Reforms To Aid Elderly State Taxpayers Introduced
In Topeka the Kansas Senate unveiled tax relief and judicial reform measures aimed at easing burdens on elderly and disabled residents and low income groups. Proposals include a unified court system and a constitutional amendment call, plus homestead exemptions for seniors and widows. A city earnings tax deduction for Kansas workers was also proposed. The Senate Ways and Means panel wrestled with funding Civil Rights Commission surveys, with agency cost estimates ranging from 1,000 to 22,500 dollars and debate over who should report employment data.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate
State Legislature Begins Painful Reapportionment
In Topeka Kansas legislators face a forced reapportionment that could end several careers. A three judge federal court demands Senate parity and the House under a state Supreme Court order. Leaders eye a April deadline for 1966 election mechanics with possible special sessions to finalize maps. House and Senate chairmen warn of a hard drafting process as lines shift to balance populations and meet one man one vote standards.
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Topeka
Kansas
House of Representatives
State Supreme Court
House
Clyde Hill
Yates Center
Senate
Glee Smith
Larned
Hill
Leawood
Johnson County
William S. Bowers
ReOttawa
Rep
Taylor
R - Tribune
International Relations Bother Shrimp Fishermen
Tampa based shrimp fishermen face renewed detention in Santa Lucia Cuba amid escalating U S Latin American tensions over fishing rights The incident follows years of government reimbursements for fines and confiscations and highlights disputes over territorial waters and political influence between U S firms Honduras Nicaragua and Mexico Caribbean waters remain perilous for American boats even as some rich grounds lie in Caratasca Key and Camepeche for Yucatan coast fishing
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Sancta Lucia
Cuba
U.S
Federal Fishermen’s Protective Act
Treasury
Oscar Longenecker
Brownsville
Tex
Shrimp Association of the Americas
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Isle of Pines
Bobby Canaday
Tampa
Caratasca Key
Honduras
Nicaragua
Camepeche
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Canada
United States
Nigeria names new military ruler Ironsi promises reforms
Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi, Nigeria s new military ruler, vows to quell disorders and impose martial law if needed. He outlines a plan to form a constitutional committee and hold national elections once the document is ready, claiming the people want a military government to prevent more bloodshed.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Aguiyi Ironsi
Ironsi
Nige
Bernard Floud
Britain
London
Bello
Azikiwe Nnamdi
Germans Study Nepal Folklore in Katmandu Valley
Three West Germans travel door to door in Katmandu valley villages recording Newar folk songs and dances. Sponsored by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and Nepal Research Center, they document oral traditions unseen in written form. Team leader Prof. Toni Grad says oral transmission has shaped much of the lore.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Fritz Thyssen Foundation of
Cologne
Walter Hellmich
University of Munich
Toni Grad
Munich
Eastan Lantschner
Hubert Schniebl
Innsbruck
Austria
Busy 90-Year-Old Woman Keeps Active at Home and School
Margaret Grandle of Pittsburg, Kansas, 90, stays busy typing a family history and baking pies. A widow of Dr. Harvey M. Grandle, she taught music in Kane sas and served as dean of women at Pittsburg Normal School. She campaigned for women’s political involvement in 1916 and held multiple civic roles.
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Martha Hand
Pittsburg
Associated Press
Kan
Margaret Grandle
Grandie
Harvey M. Granedie
Kansas
Democrat
Kanesas
Woodson
Ill
Pittse
Burg Normal School
Pittsburg State College
State Democrat Committee
Grandle
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Daughters of the American Revolution
Kansas Pythian Sisters
Order of Eastern Star
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Jack Quinlan
ReTopeka
Robert Bennett
RePrairie Village
Kansas City
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William H. Avery
Avery
Civil Rights Commission
Robert Watson
Wichita
Commission
Department of Administration and Personnel
Martin Kiger
Department of Administration
William H.avery
Paul Dudley White
Teresa Rabin
Teresa
Massachusetts
White
Heart Research Fund
Fla
America
Latin America
Ria
Samuel I. Akintola
Akintola
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Ahmadu Bello
Balewa
Festus Okotie Eboh
Gridley
George Dewey
Charles W. Gridley
United States Navy
Olympia
Manila Bay
Ottawa
Oakland
Malott
S. Main
PVO Ce
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McGregor Blazer
McGregor
Bond
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