Kansas fiscal windfall in 1973 opens legislative session
Kansas faces a financial bonanza as the 1973 legislature opens, driven by federal revenue sharing and a stronger economy. The surplus could fund education reform and reduce property taxes, though a court order on school financing and ongoing tax policy debates loom over the session.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert Docking
Phillip Woodworth
Johnson County
Shelby Smith
Richita
Smith
House
Senate Tax Committee
Norman Gaar
R Westwood
Frank Hodge
Hutchinson
Hodge
Docking
U.S. Supreme Court
Rodriguez
Death Penalty Sought For Cold Blooded Crimes
Washington AP dispatch says the Nixon administration will seek a mandatory death penalty for cold blooded premeditated crimes while a Democratic senator proposes a bill letting juries decide. The clash signals a major congressional fight over capital punishment as opponents begin forming battle lines. Attorney General M Riehard G Kleindienst announced
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Washington
Nixon
M Riehard
G. Kleindienst
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Kleindienst
Supreme Court
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Judiciary Committee
Bayh
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Domestic Satellite Gets Go Ahead for Wes tern Union
Western Union wins FCC approval to build three Hughes Aircraft satellites at 8.3 million each for a 70 million system named Western Star. First launch expected April 15, 1974 from Cape Kennedy using a Thor Delta rocket. NASA to launch the satellites.
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Washington
Western Union
Federal Communications Commission
Hughes Aircraft Co
Earl D. Hilburn
Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Uncommon cook book and other library notes
A library notes list new acquisitions including The Uncommon Cook Book by Ruth Mellinkoff Manual of Sailboat Racing by Thomas J. McDermott Stalking the Healthful Herbs by Euell Gibbons Dark Horse by Fletcher Knebel Legal Action A Layman s Guide by Edward F Dolan Jr Letters to Philip On How to Treat a Woman by Charlie W Shedd The Crown of Mexico Maximilian and His Empress Carlota by Joan Haslip To Spit Against the Wind by Benjamin H Levin McCall s Guide to Wines of America by William E Massee Singer Sewing Book by Gladys Cunningham
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Ruth Mellinkoff
Thomas J. McDermott
Euell Gibbons
North America
Dark Horse
Fletcher Knebel
New Jersey
Edward F. Dolan Jr
Philip
Charlie W. Shedd
Karen
Mexico
Maximilian
Carlota
Joan Haslip
Benjamin H. Levin
Tom Paine
McCall's Guide TO Wines OF
Nixon Nominates Farm Officials for USDA Posts
The White House announced four new USDA nominations to serve four year terms under President Nixon. Clayton Yeutter would be assistant secretary for marketing and consumer services, succeeding Richard Lyng. William Erwin would head rural development, a new post. John A. Knebel would be general counsel, replacing Edward Shulman. The moves accompany internal reshuffles as budget cuts face farm programs.
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Nixon
Clayton Yeutter
Lincoln, Neb
William Erwin
Bourbon
Ind
Congress
John A. Knebel
USDA
Knebel
Tulsa
Okla
Small Business Administration
Edward M. Shulman
Department
Senate
Butz
Farmers Home Administration
Thomas K. Cowden
Carroll G. Brunthaver
Wayne E. Swegle
Successful Farming Magazine
Cowden
James V. Smith
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Duane _ S
Pete” McGill
House Judiciary Committee
Edward Hutchinson
Library Notes
Weekend Bucket Brigade
Vis
Colonel Wome Aml
Eli
Sth and
S. Main
Henry Block
IRS
H & R Block
N. Main
Agriculture Department
White House
Yeutter
Richard E. Lyng
Committee For
Ned D. Bayley
Bayley
U.S. Government
Federal Funds & Securities
Federal Agency Securities
Municipal Bonds
Fed. Rest. Bank
Bank Bldg
Furn
Fix
R.S. Hanes
R.M. Clogston
J. J. Chandler
Donald C. Hay
Frances C. Jones
Elizabeth C. Clogston
A. W. Chandler J. J. Chandler Howard J. Doyen
RS. Hanes
Gwendola A. Pederson
First National Bank OF
Ottawa
Ottawa, Kansas
Elvis
Charro
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