Kansas Regents plead for restored college funds and salaries
Topeka officials led by Henry A. Bubb and KU chancellor A W Wescoe urged restored cuts to next fiscal year budgets emphasizing faculty salaries. They cited a 20 percent salary uplift as study recommended, now only 5 percent allowed, and pressed for revenue bonds to finance new campus buildings.
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Topeka
Kansas’ ‘Board of Regents
Henry A. Bubb
Board of Regents
AW. Clarke Wescoe
University of Kansas
Bubb
Ned Cushing
Gnan
Wescoe
Regents
Kansas
K.U
Eldon Sloan
UF Story No Big Change In United Fund Drive Totals
No significant change to the United Fund total as the drive nears close. About 3700 dollars remain to reach the 136176 dollar goal, with Landreth thanking division chairmen who recruited over 1000 participants, including area captains and solicitors. He notes construction firms contributed much more than reported due to a misclassification.
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United Fund
Drive
Jack Landeth
Landreth
Tion
Bill Womack
John Pozdro
Lyman Wiley
Robert Payne
Ambrose Saricks
Calder Pickett
Kansas University
Arky Vaughn
Warren Hornsby
Nick Berndt
Steve Parsons
John Postlewaite
Delbert Mathia
Bob Taylor
Martha Oldham
Bill Elzea
Haskell Institute
George Williams
Bob Green
Glenn Lessend
Eight-year-old Janice Steher undergoes open heart surgery
In New Orleans Janice Marie Steher, eight, faced open heart surgery at Ochsner Foundation Hospital to repair four congenital heart defects. Hospital officials reported she was doing well two hours after the operation began. Her Mississippi parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hutcherson of Macon, conveyed optimism despite the Friday the 13th timing.
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New Orleans
Janice Marie Steher
Janice
Macon
Ochsner Foundation Hospital
Big 11 foot Scotch pine gifted to Gov Docking
The Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association presented an 11 foot Scotch pine to Governor Robert Docking. The gift will be displayed during the holiday season and the group plans to make annual gifts to the governor. Officials note Kansas tree growing is a new industry with 25 000 to 30 000 trees expected to be marketed this season.
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Peka
Robert Docking
Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association
Docking
Jess Hamilton
Harper
Kansas
Journal-World Reporter Jane Lee Wins Contest
Jane Lee of the Lawrence Journal-World won the November short feature contest among Associated Press newspapers in Kansas. The winning story profiles Chip Crews a Kansas University freshman who sketched a postage stamp on an envelope without a zip code and mailed it.
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Kansas City
Jane Lee
Lawrence Journal-World
Associated Press
Kansas
Lawrence
Chip Crews
University of Kansas
Raymond E. Crews
Crews
The
Emporia Gazette
Lawrence alumna returns from Venezuela Farm Youth Exchange
Sandra Steele of Lawrence a 1868 Kansas University graduate has returned from Venezuela where she was a representative of the Kansas International Farm Youth Exchange. She spent six months with a Venezuelan family. Arthur W. Keefer was elected worshipful master of Acacia Lodge No. 9 at a Thursday night meeting. John C. Dingman is senior Warden Len Porter is junior warden Edwin T. Burgess treasurer C. E. Kerns secretary Wayne Cates senior deacon Ernest Johnson junior deacon Donald Gordon senior steward Larry Hamm junior steward Lloyd Lash tiler George Musick chaplain.
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Sandra Steele
Lawrence
Kansas University
Venezuela
Kansas International Farm Youth Exchange
Arthur W. Keefer
Acacia Lodge No. 9
John C. Dingman
Len Porter
Edwin T. Burgess
C. E. Kerns
Wayne Cates
Ernest Johnson
Donald Gordon
Larry Hamm
Lloyd Lash
Geroge Musick
Mother and daughter die in Evanston garage murder suicide
In Evanston Illinois a 48 year old mother Mary Francis Sullivan and her 9 year old daughter Nancy were found dead in a garage behind their home from carbon monoxide poisoning. Police say the deaths appear to be a murder and self harm. Sullivan left a note claiming she failed as a mother and wife.
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Evanston
Ill
Lawrence, Kan
Mary Francis Sullivan
Nancy
Sullivan
Efficient SMA 12-60 automated blood tester debuts at LMH
Lawrence Memorial Hospital a new SMA 12-60 automatic blood testing machine speeds 12 tests in minutes, reducing cost from 65 to 10 dollars per test. It handles glucose cholesterol protein enzymes and more, with colorimetric readouts and a single technician collecting serum for operation.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
SMA
J. Alan Sanders
Sanders
Journal-World Photo
KU Band Announces Miami Orange Bowl Halftime Show
The University of Kansas marching band will perform a Salute from One Sunshine State to Another at halftime of the Orange Bowl in Miami on January 1 with Kansas facing Penn State. Director Kenneth Bloomquist leads 152 members in a routine featuring Moon Over Miami Sunny You Are My Sunshine and a finale medley of Jayhawk songs. The trip includes a December 27 beach concert and a December 28 Hollywood Florida show with pom pon routines Dixieland Gaslight Gang and vocalist Harlan Jennings.
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University of Kansas
Sunshine State
Miami
Kansas
Penn State
Kenneth Bloomquist
Sunny
Sunshine
Florida
Hollywood
Fla
K.U
Gaslight Gang
Harlan Jennings
Topeka
Urban Coalition backs Nixon on city problems
New York AP reports the Urban Coalition pledged cooperation with President-elect Nixon on urban issues. John Gardner said the group could collaborate in many areas as Moynihan and other leaders attended the session. Henry Kissinger and William Rogers were among attendees.
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New York
Nixon
John W. Gardner
Gardner
Daniel Patrick
Moynihan
White House
Coalition
New Urban Affairs Council
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Walter Lippmann
Washington
Johnson
Salvation Army News: Lawrence Christmas Drive Progress
Salvation Army in Lawrence reports $2,599.42 of a $5,000 goal for the 1968 drive with 175 families on the list and 30 adopted. Capt. David Stewart urges donations to avoid duplications while Sertoma Club volunteers add $422.07 and Rotary crews plan Saturday shifts. Every $10 raises another light on the Christmas tree by Fire Dept No 1.
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Salvation Army
Lawrence
Army
David Stewart
Stewart
Sertoma Club
Rotary Club
Fire Dept
Vt. St
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Urban Coalition
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David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
IW. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
Whitney Young Jr
National Urban League
Ray Jones
Richard Blair
Alva Flory
Elmer Trowbridge
Obhie Johnson
Charles Hughes
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