Kansas Senate Passes 60 Bills In Marathon Topeka Session
In a seven hour session the Kansas Senate sent 60 bills to the House including penal reform and a sportsmen program. four measures were killed and seven left on the calendar with the session ending April 7. A separate House vote approved 31 of 35 measures, extending its deadline. A turnpike feasibility study from Winfield to southeast Kansas was approved and now moves to the Senate. Representatives from southeast Kansas praised the turnpike project as beneficial to the region.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
House
Senate
Ombudsman
Airlines
Amtrak
John Simpson
Salina
Kansas House
Robert Docking
Strother Field
Winfield
Hutchinson
Wichita
Oklahoma Line
Tulsa
Okla
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas State Line
Kansas Turnpike
Galena
Gay Brokaw
D-Coffeyville
Southeast Kansas
USD 290 Hires Woods as Assistant Superintendent in Ottawa
Kenneth W. Woods of Winfield was hired by USD 290 board to serve as assistant superintendent, replacing William White. The one year contract starts Aug. 1 at 14,500 dollars with 750 dollar travel allowance. Woods is a Garnett High School graduate with degrees from Emporia State and has been Winfield’s assistant superintendent for two years.
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Jewelscott
Kenneth W. Woods
Winfield
U.S.D
Board of Education
Woods
Dan Neuenswander
William White
Hutchinson
Garnett High School
Emporia State
Axtell
U.S.C. 465
Marvin P. Forker
Mary A. (Scribner) Stauffer
Dale King
Ottawa University
Russell Testorff
Becky Reynolds
Federal roadblocks reestablish around Wounded Knee siege
Federal authorities again set up roadblocks around Wounded Knee South Dakota to cut off supplies to about 300 militants occupying the village for two weeks. An FBI agent was wounded in a Sunday shootout and reinforcements were possible as the siege continued with no scheduled meetings.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Justice Department
FBI
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Wayne Colburn
U.S
Pine Ridge Reservation
Curtis Fitzgerald
Chicago
Colburn
Justice and Interior Departments
OU Fund Drive Starts in Ottawa and Franklin County
The Ottawa University fund drive began with a steering committee meeting that set a $54,300 goal. Dick Patterson, chairman, urged support as OU operates on a $3 million budget, aiming to secure advance gifts this week and complete the drive by March 30.
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Ottawa University
Ottawa
Franklin County
Dick Patterson
Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
Peter Armacost
Milo Hewitt
Defense Cites Jury Bias in Garrett Murder Trial
Garretts defense attorney seeks a new trial claiming jurors altered their verdict after learning of Garretts prior rape conviction. The motion, filed with District Judge Floyd Coffman, follows a March 2 guilty verdict for the Sept 25 1971 murder of 85 year old Maude N Richardson in Ottawa. A change of venue to Iola was granted citing pretrial publicity and a 1972 assault rape conviction. Green contends jurors discussed the prior conviction during deliberations and requests testimony from jurors. He also raises issues on discharge, evidence admissibility, and jury instructions. A hearing was tentatively set for April 13 in District Court. Coffman was unavailable for comment.
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Stanley Neil Garrett
Garrett
Floyd H. Coffman
Tola
Maude N. Richardson
Ottawa
Coffman
Robert W. Green
Franklin County District Court
Green
Iola
Richardson
Donald Leach
Leach
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Kansas Adult Authority
KAA
Secretary of Corrections
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Simpson
Winter
Testorff
Lakemary Center
Paola
Stauffer
Katherine Cornwell
Eugene Field
Kathryn Overman
Forker
U.S.D. 287
Ottawa Education Association
Teachers’ Association
Robert A. Anderson
Anderson
Misty
Kansas City
Mo-Kan Cat Club Inc
Karen Flusser
Cottonwood
Peter Flusser
Lora
Kathy
Joe W. Smith
Tremont
North Main
K-68
Smith
Main
Georgia F. Ward
Willow Lane
Ward
N. Main
Phyllis Morgan
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