Last-Ditch Banking on Canal Treaties In Senate Contest
Washington AP report notes supporters and opponents of the Panama Canal treaties race to sway undecided votes as final approval nears. Carter meets undecided senators while others plan to oppose. AP tally shows 65 for, 32 against, three undecided with 67 votes needed to pass.
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Washington
Panama
Associated Press
U.S
Carter
Congress
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Abourezk
House
Senate
Sen
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
West Virginia
Randolph
New York
Moro death message spurs search of Lake Duchessa
In Corvaro Italy divers searched Lake Duchessa after a purported Red Brigades claim that former premier Aldo Moro was executed and body dumped in the lake. Frost and snow hindered the effort as police and military staff monitored the scene and pressed for verification of the communique.
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Corvaro
Italy
Aldo Moro
Gianni Limiti
Lake Duchessa
Rome
Red Brigades
Christian Democratic Party
Moro
Republic
Brigades
Christian Democrat
Corrara
Giuseppe Pisani
Kansas private clubs to nearly double under liquor law
Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control director estimated private clubs will rise from about 1,000 to roughly 2,000 in the first year after the liquor by the drink law. He sought 32,317 extra dollars and 16 staff, including five liquor investigators and three revenue auditors, to handle the workload.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Director
Liquor Control Director
Thomas Kennedy
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
Liquor Control
Revenue
WSU Plane Crash Settlement Proposed
The Kansas Legislature's Legislative Coordinating Council proposed a 1.56 million settlement to resolve lawsuits from the 1970 Wichita State University plane crash that killed 31 people and injured several. The motion by Sen. Norman Gaar seeks general fund money to pay remaining claims, needing next week’s three day session approval to end the 1978 session.
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Topeka
Kan
Legislative Coordinating Council
Kansas
Wichita State University
Utah
WSU
Norman Gaar
R-Westwood
Vo-Tech Construction Bids Approved For Ottawa District
USD 290 awarded general construction to Dahlstrom & Ferrell of Topeka and mechanical electrical work to Norris Brothers of Lawrence for the vocational building. Total project costs reach 649,040 including architectural, utility, and cabinet expenses, with 181,000 capital outlay approved to cover the overage. Delays and deletions totaling 22,704 reduced some scopes, while replacements cut costs and a staff reshuffle created new duties.
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Jay Bemis
Dahlstrom & Ferrell Construction Company
Topeka
Norris Brothers Inc
Lawrence
Dean Ferrell
Dahlstrom & Ferrell
Norris Brothers
Ottawa
Dan Neuenswander
Jim Allen
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Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Ben Bright
Kansas City
Municipal Auditorium
Bright
Solar Window Co
Mike Gullett
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
J. Hayakawa
Rcalif
Robert Byrd
Frank Church
Idaho
Club Crush
Goodland
Esther Studer
National Weather Service
Colby
Don Burroughs
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Louie Bell
Harold Wallace
Ottawa High School
Wallace
Ottawa City Commission
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