Wet weather slows Lawrence gas pipeline replacement project
Heavy rains halted a long running Lawrence gas line upgrade as Iowa Pipeline crews paused work on 95 miles of bare steel mains and 9100 service lines. The program, in year five of an 11 year plan, will resume once ground dries with summer work along Harper and 21st streets and expanded moves planned for 1994 and 1995.
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Iowa Pipeline
Lawrence
Dean Burger
Kansas Public Service
KPS
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Burger
West Lawrence
Sixth
Michigan
13Th
Vermont
Harper
Naismith
Ousdahl
Dread
Hillscrest
Haskell Avenue
11Th and
15Th Streets
East Heights
23Rd and
Louisiana
KU faculty split on computer science merger plan
Kansas University governance group urged keeping computer science separate from the engineering school while allowing options such as moving the department to physics or liberal arts. The administration urged a merger of computer science with electrical and computer engineering. faculty warned further hearings would hurt a program already strained by interdepartmental issues.
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Kansas University
Computer Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
School of Engineering
University Council
Electrical and Compututer Engineering
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Senate Executive Committee
T.P. Srinivasan
Campaign signs must be removed by April 20 7 p.m.
City chief building inspector Gene Shaughnessy notes election signs for city commission and school board must be taken down within two weeks of the election. He reports roughly two dozen signs collected so far and expects campaigns or property owners to finish cleanup in a few days. Also, U.S. Rep. Jan Meyers schedules a town meeting April 17 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Lawrence Public Library to hear Douglas County residents' concerns.
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Gene Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy
U.S
Jan Meyers
R-Kan
Lawrence
Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library
Sprint executive to speak at Baker University
Sprint's new president and chief operating officer John Frazee Jr. will address area business leaders and educators at the Kansas Independent College Fund annual meeting on April 22 at Baker University. Frazee, chair of the Foundation for Independent Higher Education, joined Sprint after its merger with Centel in March. KICF supports Kansas private colleges, and in 1991-92 raised over $500,000 for 17 member schools including Baker, serving about 15,000 students.
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Sprint
Kansas Independent College Fund
KICF
Baker University
John Frazee Jr
Foundation of Independent Higher Education
Centel
Baker
Artists donate top works to Lawrence Arts Center auction
Four local artists donated works last year to the Lawrence Arts Center auction where each piece fetched more than $1,000. Sunday Arts explains why locals give high value items and how the upcoming auction next Saturday could set a new bidding high.
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Lawrence Arts Center
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