Stephan Won't Appeal Tax Decision Spurs No-Lavtrf Change
In Topeka AP report Attorney General Robert T. Stephan said he will not appeal a district court order blocking state cuts to sales tax rebates to governments that refuse proportional mill levy reductions. Judge Bullock voided using LAVTRF funds to reduce property taxes, leaving levies unchanged.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert T. Stephan
Shawnee County
Terry Bullock
State Department of Administration
Sedgwick
Vern Miller
Stephan
Bullock
U S May Move To Draw PLO Into Talks
U S envoy Robert Strauss hinted Washington may seek to broaden Mideast peace by proposing a new UN resolution to draw Palestinians into talks with Egypt and Israel. Israel rejected the idea, signaling potential new friction over Security Council Resolution 242 and statehood questions.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Robert Strauss
United States
U.N
Strauss
Carter
U.N. Security Council
Mideast
Menachem Begin
U.S. Mideast
Egypt
Andrew Young
Palestine Liberation Organization
Young
Washington
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Nigeria
New York
PLO
Security Council
Acupuncture Gains Ground in American Medicine
A Kansas City report chronicles Florabel Donnington’s relief after 24 acupuncture treatments that ended years of pain from Raynaud’s disease. The piece frames acupuncture’s image shift in the U S, noting AMA cautious stance, doctors’ growing interest, and acupuncture advocates likening its progress to hypnosis’s medical acceptance. It quotes Dr Kasumi Arakawa of the University of Kansas Medical Center and highlights practitioners’ emphasis on thorough record keeping.
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Kansas City, Mo
Florabel Donnington
Raynaud
Kasumi Arakawa
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
American Medical Assocition
Young to Avoid PLO Contacts Amid UN Post Hold
Ambassador Andrew Young will refrain from contacting the Palestine Liberation Organization while remaining UN ambassador and pursuing a successor. The State Department called the move an about-face after Young resigned over an unauthorized meeting with a PLO observer and failing to fully inform officials.
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Washington
Andrew Young
Palestine Liberation Organization
United Nations
State Department
Department
Young
PLO
U.N
New York
Security Council
Zehdi Labib Terzi
Cyrus R. Vance
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
U.S
Survivor says too many took risks in deadly Fastnet race
Crosshaven Ireland survivor Tom McLaughlin says racers ignored forecasts and pressed on in hurricane winds, noting eight crew quit after Accanito broke its rudder in the 605 mile Fastnet. He warns the competitive urge led to deaths of sailors and urges respect for the sea.
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Crosshaven
Ireland
Tom McLaughlin
San Diego
McLaughlin
Accanito
Weather Forecast County Outlook Shows Warm Humid Weekend
County forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with warm humid air through Sunday. Widely scattered thunderstorms are possible Saturday afternoon and night. Highs will reach the low to mid 90s, with Saturday night lows around 70. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Rain chances under 20 percent Saturday and Saturday night.
Fort Lauderdale Neighbors Aid Police After Four Murders
In a troubled Fort Lauderdale district, residents fearfully unite with officers to track a suspected serial killer who murdered four young women and a teen girl. An emergency meeting formed Operation Crime Watch, with a hotline and hundreds of calls, as trust slowly grows between community residents and law enforcement.
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Tom Slattery
Slattery
Crime Watch
Broward County Sheriff's
Eileen Petite
Crime Watch Board
Operation
Ms. Petito
Fantigrassi
FBI
Washington
Al-Amin Rasheed
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Fred Solis
Louise Snyder
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