Carlin plans welfare cuts meet Democratic pushback
Gov. John Carlin proposes removing about 5,000 unemployed Kansans from general assistance to save 3.5 million dollars. Dr. Robert Harder defends the move amid sharp Senate objections, proposing a 1 million job-search program to offset losses, while admitting action hinges on future funding. No policy decision emerged.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Robert Harder
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Harder
English Race Horse Believed Dead
Irish police questioned a BBC report that kidnapped racehorse Shergar was dead after a predefined code word call to Jeremy Maxwell and a trap of hoax inquiries. The ransom talks shifted from 2 million Irish pounds to 40,000 pounds, with mediators and reporters called to Belfast. Shergar, once European horse of the year, had become a sire with many mares in foal.
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Dublin
Ireland
Jeremy Maxwell
British Broadcasting Corp
Shergar
BBC
Maxwell
Judy
Aga Khan
Lord Oaksey
London
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ardglass
Tragic California youth takes own life after TV ban
Genaro Garcia a 13 year old in Oakley California shot himself with his father's revolver after his family moved and he faced a troubled start at a new school. He left a note expressing loneliness and wishing friends and understanding while lamenting a life without television.
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Oakley
Calif
Genaro Garcia
Contra Costa County
Genaro
San Francisco Examiner
Genaro Garcia Sr
Garcia
California
Maria
David
Nancy
Los Angeles
E T Tops Toy Fair at New York 1983
At the 80th American Toy Fair in New York E T figures prominently with a talking six word vocabulary and a spaceship launcher. New toys include an E T Spaceship playset priced at 25 dollars and fragrance scented Sniff Ams. Also featured are Star Wars characters and a Valley Girl Talking Doll with trendy phrases. Brooke Shields Doll gains a new smile and glamour along with a broader wardrobe.
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New York
PacMan
Brooke Shields
E.T
Elliott
Sniff- Ams
E.T. & Elliott
Valley Girl
Val
Grady
Harry Moorhouse
LJN Toys Ltd
Legislative Highlights Mental Health Funding Debate
Officials urged a House budget committee to approve a plan limiting next year’s state aid cuts to Medicaid mental health services. Kansas Senate passed six grain elevator protection bills and sent them to the House. Interbasin transfers require exact execution to avoid irreversible errors, the Senate committee was told. Counties should keep DUI fine revenue due to added local fiscal burdens, said Sen. Bert Chaney.
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House
Kansas Senate
Interbasin
Bert Chaney
D-Hutchinson
Senate
Walt Disney television show to end on CBS next Tuesday
CBS will drop Walt Disney after a 21 hour episode on Feb 28 with reruns to follow this spring. The program began in 1954 as Disneyland and rotated through Frontierland Fantasyland Tomorrowland and Adventureland. The series changed titles several times and moved networks before CBS revived it.
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Los Angeles
Walt Disney
CBS
Hollywood
ABC Network
Disneyland Park
Anaheim
Calif
Tinkerbell
Davy Crockett” Saga
Fess Parker
Mickey Mouse
Disney
Donald Duck
Pluto
Goofy
NBC
RCA
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