Coed’s Disappearance Sparks Limited Clues and Theories
Carla Baker vanished after planning trips, with Miss Shaw and Ann Gottberg as possible contacts. Police called a supposed murder confession a hoax, and KBI officials noted legal limits on pursuing adult voluntary departures or unification church locations.
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Mary Shaw
Carla
New Mexico
Carla Baker
Miss Baker
KBI
Jack Ford
Ford
Unification Church
Wellsville approves nursing home plans and bonds
Wellsville city council voted to accept plans for a one story nursing home and issue 675000 in bonds for construction. Autry Construction Co. of Humboldt will build a 60 bed facility, with start possible in about two months. Laidler Enterprises Ltd. will manage the facility for 2500 annually.
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Wellsville
Autry Construction Co
Humboldt
Karl Romstedt
Laidler Enterprises Ltd
Maddox Leads Nomination Race At American Independent Convention
About 500 delegates from 34 states gathered as Lester Maddox emerged as the front runner for the American Independent Party presidential nomination. He faces Robert Morris and John R. Rarick, with Morris backing by Richard Viguerie. All contenders oppose foreign aid and abortion rights while split between New Right Republicans and Southern Democrats.
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Chicago
Georgia
Lester Maddox
American Independent Party
Maddox
George Wallace
Robert Morris
Dallas
John R. Rarick
Louisiana
New York
Morris
America
Richard Viguerie
Wallace
Committee For
Rarick
House Democrats
Idependent Party
House
Jimmy Carter
Carter
KU Receipts Aligned With State Treasury in Audit
A Legislative Post Auditor report found KU and Kansas State University had all receipts accounted for and expenditures made as authorized. KU plans a centralized, computer aided system and seeks statutory changes to allow disbursements from the university bank account.
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Kansas University
Keith Nitcher
Legislative Post
Richard Brown
Kansas State University
Nitcher
Council of Business Officers
Council of Presidents
Kansas Board of Regents
Lawrence
KU Medical Center barred from gag rule on staff
The Kansas Public Employees Board ruled KU Medical Center cannot enforce gag rules on employees and ordered a halt to coercive practices toward employee organization activities. It also ordered removal of a reprimand from union officer Frank Briscoe’s file after he discussed another employee’s termination during a break. The center’s personnel director said he would review an appeal with an attorney.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Public Employe Relations Board
University of Kansas Medical Center
Frank Briscoe
Public Service Employes
Briscoe
County Plans New Bids On Two stalled Projects
Douglas County will re bid the Eudora landfill closure and the Lecompton Senior Citizens Center renovation after initial bids proved too costly. County federal funds consultant Ernest Coleman said re bidding could occur in the next week or two to secure lower offers. Both projects use Community Development funds.
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Douglas County
Senior Citizens Center
Lecompton
Eudora
Ernest Coleman
County Federal Funds
Coleman
Brent McFall
Federal
McFall
CETA
Public employe program faces uncertain future
Congress override of a presidential veto may allow continuation of city and county CETA programs though local officials remain unsure how and when. July 1 cut off funds. Lawrence and Douglas County kept some employees by state permission, with funds likely running out around September. City and county officials describe slow progress awaiting federal money and state arrangements.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
CETA
McFall
Coleman
Kansas
Lawrence district offers 75 adult education courses this fall
About 1,000 people have signed up for adult education classes in Lawrence School District 497. 75 courses are available this fall with openings in several. auto mechanics, photography, interior decorating and macrame filled quickly, while guitar, fashion design and international cooking have some spaces. First classes start Tuesday and in person registration ends today though mailed applications will still be accepted. Most courses cost under $20, averaging around $13, with higher prices for materials such as welding at about $50.
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Lawrence
Ames
Senate approves amendment to open Haskell grants
The Senate backed an amendment to allow Haskell Indian Junior College to compete for federal grants beyond the BIA. The measure, linked to the Snyder Act, would remove a duplication restriction and let Haskell seek funds like other colleges. The bill awaits House-Senate conference approval.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
U.S. Senate
Haskell
Wallace Galluzzi
James Pearson
R-Kan
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Pearson
Washington
Senate
House-Senate
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Hunt
Santa Fe
N. M
Miss Shaw
Ann Gottberg
Salina
Gottberg
Hays
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Lancaster County
Neb
Paul Daggs
Marilyn Boeckman
Watkins Scholarship Hall
Watkins
Donna Romstedt
City Recreation Commission
Recreation Commission
Saddle Club Park
Sheila Dominick
al Rice
Rice and
Goodness Engineers
Wichita
Jerry Vickers
Glenwood Acres
Carl Gregory
Franklin County
Ronald Reagan
Zoo
Topeka, Kan
Gage Park Zoo
Virginia
Cash & Carry
Mass
18Th
KU Accounting
KSU
Brown
KUMC
Ken Callicott
Kentucky
cGrew Real Estate
John Ames
Nee ‘Sha Oss
Ove Foss
Mos
K.C
Kaw River
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