Attorney General Declares Farm Machinery Bill Unconstitutional
Kansas AG Robert Stephan said a 1979 measure to set a new valuation method for farm and business machinery for tax purposes would be unconstitutional if enacted. The bill, sent to Gov. John Carlin with an 82-38 House vote, would define fair market value while using original priceless straight-line depreciation, creating valuations that diverge from true market value.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Stephan
John Carlin
Kansas House
Bill Hoch
Carlin
Hoch
Stephan
Fred Weaver
Baxter Springs
Weaver
House
Hospital Department Expands As Water Damage Forces Move
The RMH therapy department now operates on the first floor due to basement water damage. Therapists assist arthritis back pain strokes and post surgical rehab with whirlpools traction hot packs paraffin baths and exercise equipment, handling 20 to 30 treatments daily with many outpatients. Berniece Smith and Sherri Firestone head cardio pulmonary care offering 12 lead EKGs monthly and 24 hour halter monitoring, while inhalation therapy aids breathing post surgery. The hospital’s new full time pharmacist Dan Colson organizes drug lists ensures proper therapy and aims to cut costs via a regional buying group.
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Driver
Kansas City
Lawrence
Topeka
Berniece Smith
Sherri Firestone
Smith
Dan Colson
Colson
Curt Schneider Opens Coffeyville Law Office
Former Kansas Attorney General Curt Schneider opens a modest Coffeyville law office and will split time between Coffeyville and a remodeled Topeka office. He plans to handle legal cases, travel for work less, and stay home in Coffeyville when possible. He hints at possible future political bids while pursuing consumer rights work.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Kansas
Curt Schneider
Topeka
John McKinnon
Schneider
KCC Denies Ma Bell Again in Rate Rehearing
The Kansas Corporation Commission rejected Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. a rehearing on its rate case. Chairman Richard C. Lux said a formal order would follow and appeal timing hinges on the order’s details. The case traced back to a 1977 filing seeking 24.6 million annually. the 1978 commission hike was limited to 5.8 million. The ECC later ruled refunds or rate reductions totaling 763 thousand. If appealed, the case could go to the Kansas Court of Appeals under a new law aimed at preventing judge shopping.
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Mathews
Aldous Huxley
L. Stuart Gibbs
Mathews County
Gibbs
Gray W. Bradford
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia Education Association
Mathews High
Harry Ward
Ward
Huxley
Topeka
Kan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas Corporation Commission
Richard C
Pete’ Lux
KCC
George Chaffee
Telephone Company
Chaffee
Southwestern Bell
Suthwestern Bell
ECC
Kansas Court of Appeals
the Corporation Commission
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Kansas Energy Office
Baltimore
Delaware Bay
Chris Hartman
William D. Schaefer
Coast Guard
Cape May
N.J
Norfolk
Air Force
Navy
Atlantic
Jonathan Smith
Public Information Office
Portsmouth
Grand Lake
Ma Bell
S. Main
Harry Smith Auto Supply
Windows
Saffron Glass CO
Mt General
Betty and
Clarence Koch
Portable Welding Service
EDBRO
D. Cole
Drumright Welding
Ottawa
North Oak
Tom Bach
Charley Cole
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