Editorial Comment Smudged Contract In State Architecture’s Case
The state architect Kenneth R. McLain awarded a 2.4 million contract for planning a 44 million project at the University of Kansas Medical Center to a firm partly owned by his former partner Norman Sidorowicz. Authorities found no technical conflict but critics term the deal cronyism.
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Kenneth R. McLain
Goldfish Bowl
McLain
Kansas City
Kan
Norman Sidorowicz
Marshall and Brown-Sidorowicz
University of Kan
Dwight Parscale
Sidorowicz
Disclosure proposal targets corporate land holdings in Kansas
The Legislature weighs a bill requiring corporations to disclose land ownership in Kansas where current law bars corporate ownership beyond 5,000 acres for family holdings. Advocates cite findings by the Kansas Farm Project showing 28 firms and 164 entities exceed limits, with 11 entities over 20,000 acres. Debates touch on taxation and the concentration of land.
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Kansas
Senate
Kansas Farm Project of
Lawrence
Death of Chic Young Ends Blondie Era
Noted cartoonist Chic Young creator of Blondie dies after long illness. His work left Dagwood and Blondie globally famous as the strip continues under Jim Raymond and Dean Young. The columnist also muses on gardening, rice hopes, and odd notes about synthetic gas odors.
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Murat B
Chic” Young
Chic
Chic Young
Blondie
Dagwood
Blondie Bumstead
Alvin and
Cookie
Daisy the Dog
Young
Jim Raymond
Dean Young
Raymond
Pentagon plans hire civilian advisers to stay in Vietnam
The Washington Merry-Go-Round reports as many as 20 000 civilian experts may replace returning military advisers in Vietnam. Internal Pentagon memos show recruitment of civilians from firms like ITT Sperry Rand Lear-Siegler Northrop and NHA Inc while some stay on Pentagon payroll, with many new advisers to Saigon as company employees.
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Washington
Vietnam
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Saigon
ITT
Sperry-Rand
Lear-Siegler
Northrop
NHA, Inc
Civilians recruited for Vietnam face broad Pentagon drives
Memoed civilian volunteers are recruited to aid in winding down U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia. Pay incentives and re employment rights are offered, with promises of duties ranging from ammunition to naval logistics. The piece notes risks of capture and calls the moves controversial. Acupuncture rising in America sparks warnings about licensing and fake experts.
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Vietnam
Defense Electronics Supply Center
Navy
U.S
South Vietnam
Local News Expansion Sparks Broadcast Shakeup in 1960s
NBC executive Robert Mulhollane recalls KNBC Los Angeles expanding local news from one to two hours in the 1960s. The shift created two early evening programs and a nightly network hour, influencing other markets toward longer local news. He notes stations like WTOP-TV already airing 90 minutes.
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New York
Robert E. Mulhollane
NBC
Knbc-Tv
Los Angeles
Wtop-Tv
Washington, D.C
KNBC
Mulholland
United States
Horse Passes For Beefsteak Not Beef, Says Portland
Edward Rooney learned horsemeat was not beef after reading the Oregonian front page. Dolores Rooney confessed she conspired with her nine children to pass horsemeat as beef. A market photo showed Mrs Rooney buying horsemeat at a Portland market.
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Portland, Ore
Edward Rooney
Edwardo
The
Portland Oregonian
Dolores Rooney
Dad
Prime Time Schedule Glitches Prompt Last Minute Changes
TV channels publish advance listings but last minute substitutions are unlikely. 7:00 The Police Story with Vic Morrow leads a night of classic dramas including Maude and Marcus Welby. 9:00 The Lonely Crowd sermon by Dr. Billy Graham airs amid other crime and variety programs.
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Billy Graham
Marcus Welby
Television Log Wednesday Schedule Highlights
Wednesday evening listings show Truth or Consequences, Partridge Family, Dragnet, Kansas History, Hollywood Squares, Beaver Lake, Animal World, Hee Haw, Price is Right, Sonny and Cher, Adam 12, Mystery Movie, Toma, Great Decisions, Medical Center, Festival Films, The Turning Points, Soul, Search, Billy Graham, Wrestling, Owen Marshall, Cannon, News, Weather, Stand Up and Cheer, Tonight Show, A Breath of Scandal, Black Scorpion, Dick Cavett, Paul Harvey, Felony Squad, Mississippi Gambler.
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Dragnetti
Beaver Lake
Animal World
Petticoat Junction
Paul Lyndell
Sonny and Cher
Adam
Toma
Medical Center
Billy Graham
Owen Marshall
Cannon
Dick Cavett
Paul Harvey
Felony Squad
Memory as a Roomed Castle of Remembrance
A nostalgic reminiscence on memory as a vast, personal castle with many rooms. Vignettes from midcentury small town life touch on bar foams, new year calendars, barbershop time, high school dreams, and everyday habits. It ends with the question recalling “the days remembered.”
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New York
Versailles
Louvre
Vatican
Community proposals push to voters on April 6 election
The Chanute Parent-Teacher Association will back two citywide community-building proposals to be submitted to voters at the general city election on April 6. Thayer school district pupils resume classes Monday in several nearby buildings after a fire destroyed the school building. Fifty years earlier, in 1923, a wolf drive was planned northwest of Chanute along Village Creek, led by Elmer Young as general captain.
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Raymond Sutton
Blue Mound
Ray Holder
Marvin Gough
Ofp&s
Kansas
Chanute Parent-Teacher Association
Thayer
Pleasant Valley Township
Wilson County
Chanute
Village Creek
Elmer Young
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