County weighs MARC costs for Douglas County next week
Douglas County and city leaders weigh joining MARC or forming a multi county planning group. Officials estimate costs to meet MARC standards and coordinate with Shawnee Jefferson and Osage counties. A Dec 20 meeting will discuss the report and funding implications.
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Douglas County
Mid America Regional Council
Lawrence-Douglas County
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
McClanathan
Commission
Shawnee
Jefferson
Osage
HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jefferson Counties
Mid America Health Planning Council
Capitol Area Comprehensive Health Planning Council
Capitol Area Group
Capitol Area Agency
County Commission
Lecompton, Lawrence, Baldwin and
Eudora
Planning Commission
Chamber
School Buses Involved In 4 Mishaps in 1973
Lawrence school buses have been in four accidents this school year with three blamed on other drivers. One involved an empty bus lightly damaging a car. No injuries or medical treatment reported. One driver, a woman, faced two crashes and completed extra defensive driving training.
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Lawrence
Routinc
Professors Seek Meeting With Docking on Higher Ed Budget
The state AAUP requests a meeting with Gov. Docking to discuss higher education budget recommendations. KU associate professor J Bunker Clark leads the effort for all Regents schools. The group plans a questionnaire on collective bargaining and urges Chancellor Dykes to pick an executive vice chancellor sympathetic to faculty and students.
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American Association of University Professors
Robert Docking
J. Bunker Clark
Kansas University
Kansas Board of Regents
Grant Goodman
Goodman
Docking
Regents
AAUP
Charles Krider
Kenneth Cogger
Judgment Pending On Volunteer Army
Los Angeles AP report quotes Maj. Gen. John Q. Henon saying it will take about a year to judge the all volunteer Army's success. He notes volunteer enlistments lagged after the draft ended last June but shows a rise in sign ups over the past two months.
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Los Angeles
Army
John Q. Henon
Miller Testifies To Grand Jury In Kansas Contracts Probe
Shawnee County grand jury reconvened with investigators testifying as two more major witnesses were expected. Former state architect Kenneth R. McLain appeared earlier and said he was on call for further appearances regarding the $54 million University of Kansas Medical Center expansion awarded to Marshall and Brown of Kansas Inc Sidorowicz Associated. The Senate had earlier blocked McLain's reappointment after disclosures he and Norbert Sidorowicz were former partners.
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Kenneth R. McLain
McLain
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Marshall and Brown of Kansas Inc-Sidorowicz Associated
Kansas Senate
Norbert Sidorowicz
Atty
Vern Miller
Laos Ends State of Emergency and Curfew
Laos announces the end of the 34 month state of emergency and the 1 a.m. curfew in controlled cities effective Jan. 1. The move aims to improve prospects for coalition talks with the Pathet Lao.
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Laos
Vientiane
Ouday Souvannavong
Pathet Lao
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