Arthur Godfrey Joins Anti SST Foes in Senate Hearing
Washington AP Arthur Godfrey radio TV star joins Coalition against the SST opposing $1.3 billion in federal funding for two prototypes as obscene and unnecessary While Okun and Percy discuss jobs and costs Godfrey argues taxpayers should not fund the plane and local airline insiders warn of broader government aid needs The veteran broadcaster recounts jet contrails clouding Colorado skies early in the day and questions the plane's environmental impact
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Washington
Arthur Godfrey
Coalition
Godfrey
Arthur Okun
Lyndon B. Johnson
Council of Economic Advisors
Nixon
Okun
Charles H. Percy
Bill
U.S
Congress
Grand Jury Questions Focused on Hospital Bond Vote Irregularities
Franklin County commissioners reviewed 32 questions from the Franklin County Taxpayers' Association letter outlining alleged irregularities in the November 1970 hospital bond election. The grand jury, chosen Tuesday, will probe ballot handling, recount procedures, and related conduct over a 90 day period.
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Franklin County
Franklin County Taxpayers’ Association
Roy E. Swank
Grand Jury
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa Times
Steve Lott
Nelson Briles
Ottawa
RFD
Bruce Spears
The
Carolyn Mayes
Pomona
Wellsville
Glen Gould
W. 9Th
Harrison Township
Russell Savage
L. R. Wilkinson
Homewood Township
Grace Crabb
Williamsburg
Kansas Supreme Court voids executive reorg amendment
The Kansas Supreme Court struck down a constitutional amendment for reorganizing the executive branch while upholding a separate amendment on submitting constitutional questions. It also allowed a special election on April 6 to decide voter eligibility for 18-year-olds. The ruling questioned Earl C. Moore’s legal standing to challenge the amendments.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Executive Branch
Kansas
High Court
Wichita
Earl C. Moore
Moore
William R. Carpenter
Shawnee County
Carpenter
Kansas Senate
House
Weather County Forecast Fair and warm this afternoon
Weather forecast outlines fair and warm conditions this afternoon and tonight with winds from the southwest at 10 to 20 mph. Low temperatures dip to the upper 30s to low 40s, with Friday expected to be partly cloudy and only slight temperature changes, highs in the 60s. The day's markers show Wednesday high near 60 and today’s low around 34, with historical figures of 39 and 28 from a year ago and records of 78 high in 1900 and 5 low in 1948. Hourly temps end around 8 a.m. today.
Nixon Urges Judicial Reform in Address at Conference
President Nixon urged reform of courts and prisons to curb crime and restore respect for law in the nation during an address prepared for the National Conference on the Judiciary in Williamsburg Virginia. He opposed filming of trials and live courtroom TV and praised judges who curb disrupters.
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Williamsburg
Nixon
National Conference On the Judiciary
Cable TV Here Brought Out Of Mothballs By Edward McGrath
Ottawa city commission weighs revising a 1966 cable franchise ordinance amid new bids for water mains extensions. Edward McGrath notes the plan includes 12 channels on UHF, potential $7.50 monthly rate, $35 installation, and 50 percent resident ownership clauses while water and light upgrades plan added towers and higher pressure.
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Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa Cablevision Inc
Tom Gleason
Federal Communications Commision
Gleason
Commission
Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Royals
Rhoades Construction Co. Inc
Newton
Garney Utilities
Kansas City
Pitman Construction Corp
Olathe
Engineered Mechanical Construction Co
8S & W Contractors
Topeka
Bayer Construction Co
Manhattan
Ditch-N-Com
Seventh and
Beech
Eleventh
Willow
Fifteenth
City Water and Light Department
E. Russell Baker
Fighting Resumes On Laotian Front
Fighting renewed around Sepone in southern Laos as U S B 52 bombers hammer the Ho Chi Minh trail and North Vietnamese forces shell with rockets and mortars. Reports say 23 NVA killed near Sepone, while weather limits helicopter support and U S air power continues deep strikes into Laos.
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Sepone
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Quang Tri
Doan Doc Hoi
U.S
Laotian Panhandle
Areaa Faw Bre
Hawaii
Ban Karai Pass
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Navy
Highway Bonds Bill Heads to House in Kansas
In Topeka the Senate passed a 300 million dollar highway bond bill 28 to 10, sending it to the House. Critics blasted the lack of spending controls, while supporters cited urgent highway needs. The measure funds three year bonds at up to 6.5 percent to build about one fifth of a 234 mile system linking Kansas cities, with projected costs around 600 million by 2001. Governor Docking urged education aid cuts and more allocations for KU Medical Center.
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Lincoln
Fifteenth
Planning Commission
Erma C. DeWitt
Topeka
House
Senate
Highway Commission
Kansas
George Bell
Kansas City
Robert Docking
Docking
University of Kansas Medical Center
General Revenue Fund
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N. Hickory
Everett Stith
George Stewart
S. Elm
Robert Pinet
Third Ward
Josephine Evans
S. Locust
Third Precinct
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Donald E. Jones
N. Main
Joseph Lee
Elm
Ray P. Wolken
S. Main
South Mulberry
Lincoln Township
Ray Smith
Centropolis
Vern Sink
Exec
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Bonafide Residents’’ of
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W.E. Woodard
State Highway Commission
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