Gaar Drops Move On Docking Disallowance Fight
In Topeka the Kansas Senate called off an emergency motion to force a vote on Gov. Docking's corporate disallowance. Senator Gaar accused Senate leadership of provoking confrontation and criticized President Bennett while retracting his push amid claims votes were not there. The measure aims to raise about 25 million dollars annually and targets deducting federal income taxes on state returns.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas Senate
Senate
Docking
Norman Gaar
R-Westwood
Gaar
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Richard Rogers
Kansas House OKs Longer Trucks and KPERS Move
Kansas lawmakers advanced truck bills raising tractor-trailer length to 60 feet and axle weights for single and tandem axles, with votes 94-24 and 88-29. The measure heads to Gov. Docking for signature as the Senate sent 26 bills and two resolutions, including a study on prison and hospital facilities.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Senate
House
Kansas Public Employer Retirement System
KPERS
Robert Docking
Scientists eye future of preserved skin for grafts
May Preserve Skin In Future. Doctor William Summerlin of Sloan-Kettering Institute says preserved cultured skin from others could repair burns and wounds once clinically feasible, with grafts lasting up to four and a half years in some patients. Research with animals and multiple centers supports the approach, though it remains experimental and years from hospital use.
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American Cancer Society
Summerlin
Stanford University
Boston
Albany
N.Y
Holland
Indian March Scheduled For Lawrence Today
Lawrence Kansas AP Indians planned a noon march in Lawrence to spotlight Indian problems with a broad turnout expected including non Indians. The event precedes a dinner in St Marys after the march and follows a Topeka NFO meeting suspending a livestock withholding action pending price changes.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Kan
National Farmers Organization
Kansas
NFO
Frank Battese
Potawatomi Tribal Council
St. Mary's
Rose Clifford
Heart of America Indian Center
Kansas City
Wounded Knee
Four Kansas City Rockers arraigned on marijuana charges
Fredrick M. Rider aged 24 Donald G. York 23 Robin L. Davis 24 and Rodney J. Lillard 20 members of a Kansas City area rock group were arraigned on marijuana possession charges. They were arrested on U S 50 east of Emporia while en route to a College of Emporia concert. Rider faced extra counts for speeding and transporting an open liquor bottle with a $550 bond. the others $500.
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Emporia
Kan
Fredrick M. Rider
Donald G. York
Robin L. Davis
Rodney J. Lillard
Kansas City
U.S. 50
College of Emporia
Rider
Medtronic Chief Denies Nader Pacemaker Claims
Earl E. Bakken, president of Medtronic, counters a Nader Health Research Group report saying pacemakers risk premature battery depletion. He calls the conclusions erroneous and says the group sought press attention. The Nader group urged a government recall for up to 30,000 Medtronic devices made before April 1972.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis
Ralph Nader
Earl E. Bakken
Medtronic, Inc
Nader Health Research Group
Bakken
Nader Group
Medtronic
Oil Firms Propose Offshore Port Near Bayou Lafourche
Thirteen major oil companies formed LOOP Inc to build an offshore port 12 miles south of Bayou Lafourche in 110 feet of water capable of handling up to 4 million barrels daily. The plan includes five floating mooring buoys, 1,600 acres for onshore storage, and an 80 mile pipeline to the St. James terminal, with environmental studies under way and a mid 1974 construction target.
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New Orleans
America
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port Inc
Louisiana Superport Authority
Superport Authority
P. J. Mills
LOOP
William B. Read
Bayou Lafourche
Gulf of Mexico
Read
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Herald
First United Methodist Church
4Th
Hickory
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