Sales Tax Bill Killed By House Committee
TOPEKA AP A bill to pay Kansas merchants 3 million to collect the sales tax was killed 9-8 by a House committee after a failed motion to pass. Another panel approved a bill raising the Fish and Game director’s pay to 20 000 a year. Reapportionment plans would shift 75 264 people among five districts with Wyandotte and Sedgwick remaining split. Hillsdale Reservoir debate urged deletion from the state water plan.}}
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Gerald L. Hougland
Rolathe
Austin Nothern
Fish and Game
House Natural Resources Committee
George C. Moore
Wyandotte
Sedgwick
Comanche
Barber
Rice
Washington
Clay Counties
Washington, Clay
Morris
Miami
Anderson
Rice County
Bar
House Water Resources Committee
University of Kansas
Hillsdale
E. Raymond Hall
Hillsdale Reservoir
Railpax Image Makers Strive For Competition
Washington AP reports Railpax aims to transform intercity rail travel with a fresh corporate identity and marketing push. The plan centers on funding, routes, and partnerships with railroads to restore ridership, with May 1 startup targets and a broad national strategy led by government and industry leaders.
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Washington
Railpax
National Railroad Passenger Corp
Catherine May Bedell
Washington State
Nixon
Senate
Bedell
David W. Kendall
John P. Olsson
Kendall
ICC
Volpe
Lottery Amendment Defeated By Senators
TOPEKA AP The Kansas Senate defeated a proposed amendment to legalize lottery gambling. The measure failed to reach the two thirds needed for approval. Republicans for 17 included Steadman Ball and others. Democrats for 7 included George Bell and Jack Janssen. Republicans against 15 named Arvin and others. Democrat against 1 was Joe Warren.
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Topeka
Senate
Kansas
Steadman Ball
Atchison
Robert Bennett
Prairie Village
Arden Booth
Lawrence
Ben Foster
Wichita
Norman Gaar
Westwood
Pat Healy
Frank Hodge
Hutchinson
David Owen
Overland Park
Ed Reilly
Leavenworth
Jack Robinson
Glee Smith
Larned
George Bell
Kansas City
William Dearth
Parsons
Harold Herd
Coldwater
Charles Hinchy
Jack Janssen
Lyons
Ted Saar
Pittsburg
Jack Steineger
Muncie
Lester Arvin
Rose Hill
Don Christy
Scott City
John Crofoot
Cedar Point
Ross Doyen
Concordia
Leslie Droge
Seneca
Joseph Harder
Moundridge
Vincent Moore
Elwaine’ Pomeroy
Two GOP Governors Back Revenue Sharing
Washington AP report says California Governor Reagan and New York Governor Rockefeller urged fellow governors to back a $5 billion revenue sharing program and press Congress for federal aid to states and cities. Javits proposed doubling to $10 billion and starting July 1. other governors warned of opposition and urged parallel welfare reform.
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Washington
California
Ronald Reagan
Congress
Reagan
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
Jacob A Javits
R-N.y
Richard Ogilvie
Ilinois
Daniel J
No Inflation In Memory Land
A nostalgic column jokes about memory as a budget friendly paradise called Memory Land. It humorously notes no price hikes or waste, and no transport costs since one simply remembers. It contrasts suburban upgrade trends with “rumpus room” leisure and social pretensions at cocktail parties.
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New York
Memory Land
Costa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nixon backs $800 million public service jobs plan
President Nixon endorses an $800 million yearly program to create 200,000 public service jobs in state and local governments. The move follows pressure from Democrats and black representatives as lawmakers consider broader proposals up to $2 billion for public service work. The plan targets employable welfare recipients and aims to fund roles in areas like day care centers, with wage sharing designed to prevent welfare dependence.
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Washington
Nixon
Congressional
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
House
Congress
John G. Veneman
Health, Education and Welfare
Ways and Means
Veneman
Television Lights Reveal Closed Senate Style Budget Hearing
Washington AP The House Appropriations Committee opened to TV in a public session with members exchanging witticisms and policy notes with administration fiscal chiefs. The proceeding showcased Connally McCracken Shultz defending earnings linked spending while urging inflation containment and employment growth amid mixed reception. The panel debated future openness and whether it would abandon its long secretive tradition.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Government Operations Committee
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Treasury
John B. Connally
George W. Andrews
D-Ala
Andrews
Connally
McCracken
George W. Shultz
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Wint Winter
Ottawa
Johnson Counties
Public Service Corporation
Railpax Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf
Barbra
Walter Istreisand Matthau
Duis Armstrong Generely
Prada
Delue
MGM
Childrens Maia Oh
Russ Tamblyn
Alan Young
Terry- Na Pater Sell
Mr. McBarker
GCI
Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cliff and
Juanita
Baxter Mobile Homes
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