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Kansas Senate Ways and Means debates two severance tax bills for oil gas and coal after producers press plea. Leaders foresee unlikely passage as critics warn tax could harm industry while supporters push revenue for schools and highways. Montgomery offers amendments to direct half revenue to ad valorem relief. Doyen and Hess oppose delaying vote.
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OPERA
Kan
Senate
Ays and Means Committee
Kansas
Coaldustry
Jack Steineger
Cleale
Ways and Means
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Paul Hess
Wichita
Sen
Don Montgomery
Rhabetha
House
Ways and Means Committee
Montgomery
Ross Doyen
Hess
Doyen
Steineger
Bloodless coup in Bangladesh topples Sattar regime
Bangladesh army seized control early today toppling President Abdus Sattar’s civilian government. General H M Ershad declared martial law and named himself head of government, dissolving Parliament and suspending the constitution. The move, said to restore order, split the nation into zones with deputy martial law administrators.
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Delhi
India
Bangladesh
Abdus Sattar
Dacca
H.M. Ershad
Calcutta
Sattar
Ershad
Sadar
United News of India
Navy
Air Force
Mehboob Ali Khan
Sultan Mehmood
Pollution Relaxed Emission Standards Draw Fire In House Subcommittee
In Washington AP reports a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee voted to ease emission limits to the auto industry’s preferred levels despite environmental protests. The panel backed a bill allowing CO from 2.4 to 7.0 grams per mile and NOx from 1.0 to 2.0 grams, with bipartisan Senate moves to protect regions with clean air.
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Washington
House
House Energy and Commerce
Senate Environment Committee
Gary Hart
D-Coro
Senate
House Subcommittee On Health and the Environment
Kansas Senate advances motorcycle lights bill and arson investigator powers
The Kansas Senate tentatively approved two measures on Tuesday, including a requirement for newer motorcycles and mopeds to run with lights on and giving police powers to arson investigators. Twenty seven bills got first-round approval for final votes, with other actions including funding packages for Pittsburg State University, the Kansas School for the Deaf, the University of Kansas, and KU Medical Center.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
House
Pittsburg State University
Kansas School For the Deaf At
Olathe
University of Kansas
KU Medical Center
Lights On Bicycle Bill Targeting Newer Machines Moves In Kansas
Kansas lawmakers consider a Lights On bill to require headlights on cycles built since 1978 to boost visibility and reduce accidents. The arson investigator bill would grant state and designated local investigators powers to arrest carry weapons and conduct searches. Several other measures include salt water use on roads, higher education loans for parents, and Board of Education rulemaking procedures.
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Kansas
House
State Board of Education
Board of Education
New Low Inflation Seen As Possible Improvement
Economists foretell a trend toward lower inflation in the 1980s driven by reduced oil dependence, wage concessions, stronger price competition, and steadier anti inflation policy. While not a firm forecast, signs include slower price increases and wage givebacks from UAW and Teamsters, with consumer inflation around 3 percent in February and a 3.7 percent average since December.
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Donald Ratajczak
Georgia State University
College of Business Administration
Ratajczak
Alfred E. Kahn
Carter
Kahn
United Auto Workers Union
Teamsters
Labor Department
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