Experts defend state energy office in Kansas hearing
A Kansas legislative panel heard experts oppose abolishing the state energy office. Jerry Sherk of NCSL argued energy programs are vital, especially if federal funding shifts to states. He noted potential private investment tools like tax credits, bonds, and grants to fund conservation efforts.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Jerry Sherk
National Conference of State Legislatures
NCSL
Special Committee On Energy and Natural Resources
Sherk
Senate
Kansas Energy Office
Ross Coyen
R-Concordia
Washington
Reagan
Congress
Congress Debates Life Beginning At Conception And Death
A Senate subcommittee approved a bill defining life as beginning at conception while a presidential commission urged states to adopt a uniform death definition of irreversible cessation of all brain or circulatory and respiratory functions. The panel warned against mixing death definitions with life sustaining treatment laws.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Presidential Commission
Commission
Judiciary
Lutherans Elect Black Leader to Second Vice Presidency
Rev. Dr. Joseph G. Lavalais, pastor at St Philip's in Philadelphia since 1943, elected second vice president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod by 1,100 delegates. He becomes the highest ranking black in a major Lutheran church with about 180 black congregations and 10,000 black members.
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ST. Louis
Joseph G. Lavalais
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Byrant Clancy
Lavalais
St. Philip’s Lutheran Church
Philadelphia
Synod
Clancy
Charlotte
N.C
Ralph A. Bohlmann
Bohlmann
Jacob A.O. Preus
Robert Sauer
Sauer
Kansas Eyes Waste Agreement with Four Neighboring States
Kansas plans an interstate compact with Oklahoma Nebraska Missouri and Arkansas to regulate disposal and storage of low level radioactive wastes. Negotiations begin July 23 24 in Oklahoma City with model legislation. A study on the cost of a single Kansas site is due in 30 40 days.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Health and Environment
Joseph Harkins
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Missouri
Arkansas
Harkins
John Carlin
Health and Environment Department
Central
Wolf Creek
Lyons
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Alexander Capron
Ottawa
Franklin County
Ottaway Amusements
Ottawa Jaycees
Floyd Rumford Rodeo Co
Abbyville, Kansas
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Kansas Livestock Ass'n
Bar-K Western
South Main
Brady Implement Co
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