Legislative Overview Presented at Ottawa Chamber Luncheon
Ottawa legislators Sen. Winton Winter and Rep. George Wingert applauded recent Kansas Legislature actions at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. They cited highway bond measures, welfare funding, tax shifts, billboard rules to save federal funds, and potential tax lid extensions while noting unresolved omnibus budget issues and looming considerations for homestead exemptions and school aid.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Winton A. Winter
Ottawa University
George Wingert
Winter
Wingert
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
William Bowers
Robert Docking
Uncle Sam
Rotunda mural glosses white history of Arikaree battle
Kansas City column argues the Capitol rotunda murals celebrate white soldiers narratives while omitting Native perspectives. It details the 1868 Battle of Arikaree with Roman Nose and Beecher's Island, noting Dee Brown's critique and the mural’s limited plaque.
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Leroy Towns
Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Capitol
Arikaree
U. S,rmy
Kansas Line
Colorado
Ft. Wallace
David H. Overmyer
State Historical Society
Roman Nose
Sandy
Dee Brown
Wounded Knee
Sand Creek
Custer
Sherman
U.S. Army
George A. Forsyth
Brown
Mine Creek
Little Big Horn
Black Hills
Capitol Rotunda
Beecher
Nixon lays blame on middlemen for high food prices
President Nixon tells reporters that middlemen not farmers are driving food costs higher and vows action if prices do not fall. He defends wage price controls, cites CPI rise in February, and backs a busing moratorium while agreeing with the 1954 ruling against separate but equal. He names Kleindienst as DOJ head and heads to Camp David for weekend.
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Washington
Nixon
Camp David
Justice Department
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Supreme Court
Richard Kleindienst
Senate
Essors
Fancy Frills Expensive New York Breakfast Prices
President Nixon cited the Pierre Hotel breakfast as an example of high costs and middlemen taking a share of the food dollar. A New Yorker can eat nearby for a fraction of the price, at simple counters offering eggs, rolls, and coffee. Restaurateurs say rising costs threaten their businesses, but some say full service with many staff justifies the higher prices.
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New York
Pierre
New Yorker
Vienna
Nixon
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Fifth Avenue
New York Area
Peacemaker Arrives As Northern Ireland Tensions Rise
William Whitelaw arrived in Belfast as British secretary of state for Northern Ireland amid high security. Catholic leaders pledged cooperation with the peace initiative and urged the IRA to end violence, while the SDLP called the reforms steps toward peace. The day saw a killing in Springfield Road, an armored-car mine near the border injuring two soldiers, and ongoing fears of Protestant-Catholic clashes as troops standby and political talks begin.
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Belfast
William Whitelaw
Northern Ireland
Civil
Social Democratic and Labor Party
UDLP
Londonderry
SDLP
IRA
Whitelaw
London
Irish Republic
Springfield Road
Irish Republican Army
Ulster
Britain
Provisional
Dublin
Provisional Army Council
Brian Faulkner
Faulkner
Governor seeks ratification of equal rights amendment in Kansas
Governor Robert Docking said he will ask the Kansas Legislature to ratify the equal rights for women amendment this year. Lawmakers return for a special one day extension of the 1972 session with adjournment by midnight Tuesday. Congress completed work on the amendment Wednesday and officials expect delivery papers to be in Topeka Tuesday.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Congress
Bocking
Docking
General Services Administration
County Forecast Highlights Clear Skies Tonight
County forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies tonight with a low in the 30s. Sunday should be partly cloudy and warmer with a high in the 60s and near zero precipitation probability. Historical highs and lows for this date are cited, with 39 Friday and 35 today, plus 92 and 11 as old records.
POW Week Proclaimed in Kansas for Prisoner Release
Governor Robert Docking proclaimed November 23 to 29 as Prisoner of War Week in Kansas urging citizens to pray for the release of service members held by North Vietnam the Viet Cong and the Pathet Lao. He also urged writing state legislators congressmen the President and North Vietnam to press for identification inspection better treatment repatriation of the sick and wounded and speedy release.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
North Vietnam
Docking
Largest ever tax warrants turned over for collection
Franklin County Sheriff's Office received 22788.21 dollars in delinquent personal property tax warrants to be collected starting next week. Undersheriff James A. Richardson called the amount the largest ever handed to the department. Unpaid real estate taxes should be paid at the Franklin County Courthouse.
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Franklin County Sheriff's Office
James A. Richardson
Sheriff’s Office
Franklin County
Richardson
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Treasury
John B. Connally
Peacemaker
Maghera
Ely
Wey
Annandale
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