov. Robert F. Bennett indicated he will recommend reinstating the death penalty for certain crimes in Kansas. He answered affirmatively when asked if he would submit capital punishment recommendations at a news conference.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennet
Kansas
Bennett
Increased use of wiretaps urged to combat terrorism
FBI chief Clarence M. Kelley argues broader wiretapping powers could aid counterterrorism after the LaGuardia blast, while stressing a balance between security and civil liberties. He cites terrorism as a likely motive, though not confirmed, and urges combining preventive and investigative tools to curb rising terrorist activity.
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Washington
FBI
LaGuardia
Clarence M. Kelley
New York City
Kelley
ABC
Hotel blast in Fremont kills up to twenty
Pathfinder Hotel explosion after reported gas smell leaves up to 20 dead in Fremont Nebraska. Firefighters recover bodies from rubble as gas company workers were inside the basement before the blast and state fire marshal investigates cause.
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Fremont, Neb
Pathfinder Hotel
Jim Stised
Bill van Meter
Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Carl Richard Strong
James Walline
Fred Whitt
Dodge County
F.A. Gossett III
Kit Yeefu Chan
Lincoln
Chi Cheung Chan
Chan
University of Nebraska
Louis Hruska
Memorial Hospital
Ohaha
Common front sought in Arab-Israeli feud
Arab delegates and PLO representatives pressed for a united stance ahead of the Security Council debate on the Arab-Israeli dispute. The Palestinians seek a council resolution recognizing Palestinian rights as essential to peace talks, while Israel fears erosion of its positions and a possible U.S. veto.
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United Nations, N.Y
Palestine Liberation Organization
Security Council
Council
PLO
Israel
Henry A. Kissinger
Jerusalem
United States
Syria
Golan Heights
U.N
Angola summit deadlocked over MPLA support and coalition
At the Addis Ababa gathering the OAU split 22 to 22 on recognizing the MPLA or backing neutrality and a coalition government in Angola. Delegates condemned foreign intervention while aiming to curb South Africa and U.S. support for FNLA and UNITA.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Angola
Popular Movement
MPLA
South Africa
United States
National Front
FNLA
National Union
UNITA
Murtala Muhammed
Nigeria
Organization of African Unity
Peter Onu
OAU
Uganda
Africa
Island dispute remains unsettled as talks end without agreement
Tokyo Soviet and Japanese talks closed with no accord over four northern islands occupied by the Soviet Union. Miyazawa pressed for return of Habomai Shikotan Kunashiri Etorofu before any peace treaty. Gromyko offered a friendship treaty instead, which Japan rejected.
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Tokyo
Soviet Union
Japan
Foreign Ministry
Kiichi Miyazawa
Andrei A Gromyko
Miyazawa
Habomai
Shikotan
Kunashiri
Etorofu
Gromyko
Hirohito
Nagako
Takeo Miki
Weather Update South Central Clear to Partly Cloudy
Forecast shows clear to partly cloudy conditions tonight with lows in the mid to upper 20s. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy and cooler with highs in the low to mid 40s. Winds from the south at 10 to 20 mph this afternoon and southwest at 10 to 15 mph tonight.
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