Kansas Legislature Opens Historic Session
The Kansas Legislature opens a historic session in an election year with a 60 day limit. Gov Docking expected to announce priorities including highways education liquor by the drink and Sunday sales. Young Rep Robert Welsh sworn in to represent the 8th District joining 48 Democrats in the House. Republicans hold majorities in both chambers. Proposals include a county option homestead tax exemption and out of district tuition changes for community junior colleges seeking state aid to offset costs.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Senate
Robert B. Docking
Robert A. Welsh
Welsh
University of Kansas
Docking
W. Lee Cain
Conard
Ross Doyen
Concordia
Paul 8B
Morrison
Wiliam Hubbard
Heart transplant patient Kasperak in critical but improving condition
Stanford doctors report Mike Kasperak 54 remains in critical condition after a heart transplant Saturday night. He woke at 10 am and shows improved liver and kidney function but requires breathing assistance. Surgeons say heart function is strong while bleeding from prior complications has been managed.
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Charles W. White
General Electric
San Jose
Calif
Virginia Mae White
Mike Kasperak
Stanford University School of Medicine
White
Rickey
Judy
Santa Clara
Stanford
Norman E. Shumway
Stanford Medical School
Kasperak
United States
South Africa
Docking Says His Budget Will Not Need Tax Rise
Governor Robert Docking said his next budget will be funded from existing revenues with no tax increase. He asserted the highway program would be bond-financed, avoiding a gasoline tax hike, and offered no comment on polling showing opposition to a gas tax. He denied linking his stance to a possible 1976 re election bid or U.S. Senate run.
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Docking
PERA
Robert Docking
U.S. Senate
Missouri
Kansas
Thirteen Die In Brooklyn Five-Story Fire
A predawn blaze in a five story Brooklyn tene ment killed 13 people and forced many residents into the freezing cold. Firemen fought the flames for hours as officers helped rescue children from upper floors. Among the dead are Modesta Diaz and her five children and Victoria Moreno, with Francisco Diaz the sole survivor. The fire, blamed on paper cartons on the first floor, marked NYC’s worst blaze since 1960.
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New York
Brooklyn
Modesta Diaz
Francisco
Juanita Mojica
Victoria Moreno
Mojica
Francisco Diaz
New York City
Constellation
New York Navy Yard
New Chaplain Named for Ottawa University Chapel
Fred M. Gibson of Richmond Virginia was chosen as chaplain of the new Ottawa University Chapel set to begin January 29. OU President Peter H. Armacost announced Gibson will guide Christian programs, activities, and counseling for students. Gibson, born 1929 in Selma Arizona, comes to OU from the University of Richmond where he led religious activities since 1965 after earlier roles in Brooklyn Philadelphia Denton and Fort Worth churches.
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Fred M. Gibson
Richmond Va
Ottawa University
Peter H. Armacost
Stuents
Gibson
Selma
Ariz
University of Richmond
Richemond
Kenilworth
Weather in Topeka and Kansas mainly fair with variable clouds
Weather in Topeka and across Kansas remains fair to partly cloudy with highs in the 30s in the east and 40s in the west. Southeastern Kansas should clear, overnight lows near 7 above in Abilene, with Wichita and Pittsburg near 24. Goodland led with 50, Olathe 24, and forecast calls for 20s tonight and little change Wednesday. Barometer 30.28.
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Topeka
Kansas
The
Weather Bureau
Abilene
Wichita
Pittsburg
Goodland
East
Olathe
Ottawa district eyeing 70 day sick leave policy shift
Teachers in District 290 negotiate revised sick leave amid OTA and board talks. Current plan grants 60 days with full pay, with proposals for 70 days and three additional personal absence days. Parties discuss approvals, releases, and re employment rules, aiming to attract and keep teachers amid rising turnover.
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Ottawa Teachers Association
OTA
290 Board of Education
Marvin P. Forker
Forker
Ottawa
One Cent Stamp Rush Grips Ottawa Post Office
The Ottawa post office reports a run on one cent stamps after the five to six cent rate hike. Ernest Watkins notes about 42,000 one cent stamps sold last week and only 6,000 remaining of 48,000 received. Many letters with five cent stamps arrive after the deadline, creating postage due notes. Demand shifts toward six cent Roosevelt stamps as supply tightens.
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Ottawa
Ernest Watkins
Watkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
White House
Post Office
Government Printing Office
Washington
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Dodge City
Ralph Sorrentino
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