Legal Opinion Affirms Marriage by Proxy in Kansas
AP report from Topeka notes Attorney General Robert Stephan reaffirms a 36 year old opinion that marriages by proxy are legal in Kansas. Conditions require a valid power of attorney and fulfillment of all legal steps including license and waiting period. Stephan cites case law and notes past opinions on state funds, school programs, and sewer easement authority.
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Peka
Kan
Robert Stephan
Kansas
Sam K. Bruner
Johnson County
Stephan
Bruner
Joseph W. Snell
Historical Society
Dale Dennis
Salina
Central Kansas Foundation For Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Inc
Leawood
Larry Winn II
Leawood City
Supreme Court Upholds Pay Hikes For Federal Judges
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Congress and President Carter violated the Constitution by withholding pay raises in 1976 and 1979, awarding back pay and raises that increase salaries for federal judges. Chief Justice Burger authored the opinion, clarifying compensation protection timing and restoring cost of living adjustments from 1976 and 1979.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Carter
Federal Court
Appeals Court
Warren E. Burger
Burger
High Court
Early Morning Shooting Sets A Kansas City Record
The shooting death of Sandra Barry, 21, in Kansas City was the citys 135th homicide of the year, breaking the prior annual record. A separate Saturday night two car crash raised the traffic-death total to 109, the highest on record, with police citing small cars and safety disregard as factors.
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Kansas City
Sandra Barry
John E. McLaury
Grain futures rebound on Chicago Board of Trade
Prices for soybeans wheat and corn recovered from last week's declines with near and limit gains on the Chicago Board of Trade. At the open soybeans rose 13 to 25 cents with January at 7.60 a bushel, wheat up 12 to 20 cents at 3.61, oats up 6.9 cents at 2.18 a bushel.
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Chicago Board of Trade
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