Carlin Sees Trade Trip Benefits For Kansas
Gov. John Carlin called the China trade mission a success and said Kansas could reap great benefits. He noted doors opened for Kansas merchants to speak with top Chinese officials, emphasizing the trip laid groundwork for future agricultural and industrial trade. China’s potential wheat purchases were discussed, with openness to long-term supply options if Canada and Australia face issues.
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Topeka
Kan
John. Carlin
China
Kansas
Carlin
Kansas Agriculture and Industry
People’s Republic of China
U.S. Agriculture Department
U.S
Canada
Australia
Leonard Woodcock
Peking
Morris Kay
Kay
Kansas Department of Economic Development
People’s Republic
Hong Kong
Henan
United States
State of
Water Priority Reforms Spark Kansas Hearings
Kansas water planners press forward with revisions to the 1965 State Water Plan to clarify priority uses and public benefits. Public hearings in Wichita Garden City and Colby invite citizen input on groundwater authority lake access and four proposed reservoirs. The plan seeks a lead agency and defines 10 beneficial uses including irrigation industrial and domestic drinking water.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Water Resources Board
Water Resources Board
Robert F. Bennett
Wichita
Garden City
Colby
Scottish Rite Consistory
Co-op
Colby Community College
Robert H. Miller
Wellington
Miller
Water Resources Division
State Department of Agriculture
Environment Division
Department of Health and Environment
Kansas Geological Survey
Congress
Decision Expected On Contaminated Hogs From Kansas Farm
Kansas officials planned a weekend decision on releasing live hogs quarantined at a Newton farm after tests showed low PCB contamination. The fate of meat from 16 slaughtered hogs stored in Arkansas City was also under review. Officials cited half a part per million PCB in hogs and noted contamination traced to oil used with insecticides on the Don Busenitz herd.
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Topeka
Kan
Joseph F. Harkins
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Newton
Arkansas City
Don Busenitz
Busenitz
Pioneer 11 Probes Saturn Rings In Search Of Life
Spacecraft Pioneer 11 traveling toward Saturn at 50,000 mph may help answer if life exists beyond Earth. It will skim Titan within 360,000 miles, test Titan’s warmth, and study rings, gravity, and atmospheres as it passes 26,000 miles above Saturn’s clouds. If Titan proves too cold, the search for life elsewhere resumes.
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Mountain View
Calif
Saturn
Earth
Titan
Solar System
John H. Wolfe
Pioneer 11
Pioneeer
Wolfe
Galileo
NASA
Jupiter
Uranus
Farm Machinery Tax Break Stands
TOPEKA AP The State Board of Tax Appeals dismissed Attorney General Robert T Stephan’s bid to rule Senate Bill 261 unconstitutional, ending the challenge to a 20 percent rollback on farm machinery valuations used to set property taxes. Stephan contemplates appeal amid disagreement over board authority.
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Topeka, Kan
State Board of Tax Appeals
Robert T. Stephan
Stephan
Kansas
Tax Appeals Board
Department of Revenue
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