Special session set for grievance hearing
The Lawrence City Commission schedules an accelerated grievance procedure at 9 a.m. Saturday in city hall to review harassment complaints from sanitation department workers. Norman Forer, adviser to the city employee associations, will present charges including an alleged assault by a landfill operator. Forer says witnesses will support claims the operator endangered a sanitation worker with a bulldozer on January 28.
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Lawrence
Sanitation Department
Buford Watson
Sanitation
Don Purdy
Norman Forer
Forer
Douglas County Atty
David Berkowitz
Watson
Argersinger
Don Binns
Carl Mibeck
Dennis Smith
Sanitation Workers’ Association
Clark
District 497 talks hinge on pay date and bus timing
Negotiators from Teachers and Lawrence School District 497 met to discuss bus schedules and school start times but reached no agreement on those topics. They near a tentative accord on paying teachers on the 20th of each month, with a 4:15 p.m. February 17 session set at the district Administration Center.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Education Assn
Jack Brand
Techers
LEA
Gauthier
Farm prices in Kansas rise slightly in January
Kansas farmers saw a small uptick in mid January prices with the overall farm products index at 196 percent of the 1967 base, up 2 points from December and 7 from January 1975. Wheat averaged 3.27 a bushel, corn 3.41, sorghum 3.93, and soybeans 4.35 per hundredweight, while livestock indexes held steady from December and remained well above January 1975 levels.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Nugent Amboy Dukes Set for Feb 14 KU Concert
Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes will headline an 8 30 p m show at Kansas University on February 14 in Hoch Auditorium. Head East joins as a regional opener with doors at 7 30 p m. Nugent famed for Journey to the Center of Your Mind is described as a rapid noisy guitarist.
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Ted Nugent
Amboy Dukes
Kansas University
Pentagon seeks access to Angolan ports and airfields
Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Ellsworth told a Senate panel the Pentagon favors pro Western factions in Angola to gain overflight and landing rights and access to Angolan ports for occasional naval visits. He stressed preventing Soviet exclusive use and said no knowledge of mercenary recruitment is confirmed though U.S. money might have funded anti-Soviet forces.
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Washington
Pentagon
Angola
U.S
Defense
Robert Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Senate Foreign Relations
Africa
United States
Russia
Defense Department
IRS to study information on Moon group
Senator Bob Dole asked the IRS to audit the Unification Church led by Sun Myung Moon. IRS Commissioner Donald Alexander said information would be carefully evaluated and that tax law disclosure limits prevent stating if an audit is underway. A February 18 Washington meeting with parents and federal officials was arranged.
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LEA
Brand
Gauthier
Internal Revenue Service
Unification Church
U.S
Bob Dole
Dole
IRS
Donald Alexander
Washington
Department of Justice
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Alexander
Sun Myung Moon
Holy Spirit Association For the Unification of World Christianity
Moon
Lawrence
Kansas Attorney General
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Governor's wife apologized for barmaid remark
The Rev. Richard E. Taylor Jr. issued a public apology to Governor's wife Olivia Bennett after claiming she was a barmaid when President Ford visited Topeka. The Wichita Sun reported Taylor and supporters mocked liquor at the governor's mansion during the 1974 event, sparking controversy over Cedar Crest beverages.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas United Dty Forces
Wichita
Olivia Bennett
Ford
Richard E. Taylor Jr
Wichita Sun
Taylor
Kansas
Olivi Bennett
Governor’s
Kansas liquor by the drink amendment pushed by senator
Sen. Bob W. Storey of Topeka said he will introduce a resolution to submit a liquor by the drink constitutional amendment to Kansas voters next fall. The move follows remarks attributed to Rev. Richard E. Taylor Jr. of Kansas United Defense Forces and the Rev. Mrs. Taylor. Storey aims to file the measure by week’s end.
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Topeka
Kan
Bob W. Storey
Kansas
Storey
Richard E. Taylor Jr
Kansas United Dty Forces
Wichita
Kansas officials question ruling on student fees after AG opinion
Kansas school administrators wrestle with Atty. Gen. Curt Schneider's opinion barring fees beyond textbooks. Kenneth Fisher reports the USA's Topeka session failed to define scope and a task force will study the implications while districts review fees from activity dues to supply charges amid unresolved questions.
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Kansas
Curt Schneider
Kenneth Fisher
Lawrence District
Fisher
United School Administrators of Kansas
Topeka
Schneider
USA
Usery Confirmed for Labor Post
The Senate today overwhelmingly approved W. J. Usery Jr. for secretary of labor, making him Ford's third labor secretary. Usery, 52, formerly headed the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, to succeed John T. Dunlop.
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Washington
Senate
W. J. Usery Jr
Ford
Usery
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
John T. Dunlop
Engineers quit GE nuclear division in protest
Three GE Nuclear Energy Division managers resign over safety fears and a campaign for a statewide moratorium on nuclear plant construction. Dale Bridenbaugh Richard Hubbar Gregory Minor cite risks and loss of control as the reasons for leaving after 22 years with the company.
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San Jose, Calif
General Electric
G.E
Nuclear Energy Division
Dale G. Bridenbaugh
Richard B. Hubbard
Gregory C. Minor
G. E
Bridenbaugh
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