Harder Sees School Finance Compromise by Friday
Kansas Senator Joseph Harder announced a compromise on two school finance bills to equalize opportunities should be ready by Friday. The plan pits an interim committee proposal with 1.5 percent income tax funded aid against Gov. Docking’s eight mill statewide levy. Supporters from farm groups and school boards urged careful funding and local control while warning against broad tax shifts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Joseph Harder
Moundridge
Harder
Senate Committee On Education
Robert Docking
Lawrence
Docking
Paul B. Fleener
Kansas Farm Bureau
Sen. Harder
Supt
Sherer
Mullinville
Larry Geil
Flinthills
Paul Hess
Wichita
Johnson County
Geil
Eral Fund
Jack Campbell
Lakin
Board of Education
Clarence Hickman
Sub- Jette
Paul McNall
Sharon Springs
Keith Farrar
Hugoton
Maxfield
Marion McGhehey
Kansas Association of School Boards
KASB
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Kansas National Education Assn
United School Administrators
Loux bill seeks qualified shield for newsmen in Kansas
Kansas House minority leader Rep. Richard Loux urged a qualified shield law to protect confidential sources, arguing the public interest and citing a 1972 Supreme Court ruling. Critics push for an unqualified shield, while Loux limits exceptions to three conditions including probable cause and compelling public interest.
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Topeka
House
Richard
Pete) Loux
Senate
Loux
U. S. Supreme Court
Forrest Inks
Kansas Press Association
State Supreme Court
Remap Debate in Kansas House Premature Says Speaker
Topeka Kansas House Speaker Duane McGill called remap plans premature until a new district map satisfies a federal court decree due by February 14 1974. The debate centers on whether to cut the House size and which census to use, with Bunten leading hearings and proposals to shrink the House from 125 to 120 or 80 members.
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Topeka
Kan
Duane
Pete” McGill
Kansas
House of Representatives
McGill
Bunten
Kansas House
House Committee
Senate
KU SenEx Reviews ROTC, Parking, and Tenure Plans
Kansas University Senate Executive Committee discussed reconstituting the ROTC cross-listing committee with two student appointees for further integration. The panel reviewed Parking and Traffic Board steps to revise parking rules and ticketing, while a report on university research and tenure guidelines was approved for broader circulation and upcoming Council review.
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Kansas University Senate Executive Committee
SenEx
Henry Snyder
Raymond Nichols
Snyder
Nichols
University Council
Council
Pulliam Declines Second Term As Lawrence City Commissioner
Lawrence city commissioner Bob Pulliam announced he will not seek re election to a new term. He cited the need to devote more time to business and family after four years on the commission and a year as mayor. The filing deadline for candidates is noon February 13.
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Pulliam
Lawrence
Bob Pullian
Lawrence-Douglas County
Chuck Fisher
John Emick
Lawrence Jayhawk Club To Hear Ted Owens Wednesday
The Lawrence Jayhawk Basketball Club schedules its fourth meeting of the season at the Allen Fieldhouse Annex on Wednesday. A box lunch starts at 11:45 a.m. and the program with KU basketball coach Ted Owens begins about 12:15.
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Lawrence Jayhawk
Allen Fieldhouse
Ted Owens
Linwood Voters to Decide on Street Bond Issue
Linwood voters will decide on April 3 whether to issue a 15000 bond to continue street improvements finishing nearly all city streets. The council approved placing the bond on the ballot to maintain the same tax levy as bonds being retired in August. The draft zoning ordinance was temporarily rejected pending two clarifications. Fire chief G. E. Sopher resigned and Larry Powers was approved as replacement. The council considered a volunteer life insurance plan and approved new traffic signs. State Board of Health notified to close the city dump by July 1.
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Linwood
Alma Dove
Dove
Leavenworth County
G. E. Sopher
Larry Powers
State Board of Health
David Accepts Invitation To Give Spencer Lecture
Edward E. David Jr., former Nixon science adviser, accepts a Spencer Lecture invitation at Kansas University for late November or early December 1973. He led the Office of Science and Technology from 1970 to 1973 and is a Gould Inc. executive.
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Edward E. David Jr
Nixon
Spencer
Kansas University
David
Office of Science and Technology
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Georgia Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gould, Inc
Chicago
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Franklin Murphy
Times-Mirrors Corp
Los Angeles
For 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday February 5
A time window notation sets a 24 hour period ending at 9 am Tuesday February 5. The item specifies a deadline or event timing without additional context or names.
Seminar Set For Tonight About Clinton Reservoir Plans
The second Clinton Reservoir seminar is at 7 30 tonight at South Park Recreation Center. Organized by the Sierra Club and Douglas County Environmental Improvement Assn. the open meeting invites citizen input on development plans for the 7000 acre lake with maps and statements to guide discussion.
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Clinton Reservoir
Bob Swinth
South Park Recreation Center
Swinth
Clinton
The
Sierra Club
Douglas County Environmental Improvement Assn
Army Corps of Engineers
State Forestry, Fish, and Game Commission
Wakarusa
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Senate Education Committee
Roland Parr
Kansas Livestock Assn
Joseph Detrixhe
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Parr
Schools For Quality Education
Paul Sherer
Ida Shriver
Moscow
Jan R. Meyers
Roverland Park
Merlin Murray
Underworld
Bill Bunten
R-Topeka
Inks
Supreme Court
Ted Saar
Pittsburg
David Cary
Caly
del Brinkman
House Committee of State and Federal Affairs
Kansas Broadcasters Association
KPA
KBA
Robert F. Bennett
Prairie Village
R Moundridge
Bennett
Journal-World Photo
KU SenEx
Sir Bernard Lovell
Kenneth A. Spencer
Science and Technology
Harold Jayne
Grace Baptist Temple
Salina
Grace Baptist Church
Harry R. Cole
Warren Mortuary
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