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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1973
Page
6
Washington reports a clash over 1974 veterans programs with Democrats and veterans groups opposing proposed cuts. Key GOP figure Donald Johnson faces uncertain job future as VA shifts funds, consolidates offices, and changes pension calculations affecting disability benefits for veterans and spouses.
Nationalist Chinese leaders, reassured by a booming 10 percent economy and U S support, are shocked by Nixon Peking agreement to launch liaison offices. Kissinger says no diplomatic ties. Officials warn timing could erode Taipei’s foreign relations as Washington signals faster normalization.
A Senate subcommittee heard testimony on the ethics of human medical experiments including children with asthma attacks, men paid to take LSD, and experimental pregnancies. The hearings indicated experiments are widespread and lack standard protections for subjects.
IRS warns that its 80 official guides do not settle tax disputes and only the voluminous tax laws and IRS regulations are final authorities. Taxpayers are urged to seek IRS help for complex cases. self interpretation risks an audit. Washington reports also note Harvard researchers detailing controversial human experiments.
In Salina Kansas electric cooperatives moved toward joint ownership of a proposed nuclear plant to be built northeast of Burlington, with Kansas Gas and Electric and Kansas City Power and Light planning a 500 million project producing up to 1.2 million kilowatts. The EEC trustees may authorize a letter of intent to participate, underwriting 200000 kilowatts for about 90 million dollars, with service possible by 1981.
In Topeka two Democratic members quit as the Republican majority voted to send Gov Docking's school finance plan out of the Education Committee with no recommendation. The bill moves to the Assessment and Taxation Committee after the double assignment, despite no hearings or notices.
At the University of Missouri Kansas City a 900 strong audience applauded Dr Karl Menninger founder of the Menninger Foundation Topeka Kan as he prepared to leave. He criticized penal system reform theories dehumanizing convicts saying public policy sustains absurd imprisonment and warned against iron cages or cement boxes for offenders.
A series of thundering explosions in a liquid petroleum pipeline near Bergstrom Air Force Base caused fires rising hundreds of feet. At least four people were killed and several injured, with two severely burned and moved to Brooke Army Hospital. Phillips Petroleum officials confirmed the booster station blast and halted fuel flow as deputies searched the area for more victims.
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