Kansans Readying Fight Over Liquor By The Drink
Kansas lawmakers open the 1975 session with the liquor by the drink battle. KMABC led by Leo Levitt pushes for a constitutional amendment to place the issue on 1976 ballots. Dry forces led by Rev. Richard Taylor Jr. vow to oppose. Local option clauses and bingo legislation also loom as the session begins.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Union
Kansans For
Modern
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Kansas United Dty Forces
Leo B. Levitt
Wichita
KMABC
Richard E. Taylor Jr
Dry Forces
Ross O. Doyen
Concordia
Senate
House
Taylor
Levitt
Hank Parkinson
Jayhawk
Tax Cut Push Aims For Early March House Vote
Washington AP reports Rep. Al Ullman of Oregon as soon to head the Ways and Means Committee plans a one year emergency tax measure for low and middle income earners to spur the economy. He notes longer term reforms later and possible corporate tax relief like raising the investment credit while ending oil depletion allowances in the emergency package.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
al Aliman
D-Ore
Ullman
Saudi plans $756 million buy of U S fighter jets
Saudi Arabia announced a $756 million deal to purchase several squadrons of American jet fighters to boost defense. State radio noted included the Northrop F5E Tiger jet, a single seat export fighter, while not giving exact plane counts. Saudi Arabia is known to have three F5E squadrons.
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Associated Press
Saudi Arabia
County Okays Courts Facility
Franklin County Commission accepted the new courts building north of the jail with reservations over unfinished items. The facility will house County Probate and Juvenile courts, with Juvenile Office moved there and other offices to move soon. Part A was the jail. Part B houses courts and an addition for District Court will take months to finish.
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Franklin County Courts
Franklin County Commission
District Court
Scant smiles at Kansas Ag Convention amid market gloom
Kansas delegates at the state Agriculture Board convention heard stark views on dairy and beef markets. Farmers report plummeting calf prices from 100 to 5, with feeding costs consuming profits. Board members warn only large dairies may endure while calls grow for price inflation and production shifts to restore balance.
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Kansas Board of Agriculture
Jack Beauchamp
Ottawa
Richard Reinhardt
Erie
Farm Bureau
Sate Board of Agriculture
Misery Loving Company
Beauchamp
Reinhardt
Kansas
Charles Hamon
Valley Falls
Hamon
Hannon
John Oswald
Hutchinson
Freed Watergate Figures Free After Time Served
John W. Dean II Jeb Stuart Magruder and Herbert W. Kalmbach were released by Judge John J. Sirica after serving four six and seven months respectively for guilty pleas in the Watergate scandal. Dean and Kalmbach return to California and Magruder to Bethesda Md. with cooperation ongoing for Dean Kalmbach while Magruder’s cooperation ends.
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Washington
John W. Dean II
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Dean
Kalmbach
California
Magruder
Bethesda
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office
Magr
Uder
Maureen
Beverly Hills
Calif
John
Justice
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Special Prosecutor's Office
Ottawa groups weigh school facilities and auditorium plan
Ottawa city commissioners and USD 290 school board discussed future needs including adding classrooms at Lincoln School and a vocational education building at Ottawa High. They considered renovation of the Memorial Auditorium with a $500,000 initial cost but await school decisions before pursuing a bond vote at the April 1 election.
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Don Lambert
Ottawa City Commission
U.S.D. 290 Board of Education
Phi Delta Kappa
Lincoln School
Ottawa Memorial
Embattled Thieu Seeks US Support Amid Vietnam Crisis
Washington reports Ford administration weighing a further military aid boost to South Vietnam as Phuoc Long falls and U S backed strikes widen. Congress trimmed aid earlier. a $300 million supplemental request is under consideration along with Cambodia limits. Weather follows with a cold, snowy end to the week.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Thieu
State Department
Robert Anderson
Ford
U.S
Phuoc Long Province
South Vietnam
Congress
Cambodia
Cam
Defense Department
Phuoc Long
Saigon
Phnom Penh
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