Expansion at KUMC Grows to Major Size and Budget
The Kansas University Medical Center, KU's other campus, plants expansion as student body and facilities surge. From 703 students in 1958-59 to potential 2000 this year, 200 medical students per class, and 340 goal for 1977-78. Hospital beds rise with two new buildings adding 338 beds to 513, while budgets climb from 14.8 million in 1963-64 toward 75.7 million for 1976-77 amid funding uncertainties and cost pressures.
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Kansas University Medical Center
Journal-World
Marshall Fine
Allen Torrey
Num
Kansas Board of Regents
KUMC
New K State president greets local alumni
Kansas State University now has Duane Acker as president after 25 years with James McCain. Alumni gatherings at Dr. William Bradley’s farm showcased KSU purple while Acker, in a red shirt, met attendees and discussed goals. Enrollment rose about 1,000 to 17,500 this fall.
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William Bradley
Kansas State University
KSU
Duane Acker
James McCain
McCain
Acker
PVE
Novemer
Kansas Board of Regents
Baker University eyes enrollment rise amid housing stability
Baker University president Jerald Walker expects enrollment to climb above 800 this year as returning students seek dorm space due to limited housing in Baldwin. Despite growth and stronger applicants, the school sees no housing shortage unlike Kansas University, with 10 new faculty and Mulvane Science Hall ready for the term.
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Baldwin
Baker University
Lawrence
Kansas University
University
Jerald C. Walker
BAKER
Walker
Mulvane Science Hall
De Valera Dies at 92 in Dublin Nursing Home
Eamon de Valera, tall scholarly leader of Ireland from guerrilla to prime minister and president, dies at 92 after long illness. Funeral plans include two days of lying in state at Dublin Castle and burial at Glasnevin Cemetery.
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Dublin
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Dev
de Valera
Irish Republic
Dublin Castle
Glasnevin Cemetery
City firemen aid fund campaign with telethon effort
Lawrence firefighters team with three local bands for a Jerry Lewis Telethon fundraiser at the Fire Station on 745 Vermont. Telephone banks run from 9:30 p.m. Sunday to 9:00 a.m. Monday with live acts from 11 a.m. Monday. Music noon to 4:30 p.m. features Little Joe and the Wisemen Karen and the Castaways and Darren and the Dudes. Donations target exceeds last year’s nearly $12,000 as volunteers staff phones.
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Lawrence
Jerry Lewis
Lawrence High School
Richard Curtis
Little Joe and
The
Wisemen
Karen
Darren and
Dudes
Curtis
Kansas KU Curator George Jerkovich Elected Slavic Section Leader
George Jerkovich curator of the Slavic collection at Watson Library Kansas University was elected vice chairman chairman elect of the Slavic and East European Section of the Association of the College and Research Libraries. He has prepared Yugoslavia collection surveys for the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress and represented KU at an international conference on Soviet and Eastern European studies.
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George Jerkovich
Watson Library
Kansas University
Association of the College and Research Libraries
Association of College and Research Libraries
American Library Association
Jerkovich
National Post
New York Public Library
Library of Congress
Topeka Runaways Found Near Grantville
Three youths from the Kansas Youth Center at Topeka were recovered near Grantville after an eight hour search by Jefferson County deputies. The center says five boys are away without leave, one missing for more than a month. identities of the captured youths were not released.
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Grantville
Kansas Youth Center
Topeka
Boys’ Industrial School
Here
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Dept
Bennett names Kalb new Kansas revenue secretary
Gov. Bennett appoints Floyd Kent Kalb as state secretary of revenue effective Sept. 17, succeeding James T. McDonald. Kalb, 36, previously led Kansas Revenue Department legal matters and later headed Nebraska Revenue Department as chief attorney, with praise from Nebraska officials.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Floyd Kent Kalb
James T. McDonald
Kalb
Department
McDonald
Bennett
Kansas
Nebraska
Baldwin City
Bachelor
University of Kansas
Kansas Revenue Department
KU Law School
Kansas Highway Commission
Nebraska Revenue Department
Robert B. Docking
Docking
Denver
Exon
Democratic Party
Henry Lueck
Lueck
Hearings Set for 3 in Rape Case in Kansas
Preliminary hearings are scheduled for September 12 for Steven A. Murray Leonard L. Smith and David Relihan all Topeka men charged in the Shawnee County case stemming from a Tuesday farmhouse assault on two Kansas University coeds. Two other suspects are being sought.
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Kansas University
Steven A. Murray
Topeka
Shawnee
Leonard L. Smith
David Relihan
Smith
Relihan
Jerry Federgreen
Shawnee County
Federgreen
Lawrence Golf and Country Club Elects New Board Leader
Lawrence builder Jones Russell Jones was elected president of the Lawrene Golf and Country Club board this week and assumes office immediately. He replaces Charles Hedges who retired August 20. Also elected were Ken Whitenight Sr. as vice president and T. C. Hitchcock and Robert Shmalberg in secretary and treasurer posts.
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Russell Jones
Homestead
Lawrence
Lawrence Golf and Country Club
Jones
Charles Hedges
W. Ninth
Ken Whitenight Sr
Rt. 2
T.C. Hitchcock
Baldwin
Robert Shmalberg
Jasu
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