KU Opens Year With Interim Chancellor at Helm
The article outlines KU's 1973-74 start under interim Chancellor and campus-wide budget pressures. It notes state funding gaps, faculty and civil service raises, protests over Vietnam war research, and efforts toward affirmative action and new degree structures. It also covers campus expansion plans, decentralization of administration, and student political engagement ahead of elections.
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Chalmers
School of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
School of Fine Arts
Office of
Liquor by Drink Urged to Boost Kansas Convention Trade
Wichita activist Hank Parkinson urged a Kansas Legislative committee to legalize liquor by the drink to attract conventions. He cited Wichita Convention Center and estimated economic gains while lawmakers pressed for concrete convention lists. officials noted opposition and prior constitutional defeat on open saloons.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wichita
Kansas Legislative Committee On
Hank Parkinson
Modern Alcoholic Beverage Control Inc
Overland Park
Kansas
Parkinson
James Clancy
Lester Arvin
Rosehill
Arvin
Richard J. Molamphy
Homicide Rate Reaches Historic High in New York City
New York City records a record high homicide rate with nine days yielding 64 deaths. Among victims were three teenagers in an argued dispute, a building manager killed before retirement, and a 10 year old boy fleeing a stolen car. One Monday saw 13 homicides in 24 hours, the city’s worst single day.
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New York
Docking to Run On His Record In Kansas
Gov. Robert Docking told AFL-CIO COPE delegates in Kansas that he will take his administration’s record to the people and seek continued support for tax reform state government reorganization highway construction and battling recession. He urged renewal of reforms and warned against deficit spending and pension plans while criticizing Republican attitudes. He cited a Parsons Sun editorial on corporate tax credits and pledged to continue a state wide campaign for reform and support.
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Kansas City, Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
Labor People
Parsons Sun
Morris Bay
Dove Shooting Opens Sept 1 in Kansas
Pratt report notes the 1972 dove season runs Sept 1 to Oct 30 with a daily bag limit of 10 and a possession limit of 20. Shooting hours are from half an hour before sunrise to sunset. The Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission recommends clay target practice, landowner permission checks, and plugging shotguns with more than three shells to meet legal limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Prisoners Art Show At Leavenworth Draws Big Crowd
Leavenworth hosts the third annual State Penitentiary Arts and Crafts Show from Thursday to Sept 2 at the Leavenworth Plaza. Inmates display leather goods and oil pastel and watercolor paintings, plus a pictorial of the prison. The Western Band performs at 7 30 p.m. on Thursday Friday and Saturday. Warden R J Gaffney expects this year's event to top last year’s attendance of over 15 000 and earnings above 4000 in inmate sales.
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Leavenworth
State Penitentiary
Leavenworth Plaza
Lansing
R. J. Gaffney
Airline adds Ms designation option in reservations
Eastern Airlines announces new reservations option allowing women to specify Mrs Miss Ms or other recognized titles. Passengers providing last name and first initial will also indicate their preferred designation during booking steps.
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New York
Eastern Airlines
Three Federal Agencies Probe Shoulders Murder
ST LOUIS AP three federal agencies join St Louis police and local deputies in probing the murder of Louis D Shoulders Jr ex convict and union leader. He and T J Yarvill were attacked by a bomb that demolished their 1972 Cadillac at Table Rock Lake near Branson Missouri. Harvill 49 head of the eastern Missouri Laborers District Council was seriously hurt and treated at Cox Medical Center Springfield. Shoulders 44 son of a former St Louis police lieutenant involved in the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping case the ransom paid and seized was only half recovered.
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ST. Louis
Louis D. Shoulders, Jr
Table Rock Lake
Branson
Taney County Sheriff's
Long Creek
Shoulders
Harvill
Highway Patrol
Taney County
Lyman Cardwell
Eastern Missouri Laborers District Council
Cox Medical Center
Springfield
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City
Kansas University overview two campuses and budget figures
KU operates six Regents institutions with Lawrence and Kansas City campuses. Enrollment is projected at 19 200 for fall 1972 up from 18 518 in 1971. Budget requests and allocations show 24 2 million state funds current 25 8 million approved 24 1 million governor 24 2 million legislature 24 2 million. Fees listed for resident 243 per semester nonresident 538. Faculty on Lawrence campus totals 1 303 with average nine month salaries ranging from 8 775 to 18 408 and a 32 1 student to faculty ratio.
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Kansas Board of Regents
Ansas
Nixon
Vietnam
Kansas Relays
Strong Hall
EU Endowment Association
Sune
Women's Equity Action League
HEW
Lawrence Gay Liberation Front
Chalmers
U. S. District Court
10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Ku’s
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
KU Medical
Kansas City
Wichita
Lawrence
Kansas Geological Survey
Student Vote
Kansas
George McGovern
Kansas University
Wescoe
Mt. Oread
Fraser
Kan
University
Regents
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Miller Lawrence
Committee On Political Education
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Afl-Cio
Ramada Inn
Dove
Iowa ST
Rogers’ Pest Control
John Rogers
Acousticon
Otis Bricker
Acousticon Bricker Co
East 7Th
Topeka, Ks
Lawrence's
Round Corner
Massachusetts
West
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