Governor Aide Faces Highway Funding Clash In Kansas
Kansas Governor John Carlin's administrative assistant drew fire from Rep. Rex Crowell after outlining a highway funding plan. Holsteen said the solution requires higher revenue from motor fuel sales taxes and a broader sales tax to fund highways, rejecting a simple per gallon hike.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Kansas
Rex Crowell
R-Longton
Stephen E. Holsteen
Holsteen
Crowell
Carlin
House
Senate
Prisoners plead guilty in officer shooting case
Three escapees Larry Miller Terry McClain and Marvin Thornton pleaded guilty to aggravated battery on a law officer after fleeing the Kansas State Penitentiary on Sept 6. They received 15 years to life plus 3 to 10 years for burglary and possession of stolen property.
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Kansas City, Kan
Larry Miller
Terry McClain
Marvin Thornton
Wyandotte County
James Lysaught
Bonner Springs
Doug Cansler
Kansas State Penitentiary
Missouri
Miller
Robert Feiring
Lansing
Feiring
Cansler
Linda Moppin
KPL and KCC Clash Over Kansas Optional Rates
In Topeka the Kansas Power and Light Co and the state Corporation Commission staff clashed over proposed residential rate plans. KPL vice president William E. Brown described plans including a customer charge between $4 and $6.50 monthly and a separate energy flat charge as part of a requested rate increase of 26.32 million dollars plus an interim rise of over 37 million dollars approved in June 1980. Leroy Charbonneau of the Utilities Division opposed one plan.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Power and Light Co
State Corporation Commission
William E. Brown
KPL
Corporation Commission
Leroy Charbonneau
The
Utilities Division
Brown
Charbonneau
Bailey argues Air Force must honor immunity for Cooke case
Andrews Air Force Base Md AP defense attorney F Lee Bailey contends the Air Force should dismiss espionage charges against 2nd Lt Christopher Cooke and honor an immunity agreement. Bailey rebutts officers who say you cannot keep your word to a spy while detailing conflicting testimony and the SAC command’s handling of the offer.
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Air Force
Bailey
David Orser
Lloyd Leavitt
Strategic Air Command
Cooke
Leavitt
Orser
Jerome Hoffman
Air Force Defense
Francis Pedrotty
Hoffman
Pedrotty
Claude Teagarden
Teagarden
Regents Propose Teacher Testing in Kansas
A Kansas Regents committee proposed that future teachers obtain provisional certification only after passing a standard test and complete a year internship before full certification. The plan also requires basic skills testing for admission to teacher prep programs.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Board of Regents
Board of Education
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Wyandotte
SAC Command
SAC
Charles C. Burch
Pomona
Kans
L.E
Jack) Nelson
Universal
Jo Ann Marie Cope
Jack Nelson
Mickey Johnson
Citizens State Bank of Pomona
Sandra McMullen
Hutchinson
Board of Regents
State Board of Education
Regents
Bray Foragle
Upenvice
Cecil Beatty
Ottawa
Keneas
Wass
Dodge
Mitsubishi
Evan
Cpe
Gust
BOB White Motors
Chrysler
Plymouth
Hickory
Ottawa, Kansas
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