Bell Proposes Overhaul of Health Insurance
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell outlined legislative proposals to streamline health care coverage. He urged merging Blue Cross Blue Shield into one board, requiring catastrophic coverage, and tightening unfair trade practices while boosting the Insurance Department's auditing power.
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Bell
Topeka
Kan
Fletcher Bell
House
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
House Insurance Committee
Kansas
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Hmqs
State Insurance Department
Winter Storms Lash Nation From Midwest To Northeast
Snow and rain cripple the nation as a major Midwest blizzard dumps 7 inches in Chicago and closes roads, schools, and flights. Milwaukee reports a record 32 inches on the ground while Milwaukee sanitation officials run a large, coordinated plowing effort. Farther east, heavy rain and flood warnings sweep from Virginia to New England, with tens of thousands losing power and widespread travel disruptions across New York City and New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Chicago
Ilinois
Wisconsin
O'Hare International
United Air Lines
O'Hare
James R. Thompson
Carter
Mlinois
Milwaukee
Richard Cajeski
Milwaukee Bureau of Sanitation
Charles Thone
Nebraska
National Guard
Virginia
New England
New York City
New Jersey
Newark
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Berkshires
Revere
Scituate
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Rural Electric Co-ops Claim Unfair Handling of Wolf Creek Purchase
Wichita AP report says 26 rural electric cooperatives accuse Kansas Gas & Electric and Kansas City Power & Light of overcharging for power from the Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station near Burlington. KCC chair heard the complaint. jurisdiction unclear. KG&E and KCP&L share costs and have negotiated 17 percent sale to the cooperatives for years.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Wolf Creek
Kansas Electric Power Cooperative
Kansas Gas & Electri Co
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Burlington
Kan
KCC
George T. van Bebber
Wichita
Phil Kassebaum
van Bebber
Kassebaum
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Kg&e
Kcp&l
Value Of State Crops Brighter The Past Year
Kansas crops rose in value by about 5 percent in 1978, led by a 61-cent jump in wheat to 2.85 per bushel and a total crop value of 2.024 billion dollars, the Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said. Wheat was 872.1 million, sorghum 403.4 million, corn 351.9 million, soybeans 167.0 million, with oats, alfalfa seed, barley and dry edible beans adding smaller amounts. Data reflect sales through November 1978 and exclude disaster or deficiency payments.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Kassebaum Calls for Term Limits in Sparse Senate Speech
Senator Nancy Kassebaum used her first Senate address to urge a constitutional amendment limiting congressional terms and curbing single issue politics. With only four colleagues on the floor, she spoke in a quiet Senate chamber as the Kansas Republican began her term.
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Washington
Nancy Kassebaum
Senate
Kansas
House
Congress
Drunken snow plow driver kills man in Chicago incident
Police say Thomas Blair, 46, of Sauk Village plowed into parked cars and backed over a motorist, killing James Holman, as snow blanketed Chicago. Blair faces reckless homicide and drunken driving charges after shouting I hate my job and wanting to see his kids. Reports say a road grader first struck cars on clogged streets before the deadly reversal.
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Chicago
Thomas Blair
Sauk Village
Michael McMahon
Shelby Neyton
James Holman
Legal Notices from Franklin and Linn Counties 1979
First published notices warn of a divorce petition in Franklin County District Court with a March 4 1979 response deadline, estate hearing for Betty Ann Atchison, and a Linn County hearing on April 18 1979 about disbursal of Centerville Grain Company funds. The notices list plaintiffs defendants attorneys and court details.
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District Court
Franklin County
Kansas
Louis D. Souders
State OF
Lorraine R. Souders
Ottawa
Betty Ann Atchison
Rose
Lathrop
Owen Eugene Atchison
Petitoner
District Court of
Linn County
Centerville
Centerville Grain Company
Comerville Grain Company
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Illinois Department of Transportation
South Side
John C. Danforth
D-Mo
Senate Judiciary
Sen
Ted Stevens
Alaska
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Plamett
Robert W. Green
Thomas H. Sachse
West Second
P.O. Box
Attys
Richard O. Skoog
Skoog & Latimer
Far Pentle
Walter D. Alien
Centerville Grain Co., Inc
Collister A Kampschraider
Attys At Law
Jawa Lawrance
Fs Hoysey &, Kampschroeder
Longe
F.O.E
Memoriam
Billy’ Baxter
Alcoholics Anonymous
Call
Kansas Children’s Service League
IBA
East 7Th
General Services
L&l Cafe
Bureau of the Census
Second and
Cedar Streets
Anderson
Franklin
Miami
Bennie Stinson
Wade Mace
Albright's
South Main
Parmelee Products
King
Ottawa Herald
Herald
South Cedar
Pence
South Dell
Ee Taylor
Ralph Taylor
Handyman
Jack
Jack Rutter
Richmond
Jim Ralston
Taylor
John Fritts
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Call Berico Industries
Gary
Bob
Dan Arnold
North King
Gardner, Kar
GMC
Chevrolet
Dodge
Ford
Watch This
K. C
Tom Bach
Linda Richardson
Cecil Beatty Auction Service
Franklin Co
John Shields
Paola
Jack Nelson
Pomona
Overbrook Livestock
Claude Myers Auction Service
Centropolis
RFD
Jim Ellis
1Sthouse
Baldwin State Bank
Baldwin
Michael Glass
Globe
Baldwin Jet
BR. K. Watts and Son
Keith- Alan Auction Service
Plattner Industries
North Street
Bruce Waymire
Jim Hamilton
Berico Industries
Waverly
Franklin County Clerk's Office
TOP Hat
Conact First Baptist Church
Printy
Ben Printy
Cap
Thur
OH Furniture
Wise
Barnhart
Mark
Olathe
Williamson and Company
North Poplar
Shaklee Products
Strash Garrels
Tne
Franklin County Ambulance Service
Mid-America
U.S
Ottawa, Kansas
Ace Hardware
Main Street
Lyndon
John Kipp
Leeds
General Motors Corp
Stadium Drive
Kansas City
Public Safety Department
City Hall
4Th and
Walnut
Director of Public Safety
West 2Nd Street
City of
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