Cities Ignore Local Property Tax Lid in State Opinion
A Kansas attorney general opinion says the 1970 property tax lid is effectively a shell due to exemptions since 1970. Cities may use home rule to pass charter ordinances exempting themselves, with a 40 day window for public vote, while counties remain subject but with exemptions reducing impact.
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Topeka
Kan
Atty
Curt Schneider
Schneider
Robert Docking
Docking
W. Keith Weltmer
Department of Administration
League of Kansas Municipalities
Son Conceals Death to Shield Family in Bell Suit
Michael Gravitt testifies in a 29 million dollar suit against Southwestern Bell claiming he hid his father T C Gravitt death note and other papers to protect his mother and family from embarrassment. He details notes alleging a slush fund and improper executive conduct at Southwestern Bell. The case, involving James Ashley and claims of coercion and firing after a 1974 internal probe, could span weeks of testimony.
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San Antonio, Tex
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
T. C. Gravitt
Michael Gravitt
Dallas
Southwestern Bell
Gravitt
James Ashley
San Antonio
Telephone Company
Texas
Ashley
Dayton Firemen Fight Citywide Blaze Strike Grips Dayton
Angry Dayton residents battled fires with garden hoses as a firefighters strike left eight to thirteen homes and several buildings burning. A phantom squad still responds to calls while 400 police consider job action amid court rulings ordering crews back to work.
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Dayton
Ohio
Governors condemn energy program at Midwestern conference
The 16th Midwestern Governors Conference in Oklahoma ended discussions on a peaceful note after an all day session where a vote 11 to 1 condemned parts of President Carter's energy program as dangerously weak for production. Governors urged ending oil price controls and expanding natural gas discoveries. Wisconsin's Martin Schreiber opposed the statement. Oklahoma's David Boren and Kansas' Robert Bennett clashed with FEA director John O'Leary as the report was adopted.
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Afton
Okla
Carter
Wisconsin
Martin Schreiber
Oklahoma
David Boren
Kansas
Robert Bennett
John O' Leary
Federal Energy Administration
O'Leary
Hutchinson Faces Federal Hiring Standards Review
Hutchinson authorities were informed the city violates federal gender hiring standards and risks losing revenue sharing if not corrected by January. A Washington office said current timetables show too few women in police and fire roles or upper administration, with women making up about 40 percent of the available workforce. City Manager George Pyle said specifics were not defined and the city has 60 days to revise timetables and until year’s start to implement them. The city has one woman patrol officer and no women firefighters or female administrators.
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Brandenburg
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
William Wolff Jr
William Hockaday
Hutchinson
Kan
Federal Revenue Sharing Office
Washington
Federal
George Pyle
Notice of Hearing in Mayme Cayot Estate Case
In Franklin County Kansas a petition seeks descent of real property Lot in Block 5 Gleasons Addition Ottawa and all decedent personal property. Defenses must be filed by August 19, 1977 at 10 30 a.m. in Ottawa Court. Petitioner Jean Cayot represented by William S Bowers of Ottawa Kansas.
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District Court
Franklin County
Kenses
Mayme Cayat
Kansee
Gleasons
Ottawa
Kansas
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Iowa
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