Kansas House debates competency based education bill
A Kansas House Education Committee plans to release a competency based education bill Friday though content remains uncertain. Chairman Rep. William Reardon notes 21 opinions shape the 21 member panel. The bills require the state board to set reading and math standards and assess student skills, with local districts implementing the system and providing remedial help.
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Kansas
House Education Committee
William Reardon
Shawnee Mission
State Board of Education
State Board
Lawrence
Costly land along Clinton Parkway worries state officials
Topeka Kansas. The cost of the Clinton Parkway project in Lawrence could rise sharply if landowners demand higher right of way prices than state appraisers justify. Jordan Seitz of KDOT warned higher costs should not threaten the 4.1 mile divided highway. He noted many tracts require condemnation as owners reject state offers. Appraisals for outside city tracts anticipated by March 1. The project is 70 percent federally funded with the remainder from state and local sources.
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Topeka
Lawrence
Seitz
23Rd
Iowa
Clinton Lake
KDOT
Douglas
Douglas County
Sabotage suspected as Alaska pipeline damaged
A 20 foot fuse fragment and oil spill mark a second sabotage attempt on the trans Alaska pipeline near Fairbanks. The 48 inch line was perforated, thousands of barrels of Prudhoe Bay crude spilled before shutdown and slow restoration. Officials describe possible explosive sabotage and ongoing searches followed.
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Fairbanks
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Larry Mix
Morris
Jack’’ Turner
Interior Department
Alaska Pipeline Office
Alyeska
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
Turner
Weekend cold and fog drifts over Lawrence forecast
Weather outlook shows mostly cloudy cold conditions in Lawrence with no snow in the forecast. Light snow flurries today appear to be the last precipitation for days as temperatures dip to near 5 degrees tonight and reach the teens to 20s Friday. Extended Kansas outlook remains cold with highs in the 20s to low 30s and lows from 5 to 15. Schools in McLouth Oskaloosa and Basehor-Linwood resume. others back in session. Police report 19 accidents with one officer's patrol car damaged by a slide near 17th and Tennessee. highway conditions improving but slick in spots. Fog reduced visibility to zero in Garden City overnight. light freezing drizzle later helped lift fog over western Kansas.
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Lawrence
National Weather Service
Kansas
McLouth
Oskaloosa
Basehor-Linwood
17Th
Tennessee
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas Turnpike
Garden City
Carter urges pact on coal
President Carter presses negotiators and convenes a White House session with union and industry bargainers to end the 73 day coal strike. He also invites governors from Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan Missouri Kentucky West Virginia Virginia Pennsylvania Tennessee Maryland and Wisconsin to discuss relief measures and energy options. The talks aim to narrow differences and resume at the Labor Department with hopes for a swift settlement.
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Carter
White House
Labor Department
Ray Marshall
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Missouri
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Maryland
Wisconsin
Roosevelt Room
Union
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Lawrence CD review committee rejects two funding requests
Lawrence CD review committee turned down two large requests from the Boys Club of Lawrence and the city utilities department for CD funds totaling 371000. The panel extended the application deadline to 4 p.m. Monday and scheduled a 7 p.m. Monday meeting to continue deliberations. The committee will forward recommendations to the city commissioners and has not decided how much, if any, funding will be approved.
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Lawrence
Boys’ Club of
City Utilities Department
East Lawrence
Boys’ Club
Assembly of God
13Th
Massachusetts
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lynn Goodell
Lawrence CD
Governor touts honor camp plan at local meeting
Governor Robert Bennett promoted a prison honor camp on state land near Clinton Lake during a Lawrence Chamber of Commerce breakfast. He tied the plan to saving taxpayers money, reducing overcrowding at Lansing, and speeding construction at Clinton Lake while addressing crime policy and his $2 billion state budget.
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Clinton Lake
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
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Kansas Union
Bennett
Kansas
Chamber
Ned Cushing
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Clinton
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