Budgets Formulated for State Schools Face Time Limits
Kansas Regents hear that a full switch to formulated budgeting by FY 1974 may be impossible. KU Chancellor Chalmers says partial, base budget formulations are possible while a uniform plan awaits improved finances. Other actions include revised KU fee estimates and five faculty leaves of absence for 1972.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University
Laurence Chalmers
Council of Presidents of the State Colleges and Universities
Kansas
Chalmers
General Fee Fund
Wescoe Hall
Regents
James Drury
Kansas Legislative Council
James McDonald
Corps Awards $189,497 Contract for Clinton Reservoir Facilities
The Army Corps of Engineers awards Wilson Constructors of Salina a 189,497 dollar contract to build Clinton Reservoir administrative facilities a 2650 square foot brick and block building with utilities parking and recreation structures The contractor must begin within 10 days and finish in 300 days Clinton Reservoir lies four miles southwest of Lawrence and will cost about 49.5 million with a 6500 acre lake area Private land around the lake will not be opened for development
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Army Corps of Engineers
Wilson Constructors, Inc
Salina
Clinton Reservoir
Wilson’s
Clinton
Lawrence
Perry Lake
The
Corps
India Pakistan War Ends After 14 Days
The war ended after 14 days with Bangla Desh established in East Pakistan. India reports over 10,000 casualties across fronts. Pakistan losses are unspecified but considered higher. Yahya Khan ordered a cease-fire at 8:30 a.m. CST. Bhutto calls for civilian government as Aurora plans prisoner repatriation and refugee return.
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India
Pakistan
Bangla Desh
East Pakistan
Subcontinent
Yahya
West
Ntil
New Delhi
Yahya Khan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
J. S. Aurora
Dacca
Army says metal crates used as detention not tiger cages
Saigon AP report says the U S Army admits using large metal crates as temporary detention for GIs when cells are unavailable. Lt Col Carafano describes them as 8 by 10 foot rooms with cross ventilation not akin to tiger cages. A deserter held about 48 hours at Long Binh was later evaluated, admitted to hospital, and remains under guard.
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Saigon
Army
Vincent J. Carafano Jr
Carafano
Long Binh
KU Book Value Declines versus Private Market for Campus Land
The EU report shows KU holds 1051 acres with land book value of 710 thousand and 82 administrative plus 33 auxiliary buildings valued at 65.5 million. Land and building values reflect historical costs not current replacement values. Several campus buildings date to the 19th century including the chancellor's residence 1893 Flint Hall 1898 and Spooner Hall 1894 with eleven more over 50 years old.
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The
Kansas Union
Flint
Spooner
McCarthy Declares Run for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Former Minnesota Senator Eugene J. McCarthy announced in Boston that he is a de facto and de jure candidate for the Democratic nomination. He has authorized a McCarthy for President Committee in Massachusetts and filed to pursue the race.
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Boston
Minnesota
Eugene J. McCarthy
United States
McCarthy
Massachusetts
Russell Stover Candies and Key Rexall Ad
Ad notices no steps entering or leaving Rumsey Funeral Home at 843-5111. Adw listing appears for Russell Stover Candies and Key Rexall within an obituary or business card style notice.
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Russell Stover
Key Rexall
Adw
Rumsey Funeral Home
Henderson Cleared in My Lai Massacre Court
Col Oran K. Henderson, senior commander of the troops at My Lai, was found innocent in a military court of all charges related to the massacre.
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FY. Meade
Oran K. Henderson
My Lai
72 Men Killed In Indochina Offensives
AP dispatch from Saigon reports two South Vietnamese offensives with heavy combat in Cambodia and the Mekong delta. In eastern Cambodia at the Chup plantation 47 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were killed with U.S. air support as 6,000 troops and 100+ vehicles press the 25,000 man campaign against North Vietnamese staging areas. South Vietnamese losses total seven dead and 17 wounded. In the U Minh forest four South Vietnamese were killed and 10 wounded as infantry battled enemy forces in the delta aiming to crush the last major Communist stronghold.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Vietnam
Chup
South Vietnam
U Minh Forest
Mekong
Delta
Sunny skies bring warmer weekend in Lawrence area
Forecast shows partly sunny and warmer conditions for Lawrence through Tuesday with little precipitation. Tonight will be fair and cold with temperatures in the 20s, while Saturday rises to the low 50s under mostly sunny skies. Statewide, pleasant conditions and warming days are expected, with Hutchinson reaching 53 Thursday. Journal-World recorded a 22 degree low early today.
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Lawrence
National Weather Service
Hutchinson
The
Journal- World
Congress Adjourns After Foreign Aid Compromise
The 92nd Congress adjourned until Jan 18 after a minimal session. A foreign aid spending compromise set the program at about $2.8 billion annually through Feb 22, with $3.2 billion in temporary authority including Peace Corps and Cuban relief funds.
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Washington
Senate
House
Peace Corps
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Chamber
Congress
82Nd Congress
Welfare Coalition Forms in Topeka to Campaign for Welfare Funding
Vincent De Coursey announced the Public Assistance Coalition for Kansas to reverse 1971 welfare cuts and raise funding to offset living-cost increases. The group, including major church, labor, civil rights, and social service organizations, aims to educate the public and lobby the 1972 legislature while opposing budget cuts and insisting on no scope limits for welfare recipients.
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Topeka
Kansas Catholic Conference
New Coalition
Kansas Council of Churches
Kansas League of Women Voters
Kansas Catholic Confer
DeCoursey
Coalition
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