Kansas Senate OKs House reapportionment bill for Docking
The Kansas Senate approved 31 7 and sent to Gov. Docking a bill to reapportion the Kansas House for 1974 elections. The plan envisions 125 districts sized 17 343 to 19 359. It mirrors the House plan and faces court scrutiny after a federal panel voided the prior plan.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Robert Docking
Kansas
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Docking
William Bunten
Pancake Day at Legionaires Draws 1200 by Noon
The American Legion Pancake Day in Wichita drew more than 1,200 attendees by noon en route to a hoped total near 2,000. KU track team helped open the event, with Phi Kappa Theta to boost funds for a summer youth baseball program. Officials aim to surpass last year’s $1,360.
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Journal-World Photo
Kansas University
Wichita
American Legion
Legionaires
The
Legion Post
Tony Ice
Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity
Meat Prices Stable As Boycott Closes
The week long meat boycott ends as leaders plan future steps while meat prices show little change. AP price checks find scattered shifts. layoffs at packers rise and trade is light. Organizers meet in Washington next week to discuss actions and possible price rollback calls.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fight
FIT
House Banking and Currency Committee
Ethel Roser
Women’s War On
Chicago
Louisville
Patty Twyman
Ment
CFC
San Francisco
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Woburn
Mass
Barbara Shuttleworth
Vernon
Mud Creek Debate: Channelization split over Creek plan
On Monday the Journal World will publish two special articles presenting pros and cons of channelizing Mud Creek. Lawrence city commissioner Jack Rose will argue for proceeding with the Corps of Engineers plan, while George Coggins of the Sierra Club will present the opposing view.
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Mud Creek
Journal-World
Jack Rose
Lawrence
Corps of Engineers
George Coggins
Sierra Club
School Integration Mergers Opposed by Nixon
The Nixon administration told the Supreme Court that merging urban black school systems with surrounding white suburbs is too drastic a desegregation measure and urged targeted remedies over broad system consolidation. The Richmond case, set for April 23 argument, pits Merhige's merger order against a circuit reversal, with similar suits nationwide.
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Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
Richmond
High Court
Robert H. Merhige Jr
Chesterfield
Henrico
U.S. Circuit Court
Peace Treaty Disputed In Indian Wounded Knee Talks
Indian militant leader Russell Means will meet with federal officials in Washington on Sunday to press grievances over the Wounded Knee disarmament pact. Means questions the pact's exact terms while officials delay the session by 24 hours to finalize details. He warns of returning to Wounded Knee if negotiations fail.
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Washington
Wounded Knee
Russell Means
Means
Leonard Garment
Cere
U.S
KU to award seven Distinguished Service Citations
Kansas University and its Alumni Association announce seven Distinguished Service Citations to leaders in science, engineering, aviation and music for contributions to society. Recipients include Navy Captain Ronald Evans Apollo 17 pilot and Florida A&M music authority William Foster, with others from Bell Labs, Harvard, Menninger Foundation, and Cessna.
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Kansas University
Raymond Rice
Lawrence
Raymond Nichols
William R. Hagman Sr
Pittsburg
KU Alumni Association
Navy
Ronald E. Evans
William P. Foster
Florida A&m University
Conyers Herring
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Menninger
Wallace
Evans
The
Kansas State Society
Florida A & M University
Kappa Kappa Psi
Weekend Weather Dims Skies With Cool Weekend Outlook
Friday's 70 degree high faded under overcast conditions. Widespread rain chances remain 20 percent today rising to 40 percent tonight and Sunday with 15 to 30 mph northerly gusts. Temperatures linger in the 40s today and drop to the 30s tonight before rebounding into the 40s Sunday. A winter air mass settles over Kansas Monday to Wednesday with below normal temps and a chance of precipitation Tuesday.
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Kansas
National Weather Service
Weather forecast signals cloudy windy cooler
A weather update notes cloudy conditions with windy spreads and a cooler air mass. Temperatures trend lower across the day as conditions persist with periods of overcast skies and brisk winds.
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KU Reveals Service
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Harvard School of Business
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Menninger Foundation
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Bird City
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Salina
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Kansas City
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