Republican Fight Shaping Up In Kansas Speakership Bid
Rep. Bob Arbuthnot formally announced his candidacy for House speakership in Kansas after November elections. He argued Speaker Wendell Lady may be vulnerable due to leadership issues and possible governor ambitions. Arbuthnot cited discontent over highway funding and a new big-district enrollment category as proof of breakdown in party discipline and conference committee overreach.
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Bob Arbuthnot
House
Haddam
Arbuthnot
Wendell Lady
Overland Park
Lady
Wendell
John Carlin
Tol
Judge Orders Open Hearings On Murder Case
A Wichita district judge refused to close pretrial hearings in a first degree murder case, citing public access and due process. Defendants Kenneth Crease and Roy Edwards, both 16 and 17, face murder, burglary, and theft charges for the Temple basement slaying. Edwards waived his preliminary hearing. Crease’s was set for 10 a.m. with next court appearance May 21. Attorneys for the media argued openness, while the prosecutor and defense urged balance between transparency and impartial juror selection.
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Wichita
Kan
Elliott Fry
Sedgwick County Distret Court
Roy Edwards
Robert and Letha Temple
West Wichita
Fry
Edwards
Chris Christian
Edwardshen
Crease
Tyler Lockett
Paul Clark
Gerrit Wormhoudt
Wichita Eagle
Beacon
Cecil Merkel
KFDI
Rock Island Rail Line May Resume Service In Weeks
Kansas Senator Bob Dole says the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad may begin operation of the Rock Island route within three weeks after shippers offered a $1.5 million loan and higher rates. If shippers guarantee a $3 million, interest free loan by May 20 and meet three conditions by May 27, MKT would start service via a special subsidiary. Regular Rock Island service stopped March 23 as federal subsidies expired.
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Washington
Kansas
Bob Dole
Missouri-Kansas- Texas
Rock Island
Dole
Herrington
Kan
Oklahoma
Dallas
MKT
Art Albin
Albin
Rural Farm Income Plunges Further Says Government Report
Washington AP figures from the Agriculture Department show second quarter 1980 net farm income at an annual rate of 20.8 billion, an 8.4 percent drop from a revised 22.7 billion. Projected midyear outlooks imply a 25 percent annual decline for 1980, with farm income near 24.8 billion if trends hold. Retail food prices loom 7 to 11 percent higher this year while Capitol Hill considers boosting price support loan rates for wheat and corn.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bob Bergland
House Agriculture Committee
Bergland
Capitol Hill
USDA
Cuban Refugee Flood Overwhelms Key West Aid Efforts
Key West officials report a record influx as more than 4,000 Cuban refugees ashore Wednesday, part of a 17 day total over 24,000. National Guardsmen struggle to move arrivals. Fort Chaffee in Arkansas to process more refugees. FBI CIA assess potential spies among migrants as Miami area offices screen for intelligence links. Refugees endure crowded conditions at a former Navy hangar while authorities rush transport to Eglin AFB and Dade facilities.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
U.S
Fort Chaffee Army Reserve Base
Fort Smith
Ark
Thom Casey
Freedom Flotilla
Castro
FBI
Arthur F. Nehrbass
The
Miami Herald
Nehrbass
Miami
Herald
CIA
Florida
Cuba
Larry Jones
Eglin Air Force Base
Dade County
Navy
K.C. Bullard
KU Med School Scholarship Rules Expanded by Kansas Governor
Gov. John Carlin signed a law expanding service options for University of Kansas School of Medicine scholarship agreements. Graduates can count state hospital service toward satisfying the obligation, whether for tuition only or tuition plus living allowance. The change lets state institution service count for either agreement, while also widening access to Rainbow Mental Health Facility and broadening forgery definitions to include marking another’s ballot without consent.
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Topeka
Kan
University of Kansas School of Medicine
John Carlin
Rainbow Mental Health
Kansas City
Wyandotte
Johnson Counties
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Ottay
Amor
Aspokesn
KCI Electricit
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FERC
Allen
Jim Allen A. Ottawa
Secretary of State
Ottawa U.S.D. 290
House Agriculture and Livestock, Education and Elections
Snow
Ottawa
Gilberto Rodriguez
Legslature
School of Medicine
France
Krame
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