AAUP Resolution Demands Higher KU Faculty Salaries
The KU chapter of the AAUP approved a resolution urging the administration, Board of Regents, governor, and legislature to dramatically raise faculty salaries. The report shows KU pay under the national and peer averages for all ranks, with proposed increases and a call for accountability on the salary fund. Grant Goodman was elected vice president. John Glinka will become president. other officers include Anna Condit, Lloyd Sponholtz, Joan Handley, and Charles Krider.
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Kansas University
American Association of University Professors
AAUP
Kansas Board of Regents
Governor of
Kansas
EU Aaup
Meetig
Grant Goodman
John Glinka
University Libraries
Anna Condit
Lloyd Sponholtz
Joan Handley
Charles Krider
North Vietnam concentrates SAM units in Panhandle region
U S officials report nearly two thirds of North Vietnam anti aircraft missiles in the Panhandle from the 20th Parallel to the DMZ, with 28 of 45 SAM battalions deployed and total Panhandle launchers rising from 132 to 168. The buildup includes mobile Soviet supplied systems near DMZ and increased antiaircraft guns from 300 to 600 as U S air campaigns target South Vietnam.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Pentagon
U.S
Auto Production Drops This Week
Detroit AP reports domestic auto production fell about 5 000 units this week to 191 160 from 196 172 last week. Decline tied to the General Motors Norwood Ohio plant strike and reduced overtime. Through the year automakers built 2 644 548 cars versus 2 720 422 in the prior year.
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Detroit
General ‘Motors
Norwood
Ohio
Automotive News
MU President Fined And License Revoked
Brice Ratchford University of Missouri president was fined $100 and had his license revoked for one year after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated in Boone County Magistrate Court. He did not appear. his attorney entered the plea. He was arrested after a minor Columbia traffic crash with no injuries.
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Columbia
Brice Ratchford
University ‘of Missouri
Boone County
Temple Margett
Ratchford
Ray Lewis
University
Two Banks to Raise Prime Rates Amid Floating System
Two major New York banks Citibank and Irving Trust say they will raise their floating prime lending rates from 5 percent to 5 percent on Monday. The move follows earlier increases and reflects changes in weekly adjusted rates tied to credit market conditions.
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NEW York
First National City Bank
Irving Trust Co
Citibank
Irving Trust
Teacher Killed in Dodge City Motorcycle Crash
A 24 year old Dodge City high school teacher Richard L. Franklin was killed Thursday when his motorcycle collided with a car in Dodge City.
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Dodge City
Kan
Richard L. Franklin
BIA Teams Visit Haskell Indian Junior College
Two Bureau of Indian Affairs teams visited Haskell Indian Junior College this week to discuss a Bureau wide educational philosophy and guidelines. A four member group spoke with about 80 students and staff on student rights and responsibilities as part of a plan to visit 12 BIA schools and draft a document classifying student rights and responsibilities.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
Haskell Indian Junior College
BIA
Tornado Sensor Test At KU Shows Experimental Detect Signals
KU West Campus hosts a U S Commerce Department test of an experimental tornado sensor. Ecologist Joe Eagleman and NOAA scientists study electrical activity linked to tornado formation. Channel tuning may reveal a bright screen glow as a potential predictor.
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Kansas University
Joe Eagleman
Eagleman
Kansas
U.S. Department of Commerce
Journal-World Photo
Iowa
Commerce Department
National Weather Service
Governor Docking Defends Sub-5% Budget Increases
Gov. Robert Docking told a Kansas City audience that budget growth has stayed under 5 percent annually, contrasting with higher rises under prior administrations. He argued his total budget recommendations this year are well below 5 percent as legislators dispute measurement methods amid inflation and tax concerns.
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Hutchinson
Ran
Robert Docking
Docking
United Federation of Postal Clerks
State Finance Council
OU Court Orders GASF Recognition. OU to Challenge
Norman Oklahoma AP A state court judge ordered the University of Oklahoma to recognize the Gay Alliance for Sexual Freedom, but OU plans to fight. Judge Elvin J. Brown gave the regents until April 24 to comply or appear in court. The law stance questions whether such an organization is legal under Oklahoma law.
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Paul F. Sharp
Sharp
Bad Weather Funnels Seen Near Joplin
Severe storm in southwest Missouri produced funnel cloud sightings from Galena to Joplin. A tornado touched down southwest of Joplin, with tennis to baseball size hail reported in Joplin and Lake of the Ozarks area. One overturned mobile home east of Camdenton.
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Joplin
Associated Press
Missouri
National Weather Bureau
Kansas
Galena
Baxter Springs
Kan
Seneca
Neosho
Lebanon
Camdenton
Lake of the Ozarks
Cape Girardeau
Highway 54
Cassville
Assembly of God Church
Republic
Honors Council Members Attending Meeting Here
More than 50 members of the Great Plains Section of the National Collegiate Honors Council gather at Kansas University for a regional honors conference. KU’s J Eugene Fox notes representatives from diverse colleges discuss new programs admissions financing and program impact with sessions in the Kansas Union. Leaders include Chancellor Chalmers and Rhodes Scholar designate Lewis Wall.
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Great Plains
National Collegiate Honors Council
Honors
Kansas University
J. Eugene Fox
Kansas Union
Fox
United States
Chalmers
Francis H. Heller
Beth Schultz
George R. Waggoner
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Lewis Wall
Shawnee Mission
Low Flying Aircraft Reported Over Lawrence Area
Lawrence police received several reports of a low flying aircraft south and west of 23rd and Town around 3 30 p m on Thursday. R L Kleitner Jr Kansas City Kan said he had been flying in the area and later landed at the Lawrence Municipal Airport He claimed he was above the minimum altitude but was advised to fly higher in the future.
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23Rd
Lawrence
R. L. Kleitner Jr
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence Municipal
Kleiner
Paved and lighted parking at Rumsey Funeral Home Ady
Paved and lighted parking facilities reported at Rumsey Funeral Home with contact number 43 5111. Ady.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Ady
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