Kansas Officials Push Atoms Board On Kansas Salt Bed Plan
AEC official Dr. Frank Pittman cites strong Kansas official and environmental pressure as reshaping strategy over a proposed nuclear waste repository in state salt beds. He notes public interest aids the program and says safety and technical talks with Kansas improve while political factors loom over Lyons site and Governor Docking.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Atomic Energy Commission
Pittman
Kansas Engineering Society
AEC
James Schlesinger
Robert Docking
Docking
Carey Salt Co
Lyons
Bill Hamilton
Kansas Geological Survey
State of
Hamilton
U.S
Joe Skubitz
R-Kan
Skubitz
Great Britain
West Germany
Docking Opposes Nuclear Waste Depository in Kansas
Kansas Governor Robert Docking pledged to block a proposed nuclear waste depository near Lyons. He cited water leakage in tests from a salt mine, questioned AEC assurances, and urged careful study of any auto insurance fault coverage plan given Kansas’s comparatively low premiums and quick claims in state.
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Kansas City
Kan
Robert Docking
Atomic Energy Commission
Kansas
Docking
AEC
Lyons
KCKN
Pay Board Delays Action on Rail Work Rules
The Pay Board split as labor members abstained delaying a trainmen contract vote. Unions fear favoritism toward aerospace pacts and potential impact on a reinstatement lawsuit. The decision pauses concrete terms on work rules and a 42 percent pay rise over 31 years starting 1970, with previous signalmen contract approval noted.
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Washington
United Auto Workers
International Association of Machinists
Benjamin F. Biaggini
Southern Pacific Co
United
Union
Nixon
New York
The
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson
Conference Board
Grayson
Pri
Right Wing Attacks On Nixon Escalate in GOP
Washington AP reports the conservative wing of the Republican Party intensifies attacks on President Nixon over defense policy. Three donors who gave at least $1,000 to Nixon in 1968 break with the White House and form the National Committee of Republicans for Victory in ’72 to urge fellow donors to quit supporting Nixon. Founders are Lawrence J. Meisel of St. Louis, Richard Harvey of Tyler, Texas, and Rolland A. Franzen of Boca Raton, Florida.
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Washington
Republican Party
Nixon
Administration
White House
National Committee of Republicans
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Lawrence J. Meisel
St. Louis
Richard Harvey
Tyler
Tex
Rolland A. Franzen
Boca Raton
Fila
Sea Lions Study Underwater Secrets For Humans’ Sake
A USC team uses implanted sensors on Samantha and two other sea lions off Santa Catalina Island to study cardiovascular changes as seals adapt from land to marine life. Researchers aim to understand breath holding, bradycardia, and gas exchange to aid human adaptation to deep dives and submariner stresses.
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Santa Catalina Island
Calif
University of Southern California
Chris Stevens
Samantha
Elwood
Bruthie
Stevens
Open Meeting Bill Stalled By Talks In Kansas
A House committee postponed action on an open meeting bill after debate. Rep. Duane McGill led the Federal and State Affairs panel while opponents warned executive session limits could hinder city governance. Supporters, including E. A. Mosher of the Kansas League of Municipalities, framed the bill as a state policy commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka, Kan
House Federal and State Affairs Committee
Duane McGill
Rainfield
James Ungerer
Marysville
Donn Everett
Manhattan
E. A. Mosher
Kansas League of Municipalities
Bill Godwin
Shawnee Mission Public Schools
New Viet Operation Opens With Large South Vietnamese Drive
Thousands of South Vietnamese paratroopers rangers and armored units push through rubber plantation country 40 to 50 miles northwest of Saigon in a new operation. Command says 10 000 to 15 000 taking part since last Saturday as clashes occur. aims to disrupt enemy plans during Tet.
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Saigon
Michelin Plantation
Citizens Favor Move To Ease P-Tax Load
Kansas residents favor shifting focus away from the property tax. Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh reported that about 70 percent of the 1,100 participants in 142 groups across 38 counties preferred reducing reliance on property taxes and boosting income or sales taxes.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Barry Flinchbaugh
Kansas State University
Flinchbauch
Federal Red Tape Blamed For Highway Crisis in Kansas City
Gov. Robert Docking lambasted federal red tape and fund-control uncertainty as hindrances to highway progress while praising Kansas for a record year with highway contracts topping 100 million dollars. He urged the Kansas delegation to protest perceived overreach that delays interstate projects and slows funding releases from the highway trust fund.
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Kanasas City
Robert Docking
Kansas Contractors Association
State Highway Commission
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Pay Board
National Commission On Productivity
Stockholm
Anna-Lena Inge
Philco
D. OC. Shipps
Aucts
Myers Bros
Kansas St. Bank
New Viet
da Nang
South Vietnam
Binh Dinh
East
Highlands
Pentagon
Laos
Federal
Town & Country Supply
Ottawa, Kansas
Alaska
Baja
Technicolor
Betti
Sweden
Cie. Jhe
Memorial Auditorium
Ottawa
Heal WN
la Peite
Our Life
Alc
Walter Lickteig
Greeley
GieSonsi del Recame
Slau Eres Certicates
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