Doyen Pushes Inflation Resistant Highway Funding Plan
Senate President Ross Doyen outlines 1980 Kansas legislation to shift 8 percent of motor vehicle sales tax from the general fund to highway funds. Estimated 1981 impact about $5 million with future transfers tied to general fund balances. Proposals include tax exemptions on road construction materials and funding the Kansas Highway Patrol from the general fund.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas
Senate
Ross Doyen
Concordia
Doyen
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas Oil Marketers Association
Kansas Highway Patrol
State General Fund
New Snafu In Oil Well Drama
Mexico City AP reports a $25 million U.S. made inverted cone failed to cap the Ixtec 1 offshore well in the Bay of Campeche. PEMEX says 116 million gallons spilled since June 3 blowout. two relief wells drilled slowly amid rough seas. broader damage extends to Texas coast and Mexican farmlands, with ongoing efforts to reroute flow.
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Mexico City
Bay of Campeche
Texas
PEMEX
Associated Press
Brown and Root
Houston
Tex
Ixtoc I
Texas Gulf Coast
Jose Lopez Portillo
United States
Micali
Mexico
Colorado
Ixtoc 1
Amoco
Home Recording Industry Boosted by Judge Ruling
A federal judge ruled that home use of Betamax video cassette recorders to tape programs broadcast on commercial TV does not violate copyright laws. The decision, opposed by Universal City Studios and Disney, could spur further growth of the home recording market and related technology.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Warren J. Ferguson
Sony Corp
Ferguson
Universal City Studios
Walt Disney Productions
Sony
Disney
Universal
Stephen Kroft
Supreme Court
Sidney Sheinberg
MCA Corp
MCA
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Doyen Highway Fund
Hopper
Highway Patrol
Kucinich
Cleveland
Dennis J. Kucinich
George V. Vuinovich
Voinovich
Cuyahoga County
Kenji Tamiya
New York
Rye
GLEEM
Alco
Ottawa
REG Mit
Tom
MIT
Paul Gaal
EVO
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