Kansas regents push literacy and teaching skills tests for bachelors
Kansas Board of Regents advanced plans to require universities to assess literacy and teaching competence for certification and to continue basic English and math testing in teacher programs. They also studied common basic skills tests and approved bond issuance for a new KU Medical Center library. Revenue bonds totaling 1 million dollars were authorized, with funding from legislature and private sources. Residence rate hikes were proposed for KU and Emporia State campuses, affecting room and apartment costs and meal plans. Marshall P. Reeve was honored for four years on the board as George Wingert prepared to take over.
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Kansas Board of Regents
State Department of Education
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Regents
University of Kansas
Emporia State University
University of Kansas Medical Center
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Jack’’ Reeve
Garden City
Reeve
George Wingert
Ottawa
Garden City man charged with first degree murder
Henry Espinosa, 19, of 803 Pearl, jailed on $100,000 bond after a 21 year old man Ernesto Rodriquez was shot outside Brick Barn tavern in Garden City about 11 40 p m Thursday. Espinosa faces preliminary hearing Dec 29 in Finney County District Court.
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Henry Espinosa
Pearl
Finney County
Espinosa
Ernesto Rodriquez
Boots Road
Rodriquez
E. Fulton
Garden City
Rodriguez
St. Catherine Hospital
Burglar information reward offered in Syracuse by county
Hamilton County officials publish a standing $500 reward for information leading to ending a burglar career. County attorney Rob Gale says the open end offer targets burglaries and could be used for other crimes. Call sheriff at 384 5616 or Gale at 384 5112. anonymous tips may give a six digit code later. LAKIN park naming honors Ad McVey on 90th birthday with federal grant funds. SUBLETTE fragment ends abruptly with “Break a”.
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Hamilton
Rob Gale
Gale
Sheriff's Office
Teresa Rubio Plays Angel Despite Broken Leg in Sublette Play
Six year old Teresa Rubio daughter of Mr and Mrs Guadalupe Rubio broke her leg in November and will be in a wheelchair until the cast comes off Yet she still portrayed an angel in a Sublette Grade School Christmas production She rode onto the stage in a wheelchair to join the singing angels CIMARRON Stefan Warnek of Bielefeld Germany is touring Western Kansas on a cross country journey He began in Nashville on March 31 walked to San Francisco hitchhiked back to New York and walked to Nashville returning through Cimarron last week He says walking helps him meet people and he has improved his English through travel, with a long grip on the road ahead.
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Guadalupe Rubio
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Sublette
Cimarron
Stefan Warnek
Bielefeld
Germany
Kansas
America
Warnek
Nashville
Tenn
San Francisco
New York
West Coast
Eight killed in Ohio house fire in Youngstown
A two story frame home fire in Youngstown Ohio early today killed a 48 year old woman her son and six grandchildren. Fire officials said eight people were found asleep three on the first floor five children on the second. Investigators from the state fire marshal's office arrived. The blaze was contained within 10 minutes of arrival and may be the highest Youngstown fire death tally. Preliminary findings point to possible electrical causes with improper wiring and circuit overloads noted throughout the home.
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Youngtown
Ohio
Youngstown
William Zigarevich
John Zamary
Zamary
Drive-in living Christmas pageant returns to Garden City church
Garden City residents and visitors can view and hear The Living Christmas an outdoor pageant in the church parking lot. Bernadine Sitts directs with 100 plus participating families. Four showings run 6 30 to 9 30 p m Saturday and Sunday with music by church choirs and local students. HOLTON Kan AP Fire destroys Presbyterian church and parsonage with roof fire at nearby Methodist church amid gusty winds no injuries reported.
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Garden City
First United Methodist Church
Main and
Kansas
Main Street
Bernadine Sitts
Bell
Richard Henkle
Holton
Kan
Warren Baum
Presbyterian Church
Baum
Kearny judgeship process begins in Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Harold S. Herd heads the 25th Judicial District Nominating Commission as it starts the search for a new District Magistrate Judge in Kearny County to replace Ella V. Neff. Resumes due by 5 p.m. December 30. information from Robert J. Frederick or the Topeka administrator’s office.
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Robert J. Frederick
Commission
Kan
Frederick
Judicial Administrator’s
Topeka
Foreign Film Series at Garden City Jan 18 to Feb 15
Garden City Recreation Commission begins its third annual Foreign Film Series with six films at the Civic Center. Memberships are $10 and on sale through Jan 16. Screenings start at 7 p m on Jan 18 25 Feb 8 and 15 featuring Kind Hearts and Coronets The Man in the White Suit Woman in the Dunes The Threepenny Opera Umberto and Amarcord All films shown with English subtitles. For information call 276-2362.
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Civic Center
Great Britain
Alec Guinness
Man In the
Guinness
Japan
Germany
Italy
Umberto
Federico Fellini
New Year resolutions on the horizon before December ends
A lighthearted column argues for early New Year resolutions two weeks before year end. It critiques procrastination and negative vows while proposing positive goals such as ending oppression and reducing pollution, urging balanced, constructive commitments.
Good Honest Resolutions For A Fresh Start
The passage lists quirky resolutions and self help whims like exercising more, opening junk mail for fun, and filing party memories in a snuffbox. It jokes about avoiding unsolicited calls, pranks, rereading old books, listening to other opinions, and sealing the ideas for reuse on a future date.
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Ox Goring
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Ourself
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Train, truck collide near Sedalia injures seven
A Amtrak train hit a tractor-trailer at a county road crossing west of Sedalia Missouri injuring seven. Six passengers and the truck driver received treatment and were released with leg and possible concussion injuries. The truck driver faced no ticket as signals were reportedly out. The engine was heavily damaged and the trailer was thrown 126 feet into a ditch. The collision occurred about 12 40 p m.
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Sedalia
Amtrak
Jimmy Mays
Missouri Highway Patrol
Missouri
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