Friday, February 8, 1980
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Legislature kills bike trails bill
3y SCOTT FAUST Staff Reporter
TOPEKA - A bill that would have paved the way for New York's first law against Lawn vending was killed yesterday by unanimous vote of the Kansas Houseways and Means Committee.
The bill gave the Kansas Park and Recreational Land Trust any abandoned railroad land for transportational, recreational or scenic use. The trail was be built on an abandoned
State Rep. John Vogel, R-Lawrence, a member of the committee, said he did not
vote on the measure because he knew it would fail.
Vogel said the bill faced heavy opposition because it included the entire state and because it took away the right of speech, and he wanted to choose what to do with abandoned land.
Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said the issue was controversial and he was not surprised by the vote.
"There was very strong opposition to this in rural areas of Douglas County," Solbach said.
He said the bill's opponents included the Kansas Farm Bureau and the Kansas Livestock Association.
Although there are similar bills pending in the Kansas Legislature, Solbach said, there is little hope they will succeed.
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He said the former Union Pacific Lawrence-o-tonganoxie route, the only abandoned railroad bed in the area, had interesting bridges, a rail station and some train stations.
"People were very much in love with that area," Solbach said.
Some landowners along the route have already put the land to different uses, he said.
Solbach said there were alternatives to the Lawrence-to-Tonganoca bike path on land already government owned, but they were not as unique or scenic.
TODAY: Eugene Patterson, editor and chief executive officer of St. Petersburg Times and the Congressional Quarterly, will speak at the WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE LUNCHCORE at nown in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. The ARTS AND SCIENCES series will present films on sculpturing at 2:30 p.m. in Lippincott Hall basement.
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TONIGHT: As part of BLACK HISTORY MONTH, a fashion show will be presented
On Campus
at 2 p.m. in Spencer Art Museum as part of
bay History Month. A KU MEN'S
SUSET MEST against Nebraska
will start at 3:30 p.m. in Robinson Hous
SUNDAY: A program called AMERICAN
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will be held at 2 p.m. in the
Spencer Art Museum. A CARLILON
Art Workshop at Geiken will start at
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by Lawrence High School and the KU Black Student Union at 7 p.m. at Lauver High School. Following the fashion show, a dance will be held at 10 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Union. KU WOMEN'S GYMSTERS MEET THE Nebraska will start at 7 p.m. in Robinson on annuism. AN OBSERVATORY OPEN HOUSE will be given at 7 p.m. in 490 Linden.
TOMMOROW: A special showing of the JACOB LAWRENCE ART SHOW will start
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