Eudora Board Proxy Seeks Another Term
Incumbent Eudora Board of Education president Dr Kenneth Holladay filed for re election to position four. Holladay 38 has served since 1966 representing the southwest area and urges continued growth plans including a potential building program and expanded elementary facilities. He cites work with city government on open space recreation for a track and football field. Holladay has resided in Eudora since 1961 with four children in local schools.
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Eudora Board of Education
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Lions Club
Kansas Medical Society
HRC Probes Busing and Recreation Needs in City
The Human Relations Commission explored school busing gaps for city students within the district’s policy and examined youth recreation facilities and staffing. Ernest Coleman proposed funding strategies combining state and private money, while commissioners pressed for more teen programs and neighborhood centers.
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Ernest Coleman
Lawrence
Wayne Bly
Coleman
Watchdog Bites Wrong Burglars and Policeman
A 100-pound trained watchdog at Marvin Mann’s Cedar Lake service station ignored two burglars fleeing the rear of the building and bit Patrolman Edgar Prater when he arrived to investigate. The theft included tools a stereo player and tapes.
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Marvin Mann
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Edgar Prater
Belfast Deaths Five Wednesday
Five more people were killed in Belfast as gun battles bombing rioting and arson raged across the city. The victims included a fireman shot by a sniper a youth killed by an assassination squad and three Protestant guerrillas in a clash with the British army. The toll in three and a half years of sectarian warfare rose to 717. Rioting was widespread with all available fire engines at work and the army under fire from both sides.
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Northern Ireland
McLouth Schools Adopt Cooperative Purchasing Plan
McLouth Board of Education votes to join a cooperative purchasing association to cut operating costs for 1973-74. Members include Tonganoxie, Lansing, Basehor, Piper, and Eudora districts. Also resignations from two teachers and two staff and contracts offered to two principals. Board schedules February meetings.
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McLouth Board of Education
Kenneth Rundle
Rundle
Tonganoxie
Lansing
Basehor
Piper
Eudora
Elaine Biliski
Karen Watkins
Gene Dillard
Sam Lobb
Dean Lindstrom
Ross Bateman
Weather Slashes Douglas County Jobs in December
The Labor Market Review from Kansas Labor reports 650 unemployed in December in Douglas County. Weather crippled contract construction with 475 job losses, while manufacturing and agriculture fell, and overall employment declined from 22,850 to 22,200. Unemployment in the Lawrence area rose from 600 to 900 by mid December, though outlook suggests stability for about 160 days.
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Labor Market Review
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Kansas Department of Labor
Lawrence
Public Health Budget Faces Debates Over Priorities
The Shawnee County health department, led by Dr. Clinton, defends a 1973 budget of 100 167 with eight full time staff. Immunizations, birth control, and sanitation inspections dominate duties as subsidies come from city and county funds plus state and federal sources.
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Health Department
Schwegler
Seventh and
New Hampshire
Journal-World
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