Tourists weigh Kansas image as officials seek boost
The Associated Press reports out of state travelers react to an $80,000 Kansas tourism survey labeling the state drab. Respondents praise historical sites and environment while urging more hotels and tourist centers. Suggestions include Emerald City in Medicine Lodge and a Club Mediterranee style resort. A Lexington motorcyclist composed “Four Hundred Miles of Kansas” and earned honorary Kansan status.
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Border weight dispute over 6720 pounds resolved
Kansas and Missouri ended a weekend border clash over truck weight on shared county roads. The Utermoehlen Trucking Co transporting coal from Mulberry Kansas to Asbury Missouri agreed to follow Missouri limits after scales showed legal weights crossed the state line. Kansas patrol cites need for national uniform weight laws.
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Marcos signals easing martial law with amnesty plans
President Ferdinand Marcos told a Manila World Law Conference he would grant amnesty to subversives, lift the nationwide curfew, and end the foreign travel ban. He pledged local elections next year and an election date in 1978 for other government posts, after martial law since 1972. Critics noted many dissidents refuse to admit guilt. details remain undisclosed.
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