Climactic Week In Legislature In Kansas
The ninth week of the 1971 Kansas Legislature yielded clashes over pay raises for legislators and Johnson County officials, vetoes against bills to raise taxes and expand state rules, and a Supreme Court ruling invalidating a proposed executive reorganization amendment. Several bills died, while others advanced, including a congressional reapportionment plan, a stronger beer tax, a state census method shift, and a $300 million highway bond proposal.
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Topeka
Kansas
Robert Docking
Johnson County
Kansas Supreme Court
Docking
House
Senate
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Nice Crooks Finish First
Sammy Lee Fleming waited at the Dade County Courthouse all day seeking to begin a 60 day jail term for buying receiving and concealing stolen goods. He left free when a judge converted the sentence to probation after his long wait and a public defender argued for a second chance.
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Miami
Sammy Lee Fleming
Dade County
Fleming
Roy Black
Black
Alfonso C. Sepe
Highway bond plan sparks battle over fund use in Kansas
In Topeka the Kansas Legislature debates a 300 million dollar highway bonding bill to speed the 1969 freeway system. Senate approval was 28 to 10. House committee awaits action. Debate centers on allocating funds and avoiding misprioritized projects as costs and federal matches loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
State Highway Commission
Senate
House
Liberal
Missouri- Kansas
Pratt
Wichita
Augusta
Chanute
Hays
Kansas-Nebraska
Sabetha
U. S
Osage-Coffey County
Kansas-Missouri
St. Joseph
Belleville
Salina
Aitchison
Olathe
Leavenworth
Overland Park
Kansas-Oklahoma
Baxter Springs
Fort Scott
Pittsburg
Lawrence
Coffeyville
Caney
Ottawa Iola
Fredonia
Independence
Kansas 10
Highway Department
David Owen
Tom van Sickie
R-Fort Scott
Ways and Means Committee
Owen
van Sickie
van Sickle
Bourbon County
Weather Snapshot Records and Temps For the Day
Weather data shows Friday high 72 and today’s low 39 with year ago marks 43 and 17. Record highs 82 in 1918 and record low 11 in 1948. Hourly readings end at 8 am with several values around 50s to 70s, barometer at 29.70 inches.
Viets Nearing End Of Laos Operation
Saigon officials said the major Laos operation should wrap in about two weeks with some troops remaining at border posts. Brig. Gen. Pham Van Phu claimed decisive blows against Hanoi's 568th Logistics Command and the Ho Chi Minh trail network as troops moved toward Sepone and Fire Support Base Delta One. The force plans to return to the border by April due to rain and fog hindering air support, while helicopter troop lifts will sustain pressure on the supply network.
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Saigon
Laos
Associated Press
George Esper
Ham Nghi
Pham van Phu
Hanoi
568Th
Phu
Esper
Sepone
Delta One
Sophia
U.S
Spone
Turkey Starts New Government After Military Coup
President Cevdet Sunay began forming a new government after Premier Suleyman Demirel and his cabinet resigned to avoid a military takeover. Generals who led the coup promised a coalition under an independent acceptable to the military to halt disorders and warned the military will seize power if not. Demonstrations targeted the United States and NATO, while four American airmen were kidnapped, then released and harmed five days later.
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Ankara
Turkey
Cevdet Sunay
Suleyman Demirel
Demirel
Justice Party
Sunay
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Israel Proposes Demilitarized Sinai with Joint Force
Premier Golda Meir told the London Times a joint Israeli Egyptian peace keeping force could maintain a demilitarized Sinai and deter attacks. Israel would keep Sharm el Sheikh Golan Heights and Jerusalem. oppose Gaza return and a separate Palestinian state. Fulbright cites a UN peace-keeping role and possible major step toward agreement. Rogers says U S and Russia discuss friendly relations with Israel despite gaps.
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Associated Press
Golda Meir
Israel
Sinai
Mra. Meir
London Times
Sharm el Sheikh
Strait of Tiran
Gulf of Aqaba
Golan Heights
Syria
Jerusalem
Egypt
Gaza Strip
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Ottawa High
H. K. Stevens
Parsons
Emporia
Ottawa
Cyclones
Great Bend
Hutchinson
McPherson
Seventeenth and Main
Gibson Discount Center
Underwood
N. Main
Charles Underwood
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Muong Nong
North Vietnam
Gary W. Davis
Williamsburg
RFD
S. Main
Gas Service Company
Davis
Main
West Bank
Jordan River
Soviet Union
Isvesila
Washington
J. William Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
United Nations
Middle East
Arkansas Democrat
Gunnar V. Jarring
William P. Rogers
Asid
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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