County Commissioners Question Johnson County Charter Plan
Douglas County leaders voiced doubts about a home rule charter proposing a county administrator seven commissioners and merged departments. I J Stoneback warned such changes move government from the people and reduce checks and balances. Commissioners Heck and Whitenight supported study but rejected immediate charter adoption and a larger board without an administrative assistant first.
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Johnson County
Douglas County
Arthur Heck
I.J. Stoneback
Pete Whitenight
Stoneback
Heck
Whitenight
KU Senate Cuts KUAC Funds Amid discrimination dispute
The KU senate followed recommendations to withhold 73,500 of activity funds from KUAC until a discriminatory bylaw is changed. A KU law student alleged reverse discrimination. The group ASK drew mixed support from senators over state legislative influence and a 25 cent activity fee proposal. A referendum on the KUAC cutoff may be set for February or January.
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University Judiciary
KUAC
Senate
Vic Miller
ASK
Texan to head Ford fund work for 1976 campaign
Robert Mosbacher, a Houston businessman, was named to head fund-raising operations for President Ford's 1976 White House campaign. He succeeds David Packard who resigned amid friction with campaign chairman Howard H. Callaway. Packard named honorary chairman of the finance committee. Max Fisher from Detroit appointed cochairman and chairman of the finance executive committee. Mosbacher, 48, will work full time in the Ford finance job.
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Washington
Robert Mosbacher
Houston
Ford
White House
David Packard
Howard H. Callaway
Packard
Detroit
Max Fisher
Cochairman
Mosbacher
Ford Finance
Republican National Finance Committee
Lawrence 1975 construction figures rise with November permits
November permits total $3.2 million, bringing 1975 construction to $22,877,710 nearly double 1974. Presbyterian Manor housing project at 1429 Kasold leads November with $2.3 million value. Also 21 new homes totaling $822,500, plus a duplex and a business valued at $63,600 and $55,000.
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Lawrence
Presbyterian Manor
Kasold
KU Alumni Lead Big Eight In Corporate Leadership
A NASULGC report lists KU alumni as chief executives for 10 major firms, topping the Big Eight. The survey covers the 1975 Fortune 500 and other top companies, naming KU figures such as W A Buzick Jr and Robert Malott, with their KU majors and company rankings.
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America
Kansas University
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
Nasulgc
Fortune Magazine
U.S
Poor’s Register of Corporations
Colorado
Iowa State
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Nasalgc
Universities
California
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
North Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cornell University
W. A. Buzick Jr
Consolidated Foods
Paul Thayer
STV
Don McMorris
Yellow Freight System
Buzick, Malott, Murphy and Thayer
Hinkle and McMorris
Douce
McGee and Spahr
Sellers
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David Chartrand
Charter Commission
Johnson County Charter Group
Harold Reihm
Register of Deeds
Commission
County Commission
Texan
Ford Fund Work
Oregon
Sylvania
John Haddock
Veto Lcm
RMS Electronics
JVC
Marantz
Technics
Sony
Massachusetts
Big
Alexanders
Alcamar Racket Club
James Connelly
Nance
Santa Fe
Herb Friedson
Gunda
Martyn Spon
K.C
Southwest Gallery & Textile Studio
Alvam
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Zenith 17
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First National Bank
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Downtown Bank
Massachusetts Motor Bank
Tennessee First National South
West
Kansas
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