Chancellor chalmers cites confusion over KU affirmative action push
Chancellor Laurence Chalmers criticized the spread of misinformation about Kansas University's affirmative action efforts and the file seizure by the February Sisters. HEW has not issued official guidelines and few colleges have established programs. Chalmers cites conflicting recommendations and delays. He notes potential funding paths for a day care center and rejects creating a veterans office, urging practical, nonstate-funded solutions.
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Kansas University
Laurence Chalmers
U.S. Department of Health,, Education and Welfare
Chalmers
HEW
KU Appoints Affirmative Action Board
Kansas University Chancellor Laurence Chalmers announced the members of the Affirmative Action Board to develop the university plan with the new Office of Women’s Affairs and the Office of Minority Affairs. The board will be chaired by Juliet Shaffer and includes faculty, students, and staff across campus. Phil Gary will serve as ex officio non voting member with the future Women’s Affairs director also on the board.
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Chalmers
Seizure Visory Board
East Asian Studies Center
Kansas Administration
Office of Women's Affairs
Minority Affairs
University
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University
Laurence Chalmers
Affirmative Action Board
Office of
Women’s Affairs
Office of Minority Affairs
Juliet Shaffer
James Rosser
Emily Taylor
Philip Rankin
Murray Wax
Sarah Scott
Prairie Village
Thomas Cox
Edith Black
School of Social Welfare
Tony Bermudez
Department of Buildings and Grounds
Phil Gary
Remap plan outlines districts with polling place details
The proposal splits Ward 3 and Wards 2 to 4 into the 44th and 46th districts with specific precincts and polling places in Broken Arrow School Hiawatha Building Kennedy India Woodlawn Pinckney Armory Allen Fieldhouse Sunset Hill Legion Centennial Rusty Schwegler. All three Kay districts would hold about 17,500 residents, below the 18,000 state median, justified by rapid growth.
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Louisiana Street
Broken Arrow School
Hiawatha
Haskell Indian, Junior College
Kennedy School
India School
Woodlawn School
Kay
Wakarusa
Pinckney School
Kansas National Guard Armory
Allen Fieldhouse
West Junior High
Sunset Hill
American Legion Building
Centennial School
Rusty’s
Schwegler School
Kansas Senators Split Over Equal Employment Amendment
Senators James B. Pearson and Bob Dole, both Kansas Republicans, divided on an amendment to the equal employment bill. Dole voted for the amendment which passed 45 to 39, while Pearson opposed it, leaving enforcement of discrimination findings to the courts.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
Bob Dole
Dole
Pearson
Hospital approves parking expansion and repairs at LMH
Lawrence Memorial Hospital officials win approval to prepare bid plans for a 48 space increase in the north lot. Roof repairs and renewal of insurance on an Ottawa building converted to a pizzeria are authorized. The board to appraise the building for possible sale and notes LMH nets about 1500 to 1600 dollars yearly from it.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Charles Denniston
Ottawa
LMH
Denniston
Board Review
Committee Set to Meet on Thursday in Courthouse Chambers
The Douglas County Solid Waste Management Committee will convene at 7 30 p m Thursday in the county commission chambers of the courthouse. David Blackman reports the subcommittee on population and economic growth will present findings chaired by Dick McClanathan. The session is not open to the public.
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Douglas County Solid Waste Management Committee
County Commission
David Blackman
Dick McClanathan
Commissioners Agree to Close Faulty Bridge
Douglas and Franklin counties agreed to shut a condemned bridge on the county line within days after a $15,000 report urged closure and replacement. The plan includes replacing three bridges at a total $166,000 and upgrading others for a three ton limit, with nine more slated for replacement between 1973 and 1975.
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Douglas County Commissioners and Engineers
Franklin County
Douglas County
Raymond Ice
Arthur Heck
Topeka
Commission
Heck
Hecke
Dean Sanderson
Lone Star Lake
Rex Johnson
Bob Steele
HIC Signup at Haskell College Planned by Douglas County
Douglas County Clerk Delbert Mathia will place voter registration tables at Haskell Indian Junior College. Student Senate coordinator L. E. Llewellyn said county officials plan to set up the tables in March.
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Douglas County
Delbert Mathia
Haskell Indian Junior College
L. E. Llewellyn
State Zone Remap Plan Supported in Senate Committee
The Senate Apportionment Committee backed a plan by Sen. Jack W. Robinson to redraw districts in Sedgwick and Johnson counties into zoned senatorial districts. The proposal creates six Sedgwick districts and four in Johnson, with Sedgwick split into east and west zones and Johnson into north and south zones, voters choosing from numbered districts.
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Kan
Senate
Jack W. Robinson
Wichita
Sedgwick
Johnson
Robinson
Robert Docking
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Sedgwick County
Johnson County
Ryun Moves to Lawrence for Outdoor Track
Miler Jim Ryun leaves Goleta to relocate with his family to Lawrence seeking closer contact with Kansas coach Bob Timmons. He will join in outdoor training and races, planning his first outdoor start on March 4 at the Los Angeles Coliseum against Marty Liguori.
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Jim Ryun
Lawrence
Goleta
Calif
Ryun
Kansas
Bob Timmons
Raytheon Industries
Los Angeles Coliseum
Marty Liguori
Timmons
Suit Against Jackie Scheduled for Trial
Photographer Ronald Galella had his case against Jacqueline Onassis ordered to trial in Manhattan federal court. He claims she interfered with his livelihood since he earned about 40,000 dollars in 1971 largely from her and her children’s photographs. The appeals court rejected a delay request from Galella’s lawyers.
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New York
Jacqueline Onassis
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Ronald Galella
Prehistoric Diggings Hint Early Middle West City Site
Northwestern University archaeologist Dr Stuart Struever reports Southern Illinois digs near Kampsville reveal from 5000 B.C. to 2500 B.C. remains of 14 villages in layered deposits. Findings include a 18 month old burial, a 4500 year old skeleton with arthritis, a 5100 B.C. domesticated dog, shellfish, nuts and 58 snail species.
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Pacific Northwest
Southwest
Stuart Struever
Southern
Illinois
Struever
Northwestern University
Kampsville
Mississippi
Foundation For Illinois Archeology
Great Lakes
Missouri
Field Museum of Natural History
Antibusing Changes Seen As Threat to Civil Rights
Secretary Richardson warns antibusing amendments could undermine civil rights laws and aid in resegregation. He favors alternatives such as federal court intervention or an adjustable federal law rather than a constitutional limit. The Lent proposal would ban race based school assignments.
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Welfare
Elliot L. Richardson
Congress
Richardson
Norman F. Lent
R-N.y
Nixon
Atty
John N. Mitchell
George P. Shultz
China
Lawrence Chamber and Manhattan Chamber Faceoff in Faculty Drive
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce lost a membership confrontation to the Manhattan Chamber after a 54-38 defeat in a Feb 1-15 drive to recruit KU and KSU faculty and staff. John Bentz led Manhattan, Harold Scheve led Lawrence, and both sides claimed gains in faculty participation.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Manhattan Chamber
Kansas
Wildcat City
Lawrence Chamber
KSU
John Bentz
Manhattan
Harold Scheve
Ambassadors
Lawrence
Scheve
Chamber
Manhattann
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