Hew finds no basis for sports complaints at Lawrence High
The Lawrence School District 497 was cleared of bias charges after HEW's Civil Rights Office analyzed on site data. The agency found no evidence of discrimination against black athletes in the high school athletic program and closed the complaint.
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HEW
Lawrence
Carl Knox
Regional Office For Civil Rights
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Lawrence District 497
Taylor D. August
HEW Office For Civil Rights
Kansas City
Office For Civil Rights
Howard Walker
Lawrence High
LHS
Kansas approves second school finance bill without signature
Gov. Robert F. Bennett said the second school finance bill will become law without his signature. The plan allows a seven percent budget boost for 1976-77, with $10.25 million more state aid and about a $21 million rise in local property taxes statewide.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
House
Department of Human Ressources
Ways and Means Committee
Federal and State Affairs Committee
House Ways and Means
Clinton, Melvern
Sand Hills
Senate
Clinton
Mike Hayden
Atwood
Melvern
Land and Water Conservation Fund
General Fund
Bennett
Secretary of State
Ford limits oil reliance by elevating conservation plan
The Ford administration's energy update places conservation on par with new energy sources. ERDA says efficiency gains could save 5.3 to 7.3 million barrels of oil daily by 1985, about one third to one half of current consumption. Robert C. Seamans Jr. notes public demand shift and details include insulation improvements and removing pilot lights.
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Washington
Ford Administration
U.S
Energy Research and Development Administration
Congress
ERDA
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Seamans
Pair of police employees charged and suspended
Two Douglas County police workers Debra Armann and John Demby face charges of illegal possession of stolen property after an internal inquiry uncovered suspected thefts at TG and Y store. A third man Gene Planker and Raymond Goff Jr. were also charged, with Goff turning himself in. Preliminary hearings set for May 5 and authorities say arrests relate to internal department investigations.
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Debra Armann
John Demby
Douglas County
Gene S. Planker
Raymond Goff, Jr
Rt. 5
Douglas County Atty
David Berkowitz
Goff
Tg&y
Demby
Planker
Miss Armann
Police
Armann
Richard Stanwix
Buford Watson
Stanwix
Berkowitz
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce annual meeting at Kansas Union
The 53rd annual Lawrence Chamber of Commerce general meeting begins at 7 PM in the Kansas Union ballroom with over 500 in attendance. Speaker is Michael Moscon of Georgia State University, a noted advocate for free enterprise. New LCC leaders will take office and a new multimedia promotion debuts at 7. Details on the year in review and 1976 77 goals appear on pages 17 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Union
Michael Moscon
Georgia State University
LCC
Chamber
Journal- World
Tornado injures eleven in Brownwood Texas causing airport damage
Eleven people were injured when a tornado struck Brownwood Texas late Monday night and three houses were wrecked near a pecan orchard. Nine were hospitalized and officials said the central Texas airport sustained about 1 million dollars in damage.
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Brownwood
Tex
Texas
National Weather Service
New York City
Local forecast showers end tonight
A weather note indicates showers will taper off this evening with dry conditions returning later. Details and full outlook appear on page 8 of the same edition.
Rainy day brings beneficial rain to area farmers
Overnight rainfall totaled .51 inch in Lawrence bringing weekly total to 2.1 inches since Friday. Tonganoxie .6, Eudora .8, Lecompton .52 and Worden .51 inches. Eben Farley, ASCS director, called the rain good for farmers with no wind or hail and little erosion. More rain expected, easing ponds and water table needs. Dodge City saw 1.81 inches. River and stream levels rose but stayed normal. Perry Lake officials seek to raise level by two feet over three years.
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Lawrence
Tonganoxie
Eudora
Lecompton
Worden
Eben Farley
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Dodge City
Perry Lake
Retirement policy review urged to reexamine aging
Richard Greulick, acting director of the National Institute on Aging, urged the United States to reexamine retirement norms at the 26th Kansas Conference on Aging. He warned against strict chronological retirement and noted a looming retirement-age bulge by 1995–2010, stressing research to align with industry needs and health considerations.
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Gruelick
National Institute On Aging
NIA
Kansas
Greulick
NSA
U.S. Congress
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