Twenty one Kansas cities dodge property tax lid law
The League of Kansas Municipalities reports twenty one cities have charter ordinances modifying or exempting from the state tax lid. Cities include Topeka Hutchinson Newton Fort Scott Clay Center McPherson Lyons Yates Center Altamont Conway Springs Florence Hoisington Holcomb Montezuma Moundridge Nickerson North Newton Peabody South Hutchinson Valley Center and Virgil. Some ordinances exempt utility service levies street work and public safety or historic building costs, shifting local tax decisions from the legislature to city governing bodies. No citizen petition to require voter approval appears in these cases. A bill proposing a statutory procedure to allow local tax lid modification passed the Senate but died in the House.
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Associated Press
League of Kansas Municipalities
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Topeka
Hutchinson
Newton
Fort Scott
Clay Center
McPherson
Lyons
Yates Center
Altamont
Conway Springs
Florence
Hoisington
Holcomb
Montezuma
Moundridge
Nickerson
North Newton
Peabody
South Hut
Chinson
Valley Center
Virgil
Kansas
Senate
Tax fight widens as many towns keep intangible levy
The Parson group pushes to end the intangible tax in Labette County amid state and local sums. Kansas cities like Junction City Kansas City Bonner Springs and Overland Park have cut or eliminated the levy while only 21 of 625 cities and 21 of 1427 townships have done so. Pargen led petitions with 1 978 signatures to urge the Labette County Commission to drop the tax for fiscal 1979, citing fixed incomes of widows and retirees.
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Junction City
Kansas City
Bonner = Springs
Leawood
Lenexa
Merriam
Mission
Olathe
Overland Park
Prairie Village
Roeland Park
Shawnee
Westwood
Milford
Grandview Plaza
Countryside
Edgerton
Gardner
Mission Hills
Mission Woods
Edwardsville
Parsons Group
Labette
Parsons
Pargonheads
Admissions Dismissals Births and Accidents Reported
Admissions include Mrs. Clifford Fritts Mrs Fannie Jones and Herbert Houge. Dismissals list Chris Rossman and several residents. A birth to Mr and Mrs Ray Tillery Ottawa includes a daughter 9 lbs 4 ozs. A Williamsburg youth Kenneth Sylvester remains in good condition after motorcycle collision near City Hall. Police report four youths blamed for a 11 25 am overpass incident. A truck accident at 4 44 pm involving Karl Edwards and a neutral vehicle. A 7 17 pm two vehicle crash near West 10th and Locust. Red paint sprayed on Calvary Baptist Church buses and a fire extinguisher stolen.
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Fannie Jones
Rantoul
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Herbert Houge
Paola
Chris Rossman
Princeton
Robert Fleming
Williamsburg
Kenneth Sylvester
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
John Davis
Kansas Highway Patrol
Minnesota
Frank Thurner
Karl Edwards
Lawrence
Fred Kuhnen
South Skelly
West 10Th and
Locust
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Ralph Robertson
N. Cedar
Deborah Reekie
Calvary Baptist Church
OU Assigns Two Administrators to New Roles at Ottawa University
Outgoing OU president Peter Armacost announces Hal Germer will become dean of OU’s Phoenix branch of College Without Campus, while Keith Shumway is named academic vice president and dean of the residential campus. Germer will build curriculum, hire faculty, handle community relations, and move with his family to Arizona around Sept. 1. Shumway will oversee university wide academic policy, curriculum development, and faculty strength, directing the residential college program. he joined OU in 1961 and has led non traditional studies since 1973, guiding the Kansas City CWC to serve 1,800 people last year.
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Peter Armacost
Hal Germer
Phoenix
Ariz
Keith Shumway
Germer
CWC
Kansas City
Laura
Shumway
Dance Night Ads Highlight Renegades and Disco
Mary Kay Cosmetics and Sandi Clary advertise upcoming dances. The Renegades play Saturday night live music and Dave Marsh Disco performs Sunday evening, with contact 242 6890 for details.
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Mary Kay Cosmetics
Sandi Clary
The
Renegades
Dave Marsh
Library Line Answers Your Local How To Questions
The library offers information services at 5th and Main and through its Community Information Center. This week’s Q and A cover Better Business Bureau in Ottawa, odor removal, Elizabeth II surname history, maiden-name restoration, wedged glass removal, passport renewal, lawn weed control, and origin of Skunk Run name with practical details and local contacts.
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5Th and Main
Better Business Bureau
Ottawa
Martin Owens
Greater Ottawa
Better Business Bureau of
Northeast
Kansas
Jefferson
Topeka
Alma Chesnut Moore
Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth II
United Kingdom
Elizabeth Alexandra
Franklin County
Jim Clark
Marguerite Dodd
District Court
Hickory
Warren Wakeman
Park Creek
Pecan Street
Carter's Use Of Plane Questioned
Washington AP. The White House reviews whether President Carter paid Budget Director Bert Lance's bank for flights during the 1975 76 campaign. Carter used the bank's corporate plane five times. one or two trips were campaign events. If unreported or unpaid, it could violate federal election law and bundle as a campaign contribution. Powell noted several flights were personal. Lance led the bank until his 1976 public service.
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Washington
White House
Carter
Bert Lance
Bank
Jody Powell
First National Bank of Georgia
Powell
Americus
Sea Island
Atlanta
Lance
Humphrey Ready To Go Back To Work
Sen Hubert H Humphreys doctors say terminal pelvic cancer cannot be removed. He aims to return to the Senate after Labor Day and resumes work as therapy while his aides note his optimism. A TV was sought for his hospital room as Baltimore beat Minnesota in the preseason.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota Democrat
Washington
Fred Gates
John Najarian
University of Minnesota Hospitals
Senate
Baltimore Colts
Minnesota Vikings
Baltimore
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