Committee Pushes Higher Real Estate Assessments in Kansas
An interim legislative panel in Topeka voted to urge penalties for Kansas counties failing to meet the 30 percent fair market value assessment goal. With one vote against, the committee proposed stripping from the ad valorem tax reduction fund any county whose appraisals fall to 24 percent or less. Raymond Vaughn noted no county has reached the 30 percent target, calling current levels “in the teens.”
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Raymond C. Vaughn
Vaughn
Atchison voters reject half-cent sales tax proposal
After a 10 week campaign the Atchison City Council saw voters defeat a proposed one half cent city sales tax by 1 147 689. The plan would have raised about 275 000 annually and been aimed at avoiding service cuts while keeping property taxes from rising. The article also covers a state committee debate on use value appraisal for agricultural land and rollback tax concepts, detailing positions of Rep Ruth Wilkin and Rep Alva Powell and notes on administrative handling of rollback payments.
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Atchison, Kan
Atchison
John Simpson
Salina
Ruth Wilkin
Topeka
Homer Jarchow
Wichita
Vaughn
Kansas
Wilkin
Alva Lee Powell
D-Bucyrus
Morticians face critique over funeral industry sales
A Federal Trade Commission report led by Jack E. Kahn accuses morticians of exploiting grieving families through deceptive practices and lack of price knowledge. It notes proposed FTC rules to require itemized pricing and regulated embalming, while industry groups oppose full range display and price advertising limits.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Jack E. Kahn
Kahn
Commission
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Seattle
FTC
National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association
Larry C. Williams
Toddler Implicated in Motel Robbery Near Papillion Nebraska
Kansas salesman Neal A. Roach reported being robbed at an Interstate 80 motel by two men a woman and a toddler armed with a sap. The group demanded money then fled after Roach wrote a $60 check. Roach described a gun a blackjack tapping and threats of killing during the ordeal. Deputies traced an address provided by the suspects to be fictitious.
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Papillion
Neb
Kansas
Neal A. Roach
Overland Park
Roach
Dan Jackson
Wakeeney Protest Over Prison Escapes Spreads
Wakeeney residents and neighboring Trego and Graham counties blast a string of escapes from Kansas State Penitentiary. They cite 1,600 signatures demanding action to locate Harry Jack Bloomer, convicted of killing WaKeeney City Marshal Al Claycamp. Authorities reassess minimum security prisoners as Bloomer’s fate remains unknown since Aug. 1.
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Wakeeney
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Trego
Graham County
Harry Jack Bloomer
Leavenworth
Bloomer
WaKeeney City
al Claycamp
Robert Bennett
Robert Raines
Kansas Adult Authority
Devon Knolls
Bennett
State Penitentiary
Min
Imum
Robert Nye
Missouri River
Nye
Missouri
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