Fingerprint birth certificates eyed for missing children
A Kansas House committee heard a bill to require birth certificates to include fingerprints to help locate missing or stolen children. Backers said it could aid identification, while officials noted prints change in infancy. A separate bill on interpreters for deaf people drew praise for improving civic participation and equal protection, with advocates stressing the need for interpreters in juries and public hearings.
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Topeka
Kan
Denise Apt
Alola
Barbara Sabol
House Public Health and Welfare Committee
Kansas
Sharon Cook
Commission For the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
Fred Murphy
Clathe
Kansas Association For the Deaf
Ken Clark
Kansas School For the Deaf
Olathe
Clark
House Seeks to Bar Smut in Kansas Stores
Kansas House committee heard a proposal to ban pornographic magazines in grocery and quick shops to shield minors. Sponsored by Reps. Laird and Neufeld, the bill would hold businesses liable if under 18s frequent public displays of obscene material and define such material as nudity or sexual conduct appealing to minors.
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Topeka
Kan
House
Judiciary Committee
Charles Laird
Melvin Neufeld
Ingalls
Joe Knopp
Yeats
Atlanta
Free Beltone hearing aid demo ad in Chicago
An advertising offer from Beltone promotes a free non operating model to demonstrate tiny hearing help. The ad emphasizes no cost or obligation and invites readers to mail to Dept. 0208 at Belton Electronics Corp in Chicago to receive the device for home use.
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Chicago
Beltone
Belton Electronics Corp
West Victoria
Sears
Suara
K.C. Call
Reappraisal Inaction Lasted Too Long
Sen. Fred Kerr of Kansas urges the Legislature to end a decade long stalemate on property reappraisal and classification. He aims to win party backing for a simple classification amendment as the Board of Tax Appeals pressures counties to value inventory and achieve equal tax burdens across the state.
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Peka
Kan
Fred Kerr
Senate
Kerr
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
State Board of Tax Appeals
Board of Tax Appeals
Cheyenne County
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