Kansas approves first minimum wage bill in state history
Kansas lawmakers pass a bill creating a state minimum wage of 1.60 dollars per hour with overtime after 46 hours, exempting agricultural and domestic workers and those under 18 or over 60. Governor Bennett expresses pleasure but did not promise to sign immediately. measure aims to cover up to 160000 workers not protected by federal rules.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Kansas Legisature
Bennett
Sions Bennett
McGee
GM reports record profits in first quarter
General Motors posts a first quarter record with profits of 903 million dollars and sales of 13.6 billion. Earnings 3.14 dollars per share, ahead of 1973 and near an all time quarterly high, driven by strong big car sales in the United States. The North Lawrence Planning Council will meet at Woodlawn School at 7 30 p m with Police Chief Richard Stanwix as speaker.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Wall Street
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Tion
United States
North Lawrence
Elderly apartment plan blocked by planning panel vote
Kitchen's 120 unit elderly housing proposal for 1.4 acres on Eighth Street faced a 6 to 4 defeat on a use permit by the city-county planning commission, with final decision to rest with city commissioners May 17. Opponents cite scale, density and historic district across Tennessee Street. supporters cite housing need and downtown access.
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Lewis Kitchen
Planning Commission
City Commission
Kitchen
Kansas City
Eighth Street
Kentucky
Tennessee
The
First Baptist Church
Old West Lawrence
Johanna Kollmorgen
Max Lucas
Commission
Zoning and road policy changes approved in Douglas County
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission approved a new limited commercial zoning district near Clinton Lake and tightened rules on rural private roads. They also advanced changes to subdivision rules and postponed several text amendments. May 19 is the target date for county commission action.
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Douglas County
Lawrence-Douglas County
County Commission
Clinton Lake
Consid
Morton
Lynn Street
Bullene and
Haskell Avenues
Beetles Tested To Fight Musk Thistle In Kansas Study
Entomologist Ernest Horber reports mid June results will show if the experimental beetles on a five acre Ft. Riley tract survive and spread. The second year of a five year effort seeks to control musk thistle by insects, reducing seed production to curb future growth.
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Kansas State University
Ernest Horber
Ft. Riley
K-State
Horber
Douglas County
Kansas
Italy
Herber
Energy chief foresees solar aid within five years
Federal Energy Administrator John O Leary says advances in direct solar electricity could make solar power cost competitive with other sources within five years. He notes Carter’s energy plan has broad support but faces group disagreements while stressing conservation now.
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Energy Chief
San Francisco
Federal Energy Administration
John O'Leary
American Newspapers Publishers Association
O’leary
Carter
O'Leary
J-W publisher re-elected to two posts in meetings
Dolph C. Simons Jr. president and publisher of the Journal-World was re-elected as secretary of the American Newspaper Publishers Assn. and to the board of directors of the Newspaper Advertising Bureau. He first joined the ad bureau in 1974.
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San Francisco
Dolph C. Simons Jr
The
Journal-World
Simons
American Newspaper Publishers Assn
Newspaper Advertising Bureau
Ad Bureau Post
KU to Host Apollo Artifacts Space Exhibit in Lawrence
U S Rep Larry Winn says talks with Houston Space Center on loaning Apollo artifacts to Kansas University Space Technology Center proceed well with a potential late summer or fall display. Expected items include a moon rock a space suit and other memorabilia.
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U.S
Larry Winn
R-Kan
Kansas University Space Technology Center
Winn
Houston Space Center
Chuck Biggs
Biggs
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
The
Space Center
Houston
Lawrence
Ron Evans
Joe Engle
Lawrence seniors sweep state VICA results in Kansas City
Two Lawrence High School seniors won state ratings at the VICA contest in Kansas City Kansas. Greg Schlappi earned third in general safety while Larry Saathoff placed third in job interviewing among 650 contestants. Both students train in the school's cooperative industrial program. Saathoff works as a sheet metal worker for Carson Burger Weekly and Schlappi is employed by Lawrence Country Club.
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Lawrence High School
Vocational-Industrial Clubs of America
VICA
Kansas City
Kan
Greg Schlappi
Larry Saathoff
Schlappi
Saathoff
Cooperative
Carson-Burger & Weekly
Lawrence
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Kansas Federation of Labor
Afl-Cio
NLPC
Hank Booth
Booth
Chuck Warner
Andy Garyardt
Jane Combest
David Noe
Margaret Standfield
Miss Kollmorgen
Warner
Dean Harvey
Robert Prim
Lucas
ANPA
James C. Good
Hillcrest
University of Missouri-Columbia
J-W
Real Estates
Ridge Ct
Sam Collins
Bargain Sniffers Shop Journal-World Classified Ads
Yat Cain
LHS
Hotpoint
Ray
Stoneback
Massachusetts
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