Prison educator faces job loss as Kansas prison shifts services
James Hills, director of education at Kansas State Penitentiary, says his position will be phased out as the Kansas Department of Corrections moves toward contracting education and rehabilitation services. He notes budget cuts and the plan to replace in-house instructors with outside providers, risking the continuity of college, GED, and vocational programs for inmates.
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James Hills
Kansas Department of Corrections
Kansas State Penitentiary
Hills
Journal-World
Corrections Department
Raines
Robert Raines
Secretary of Corrections
Educational Services College
Kansas City
Kan
Board of Education
Robert Atkins
Raymond Maynard
Maynard
Supreme Court declines review of Kansas kickback conspiracy case
The Supreme Court refused to review a Kansas corruption indictment against 17 individuals and five companies tied to a 1972 kickback scheme involving a 6 percent fee for Kansas University Medical Center architectural work. The ruling upheld the Kansas Supreme Court decision affirming the Shawnee County grand jury's 1974 indictment despite challenges over juror selection from voter rolls.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas Supreme Court
Shawnee County
Richard Malloy
Kansas University Medical
Robert Docking
State Supreme Court
O Hara Pictures to Be Displayed in Lawrence Exhibition
Paintings by Kansas City artist Jack O'Hara go on display Tuesday at the First National Bank of Lawrence, 900 Mass. The show runs through Dec. 19 during banking hours with weekends limited. A former KU student, O'Hara has exhibited at Nelson Art Gallery and the Kansas City Art Institute and drawn national attention for his landscapes and still lifes.
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Kansas City
Jack O’hara
First National Bank of
Lawrence
Mass
O'Hara
Kansas University
Nelson Art Gallery
Kansas City Art Institute
Andrew Wyeth
Council to pick appeals member tonight in Baldwin
The Baldwin city council meets at 7 30 tonight in city hall to elect a representative for a Friday hearing before the State Board of Tax Appeals. The council seeks authorization to spend an extra 65000 for fuel from the utility fund and will hear a progress report on Spring Creek Lake dredging.
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Baldwin
State Board of Tax Appeals
Ays
Virgil Reeves
Spring Creek Lake
Man found guilty in fatal collision
Leavenworth court found 29 year old Jack Higginbotham of Shawnee guilty of two counts of vehicular homicide and a living out of center after an Oct 4 accident that killed Mr and Mrs John S Morgan of DeSoto. A pre sentence investigation was ordered.
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Leavenworth
Jack Higginbotham
Shawnee
Douglas Waters
Higginbotham
John S. Morgan
DeSoto
Pesos for El Paso fund drive funds KU Sun Bowl trip
Kansas University aims to raise 14 000 in a week to supplement 16 000 already set aside for the KU Marching Band trip to the Sun Bowl in El Paso Texas on December 26 The Endowment Association acts as banker and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce KU Alumni Band Assn organize phone blitzes Alumni donations are sought through mail campaigns and two music nights at Paul Grays Jazz Place 926 Mass donations will be solicited during 8 p m to 12 a m Tuesday and Wednesday
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el Paso
Kansas University
Jim Martin
KU Endowment Association
Endowment Association
University of Pittsburgh
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kans Supreme Court hears Harold Clark Jr. rape appeal
The Kansas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the appeal of Harold Clark Jr. convicted of rape in 1974. His attorney seeks reversal on grounds of illegally seized evidence and a warrantless arrest, while the prosecutor argues the arrest was justified by threat to community safety. A decision is due in mid January. Clark was arrested at a local motel after a KU student alleged rape in a residence hall room.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Harold Clark Jr
Clark
Edward G. Collister Jr
Lawrence
David Berkowitz
Berkowitz
High Court
Kansas University
City to consider sanitation rates and wages proposal
Lawrence City Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in city hall to weigh a 25 percent rate boost for sanitation income. Officials plan to favor commercial and industrial charges over residential, while a promised wage increase awaits final decision.
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Lawrence City Commission
City Hall
Sanitation Department
Anch
Journal-World
Sanitation Workers Association
Harry Brown
Kansas City
Kansas Holds Two Day Nuclear Attack Exercise
Topeka Kan AP active and reserve troops and civilian authorities completed a two day training drill simulating a surprise nuclear attack. The exercise looked at recovery operations two weeks after strikes and involved guards from Kansas and active units from Ft Riley and Wichita.
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Topeka
Kan
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Edgar L. DeGraw
Kansas
Kansas Army and
Air National Guard
Norton
Ola
Hutchinson
Active Army
Ft. Riley
89Th Army Reserve Command
Wichita
State Division of Emergency Preparedness
Kansas Highway Patrol
State Adjutant General
U.S
KU Agencies Move Offices During Semester Break
Two Kansas University divisions will relocate during the winter break. The Endowment Association will move to the Center for Research building on the west campus, with packing slated for December 18 or 19 or after New Year. University Relations plans to move to the Endowment site around January 3, 1976, unsure who will take Carruth-O’Leary offices.
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Kansas University
Kansas University Endowment Association
Center For Research, Inc
Learned
Raymond Nichols
Todd Seymour
Endowment Association
James Collier
Office of
University Relations
Collier
Carruth-O’ Leary
India Needs More Grain Storage Facilities
An Agriculture Department specialist notes record India grain harvests spur demand for improved storage. John B. Parker Jr. says India offers loans and technical aid to cooperatives and farmers to reduce losses to rodents insects birds and monkeys during transit from field to use. He cites about 10 million metric tons lost annually in recent years, with two million lost before harvest, yet highlights a strong contrast in storage conditions.
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Washington
India
Agriculture Department
John B. Parker Jr
Department’s Economic Research Service
Parker
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M. Gene Norton
Robert B. Jarvis
Donald R. Sledd
Bruce Browne
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Marshall & Brown
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Council
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Buford Watson
Watson
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New Hampshire
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Insurance Protection
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