The Nation - News from April 15, 1985

The Kansas Legislature has approved a bill that would let voters decide next year whether to end the state’s century-old ban on saloons and legalize liquor by the drink. Voters would decide in November, 1986, on the amendment, which would legalize public bars only in counties that pass the measure and would restrict the sale of liquor to facilities that earn at least 30% of their profits from the sale of food. The bill was sent to Gov. John Carlin, who has strongly favored legalization of taverns.