Open records rule covers municipally owned utilities
Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan ruled that records of municipally owned utilities including customer bills are public records to be kept and maintained. The opinion, requested by Hill City city attorney William Elliott, broadens access to almost all financial records of Kansas governmental units. Stephan emphasized openness and clarified the test for application of the public records act.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Stephan
Kansas
Hill City
Stephan
Bottle Rocket Bill Advances in Kansas Senate
Kansas House passed a measure banning sale and use of bottle rockets by 70 to 53 and sent it to the Senate. A second bill to enable Port Authority revenue bonds for a $50 million GM plant in Wyandotte County also moves to the Senate. Also sent were bipartisan rules for the Fish and Game Commission and a tax ballot explanation bill failed.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Senate
House
Legislative
Senate
Kansas City, Kans, Port Authority
General Motors Automobile Assembly
Wyandotte
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Kansas Democrats Name New State Party Chairman
Kansas Democrats will elect Topeka attorney Robert E. Tilton as state party chairman at a 2 p.m. Saturday meeting in Topeka, succeeding Larry Bengtson. Tilton, 50, former Shawnee County Democratic chairman and ex-lobbyist for the Kansas Sheriffs Association, will lead a slate that includes re-elected officers Mary Kay Peltzer and Margaret Hoberman, with Ness City’s Larry Tittel as treasurer. Governor John Carlin will address the committee with other leaders and spectators at the Washington Day events. Two clusters of speakers and a celebrity auction are planned, with a dinner at the Expo Center and tickets priced at 37.50.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Democrats
Robert E. Tilton
Larry Bengtson
Junction City
Tilton
Shawnee County
Democratic
Kansas Sheriffs Association
Democratic State Committee
Holiday Inn
State Party
Mary Kay Peltzer
Wichita
Margaret Hoberman
Chanute
Larry Tittel
Ness City
Bill Clarkson
Johnson County
Democratic National Committee
Sherry McGowan
Joe Carey
Kansas City
John Carlin
Bengtson
Carlin
U.S
Dan Glickman
Joan Finney
Jack Steineger
Fred Weaver
Baxter Springs
Clarkson
Cedar Crest
Glickman
Demoratic Veterans Club
Finney
Georgia Neese Gray
Kansas Federation of Women's Democratic Clubs
New York
Tip O'Neill
Expo Center
Harley-Davidson Plant Draws Global Harley Enthusiasts
YORK Pa AP reports thousands visit AMF Harley Davidson factory yearly to see 800000 square foot plant producing 57000 bikes, with 110 mph capable models. The piece details quality control, employee culture, and potential sale to Honda as AMF plans divestiture.
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York
America
Amf-Harley Davidson
George Kragel
Kragel
Canada
Europe
Hell’s Angels
Pagan
William Harley
Arthur Davidson
Milwaukee
AMF Inc
AMF
Harley-Davidson
Wall Street Journal
Honda Motor Co
Harley
Harleys
Shriner
Military
Pam Matthews
Larned Doctors Defend Release Of Killer
In Kansas a former Larned State Hospital patient Bradley Durflinger, released six days before fatally harming his mother and brother in 1974, is the focus of a negligence suit. His doctors defend the discharge, citing a passive aggressive profile, while the suit seeks $100,000.
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Larned
Killer
Wichita, Kan
Bradley Durflinger
Larned State Hospital
Preciosa Rosales Navarro
New York
Durflinger
Navarro
Eduardo Medrano
Benjamin Artiles
Kansas
Hutchinson
Kane
Reno
Buller
Carol Elliott
Salem
Oregon
U.S
Frank G. Theis
Janet Chubb
Theis
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Cheap Trick
Robin Trower
Municipal Auditorium
Dave Kaup
William B. Elliott
Iowa
West Des Moines
Executive Inn
Cheryl Martz
Dale Darnell
Durant
the Family Circus
By Bil Keane
Cat
Aed
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Him
Ello
LE Bailey
New York State
Illinois
Indiana
Matthews
Ms. Matthews
Japan
Bob Conway
Conway
Pat Keane
Keane
California
Mexico
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