Parents urge keeping Grant School open amid closure debate
A Lawrence district meeting drew about 100 people as a five member Grant School committee pressed to keep the rural campus open. Kenneth Fisher outlined savings from closing Grant and Riverside and moving students to Woodlawn and Pinckney, while Ed Collister questioned the board’s authority to close schools.
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Lawrence
Board of Education
Riverside
Grant
Kenneth Fisher
Journal‘World
Fisher
Studets
Woodlawn
Collister
Riverside School
Bradley
Grant Committee
Bradely
Bennett Discusses Tax Reform and Interim Committee Work
Kansas lawmakers hear Bennett defend the corporate tax pill and discuss future adjustments. He notes Governor Docking’s absence and outlines interim committee focuses on mental institutions, consumer protection, environmental programs, and revenue sharing. Local reps Vogel Buzzi and Booth attend. Speaker McGill unable to attend.
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Sorvernor
Ashington
Texas
Florida
New Orleans
Bennett
Kansas
John ‘Vogel
Lloyd Buzzi
Arden Booth
Kansas House
Duane Pete” McGill
McNish Wins 1973 Henry A. Bubb Award
Kansas University professor J Hammond McNish, adjunct in business, receives the Henry A. Bubb Award for Distinguished Teaching in Business. The $1,000 prize honors outstanding classroom teaching as judged by business students. McNish, KU faculty since 1946 with a period in private practice, holds a Nebraska B.S. in business and law degree.
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J. Hammond McNish
Ad‘junct
Kansas University
Henry A. Bubb
Bubb
Capitol Federal Savings S and Loan Assn
Kansas Board of Regents
McNish
A Lawirm
Sidney
Neb
Buss
University of Nebraska
University Judiciary
Gehairman
Divro
Insurgents Seize Cambodian Positions Near Phnom Penh
Reports say Cambodian insurgents control a long east bank stretch opposite Phnom Penh with over 20 rockets hitting the airport area west of the capital. Casualties include 19 dead and 62 wounded, while jets from Thailand bombarded the east bank as refugees sought safety.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong
Stough Addresses Rotary on Tallgrass Prairie Park Effort
Lawrence attorney Charles Stough spoke to the Emporia Rotary Club about the Tallgrass Prairie National Park. A former Kansas House speaker, he leads efforts to push Congress to designate a Kansas site for the project.
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Lawrence
Charles Stough
Emporia Rotary Club
Tallgrass Prairie National Park
Stough
Kansas House of Representatives
Congress
Kansas
Emergency Aid Plan Discussed by Lawrence Citizens
About 10 Lawrence residents attended a public meeting at the school administration center to review the Emergency School Aid Act Title VII application for Lawrence School District 497. The draft proposes 214000 in federal funds with no local matching.
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Lawrence
School Administration Center
A. H. Budd
Kansas Department of Education
Budd
Coleman
City Planning to Hire Six Additional Policemen
Lawrence moves to hire six more police officers funded by the local half cent sales tax after legislative action ensures a stable revenue stream. The 1972 tax income totaled about $608000 with roughly $495000 spent. remaining funds will support police and fire expenditures in future budgets.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Dennis Kallsen
Kallsen
Perry Lake levels recover as marina reopens near Lawrence
Lawrence area reports Perry Lake rising from spring crest to normal pool of 891.5 feet after a peak of 900.2 feet on April 6. Heavy rains flooded shorelines and closed the marina. officials expect operations to return to normal by the weekend barring more rain.
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Perry Lake
Perry Marina
Lawrence
Snyder elected president of KU Faculty Club
Henry Snyder associate dean of research administration at Kansas University was elected president of the KU Faculty Club on Wednesday night. The revived group plans to convert the former Phi Kappa Tau house at 1120 W. 11th and has raised about $67,000 toward a $75,000 remodeling goal. The club seeks more funding and will request a loan from the KU Endowment Association.
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Henry Snyder
Kansas University
Phi Kappa Tau
W. 11Th
KU Endowment Association
Fred Zoellner Dies at 71 Din Tonganoxie
Fred Zoellner a longtime Tonganoxie businessman and civic leader died at his home after a brief illness. He was 71 and had led Zoellner's mercantile and served as bank president. Funeral at United Methodist Church with cremation to follow. Survivors include wife Helen, daughter Zara Ann McKinnney, son John E. Zoellner, sister Grace Wilson and five grandchildren.
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Frederic Winslow Zoellner
Zoellner’s
First State Bank
Lawrence Ellis Lodge
City of
Helen
Zara Ann McKinnney
Oklahoma City
John E. Zoellner
Mission
Grace Wilson
Civic groups join Lawrence cleanup drive in city next week
Eight groups volunteer for Make the Scene Clean with seven identified tasks at Centennial Park Episcopal Church parking lot University campus outreach grows. Den 1 Pack 3370 will clean Centennial Park this afternoon led by Gloria Morton while other groups plan policing Veterans Park and school grounds Cordley School children participate Monday and an unidentified cub scout group targets Veterans Park East Lawrence Improvement Association sponsors a Saturday bulk cleanup with a 150 prize for best house KU Whomper Week promotes recycling with Phi Delta Theta members canvassing for bottles cans and newspapers Sunday
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Lawrence
Cub Scouts
Den 1
Centennial Park
Gloria Morton
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Garden Club
Episcopal Church
Cordley
Chamber
The
East Lawrence
Kansas University
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
County to receive 31000 from federal employment program
The Douglas County Commission was told by telephone that it can expect 31000 in funds from the Kansas Public Employment Program. Commissioner Arthur Heck said a KPEP official advised funds would be available from June 1, 1973 to June 30, 1974. He declined to name the official.
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Douglas County. Commission
Kansas Public Employment Program
Arthur Heck
KPEP
Heck
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