Kansas Congressmen Vote On Key Fiscal and Aid Bills
The Kansas delegation supported major federal spending measures while opposing some foreign aid cuts. Notable votes include passage of the Department of Transportation and related agencies bill for 1978, and foreign aid funding, with mixed positions on international allocations and health standards. Senators Pearson and Dole voted in favor on several roll calls, while House members Sebelius Skubitz Winn and others from Kansas showed varied stances on amendments and aid restrictions.
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Washington
Kansas
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Senate
Domenici
Mex
Mississippi River
Alton
Ill
Dole
Pearson
Treasury Department
Postal Service
House
United States
Cuba
Indochina
Uganda
Mozambique
Ethiopia
Argentina
Sebelius
Skubitz
Winn
Nicaragua
Glickman
Assaria triple slaying linked to marital problems ends in suicide
Pat Cardwell, 58, killed his wife Betty Cardwell 44, stepdaughter Amy Scriven 17, and stepson James Crawford Jr. 16 months with a .22 rifle before dying by his own hand. A note cited divorce issues. neighbors noted long-running marital problems. Four died, two dogs shot. victims found at Cardwell home near Salina. Cardwell died after surgeries in Wichita.
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Assaria
Saline County
Pat Cardwell
Wichita
Betty Cardwell
Amy Scriven
James S. Crawford Jr
Cardwell
Salina
St. John’s Hospital
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita man to be arraigned in slaying of gas station clerk
A 21 year old Wichita man faced arraignment on charges of kidnapping rape murder and robbery in the death of Tammy Kershner 19 a self service gas station clerk. Her nude body was found in a shallow grave about 15 miles south of Wichita after a six to seven hour arrest. She had been shot in the face and about 450 dollars was missing from the register. The body lay in a three foot deep grave near a Sumner County farm between Wichita and Wellington. A gun and spent cartridges were found and hay in the barn showed blood stains.
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Wichita
Tammy Ker
Shner
Kershner
Wellington
Sumner
Search for boys delayed on Kansas River capsizing
Lawrence authorities halted the hunt for three youths aged about 12 to 15 after their rubber raft capsized on the rain swollen Kansas River near Bowersock Dam. A matching raft was found near Kansas City, but officials could not confirm it linked to the missing boys. The search paused until water levels drop.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Sanpete
Bowersock Dam
Kansas City
Douglas County
Eudora
Weekend wrecks claim two lives in Kansas
Two people died in weekend crashes on Kansas roads. Richard Pursley, 24, of Randolph, lost control on a rural road near Blue Rapids Saturday. Pamela Kay Otto, of Hope, perished when a car she rode in was broadsided by a camper pickup at the Kansas 4 and Kansas 218 intersection north of Herington. The piece also mentions Canada’s first engineer Castor Canadensis, the Beaver.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Richard Pursley
Randolph
Blue Rapids
Pamela Kay Otto
Hope
Kansas 4
Kansas 218
Herington
Study faults Kansas Penitentiary segregation unit in Lansing
A 20 page Barton report finds the state prison segregation unit harms inmates and staff. It urges 24 steps to improve programming security and staffing and backs a new psychiatric treatment center in Topeka for inmates in extended custody.
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Topeka
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Kenneth G. Oliver
Preston N. Barton II
Citizens Advisory Board On Corrections
Robert Raines
Barton
Oliver
Sixteen Arrested After Kansas City Stadium Crowd Disturbance
Police arrested eighteen people after an eight hour rock concert at Royals Stadium. The disturbance began when a man drove a car through a chain link fence at Summer Jam 77. Lester A. Buckley of Kansas City Kansas faced charges of malicious destruction of property and was released on bond as about 41 000 concertgoers attended.
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Royals Stadium
Lester A. Buckley
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