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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1979
Page
6
Liquor Change Defeated In Kansas Senate Vote
In Topeka the Kansas Senate failed to approve a constitutional amendment to loosen liquor by the drink. The final tally was 19 to 21, eight votes short of the 27 needed. Sen. Gaines opposed after a promised definition of restaurant language was not met. A county option plan for 1980 faced uncertain future as Majority Leader Norman Gaar vowed no further action this session. County forecast followed: mostly cloudy tonight with mid to upper 30s, Friday showers and possible thunderstorms, highs in the upper 40s to low 50s, 60 percent rain chance Friday.
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Topeka, Kan
Senate
Norman Gaar
Gaar
Don Allegracei
Pittsburg
Frank Gaines
Augusta
Gaines
New Grading System Tries Skills Checklists Districtwide
U S D 290 replaces traditional cards with extended skills checklists and achievement grades for grades one through six, plus an effort grade for high school. Teachers explain specifics to parents. early feedback is favorable though format changes may improve handling next year.
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U.S.D
Johnnie
Susie
Kenneth
Woods
Barry Robinson
Eugene Field
Economy Puts On The Brakes Widening Slowdown Signals
Washington AP reports the index of leading economic indicators fell 1.2 percent in January the largest drop in four years driven by declines in building permits and the average work week. Five indicators rose including stock prices and factory orders. Analysts debate if slowdown is orderly or a recession as inflation and the trade deficit persist.
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Washington
Commerce Department
China and Vietnam Face Off Over Cambodia Coup
News agencies report China linking withdrawal from Vietnam to Vietnam quitting Cambodia with mutual withdrawal urged. Separately, major oil firms curb Iranian oil to dealers amid the Iran crisis as Mobil and others cut crude supply. Hanoi claims 1600 Chinese troops dead in Lang Son as border fighting intensifies.
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Vietnam
Kampuchea
Southeast Asia
New York
Texaco
Standard Oil of Indiana
Amoco
Cities Service
Mobil
Atlantic Richfield
Continental Oil Co
Hanoi
Peking
Pol Pot
Hanoi Radio
Lang Son
State Gasoline Tax Increase Pending
A Kansas House subcommittee recommends a two cent per gallon rise for gasoline and diesel to bolster highway maintenance and construction. The plan, moving to the full Transportation Committee, would raise the current eight cent gasoline and ten cent diesel taxes, with one cent allocated to the Highway Fund and one cent to the City and County Highway Fund.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
House
House Transportation Committee
Kansas House Reapportionment Vote Splits Democrats
Democrats in Kansas House protest a reapportionment bill, voting 64 to 58 to pass after a call of the House. Republicans largely opposed, four GOP members joined Democrats. absent members noted. The move keeps a two-cent gasoline-diesel tax differential rooted in trucking industry agreements and local revenue sharing while sparing a broader tax rise.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
House
GOP
Kansas
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