Kansas House Backs Nonprofit Bingo Bill
The Kansas House approved a measure to remove criminal penalties for bingo run by certain nonprofit groups. The Senate had passed a parallel legalizing bill for religious, fraternal, or charitable organizations. Attorney General Vern Miller warned the House against abandoning the constitutional ban on lotteries. Legislators sparred over the measure as Frank Gaines and Francia McMaster clashed on strategy while Kenith Howard Jr. added a provision limiting nonpenalized bingo to the exempt organization itself.
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Topeka
Kansas House Today
Senate
Kenith Howard Jr
Roverland Park
Ottawa Senator Decries SB 269 as unconstitutional gambit
A SEN criticizes Kansas Senate Bill 269, calling it an unconstitutional attempt to redefine bingo as non lottery. The piece argues the bill shifts responsibility, notes past AG positions, and predicts court action plus continued opposition to gambling in churches and clubs.
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Sen
Wint Winter
Kansas
Raquel Welch
Senate
Supreme Court
Lodge Hall
Taxpayer group officers testify before county grand jury
Franklin County Taxpayers Association president Roy E. Swank vice president William H. Rice and member James K. Peckham appeared before a county grand jury probing voting irregularities in last November’s general election. The jury met for about two hours and adjourned. next session is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
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Franklin County Taxpayers Association
Roy E. Swank
Association
William H. Rice
James K. Peckham
Rantoul Rfd
Grand Jury
Rand
Bruce Spears
FCTA Pursues Limits on Community Service Education Program
Franklin County commissioners stated they lack authority to open a local investigation into the Community Service and Continuing Education Program despite a request from the Franklin County Taxpayers Association. Roy E. Swank alleged excessive salaries and overhead, urging action to repealing the program under Title 1, Higher Education Act of 1965, with the program funded through a Community Development Program involving federal, state, and Ottawa University.
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Franklin County Taxpayers’ Association
Commission
Roy E. Swank
Taxpayers‘ Association
Swank
Ottawa University
Angell Quits As OU Dean
Dr. Wayne D. Angell, dean of Ottawa University's college for three years, resigns to return to full-time teaching as economics professor for the 1971 72 year. President Armacost praises his leadership while Angell cites commitments to teaching and activities in Republican Kansas and Baptist circles.
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Wayne D. Angell
Ottawa University
Peter H. Armacost
Angell
Kansas
Kansas Baptist Convention
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
University of Kansas
Armacost
Freight cars vanish amid fake IDs on Penn Central network
The Penn Central bankruptcy era rail giant reports loss of at least 277 freight cars valued over $1 million. FBI and task force probe how cars with new colors and identities end up as La Salle & Bureau County Railroad property. Railroads pool cars across 220000 miles of track and misuse of registrations is common.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central
America
FBI
Federal Task Force On Organized Crime
la Salle
Bureau County Railroad
Illinois
United States
Egyptian antiaircraft fire disrupts cease-fire calm
The Middle East cease-fire expired March 7 as Egyptian antiaircraft guns fired on two Israeli Phantom jets over Port Fuad near the Suez Canal. A Cairo report says Sadat gave a 17 day grace period until March 24 to prompt U.S. diplomacy.
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Middle East
Cairo
Port Fuad
Suez Canal
Beirut
Egypt
United States
al Nahar
Fuad Mattar
Anwar Sadat
Nixon
Sadat
Israel
Jordan
Mattar
U.S
Washington
William P. Rogers
Weather County Forecast: Calm Nights and Warmer Saturday
Tonight fair and colder with northwest winds around 15 mph. Saturday mostly sunny and warmer. Low tonight 20 to 25. High Saturday mid to upper 40s. Regional temps record and precipitation notes listed with sparse hourly data and barometer at 30.05.
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Bam
Viet retreat expands as Saigon pulls 2 000 to 3 000 troops
Saigon announces withdrawal of between 2 000 and 3 000 troops from Laos over the past two days, leaving about 18 000 over the border. Brig. Gen. Pham Van Phu says 1st Infantry Regiment about 1 500 men pulled out after heavy North Vietnamese attacks. three phases of the Laos campaign completed, with Highway 914 sweep and Sepones advance noted. Unaccounted troops rise to more than 200.
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Saigon
Laos
South Vietnam
Tran van An
Ham Nghi
Pham van Phu
Phu
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Sepone
Brakes Still On Cost Of Living
Washington AP reports the government notes a two tenths of one percent rise in the cost of living for last month, with January up one tenth. The increase remains below typical 0.3 to 0.6 percent monthly gains shown for most of last year. Secretary Hodson calls it good news at the White House.
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Washington
White House
James D. Hodgson
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Jack Euler
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Angell Quits
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