Kansas square dance push seeks official state status
Three Kansas square dancers urged the Senate Governmental Organization Committee to join a nationwide drive to designate square dancing as the official folk dance for all 50 states. Kansas is among 20 states considering the measure, as 23 states already recognize square dancing nationally. A separate Hutchinson ruling voided a nearly $2 million default judgment against J.H. Shears Sons Inc. over an auto crash after an insurance error caused delayed response. The U.S. is a decade behind Australia in discussing government's role in agriculture, according to Australian farm group head Don McGauchie, who met Gov. Graves and lawmakers during a US trip.
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Kansas
Senate Governmental Organization Committee
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Construction Company
Reno
William
Buck’’ Lyle
J.H. Shears’ Sons Inc
Newton
Michael Reid
Roscoe Lewis
Reid
Lewis
Lyle
Shears’ Sons’ Insurance Company
United States
Australia
Don McGauchie
National Farmers Federation of Australia
McGauchie
Lawrence
Bill Graves
U.S
Senate OKs 9 million for state Agriculture budget
In Topeka the Senate tentatively approved a bill to fund the Kansas Department of Agriculture at 9 million dollars, including 175 thousand for the Farmers Assistance Counselling and Training Services program known as FACTS. Critics argued the program from the 1980s farm crisis is no longer necessary, while Ways and Means hearings recommended continued funding.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
State Department of Agriculture
Ways and Means Committee
County delays property tax notices to March 17
County tax notices delayed to March 17 as county seeks extra time from the Kansas Department of Revenue. Steve Brown said the extension pushes the mailing date from March 1 to March 31, with hopes to mail by the 17th. Reasons include new valuation factors for agricultural land and a very active local real estate market requiring more appraisal research. Actual tax bills still mailed in December.
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Anklin County
Steve Brown
Kansas Department of Revenue
Brown
County sales tax figures show Ottawa outpacing last year
Kansas Department of Revenue figures show Scette County and Ottawa posting steep gains in sales tax revenue through December 1994. Franklin County totals rise 25.52 percent year over year, with Ottawa up 25.27 percent. Pomona and Williamsburg also report substantial increases while Osawatomie lags behind.
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City of
Ottawa
Kansas Department of Revenue
Franklin County
Pomona
Williamsburg
Wellsville
Osawatomie
Greenspan warns dollar slide fuels inflation risk
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told the House Budget Committee the dollar’s sharp decline on global currency markets is unwelcome and troublesome, blaming a large budget deficit for some of the weakness. He cautioned the weak dollar could raise inflationary pressures while stressing the economy remains vibrant and the Fed is vigilant for inflation signs.
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Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Congress
Greenspan
U.S
House Budget Committee
Fed
Water Authority schedules public meeting in Ottawa Kansas
The Kansas Water Authority will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday March 22 in the Ottawa Middle School multi purpose room. The session is part of a series across the state to discuss the Kansas Water Plan and three proposed policies. Also noted are revisions to Water Quality and Environmental Protection Strategy subsections affecting the Lower Arkansas, Marais des Cygnes and Smoky Hill basins.
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Kamas Wiffice
Kansas
Kansas Water Plan
Kansas Water Office
Arkansas
Marais Desee
Smoky Hill
Eeasion
Ice cream clues in Simpson case hint at timing
Prosecution cites a Nicole Brown Simpson cup test showing lumpy chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, questioned by detective Lange. He notes a single attacker theory, traces of blood under fingernails, Fuhrman records eyed, Clark custody matter delayed, Lange to return for more questioning.
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Simpson
Tom Lange
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Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Lange
Goldman
Johnnie Cochran Jr
Fuhrman
Lance Ito
Mark Fuhrman
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