Battle over Kansas Regents appointments in 1979 session
Governor elect Carlin demands control of three regent seats with four year terms as outgoing Gov Bennett plans reappointments. Senate confirmation, party balance, and Docking precedent shape a high stakes fight for Kansas Board of Regents. regulatory budget implications loom over regent leadership and governance.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Regents
John Carlin
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Carlin
State Senate
Associated Press
Leroy Towns
Robert B. Docking
Board of Regents
Kansas
Docking
Glee Smith
Larned
Prudence Hutton
Newton
Walter Hiersteiner
Fairway
Towns
Smith
Hiersteiner
Hutton
Gov. Bennett
Senate
Norman Gaar
Gaar
Bill Hoch
Italian Plane Wreckage Turns Up 26 So Far
An Alitalia DC-9 ditched in the Tyrrhenian Sea near Punta Raisi airport. Fifteen survivors rescued by the fishing boat Nuevo Pacifico. 26 people found, 103 still missing from a 124 passenger flight plus five crew. Most aboard were Sicilians returning home for Christmas.
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Palermo
Sicily
Nuevo Pacifico
Punta Raisi
Alitalia
Italy
Jones and Others Found Criminally Responsible for Jonestown Deaths
A Guyana coroner jury ruled Jim Jones and unknowns criminally responsible for 910 Peoples Temple deaths by acute cyanide poisoning at Jonestown. Annie Moore shot herself. another man had unknown cause. The mass murder followed the May airstrip killings of Rep. Leo Ryan and four others. The open verdict allows police to continue the criminal investigation.
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Matthews Ridge
Guyana
Jim Jones
Peoples Temple
Jones
Haroon Bacchus
Annie Moore
Jonestown
Leo J. Ryan
D-Calif
Ryan
Coutry
US and Soviet pause on SALT II with caveats
Geneva officials report a tentative SALT II agreement after long talks with Andrei Gromyko, but White House aides and President Carter warn several issues remain unresolved. Soviet consultation with Moscow is needed, and timing for a signoff or summit remains unclear.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Carter
White House
Jody Powell
Georgia
Powell
Vance
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Hodding Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Washington
Plains
CIA
Christmas Closings at Franklin County Offices and Landfill
The Franklin County Courthouse and county landfill will be closed Monday and Tuesday for the Christmas holiday, reopening Wednesday. City Hall offices close Monday and reopen Tuesday. Mail delivery occurs today but not Monday. delivery resumes Tuesday.
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Franklin County
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Mike Gullett
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
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Kennedy Committee
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