Bridge Collapse Sparks $100000 Suit In Kansas
Wa baunsee County seeks $100000 from a Texas truck firm and driver after a corn truck overweight over a Mill Creek bridge marked four tons. Judge Bennett fined Clarence Pippin and employer $859 for overweight driving and weight-limit violations.
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Alma, Kan
Wabaunsee
Mill Creek
Texas
Clarence Pippin
Myers Wittletoe
Greenfield, Tex
Harold Bennett
Pippin
Kansas
Bennett
Governor selects trio to study Kansas legislators pay
Governor Robert Docking named Nick Stremel of Dodge City plus Mrs Anthony D Agostino of Prairie Village and Ralph Bergsten of Blue Rapids to a nine member committee. The panel was created after a vetoed pay raise bill and will study pay and expense allowances while considering inflation and state cost cutting.
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Peka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Nick Stremel
Dodge City Insurance
Anthony D’agostino
Jr Prairie Village
Ralph Bergsten
Blue Rapids
Riley County Farm Bureau
Senate
Glee Smith
Citizens’ Committee
Nixon
Foodtown Sold to Kansas City Group
Foodtown Stores, a 26-store chain in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, is sold for 2.8 million from Red Owl Stores to Supermarket Investment Co of Kansas City. Takeover date is Sept 5. Headquarters stay in Pittsburg. stores to affiliate with Associated Wholesale Grocers.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Supermarket Investment Co., Inc
Kansas City
Foodtown Stores, Inc
Foodtown
Red Owl Stores
Minneapolis
Red Owl
Louis Fox
Supermarket Investment
Associated Wholesale Grocers
No Fault Insurance Questions Sent In State
Kansas public and insurance agents will be surveyed on a no fault auto insurance proposal. Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell outlined how no fault would limit medical and wage losses while allowing suits for at-fault injuries. The state legislature and a Topeka attorney group discussed reform options and cost drivers in auto coverage.
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Topeka
Kan
State
Fletcher Bell
Bell
Kansas
Herbert Marshall
Kansas Association of Defense Counsels
L.M. Cornish
Property and Casualty Insurance Companies of
Marshall
Cornish
Yen Revaluation Boost to Nixon Policy
Tokyo reports Japan will float the yen on the foreign exchange market starting Saturday as part of President Nixon's plan to improve the U.S. trade balance. The move ends two weeks of defending a 360 per dollar parity, with the Bank of Japan buying a record 1.2 billion dollars and commercial banks selling dollars amid expectations of a weekend yen revaluation.
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Tokyo
Foreign Ministry
Nixon
U.S
United States
Mikio Mizuta
Tokyo Exchange
Bank of Japan
Finance Ministry
Japan
Post-Freeze Planning Role For Labor In Washington
In a meeting with AFL CIO President George Meany the Nixon administration promised labor a role in shaping post freeze policy. Labor Secretary Hodgson said Meany showed concern and a good hearing while Assistant Labor Secretary Usery laid groundwork for talks. The piece notes broader political and economic debate over stage 2 planning, wage price guidelines, and potential changes to the freeze policy amid ongoing trade deficits.
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Washington
AFL Cio
George Meany
Nixon
Organized Labor
Federation
Lane Kirkland
Usery
Herbert Stein
Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Cost of Living Council
Afl-Cio
J. Albert Woll
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Commerce Department
Department
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Sunrise Mobile Home Improvements
E. Wilson
John Hayes
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Dustin Hoffman
Little Big Man" Martin
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