Carter Delays Budget Cuts List Amid Political Winds
President Carter has no definitive list of spending cuts for his 13 billion budget-balancing package, with sources saying the delay may help him politically in Illinois and New York primaries. House and Senate committees plan about 18 billion in cuts, drawn from the January budget, avoiding new oil import revenues.
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Iran Votes Split as Bani Sadr Fares in Tehran
Iran's new Majlis results show Bani Sadr supporters leading in Tehran seven of 30 districts while IRP allies dominate 34 of 79 districts outside Tehran. Independent candidates hold 21 seats with eight more decided by runoffs. Hostage crisis policy and Khomeini statements influence angles as counting continues across 116 districts. County forecast notes breezy, mild weather with highs in the 60s and narrow wind shifts.
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Iran
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U.S
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IRP
Majlis
Ottawa City Commission to Hear Five Street Paving Proposals
Public hearings will review proposed improvements on Elm, Sycamore, Beech, Seventh Terrace, and Powhattan streets with cost sharing between landowners and city. Also on the agenda: rezoning three lots for lumberyard rebuilding, elderly housing density rules, 1979 Community Development funds report, a beer license for Bill's Bar, and updates as two commissioners and the city manager miss the meeting in Washington. The session starts at 9 35 a.m. in City Hall.
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Leonard Larson
Dorothy Nichols
Robert Mills
National League of Cities
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Kansas Presidential Primary Coverage Summary
National brief notes Kansas presidential primary coverage across pages 2 and 8. It highlights candidate standings, turnout estimates, and key state reactions, with mentions of party affiliation and regional voting patterns. The article situates Kansas within the national race and references party leaders commenting on results.
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Lending Rate At New High
NEW YORK AP The cost of business loans jumped for the fifth time this month as Chase Manhattan Bank and the First National Bank of Chicago raised their prime lending rate to a record 19 percent. Chase Manhattan also began a special loan rate for small businesses at 18 1 4 percent. First National Bank of Chicago lifted its prime from 18 percent, with rates tied to Fed actions aimed at slowing inflation. The move follows President Carter’s anti inflation program introducing new surcharges and higher reserve requirements for large bank deposits.
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Ottawa Truck lays off workers amid demand slowdown
Ottawa Truck a Gulf Western unit cut staff last week due to weak national freight demand. Manager Bert Nesbit estimates the reduced headcount around 29, with salaried and hourly workers affected. Plant expansion halted at year start. hopes to rehire as economy improves. no May shutdown planned.
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Gulf + Western
Firefighters Walk Off Job In Kansas City
Gov. Teasdale placed National Guard troops on alert after firefighters walked out and the state planned talks with Kansas City officials over guarding fire stations with military police. Mayor Richard Berkley commented on the tense stand-off as guards were mobilized.
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Kansas City, Mo
Joseph Teasdale
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Richard Berkley
Teasdale
Berkley
Harder Pleads SRS Case and City Fire Sabotage Report
In Topeka emergency talks, SRS chief Robert Harder asked a legislative panel to reject a plan for a 12-member SRS probe while defending the agency's handling of up to 100 monthly complaints and warning against undermining its public role. Separately, Fire Chief Norman Caron reported 18 sabotaged fire units prompting council action amid a firefighters’ walkout and a court hearing on contempt.
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Robert Harder
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House Governmental Organization Committee
Harold Hamil
Aaron Wilson
Jackson County
Laurence Smith
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