Kassebaum Opposes Windfall Tax Impact on Kansas
Senator Nancy Kassebaum warns the windfall profits tax on big oil hurts small producers and royalty owners in Kansas. She criticizes Carter for poor structure and limited revenue use, cites 220 billion dollar forecast, and urges energy development incentives and clearer leadership.
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Topeka
Kan
Nancy Kassebaum
Carter
Kansas
U.S
Mrs. Kassebaum
Congress
Senate
Kassebaum
James B. Pearson
Peru Seeks Help For Cuban Refugees
Lima seeks help from Andean Pact members Bolivia Colombia Ecuador and Venezuela to find asylum for about 10,000 Cubans outside Havana. The United States offered to admit some if Peru can promise intake, while Peruhampered by lack of firm commitments. In Miami, Cuban Americans urged action. Havana called evacuees “vagrants and bums.” The embassy staff requested aid from the Red Cross as unrest mounted.
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Lima
Peru
Havana
United States
Arturo Garcia
Puerto Rico
Richard Stone
D-Fla
Tampa
State Department
International Red Cross
Soviet Afghan Losses Cited by Radio Pakistan
Radio Pakistan claimed last week two Soviet generals and three senior Afghan officers were killed when a helicopter gunship was downed in Kunar province near Kabul. The report also said another Soviet general died at Bagram air base and an Afghan infantry commander was wounded near Jalalabad, with 10 Afghan soldiers killed. Tass rejected the claims, stating no Afghan guerrillas seized Bagram and labeling the assertions as provocations financed by other nations.
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New Delhi
India
Radio
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Kunar
Kabul
Bagram
Jalalabad
Radio Pakistan
Pakistan Press Association
Tass
Three Carlin appointees confirmed amid controversy in Kansas
The Senate confirmed Harvey Ludwick Roland Spriggs and Charles Marling to state boards amid criticism over qualifications and past actions. A death penalty bill was advanced, a faculty pay rise deal reached, and a state employee freeze passed the House while nursing home enforcement was tightened by the Senate.
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Associated Press
Senate
John Carlin
Harvey Ludwick
Roland Spriggs
Fish and Game Commission
Charles Marling
Fooled Money Investment Board
Ludwick
Carlin
Democratic
Hays
Spriggs
Oswego
Jerry Conley
Marling
Topeka
Joan Finney
House
Kansas
Board of Regents
William Novak
Lost Springs
Novak
Department of Health and Environment
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Seymour
S. Main
State Farm Mutual ‘Omobile Insurance
Compa
Bloomington
Iin
Simmons
ICU
Court House
Emery
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