Homesteaders and Teachers Face Key Kansas House Issues
Kansas House committees tackled expanding homestead tax relief benefits and a due process bill for teachers. Republicans labeled the relief measure the Kansas Circuit Breaker Act, proposing funding from federal revenue sharing to reach about 10.4 million annually, with broader homeownership limits under pending changes. A Liberal leader criticized the due process bill as instant tenure, while debates on apportionment set a floor vote path amid court-ordered districting deadlines. The Ways and Means panel also eyed 28.31 million from revenue sharing plus up to 22 million in bonds to upgrade the University of Kansas medical center in Kansas City Kansas.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas House
House
Robert Docking
Docking
Liberal School Board
Jo Ann Sharp
House Education Committee
NEA
Sharp
Senate
Bunten
Smith
House Ways and Means
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Little Willy Undermeyer Charts Cozy Cowboy Rounds
New York based tale follows Willy Undermeyer a patient playful six year old who masters a gentler form of pretend gunplay around a hilltop fort built by peers including Jackie Sheehy Terry Maher and Pee Wee Ruggles The scene shows neighborhood kids playing a rodeo style game with milk crate forts and mock gunfire in a lighthearted slice of childhood nostalgia.
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New York
Little Willy Undermeyer
Willy
Jackie Sheehy
Jackie
Geronimo
Terry Maher
U.S. Cavalry
Finger
Bang
Roy Rodgers
Harry Billips
NBC Veep Mulholland helped spark longer local news era
Robert E. Mulholland, named NBC vice president for television news, helped Los Angeles KNBC expand locally produced early evening news from one to two hours, creating two five and six p.m. programs with dedicated teams and launching NBC Nightly News. The move influenced major markets to lengthen local news, while networks consider hour-long expansions amid ongoing local news growth.
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New York
Robert E. Mulholland
NBC
Knbc-Tv
Los Angeles
Wtop-Tv
Washington, D.C
KNBC
Mulholland
Jobs Fair Attracts Vietnam Veterans in Kansas City
Hundreds of unemployed Vietnam veterans gathered at the Municipal Auditorium for a NAB and chamber sponsored Jobs Fair with 150 companies booths. Organizers cite nationwide veteran unemployment and ongoing efforts to hire, while attendees voiced mixed optimism about finding immediate work.
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Kansas City
National Alliance of Businessmen
NAB
Chambers of Commerce
Municipal Auditorium
Charles B. Collins III
Washington
NAB Veterans Program
Department of Labor
Monthly Labor Review
Collins
Panama Hearings Extend Over Canal Sovereignty
The U N Security Council in Panama enters its final day with the United States opposing all draft resolutions on the Panama Canal. Ambassador Scali says no acceptable resolution yet, as talks seek a compromise. The U S veto looms if a pro Panamanian measure passes, while Panama seeks UN help for sovereignty over the Canal Zone and a prompt new treaty framework. Scali announces U S readiness to conclude a canal treaty promptly while proposing continued U S operation and defense for a yet to be set period.
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U.N. Security Council
United States
Panama Canal
U.S
John Scali
Seals
Nixon
Council
United Nations
Canal
Latin America
Scali
U.N
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Hoover’s
Metropolitan Life Insurance
George Biswell
Air Force
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Marines
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States
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Nam
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Ott
California
Sunkist
Florida
Idaho
Tady Scott
Scott
Kraft Amer
KRAFT
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
Foodtown Coupon
Viva Towels
Jumeo
AGUS
Mitra
Bacon
PEG
Norn
del Monte Catsup
Pringle
Armour Asst
Armour Star
Wieners
Seitz Bologna
Brook’s Chili
Sani Peat
H Burger
Atka
Armour
MIL
Shurfine
Canea
Miracle
Pioneer
Bunny
Splittop Bread
Morton
Sara Lee
Hicken
Bil
Formica
U.S.D.A
Joe
Palmoli Liquid
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