Engineers press tougher action on detoxifying Kansas waste
Kansas engineers urged Gov. Carlin to ban landfarming and landfilling of hazardous wastes and require detoxification before storage. They warn the current plan to regulate only large generators is inadequate and stress detox byproducts and industry offsets. The group cites limited disposal sites and differences over interstate waste management rules.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Kansas
Kansas Engineering Society
Carlin
Robert
Hartsook
Engineering Society
State Department of Health and Environment
Furley
Sedgwick
Hartseok
Wolf Creek
Rickano Corp
American adviser shot dead in Afghanistan near Kabul
New Delhi AP report says an American military adviser accompanying Moslem rebels was shot to death near Qalat, Zabul Province, about 200 miles southwest of Kabul. Camera and documents were found on the body. State Department had no comment. The incident comes as Soviet forces fight rebels and as rioting Afghan police anger over extended service fuels unrest in Kabul.
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New Delhi
India
United News of India
Afghanistan
Kabul
Qalat
Zabul
United States
Washington
State Department
Joe Reap
Soviet Union
Ministry of Information and Culture
Illegal Payments Ordered Refunded In Kansas Audit Findings
A Kansas audit reports nearly $3,600 paid for attorney fees for indigent defendants after a 1979 federal ruling. Refunds may need a special appropriation, with funding to implement procedures planned for fiscal 1982. The audit also notes inconsistencies in district court money collections and idle funds investments.
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Peka, Kan
State Unified Judicial Department
Legislative Division of Post Audit
Howard Schwartz
Richard E. Brown
Legislative Post
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
District Courts
State High Court
U.S. District Court
State of
Kansas
Department
Treasuer
Schwartz
Brown
Kansas Fuel Prices Up In January
Kansas drivers face higher fuel costs in January with gasoline up to two cents a gallon and diesel heating oil rising three to four cents. The Kansas Energy Office cites OPEC price hikes and refinery cutbacks, noting a shrinking gasoline surplus but adequate overall supplies, about 135 million gallons of gasoline and 49 million gallons of middle distillates available.
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Topeka
Kan
State Energy Office
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Lyle Goltz
Kansas Energy Office
Goltz
Kansas
IRS Ruling Could Cost Kansans Millions in Taxes
Gov. John Carlin criticized IRS Revenue Procedure 80-55 saying it could erase Kansas municipal bond markets by allowing tax deductions only for interest on deposits backed by federal bonds. Kansas faces over $1 billion in local general obligation bonds and could incur at least $5 million more in interest if the ruling took effect, with no consultation from state or local governments.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Internal Revenue Service
John Carlin
Federal
U.S. Treasury
Carlin
IRS
Heavy Fog Diverts 9 Flights to Omaha After City Fog
In Omaha nine flights were diverted from Kansas City due to heavy fog. United Flight 811 en route to Chicago faced hydraulic issues after landing. eight more flights followed by 11 pm, stranding up to 600 passengers who were largely bused to Kansas City later. Weather advisories stretched across Topeka to St. Joseph and Kansas City.
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Omaha
Neb
Kansas City
United
Chicago
Los Angeles
National Weather Service
Topeka
Kan
St. Joseph
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