Multibank issue faces long road in Kansas legislature
Gov. Carlin's task force backs high tech funding and multibank potential, backed by major banks. But lawmakers remain split and observers see legalization likely a year or two away. Lobbying by Kansas Economic Growth and Kansas Independent Bankers continues as debates over unit banking and bank concentration heat up for 1984.
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Peka, Kan
John Carlin
Kansas
Patrick Hurley
Kansas Independent Bankers Association
House
Pete McGill
Doe
Mike Hayden
Atwood
Senate
Bob Talkington
Iola
Hayden
Capitol Halls
Carlin
U.S
James B. Pearson
Wichita
Topeka
Kansas City
Wilderness Darings End of New Year Mining Rights Ban
United States wilderness protections became permanent last year as the Dec 31 1983 deadline passed. The Interior Department may no longer approve mining claims or leases in designated wilderness areas affecting about 25 million acres. Congress barred action for two years, limiting development despite past efforts and debates led by Interior Secretary Watt.
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Washington
Interior Department
Wilderness Society
Congress
Department
Interior
James G. Watt
Watt
Reagan Reviews New Ideas For Marines
President Reagan weighs a Pentagon redeployment plan and new proposals from Middle East envoy Donald Rumsfeld to boost Marine protection in Lebanon. He plans a briefing with foreign policy advisers and Rumsfeld on recent envoy trips and a forthcoming return journey amid rising congressional pressure to constrain the 18 month mission.
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Washington
Reagan
U.S
Lebanon
Pentagon
Middle East
Donald Rumsfeld
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
D-Mass
Pentagon Commission
O'Neill
Beirut
Congress
White House
Larry Speakes
Air Force One
Los Angeles
Palm Springs
Rumsfeld
Beirut International
Holiday Toll Below Forecast in New Year Observance
The three day New Year holiday weekend saw 245 traffic deaths, below the National Safety Council's estimate of 250 to 350. Last year's holiday had 265 fatalities. The 1905 three day period saw 564 deaths. The Christmas weekend toll was 238, the lowest on record for such a period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Zhao Ziyang says U.S. arms sales to Taiwan upset China
Premier Zhao Ziyang voiced strong displeasure at Washington’s arms shipments to Taiwan and other American actions a week before his U.S. visit. He urged gradual reduction in arms sales, defended China’s view of world powers, and signaled a visit plan including Hawaii and major U.S. cities.
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Carlin
House
Senate
Peking
United States
Zhao Ziyang
China
U.S
Taiwan
Zhao
Washington
Hawaii
New York
San
Reagan
Soviet Union
Grenada
Middle East
South Africa
Korea
Third World
Upbeat 1984 Outlook for U.S Industry Despite Slower Growth
Washington AP reports the Commerce Department projects 87 percent of 194 manufacturing Industries will improve shipments in 1984, up from 72 percent last year. Growth is broadening beyond autos and steel as metals tools engines and fertilizers ride the rebound, with GDP expected to rise 4.5 percent.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Bureau of Industrial Economics
Commerce
Clarence Brown
Brown
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