Lawrence graduates tour Eastern Europe on UT Arlington trip
Nine students from Lawrence High School and teacher Julian Ako spent 50 weeks in Hungary Czechoslovakia Romania and the Soviet Union visiting Moscow Leningrad Yalta and Prague. They toured parks cafes and youth camps while comparing life under communism with American freedoms.
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Brett Greene
Lawrence High School
Europe
Soviet Union
Douglas County
Rick Embers
Groene
Embers
Julian
Ako
University of Texas At Arlington
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Charles McDowell
University of Texas
Budapest
Prague
Bucharest
Moscow
Leningrad
Yalta
Black Sea
Copenhagen
Gibson's
Howard Bauleke
Paul Griffin
John Matthews
Dan Yee
James Moore
Air base transfer ordered to Scott AFB near Belleville
Kansas City area officials order immediate transfer of personnel from Richards Gebaur Air Force Base to Scott Air Force Base near Belleville Illinois. A spokesman cites no firm moving timetable while Jackson County seeks a rapid trial to block the move. The court denied a temporary injunction over alleged inadequate environmental impact statements.
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Kansas City
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Ill
Air Force Communications Service
Air Force
St. Louis
Jackson County
U. S. District Court
William R. Collinson
Collinson
Carter backs Bert Lance as probe ends no wrongdoing
President Carter voiced renewed faith in Bert Lance after Comptroller John Heimann ruled no charges warranted. Congress plans to question Lance about finances as investigations on Lance’s banking dealings continue and hearings loom after the summer recess.
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Washington
Carter
Bert Lance
Georgia
Congress
Lance
Comptroller of the Currency
John Heimann
Camp David
Bert
Abraham Ribicoff
Senate
Comptroller
Connecticut Democrat
Heimann
Government Operations Committee
Charles H. Percy
Ill
Douglas County redefines maintenance chief role and splits duties
County commissioners confirm a new and tighter job description for the maintenance superintendent and separate duties from the fairgrounds caretaker. The firing of Alfred Skeet followed misconduct and poor performance concerns, with officials citing ill defined responsibilities and the need for supervision and delegation clarity.
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Douglas County
Alfred Skeet
Skeet
Fairgrounds
Whitenight
County Extension Office
Music on top at Vinland fair
Vinland Grange Fair runs through Saturday with exhibit judging and entertainment. Baldwin High School stage band performs at 7 pm, followed by the Eudora Harmonicats at 8. Saturday activities include tug-of-war, arm wrestling, horse and wagon rides, and a 7:30 pm motorcycle rodeo. Enter rodeo at event time beside Vinland School on County Road 1055, nine miles southeast of Lawrence.
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Vinland Grange
Baldwin High School
Eudora
Vinland School
Lawrence
Kent State gym construction halted amid pending appeal
A federal judge ordered a halt to work on Kent State University's controversial gymnasium as an appeal proceeds. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled a hearing on the May 4th Coalition's appeal challenging the annex near the Kent campus site where four students died and nine were wounded in the 1970 antiwar protest.
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Kent, Ohio
Kent State University
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
National
State hires rule delays KU trash plant planning
A new state rule requiring agencies to create pools of engineering firms delays preliminary planning for Kansas University's trash fueled energy plant. Regents cite duplication of services and about a one month delay, while supporters say time saved over strict bidding. Total project cost 11 million with 100 thousand planning funds approved this year.
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Kansas University
Kansas Board of Regents
Warren Corman
Regents
Corman
George Barbee
Kansas Engineering Society
Barbee
Turner
EU Energy
U S Criticizes New Israeli West Bank Camps
The Carter administration denounces three new West Bank settlements as illegal actions and obstacles to peace talks. Israel rejects the claim saying negotiations remain the aim. The note to officials in Washington and Jerusalem also condemns extended admin rules for West Bank Arabs as undermining the occupation’s perceived permanence.
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Washington
Carter
West Bank
Jordan River
Israel
Avi Pazner
United States
Jerusalem
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Vinland Fair
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