Israel Pushes Deep Into Southern Lebanon to Litani
Israeli armor and air power pressed into southern Lebanon beyond the Litani River amid U N calls for withdrawal. Prime Minister Begin sought guarantees guerrillas will not return as U N proposed a 4000 strong peacekeeping force to oversee the area.
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Tyre
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Litani
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Menachen Begin
United States
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Begin
New York
Carter
Washington
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China
Emmanuel Erskine
Ghana
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Enso Siilasvuo
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Braves Dominate Conference All Stars in Four Standouts
Four Braves receive conference all star honors signaling strong season. Leon Spinks highlights weekend coverage on page five with results and reaction. State welfare plan costs for Kansas noted, while moving preparations pose challenges on page ten.
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Braves
AAM Moves Toward National Wheat Plowdown
Springfield AP. American Agriculture movement members prepare a wheat plowdown to press for break-even prices. Spokesman Jerry Wright says farmers in parts of the nation will plow under up to half their wheat or convert it to pasture. Some Kansas farmers plan weekly 5 percent plowdowns until June harvest. Estimates 60 to 70 percent of wheat farmers will plow or pasture part of their crop. weather delays earlier start. Farmers insist they will stay determined. production cuts replace earlier 100 percent parity demands.
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Springfield
Colo
American Agriculture Movement
Jerry Wright
American Agriculture
Wright
Kansas
Carter
Post Audit Secrecy Measure In Danger
In Topeka the Senate Ways and Means Committee weighed Rep. Fred Weaver's bill to keep post audit reports confidential after a leakage last fall. Opponents fear press gagging and a crime penalty up to a year in prison and 2500 dollars. The panel scheduled another meeting after today’s session as lawmakers debated how to police confidentiality.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Ways and Means
Fred Weaver
Post Audit Division
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Weaver
House
Senate Committee
Sens
Paul Hess
Wichita
Frank Gaines
Augusta
Berman
New Bid For Use Value Key In Kansas House
In Topeka 55 Democrats seek to revive a constitutional amendment to let the Legislature tax residential property separately, aiming to prevent a large homeowners tax rise after reappraisal. Speaker John Carlin supports the move, despite a previous failure by three votes. The proposal would go to the Calendar and Printing Committee.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
John Carlin
D-Smolan
Carlin
Senate
Warm Midwest weather as spring nears in Kansas
Topeka forecast shows highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s with a few morning showers from a low pressure system moving through Oklahoma. Skies to be partly cloudy statewide with cooler, breezy conditions and a gradual warmup into midweek. Flooding in Nebraska may push Missouri River above flood stage briefly in Leavenworth by today.
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Topeka
Kan
Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Nebraska
Platte River
Missouri River
Kansas
Leavenworth
Wolf Creek Probe Awaits Green Light
The Legislative Coordinating Council plans a Tuesday meeting to approve the formal charge for a seven member special investigative panel probing KCPLs sale of 17 percent of Wolf Creek nuclear plant shares. Chair Rep Donald Mainey aims to convene the panel Wednesday to assess effects on a John Redmond Reservoir water contract with KCPL KG&E and others.
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Topeka
Kan
Legislative Coordinating Council
Wolf Creek
Robert Coldsnow
Fred Carman
Statehouse
Kansas City Power and Light Co
Burlington
KCPL
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Wichita
Kansas Rural Electric Cooperatives
Nebraska
Kg&e
John Redmond
Donald Mainey
D-Topeka
House Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Robert Miller
Democrats Seek $33 Billion Cut in Social Security Tax
Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee urged trimming the upcoming Social Security tax by 33 billion dollars and shifting costs to general tax revenues. They call for Fed easing to curb rising rates and maintaining President Carter’s 500 billion dollar spending target. Republicans oppose easing and warn of inflation, while agreeing to moderate tax hikes for middle income families. The report follows O Neill’s push for an earlier cut and signals Congress to rethink the 227 billion dollar ten year Social Security funding plan.
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Washington
Joint Economic Committee
Federal Reserve
Carter
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
White House
O'Neill
Congress
City launches alley clean-up funded by block grant
The city will start an alley clean-up program funded by the Community Development Block Grant on Tuesday. Crews from the Department of Public Works will work along the alley between Cleveland and Locust streets, visiting homeowners to determine work needs. Target area is the north part of town bounded by Cleveland, Main, Wilson, and Forest.
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Department of Public Works
Cleveland
Locust Streets
Warners
Watkins
Main
Wilson
Forest
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