Docking Signs Law Extending Tax Lid and Welfare Takeover
Gov Robert Docking signed a bill extending indefinitely the property tax lid of 1970 while removing the budget lid, risking higher taxes but keeping a strict mill levy cap. He also signed a welfare takeover bill shifting administration from county boards to state regional offices, aiming for efficiency and uniform policy. Docking framed these as major reforms to curb waste, while noting the tax lid remains partial without budget limits. He praised the welfare move as a key administration goal and cited potential savings for Kansas taxpayers.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
Legislative Research Department
County Boards of Commissioners
Secretary of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Robert C. Harder
Grave dangers warned as Indochina war widens
North Vietnam warned of a new and big explosion of war after renewed U.S. bombing in Laos and South Vietnamese ground actions in Cambodia. Laotian sources cited civilian casualties and property damage, while Hanoi called these moves violations of the peace treaty. The U.S. said B52 and F111 strikes began in Laos in response to a major ceasefire violation.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Indochina
Army Journal
Radio
United States
South Vietnam
Quan Doi Nhan Dan
Vientiane
U. S
Souvanna Phouma
G. MacMurtrie Godley
Washington
Pentagon
Tha Vieng
Plain of Jars
Pathet Lao
Cities Battle Clean Air Deadline
Cities face a May 31 1975 deadline to plan for reducing auto emissions under the Clean Air Act. An Associated Press survey finds at least 14 states did not file plans and many seek two year delays, risking costly controls on motorists and private cars. Meanwhile river and reservoir levels and releases are noted in the Marais des Cygnes valley and Melvern area as flood concerns ease.
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Michael J. Sniffen
Associated Press
States
District of Columbia
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Marais Des Cygnes
Lake Pomona
Ralph Dennis
Melvern Reservoir
Ottawa City Commission to be sworn in Wednesday
The first five member Ottawa City Commission will be sworn into office Wednesday afternoon. Afterward the new commission will receive petitions for two zoning changes, including re zoning Lots 34 and 36A County Clerk's Subdivision No 1 to service commercial and Bennett Addition to general residential. The old commission meets at 3 p.m. to discuss planning reports, meter feeding ban, zoning changes at Sixth and Mulberry and other properties, a land deed to General Communications Inc, a mobile home special use permit at 421 S. Poplar, and a sewage treatment improvements contract with Van Doren Hazard Stallings Schnacke.
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Ottawa City Commission
M. E. Reineke
County Clerk’s
Princeton
Harold R. Bennett
Bennett
S. Poplar
Murder investigation team trimmed in Lawrence case
Lawrence police reduced the murder investigation team for the March 28 triple slaying to about eight officers in Lawrence and two in Ottawa. Originally 13 Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents and local officers worked the case into March. Three letters have been received by a local reward committee which forwards information to investigators. The committee offers a $1,000 reward for information leading to arrests. Mrs. Avery and Longfellow were Lawrence residents. Steven Avery lived in Iola.
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Lawrence
Ottawa
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Hazel Avery
Steven T. Avery
Gary C. Longfellow
AIM Leaders Plead Innocent at Wounded Knee Arraignment
AIM leaders Russell Means and Clyde Bellecourt pleaded innocent at a federal arraignment in Pierre on charges tied to the Wounded Knee takeover. They seek a venue change, arguing a fair trial is unlikely in South Dakota. Bond remains 25000, with new assault charges added.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
American Indian Movement
AIM
Russell
Means
Clyde Bellecourt
South Dakota
Bellecourt
Pierre
Andrew Bogue
Rapid City
AIM Defense
Ramon Roubideaux
Asst
U.S
Stanley Pottinger
Nebraska
North Dakota
Cleveland
Ohio
New York City
James Wilson
Nixon Wins House Backing for Price Controls Extension
Washington AP Nixon wins 293 to 114 House approval for a one year extension of price central authority with limited discretion and possible new freeze. Shultz backs tighter controls while labor calls for action. Congress to reconcile with Senate amid expected March price rise report.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Administration
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Organized Labor
Senate
Boycott Yields Few Meat Bargains Across Cities
A Consumer Affairs report by Louise Cook shows limited price relief from the Nixon era meat boycott. An AP survey across 11 cities compared eight meat items on April 2 and April 16, finding 46 percent unchanged, 25 percent lower, 20 percent higher, and 10 items unavailable. Half of items priced to the ceiling on April 16 were at or below ceiling, with most reductions under 20 cents per pound. None of the surveyed stores pledged to hold prices under the ceiling.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Internal Revenue Service
Nixon
Turnpike Debate Delayed as Kansas Senate Reopens
The Kansas Senate postponed debate on a Hut chinson to Wichita turnpike measure amid a session where vetoes from Gov. Docking were under review. The House planned afternoon consideration of vetoes. The Elections Committee weighed Docking’s veto on a team governor ticket and four year terms for top officers, while amendments to shorten terms faced possible vetoes. The Ways and Means Committee reviewed reappointments and a dispute over KU Medical Center contract, as 11 new bills were introduced and nine approved to fix earlier session errors.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Robert Docking
House
Senate Elections Committee
Docking
Arden Booth
R-Lawrence
Booth
Senate
Ways and Means
Robert F. Brandt
Kenneth R. McLain
McLain
University of Kansas Medical Center
Weather county forecast reads like a muddled note
Partly cloudy with southwest winds up to 18 mph tonight. lows in the low to mid 40s. Wednesday bright and mild with highs in the upper 40s to 50s. Probabilities for precipitation unclear. historical high and low figures noted for today and a past year. hourly temps ending at 5 am today are referenced.
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Docking Inks Tax Ltd
Sixth and Mulberry
S. Main
Second and Locust
General Communications Inc
van Doren - Hazard - Stallings- Schnacke
Mohamad Marshewri
Houston
Tex
Kansas City
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Labor Department
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