Reagan Busy Signing Legislation Near Palm Springs
President Reagan, returning to desk duty after vacation and a brush with the outdoors, moves to sign 36 bills including a defense package worth 199.7 billion and a Social Security minimum of 122 a month for about 3 million Americans. White House officials expect action on all measures before his trip to Palm Springs for New Year celebrations with Walter Annenberg.
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Congress
Percy Meets Begin as Israel Tensions Ease Hopeful
Senator Charles Percy chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and meets Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Defense Minister Ariel Sharon in Tel Aviv amid U S Israel strains over the Golan Heights annexation. He raised Washington's surprise at Israeli actions while Israelis seek to calm relations and advance talks.
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Carlins Off To California for Rose Parade float
Gov John Carlin and wife depart Topeka for Los Angeles to ride a California sponsored float in the New Year’s Day Tournament of Roses Parade. The float honors Kansas with a large quilt design and sunflowers, backed by Farmers Insurance.
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California Sun
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Department of Economic Development
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Schwartz
Iowa
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Farmers Insurance
FAA extends closures of five Midwest control towers
The FAA said five airports in Missouri Kansas and Nebraska will keep their control towers closed for nearly another year while replacements for fired air traffic controllers are recruited and trained. The sites include Salina and Topeka in Kansas Joplin and Cape Girardeau in Missouri and Grand Island in Nebraska.
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FAA
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Beckloff
China cools toward United States in long range policy shift
Chinese officials signal a cooling of ties with Washington as Beijing seeks greater clout among Third World nations. The shift follows friction over Taiwan arms and differs from Carter era cooperation. China warns U.S. arms sales to Taiwan could downgrade relations and protests are anticipated.
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Toll A Record Toll: Low Kansas Christmas Fatalities
Good weather helped keep Kansas traffic deaths low during a four day Christmas period with two fatalities, matching a 1968 record. The Kansas DOT Safety Department noted a high of 30 deaths in 1979 for the span.
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Maple Plain
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Pittsburg
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