Regents report sparks KU deans clash over program cuts
Kansas University deans challenge a Kansas Board of Regents efficiency study that recommends 20 KU graduate programs be discontinued and 24 placed on probation over three years. Dean William Smith decries the plan to drop petroleum engineering and questions the COCAO method. Other deans note educational specialist degrees and new programs facing jeopardy, while state schools show different discontinuation counts.
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State of Kansas
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Ku-Wichita State University Cooperative Aerospace
Council of Chief Academic Officers
Kahn
George Waggoner
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kansas State University
KSU
WSU
Emporia
Pittsburg
Hays
Local Sclons Pleased By First Parley
Douglas County legislators praise caucus results in Topeka and look forward to the session opening January 9. John Vogel R Lawrence serves as the dean of the group and comments on leadership selections.
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Douglas County
Topeka
John Vogel
Lawrence
Lawmakers pick party leaders for 90 day session
Lawrence lawmakers Michael Glover and Lloyd Buzzi praised the leadership vote outcome and expect smooth votes. State Sen. Arden Booth attends a Washington conference as senators choose Robert Bennett as president pro tem and Joseph Harder as majority leader with Jack Steineger as minority leader. In the House Duane McGill earns speaker’s seat while Donn Everett and Richard Foux are chosen as majority and minority leaders respectively.
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R Lawrence
Washington, D.C
American Association of Retired Persons
National Retired Teachers Assn
State Senate
Robert Bennett
Prairie Village
Joseph Harder
Moundridge
Jack Steineger
Kansas City
Representatives
Duane
Pete” McGill
Rainfield
House
Rep
Donn Everett
Manhattan
Richard
Pete’’ Foux
Wichita
Arraignment Set For Man In Burglary Grand Theft
James E. Looney, 22, of 1142 Indiana, was arrested by Lawrence police Monday night on burglary and grand theft charges. He posted 2250 dollars bond at Douglas County Jail and was released. He allegedly burglarized Nancy L. Visser’s apartment on November 23 and took a typewriter valued over 50 dollars.
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James E. Looney
Douglas County
Nancy L. Visser
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Difficult to Get a Job St Santa Claus High Hiring Standards
Palo Alto AP reports Santa job services set high standards with over 400 Santas placed. Interview volume reaches about 1200 children daily, pay is 3 dollars an hour for six days weekly. Santas must refrain from smoking drinking and drugs and deliver a patient calm show for kids.
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Western Girl Employment Service
Palo Alto
Calif
John Molinari
Mr. Kringle
Court Rules Against Sex in Bars and Night Clubs
The Supreme Court in a 6 to 3 decision allows states to suspend liquor licenses for bars featuring explicit sexual performances and indecent entertainment. Justice Rehnquist wrote the majority, upholding California regulations aimed at public welfare and morals amid concerns of sexual conduct near venues serving alcohol. The ruling reverses a 1971 federal court decision that found the rules unconstitutional without proof of obscenity. The court also indicated upcoming actions on high tuition for out-of-state students, federal food stamps for communes residents, and gender-based job ads in newspapers.
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Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
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Rehnquist
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Los Angeles
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Officials See No Local Impact From Supreme Court Ruling
Douglas County Attorney Mike Elwell and Lawrence City Attorney Milton Allen said no local effect is expected. They noted reports of topless dancers in private clubs fall under state law and private venues, not illegal activity, and that present statutes could address any future issues.
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Mike Elwell
Lawrence
Milton Allen
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Shotgun Shells Found at Oliver Hall Prompt KU Security Probe
The Kansas University Security Division investigates exploded shotgun shells found at Oliver Hall. Linda Jones reports a shell on her desk this morning and a second on the north side of the residence hall at 10 44. A prior shell was found Nov 27. Each shell had screws wrapped with silver tape acting as firing pins. The first shell may have been dropped from a window.
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Kansas University Security Division
Oliver Hall
Linda Jones
Oliver
Lawmaker Links Teen Crime to Barbiturate Abuse
Sen. Birch Bayh cites a rising illicit barbiturate market with street names red birds jackets and blue angels. A juvenile delinquency subcommittee report calls for tighter production controls amid more than 3000 annual overdoses and widespread addiction in the United States.
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Washington
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Subcommittee
Vietnamese Bases Repelled Attack Near Kontum Amid Losses
South Vietnamese forces repelled a ground attack on Ngo Trang base near Kontum while another outpost nine miles north was reported possibly overrun. Saigon said 65 enemy dead and 16 weapons left behind. four troops killed and 15 wounded.
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Saigon
Kontum
Central Highlands
Ngo Trang
Engineering Board Will Discuss Degree at KU Meeting
The Kansas University Electrical Engineering Advisory Board will meet Wednesday at KU to advise on an external professional development degree and curriculum changes. The group will also discuss research directions in the department and the value of a degree program that lets engineers and scientists stay on their jobs while studying.
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Kansas University Electrical Engineering Advisory Board
ITT Denies Allende War Charge
New York AP ITT denied President Salvador Allende of Chile charges that it tried to provoke civil war. A spokesman said ITT never intervened in Chilean affairs and there were no facts to support the accusation.
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NEW York
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Salvador Allende
Chile
ITT
Lawrence Chamber backs 200000 fund drive for Watkins Museum
The Lawrence history and traditions committee urged the Chamber board to endorse the $200,000 fund drive for the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum at 11th and Massachusetts. The resolution was approved unanimously by 12 attendees and moves to the board next Tuesday for final approval.
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Elizabeth M. Watkins
11Th
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Chamber
Riley Burcham
Odd Williams
Watkins Museum
John T. Andrews
Charles D. Stough
Douglas County Historical Society
Lawrence Delays Cycle VIII Teacher Corps Application
Lawrence school district postpones its formal Cycle VIII Teacher Corps plan as Kansas City Mo district delays approval. Project includes 42 participants, four sites in Kansas City and two in Lawrence, to develop curricula and teaching methods with total cost about 444000 dollars, funded by federal sources and 10 percent local share.
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Kansas City, Mo
Robert Taylor
Kansas University
Evelyn Swartz
Taylor
Kansas City
Lawrence District 497
U.S. Office of Education
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