Lawmakers to tackle reapportionment and budget early
Kansas legislators plan a rapid start with floor debates on major issues next week. Reapportionment and a $9.9 million supplemental request by Gov. Docking for welfare may be debated early, with executive reorganization bills slated for the third week and tax measures by the fourth. The GOP Senate caucus aims for a unified revenue package by week three, while the governor's $990 million fiscal 1973 budget faces conservative scrutiny. The session also introduces a toll of 85 new bills in two days, including a convention nomination system and voting reforms for residents, plus funding boosts for the University of Kansas Medical Center and a land classification project.
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Peka
Kan
Kansas
Glee S. Smith
R-Larned
Smith
House
Senate
Robert Docking
Senate Republicans
Docking
Colorado
U.S
University of Kansas Medical Center
State Property Valuation Department
Topeka
House Public Health and Welfare Committee
House Water Resources Committee
Federal and State Affairs Committee
House Roads and Highways Committee
Red Push Escalates as Viet Cong Hit South Posts
In South Vietnam the third day of intensified ground action saw 26 more enemy ground attacks in 24 hours, bringing a three day total to 86. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces killed 33 government and 15 South Vietnamese troops with 25 government soldiers and six civilians wounded. US fighter-bombers exchanged missiles with a North Vietnamese air defense site for the first time this year near the Ban Karai pass, while ground clashes hit posts from Qui Nhon to Da Nang and the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Qui Nhon
Binh Dinh
Mekong Delta
Delta
196Th Infantry Brigade
11Th Combat Aviation Group
da Nang
Nixon Plans Further Vietnam Troop Withdrawals
President Nixon announced a new withdrawal plan to reduce U S forces in South Vietnam to about 69,000 by May 1 and bring home roughly 70,000 more in the next three months. The move maintains a similar withdrawal pace to December and January, with about 23,300 troops to depart between February 1 and May 1.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Jaycees Set For Bosses Awards Night in Ottawa
The Annual Jaycees Bosses Night Banquet will be January 25 at the Ottawa University Student Union starting 7 30 p m Reservations are $3 and due by January 7 The event includes the Distinguished Service Award for community service and the new Outstanding Young Officer Award for a local law enforcement officer Details name eligibility and state competition dates, with Allen E Murfin as guest speaker.
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DSA
Ottawa
Ottawa Police Department
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
OYO
Ed Burrichter
Allen E. Murfin
National Jaycees
Kansas
Missouri
Murfin
Gladstone
Jaycee
Bob Green
Tom Schenck
Weather county forecast and temperature records
Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph this afternoon shift to light and variable tonight. Partly cloudy and colder tonight with lows from zero to 10 above. Mostly clear and cold Friday with highs in the teens. Chance of precipitation about 10 percent tonight and 4 percent Friday. High Wednesday 59, today’s low 17, last year’s high 30, low 12, record high 65 in 1923, record low 1 in 1916. Precipitation for the 24 hour period ending a.m. 1 inch. Hourly temperatures ending at 6 a.m. today.
Unusually Busy January at RMH Sees Patient Surge
Ransom Memorial Hospital reports a sustained patient load hike with 62 patients by Wednesday, up from an average of 40 and well above last year's peak. Administrators cite holiday-related resistance loss and a flu surge, with 65 plus age patients rising above 50 percent and beds set in hallways as admissions continue, while staff shortages and high home care needs limit dismissals.
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Linda Wheeler
Ransom Memorial
Steve Lott
Lott
Aurelia Johnson
Joint Pole Use Touchy Point For Garnett
Garnett city and United Telephone Company clash over a joint pole use agreement with two disputed terms. City seeks pole space based on usage. company wants fixed per-pole payments and exclusive space rights. City may block new poles until it has parity, while court action is not sought now. Housing Authority members were appointed to pursue elderly housing with HUD funding.
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Edward McGrath Garnett
Garnett
Mitchell
Wayne Loughridge
Mark Payne
Payne
Loughridge
Housing Authority
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Don Stith
Joe Bailey
Darrell Berry
Dan Neuenswander
Lawrence
Merle Rogers
City Planning Commission
Gwinn Shell
Carroll Schulte
Garnett Cable TV
Garnett Jaycees
Air pirate hijack ends as crew escapes
A 22 year old Mesquite Texas man Billy Eugene Hurst allegedly commandeered a jetliner after warning a passenger I work for the devil and I am going to hell. Police report he was arrested without resistance about 30 minutes later. Air piracy charges were to be filed today.
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Dallas
Tex
Billy Eugene Hurst
Mesquite
Reapportionment At Starting Line In Kansas Senate
Kansas Senate Reapportionment Committee backs a plan with multi member districts despite Gov. Docking opposition and court questions. The map spreads six seats in Sedgwick, four in Johnson, three in Kansas City Kansas metro area, and three in Shawnee and Jefferson counties with others in Wyandotte Leavenworth and surrounding counties.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
Robert Docking
Jack Robinson
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Johnson County
Kansas City, Kan
Shawnee
Jefferson
Wyandotte County
Leavenworth County
Docking
Doniphan
Atchison
Jackson
Brown Counties
Douglas County
Wyandotte
Kansas River
Morris, Lyon, Chase and
Marion Counties
Shawnee and Jefferson
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Ellis
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Gray
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