Kansas City saga nears another legal turn
The collapse of the eight story Klines Department Store site in Kansas City claimed two lives, Stanley Wood and Donald Shannon. Contractor James Engelhaupt faced possible loss of his wrecking license after city engineer Jack D. White cited improper dismantling from the bottom up and lower-beam removals. Rescue efforts ended as new dangers arose, and Mrs. Patricia Wood visited the rubble with family before leaving the scene.
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Kansas City
James Engelhaupt
Klines
Engelhaupt
Donald Shannon
Topeka
Kan
Jack D. White
White
Shannon
Wood
Patricia Wood
Tim
Robert Schaaf
Engelthaupt
Schaaf
Mrs. Wood
Senate Vote Due On Health Services Bill
In Topeka Kansas the Senate prepared for a final roll call on measures to create a state Corrections Department and a regional public health system. The session also approved bills for Highway Patrol plainclothesmen, cable franchise regulation, and bilingual schooling. The health plan would create 20 regions with counties given two years to join voluntarily before state board enforcement, with funding tied to per person contributions. TheCorrections bill would attach probation and parole duties to a new board of corrections and appoint its director by that board. Amendments and related bills about pools, predator-control staffing, and public notices were debated, with some measures killed and revived during the day.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Kansas
House
Highway Patrol
State Board of Health
C. Y. Thomas
Mission Hills
Public Health and Welfare
Thomas
Tom van Sickle
Fert Scott
Department of Corrections
Board of Probation and Parole
State Director of Penal Institutions
Board of Corrections
Aminus “Tet
Frank Hodge
R-Hutchinson
Hodge
Board For Penal Reform
Sen
Steadman Ball
Atchi
Docking Backs KWE Resolution On Nuclear Waste Site
Governor Robert Docking endorses a Kansas Wildlife Federation resolution opposing the AEC salt vault plan in Kansas Until full studies prove safety and state acceptance. The resolution, to be presented at the National Wildlife Federation meeting in Mexico City, urges careful nationwide review.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas Wildlife Federation
Atomic Energy Commission
Kansas
Docking
National Wildlife Federation
Mexico City
Kansas Federation
National Federation
AEC
Lyons
Ted Cunningham
Salt Vault
Water Wagon Woes Prompt Barfly Quips
Hal Boyle recalls a man on the water wagon facing ribbing from friends. Jokes reference sobriety and social scenes at Rotary meetings, with light barroom humor about temperance, drinkers, and old boxing lines.
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Harry
Social Security Hike Gets Off To A Good Start
Washington AP reports a 20 percent Social Security benefits hike proposed by Rep. Wilbur Mills aims to boost payments this election year. The plan would lower this year's payroll tax increase, raise benefits from 133 to 162 monthly for retirees, and shift higher taxes to future years. The measure seeks Senate consideration and may lift many beneficiaries above the poverty line.
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Washington
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Russell B. Long
Dla
Senate Committee
Nixon
Social Security Advisory Council
School Finance Plan Faces Setbacks in Kansas Senate
In Topeka the new power equalizing school finance plan, needing 52 million dollars in added state revenue, is delayed as Senate Republicans show signs of disunity over funding. Education Committee hearings shift. critics say rural areas would shoulder more tax burden while Governor Docking opposes any sales tax increase.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Joseph Harder
R-Moundridge
Senate Education Committee
Glee S. Smith
R-Larned
Education
Smith
Docking
Kansas
H &R Block
H & R Block
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