State slowly faces diminishing water supplies
The first of a five part series on Kansas water woes notes Princeton drought year 1977 when the town ran dry and borrowed water. Gov. Bennett pushes stronger programs as a Water Task Force forms and cities plan for future supplies amid scarce groundwater and rising demand.
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Elon Torrence
Paul Stevens
Associated Press
Princeton
Kansas
Sharon Higgins
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas Farm Bureau
Dodge City
Bennett
Wichita
Bureau of Reclamation
Valuation records meet deadline for 1978 budgets
Douglas County officials reported that valuation data exceeded the 174 million target used to set the 1978 county budget and mill levy. Budget Director Darlene Hill said the extra valuations could lower the proposed mill increase as the appraiser and data processor push to complete totals by September 9.
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Douglas County
Darlene Hill
Commission
County Commission
Hill
Lawrence
Peter Whitenight
Robert Neil
Whitenight
Rogers
City to review employee issues amid union slowdown
Lawrence City Commission faces a volatile agenda led by a police slowdown and a firefighters demand for a new meeting. Mayor Argersinger expects Tuesday briefings on the slowdown and the city response, with executive session likely to follow the regular meeting.
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Lawrence City Commission
Marnie Argersinger
Commission
Stern Brothers, Inc
Kansas City
Kansas
Mediation in Rhodesia Seeks Path to Settlement
Ambassador Andrew Young and British Foreign Secretary David Owen met with Rhodesia’s Prime Minister John Vorster in Pretoria to push the British American plan for black majority rule. A second session was set for later, with possible delays for Owen and Young’s Kenya departure reflecting rough talks.
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South Africa
Andrew Young
David Owen
John Vorster
Rhodesia
Kenya
Owen
Young
U.N
Vorster
Ian Smith
Zambia Daily Mail
Lusaka
Research fund warning begins KU school year
Kansas University and other research universities face reduced funding for basic research, alarming Chancellor Archie Dykes. He told about 2,000 at KU’s 112th Convocation that sinking GNP allocations for basic research threaten U.S. leadership in science and technology and could take years to recover.
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Archie Dykes
Hoch Auditorium
U.S
United States
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
KU faculty seize on pay gaps amid admin salary highs
KU faculty leaders cite AAUP figures showing administrators rank among the highest nationwide while faculty salaries lag peers. Excerpts from the fiscal 1976 data cited by Grant Goodman and Robert Scott highlight a widening disparity as enrollments grow and TAs are cut.
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American Association of State Colleges and Universities
KU American Association of University Professors
AAUP
Robert Scott
EU Aaup
Scott
Felix Moos
Margaret Byrne
Archie Dykes
Ron Calgaard
del Shankel
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