Familiar Signs In Legislature
Various tax exemption proposals were among the flood of bills at the Kansas Legislature on the final day for introduction of bills by individual members. Major appropriations measures were also introduced by the House Ways and Means Committee, outlining multimillion dollar expenditures.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
House
Ways and Means
Kansas Electric Cooperatives
Kansas Power and Light Co
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Wichita
Legislative Party
Bennett pushes truck riders to fund highway plan
Gov. Bennett argues trucks cause more highway wear and should pay about 70 percent of his 27.5 million increase in highway user fees. He proposes truck tag fee boosts averaging 28 dollars and a two cent rise in the special fuels tax to favor road repair, while auto tag fees would rise about five dollars. The package also includes university funding and a 10 percent salary hike for regents’ programs, withHouse leaders signaling possible trims. 39 new bills were filed in the morning session.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Bennett
Mary Turkington
Kansas Motor Carriers Association
Board of Regents
House
Detroit integrates with 203 buses amid tense start
Detroit becomes the largest U.S. city under a court ordered plan as 203 buses transport thousands of black and white elementary pupils. Only K-5 classes held today with middle and high school to report tomorrow. Police and monitors guard routes and stops amid a cold rain and a potential boycott by antibusing groups.
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Detroit
U.S
County Prisoner Flees Jail
A 23-year-old prisoner, Dave McCray, walked away from the Franklin County Law Enforcement Center this morning. He slipped through a garage door after 10:40, while awaiting further questioning after a court appearance on two forgery conspiracy counts. a search spans vacant buildings and downtown areas. He was held on $2,000 bond and is described as 5-6, small framed, wearing a long sleeved floral shirt with no coat.
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Franklin County Law Enforcement Center
Dave McCray
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Ottawa
North Side
Westerners report Angola war shifts and MPLA outreach
Westerners arriving from Angola say UNITA leaders report South African forces have withdrawn and the Soviet backed MPLA fought with jet fighters for the first time. A British correspondent notes discreet U.S. outreach while Mark Moran reports MPLA seeks better relations with Washington without demanding recognition. County forecast: clear to partly cloudy and warmer through Tuesday with teens tonight and 40s expected Tuesday.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Angola
National Union Unita
Popular Movement
MPLA
UNITA
Jonas Savimbi
United States
Nicholas Ashford
The
Times of London
Luanda
Washington
Mark Moran
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Agostinho Neto
Ashford
Moran
U.S
Ford To Mideast This Spring Tour Planned By Ford
A senior American official says President Ford will likely undertake a five nation tour of the Middle East this spring seeking new solutions to Arab Israeli disputes. Stops would include Israel Egypt Syria Jordan and Saudi Arabia amid presidential primary focus and political realities.
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Washington
Ford
Middle East
U.S
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Local SRS Reorganizes with Regional Directors in Two Counties
A statewide SRS shuffle will merge Ottawa and Osawatomie offices under one regional director, Dorothy Martin, who will oversee six counties. Mike Harrison plans to remain in SRS, while the move aims to cut about 100 jobs and save roughly $1 million by consolidating 36 districts into 17 area offices, with changes to take effect in February.
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State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Ottawa
SRS
Osawatomie
Dorothy Martin
Johnson County
Mike Harrison
Robert Harder
Harder
Ford Sees Potential 1979 Tax Cut Amid Modest Recovery
President Ford, in his annual economic report to Congress, says the economy is steadily improving though unemployment remains high. He hints at another major tax cut by 1979 if budget restraint continues, building on $28 billion in permanent tax cuts proposed for this year and next and a $394.2 billion fiscal 1977 budget.
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Ford
Congress
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Linn
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