January court shakeup reshapes Douglas County system
By January 10 1977 Douglas County Probate Juvenile and County Courts will be abolished and their duties moved to a new district court system. Judges Gray and Paddock stay. a new associate judge will be elected in November and serve under nonpartisan retention. Salary and administrative changes accompany the reform.
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Douglas County Court
Probate
Kansas
Frank Gray
James W. Paddock
Mike Elwell
George Catt
Gray
Paddock
District Court
Sherlyn
Kansas University 56th Engineering Exposition Opens
Kansas University students prepared exhibits for the 56th annual Engineering Exposition in Learned Hall. Petroleum and chemical engineering groups showcased the oil industry history and fluid-reservoir models while others worked on digital displays and demonstrations. The event runs today until 9 p.m and resumes Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Kansas
Kansas University Engineering
Learned Hall
Society of Petroleum Engineers
America
Engineering Council
Dick Morrow
St. Louis
Chemical
Morrow
Learned
Lecompton Eyes Planning Needs After Sewer Upgrade
Lecompton officials push for a planning commission and zoning code as the sewer system nears completion. City council member Marge Fisher questions the cost while Douglas County plans funding for 1975 76 to establish the commission and code, with county costs pegged at 6780 dollars for planning time and clerical work.
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Lecompton
Marge Fisher
Douglas County
Richard McClanathan
Lawrence Douglas County
County Commission
McClanathan
Deluge of tax reports hits Texas IRS office
IRS reports heavy flows at its Austin service center as Kansas returns flood in from Wichita district. Taxpayers see large refunds this week with thousands of mail bags and hundreds of thousands of dollars in refunds processed so far.
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Texas
IRS
Kansas
Internal Revenue Service
Austin
Tex
Wichita
Service
Austin Service Center
Midwest
Wakarusa Manor faces formal hearing over license
A state health department hearing may revoke Wakarusa Manor's license if deficiencies found during an August renewal are not corrected. Douglas County officials questioned recent improvements while noting March 9 inspection cited unacceptable housekeeping and dietary conditions.
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State Health Department
Wakarusa Manor
Douglas County Health Department
Kay Kent
County Health Department
Public Health Committee
Kent
Lawrence senior Stancliff sets javelin mark at Relays
Lawrence High School senior Mike Stancliff threw 202 feet 6 inches to break the LHS javelin record of 200 11 set in 1957 by Doyle Schick at the Kansas Relays prep meet. Baldwin's Jim Leek placed second in class 2A high jump with 6 feet 8¼ inches as the area's only placers this morning.
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Mike Stancliff
Lawrence
LHS
Doyle Schick
Jim Leek
Baldwin
Lawrence Local Sales Tax Up 43 Percent in April
Citywide tax distributions in April totaled 87 324 dollars, about 43 percent higher than a year earlier. Kansas Revenue figures show year to date receipts up 18 76 percent from 1975, with 738 231 dollars collected so far against 621 626 last year. The city expects 800 000 dollars in local sales tax revenue for the year ending June 30. Final doctoral exams at Kansas University include Jane Quam Warren presenting A Multiple Regression Approach to the Study of the Influence of Psychotropic Medication on the Halstead Reitan Battery at 1 30 p m April 30 in Fraser 215.
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Lawrence
Kansas Department of Revenue
Kansas University
Jane Quam Warren
Fraser
KU Students Face Higher Ticket Costs After Subsidy Denied
Kansas University students will pay 20 for football season tickets and 15 for basketball after the Student Senate failed to act on reinstating the KU Athletic Corporation subsidy. The move ends a years long subsidy and raises costs for students, with no quorum to vote, while a separate incident reports a bomb threat evacuated Oliver residence hall at KU without finding a device.
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Kansas University
KU Athletic Corporation
Senate
Tedde Tasheff
Ed Rolfs
KUAC
Clyde Walker
Walker
Steve Owens
Bruce Woner
Hutchinson
Owens
Woner
Oliver
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Planning Commission
Ments
Carolee Gabel
Kansans For Improvement of Nursing Homes
the Minute: Note
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Indiana
Taco Grande
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Wakarusa Valley
Union Task Force
Jan & Fred Pence
Kaw River Bridge
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