Legislative Highlights Point to Tax Bills and Driving Age Change
University officials press Senate to back a tobacco tax increase funding higher education. House aims to trim a welfare cut restoration bill from 13.9 million to about 9 million. Cities seek earnings taxes as rural lawmakers protest. Public broadcasting would gain one more seat on the Kansas Public Broadcasting Commission. Bills to raise driving age to 18 and mandating school attendance for restricted licenses are debated by state lawmakers.
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Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Dick Bond
R-Overland
House
Senate
Mike Hayden
House Appropriations Committee
Bill Bunten
Topeka
House Taxation Committee
House Governmental Organization Committee
Kansas Public Broadcasting Commission
House Transportation Committee
Democrats and mayors clash over drug war budget plans
Congress Democrats and many mayors challenge Bush proposed 10.6 billion drug control package arguing it is inadequate. Biden proposes 14.6 billion with beds in treatment centers and expanded enforcement while some Republicans back the plan. The debate centers on resources and who benefits, as urban and rural areas face differing emphasis.
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Washington
Bush
House Narcotics Committee
Charles Rangel
D-N.y
Joseph R. Biden Jr
D-Del
Biden
Senate
Congress
National Conference of Mayors
Judiciary Committee
America
New York
Los Angeles
Miami
Houston
Southwest
Bob Graham
D-Fla
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Pentagon
Air Combat USA offers real dogfights over California skies
Fullerton Calif AP from Air Combat USA sells a one day fighter fantasy for 495 dollars. Customers take part in dual control flights in Italian prop planes over unpopulated areas under FAA rules. Participants receive ground school flight and debriefing plus a videotape of the adventure. The operation uses a kill tracking system and has logged 700 bookings in six months with clients ranging from veterans to curious couples.
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Fullerton
Calif
Air Combat USA
California
Greg Sloan
Mike Blackstone
Blackstone
Bill Bancroft
Air Combat
Los Angeles
Federal Airways
Federal Aviation Administration
Sloan
Vietnam
Scandinavia
Tokyo
Miramar Naval Air Station
Top Gun
San Diego
Error in Iola can tabs story prompts dialysis center correction
AP retracted report that aluminum can tabs collected by Iola pupils would fund free dialysis machine time for kidney patients. Nurse Carol Moreland of a Joplin Missouri dialysis center says no hospital or center trades free time for pop tops and most dialysis time is Medicare paid.
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IOLA
Kan
Associated Press
Ter
Carol Moreland
Joplin
Medicare
Probate Notice and Conservation District Meeting in Franklin County
The District Court of Franklin County Kansas issues a probate notice for Clara M Blair with four month claims bar and executor Donald E Blair named. Also Franklin County Conservation District announces its annual meeting at Celebration Hall Ottawa with elections for two supervisors to replace J Peckham and R Bromert.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Clara M. Blair
Franklin County Conservation District
Celebration Hall
Ottawa
J. Peckham
Roland Bromert
State of Kansas
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Neb
Soose
Colby
Salina
Wichita
OKLA
Kansas City
Pittsburg
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David Pryor
D-Ark
Donald E. Blair
Richard 0. Skoog
PRA. Tite
Main
Clayton Ware
Phyllis A. Rossman
Cal
Alcoholics Anonymous
al Anon
Narcotics Anonymous
Bruce Oslagil
Homewood
Grace Episcopal Church
Ottawa Herald
South 15Th St
Norris Insurance
Paul Hays
Manager Farm Bureau Insurance
Bruce Osladil
Innovative Insurance
Bruce
Econo Lodge
Don Martin
P.O. Box
Wellsville
C.A.S. Construction Inc
P.O
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Farmers Insurance Group
David Tackett
27Th Street
Lawrence
Children's Learning Center
Maiia
AVON
Garfield Area
Franklin County Public Works Department
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