Tuesday, October 31, 1972
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Mental Health Care Urged McAtee Is Confident He Will Defeat Roy
TOPEKA (AP) - Morris Kay, in what his campaign platform statement, ended Monday for a comprehensive program to provide quality services through Kansas.
Kay is the Republican nominee for governor, challenging incumbent Democratic Gov. Robert R. DeSantis for a fourth term. JASMIN LEWIS
"Our commitment is to begin utilizing the great source of federal funds available in the budget, and putting it in place in the prepared statement."
Kay said the first priority was to expand and increase community health centers throughout Kansas, realizing that the best places to treat problems of mental health was in the city where the problems occurred and where the problems could best be corrected."
He said many, if not most, Kansans now confined to state mental hospitals "could and should get investment in their own communities.
"Experts agree," Kay said, "that removing a person from his job makes him less likely to be solutely necessary, frequently compounds the problem the experts say."
He said expanding and creating more community mental health
He also recommended establishing a chain of halfway houses in the state to give more individualized and personal care.
centers enables the person with a mental problem to seek out the help he needs in his own uncontrolled state. In centers would relieve our state hospitals from the overburdened caseloads they currently must
Nixon Will Approve Social Security Bill
Nixon said 59 other bills on his approved list included one to increase help for minority business enterprises, to allow companies to hire prisoners and the survivors of those who are missing in action, to provide federal loans to help railroads restore damage caused in June by tropical storm Agnes or boundary treaty with Mexico.
The White House, releasing three presidential statements, said Nixon completed action on a backlog of legislation by deciding to two pocket vetoes while agreeing to sign 60 other measures.
WASHINGTON (AP)—Wrapping up work on scores of bills passed in the closing days of the last decade, the university-nounced Monday he is signing a $8 billion Social Security-and-health benefits aid being aimed at the elderly.
Kay said such halfway houses
assist children in coping with
assisting children who experience mental health problems and do rehabilitation alcohols.
Altogether, Nixon has pocketked 11 bills passed in the closing session of a federalistration sources said these actions would forestall spending of about $300 million in the current fiscal year that ends November.
Vetoed, by virtue of withholding of presidential signatures, were amendments of the Older Americans Act and a
proposed law to set up a new institute to do research on the problems of the aging. Of these measures, Nixon said;
"Both authorize unbudgeted and excessive expenditures and would also require duplications or fragmentations of effort which would actually impair our effort for American Americans more effectively."
The other was an $850 million bill providing funds for public-service jobs for older low-income centers, for extensions of programs providing a variety of programs to the elderly and for model project.
The President said the premise of the amendment Older Americans Act would authorize more than $2 billion of federal spending over a three-year period.
one of the bids would have been on the Aging to conduct research into the aging process and set up a new program of mental health training.
He said he also envisions developing the state mental hospitals into "teaching hospitals" where new personnel work with those who have personalized care for patients while gaining vital on-the-job training.
The Social Security and welfare bill provides benefits for workers with disabilities widows and many other groups. It also raises payroll taxes to benefit the benefits and contains cuts in the Medicaid program.
He also said his administration would launch a statewide public education program on mental health.
TOPEKA (AP)—Charles D. McAtee, republican candidate for 2nd district congressman in next week's election, flatly predicted the low incumbent Bill Roy, the state's only Democrat in Washington.
"I just like to make a flat statement," he said. "I'm going to win this election." McAtee told a news conference he had here with U.S. Rep. John Koehler on Wednesday in northeast Kansas Monday to campaign for McAtee and me.
He said this could help people overcome their fear of seeking mental treatment.
favored "blanket amnesty" for American young men who fled the country to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War.
Anderson is billed as being a member of what the Republicans call their "Truth Squad" in the current election campaign. He also is chairman of the National Conference of the U.S. House.
MaeTee said his campaign had swayed the uncommitted voters in the 2nd District to the point where he was confident he could overtake Roy, who continued to call folks conducted in polls.
Roy filed a complaint against McAtee for a newspaper ad in which McAtee alleged Roy
The Illinois congressman, who appeared at a Bonner Springs luncheon with McAtee earlier last month, told Teopica civic club Monday night, said he believed the GOP had a chance to control both Houses of Congress, if President Nixon's vice presidential victory Nov. 7 materialized.
Roy's Topelle office released a statement shortly before Anderson's news conference which claimed the Illinois congressman alike on four key issues before the conclusion session of congress—the so-called "prayer amendment," busing of children only as a last resort to achieve racial justice and plan a water pollution bill.
"I don't know what Roy's rating with the Americans for Democratic Action is," Anderson said. "But let me refer to you the first time I see that he shows he voted for the President only 40 per cent of the time.
Miller Says Crime Down
TOPEKA (AO)—Attty. Gen. Vern Miller said Monday he has had the time to review the Bureau of investigation crime statistics, and said he was pleased that the 1971 figures show an increase in the number decreasing instead of increasing.
His Republican opponent in the Nov. 7 election, Robert E. Hoffman, alleged recently that Miller had concealed the fact that the incidence of violent crimes in Kansas rose 8.8 per cent during
Miller summoned a KBI statistician to his office Monday to produce KBI and Federal data on state court rate furies for Kansas.
They confirmed Hoffman's contention that the four categories of violent crimes, murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault, had gone down to five categories. The showed that the seven categories of major crimes, adding burglary, larceny and
automobile theft, showed a .8 per cent decline from 1970 to 1971.
"During the past 5/4 years," Docking said, "there have been no increases in the sales tax rates in Kansas—despite numerous
The Kansas 1971 crime figures were made public by Griess Dolker. Miller has cited the 8 per cent decrease in his campaign appearances this season.
"We have that class 1
crimes, the seven categories,
are down 8 per cent and the
figures show that the percentage of in-
formant crimes, the four
categories, is much less than it
was in 1970."
"We've never attempted to deceive the public," Miller said. The statistics were made aware when they were first compiled.
Miller said he thought Hoffman took the one category of statistics out of context
Docking Claims Tax Reform
attempts to increase the sales tax."
The governor prepared his remarks for a dinner which culminated a day-long campaign swing through southeast Kansas, which also included a major holiday lunch in luncheon in Independence.
COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP)—U.S. Robert Docking told a dinner in his honor here Monday night that the states which had not increased their sales or individual income taxes in the past six years, citing this as an example that he had learned about people to fight for tax reform.
"For most years before 1967," he said, "per capita state and local taxes inansas were higher in the United States as a whole," he said.
Docking said this was a result of the combination of state laws and local governments by austere but adequate budgets and the property tax lid on local governments which have changed from a high tax rate to a lower tax rate.
"Since then, Kansas taxes have risen much less rapidly than nationwide. The Kansas increase from 1967 to 1970 was approximately $80, or
approximately 25 per cent. The
corresponding national figures
were $118 or $38 per cent. As
local taxes in 1970 were $38 lower
in Kansas than nationwide."
Docking said he is proud of his administration's record in fiscal responsibility.
"If they are to be used," the Attorney General, a Democrat, said, "they should be used in order to make any kind of comparison."
In his noon appearance,
Docking again criticized the
government's withholding federal highway
unds from Kansas which have
"I think it is very wrong to take these funds and use them for mass transit," Docking said in a question-and-answer period following his luncheon speech. "I think it was the people of Kansas. I think it's a break in faith, a break in the trust of the people of Kansas."
THE KBI statistics showed these year-by-year totals on the even major offenses:
1970-75,746, an increase of 14.3 per cent.
1971----75,180, a decrease of .8 per cent.
On the four categories of violent crimes, the figures are; 1989-3,573.
1970—4,384, an increase of 22.7 per cent.
1971----4,760, an increase of 8.6 per cent.
Comparable FBI figures on the seven major crimes showed:
1969-40.956
1970—48,215, an increase of 17.7 per cent.
per cent
1971—47,969,a decrease of .5
per cent
FBI figures on the four violent crimes in Kansas showed:
1980-3 2723
1970----4,561, an increase of 17.8 per cent.
"I AM MOST pleased that the rate of increase is much less on assaults and crimes than am very pleased that the major crime categories showed a decline last year," Miller said. "We are also more community involvement in the war on crime, and the ex-criminal law enforcement officials."
Miller said he personally and
in office had no control over
only encourage local law enforcement
officials to aggressively battle
1971-4,843, an increase of 6.2 per cent.
"The responsibility of this
against all criminal activity, and
to encourage and assist all local
officials in carrying out their
work."
The KBI statistician, who asked that he not be identified because of the political nature of him, said he was accused of violent crime was up 4.6 per cent. Mr Hoffman is technically an expert but he isn't using all the fixtures.
"The figures for the major crimes are what we've been quoting for years as an indicator of trends."
"UNDER A KAY ADMINISTRATION, OLDER KANSANS CAN LOOK WITH CON-
FIDENCE IN THE GOVENOMENT AS A PARTNER AND FRIEND IN MEETING THEIR PROBLEMS."
has earned the right of freedom to live the life that he or she chooses and the opportunity to enjoy that chosen life to the largest possible extent. And this means living in his home or place of choosing in independence, dignity and with every possibility of sharing in the life of others.
MORRIS KAY THE ONLY CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR WITH SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS
To help me implement my deep personal commitment to the more mature residents of our town, I propose to establish an independent Department of Aging within our Stata Government.
MORRIS KAY STANDS FOR: A FULLER LIFE FOR SENIOR KANSANS
"I firmly agree with the late President Eisenhower who once stated, 'Our nation must learn to take advantage of the full potential of our older citizens; their skills, their wisdom and their experience. All senior Kansans must believe that their service to the state has not been waived, for there can never be any retirement from the responsibility of active citizenship."
"Senior Kansasans have done so much to make Kansas great; they have earned the respect of all of us who are younger."
"One major goal must be concerned with a generation that has successfully brought our population to the point of overpopulation, growing per capita at rates of more than 20 people per square mile. There are nearly 700,000 of our fellow citizens over the age of 40 and 270,000 upward. The 12 percent of our state population in this category is ever-growing. This is the generation over which we will need to address the outcomes. We great Depression and helped build the strongest and most prosperous nation in the world."
"I also support federal efforts to establish stronger patient standards which would guarantee that employees would be able to switch companies which provide private health care."
*Nutrition is a vital area of concern for our older citizens. Thankfully the provisions of U.S. Public Law 9238, will be made into law.* This federal legislation takes bold new steps to make available essential services in food, health and social care to the elderly.
"Continuing good health is a concern of those in later life, we will help develop a more coordinated system of health services for the mature."
"For example, we must encourage transportation services for the elderly . . . through programs that come under the authorization of the broad provisions of the Nutrition Act, this can be done. Programs such as a community mini-bus plan can allow senior citizens to live in comfortable neighborhoods of retirement and still participate in the full range of community life all over an area."
- OF MY PROGRAMS UNDERLINE THAT STRONG LEADERSHIP IN A KAY ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE ADVANCE OF MUCH OF WHAT IS PRESENTLY AVAILABLE TO US BUT NOT BEING FULLY UTILIZED IN THE RESOURCES OF THIS JOB. THIS MEANS WE CAN PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICE TO MEET THE AREAS OF NEED WITHOUT RAISING TAKES WHOLE. *i indicate my dedication to a fuller life for our servicing citizens and for our allies as together we work to build a better*
Your next Governor must take bold leadership to implement these programs for the good of Kansans. Your state Government through the new Department of Aging will also work to encourage development of valid services to older citizens ("the elderly").
Morris Key *The Man who will lift kamisetas together to build a better stair*
*paid for by students for KK committee, Dave Martin, Co. Chairman.*
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