Deerfield growth eyed by Lawrence school board
The Lawrence District 497 board weighs five facilities plans to relieve Deerfield School overcrowding as growth expands the Deerfield area. Realtors project 218 new homes adding 156 elementary students. potential busing shifts aim to keep enrollment balanced while Pinckney School capacity is noted.
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New York
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Kenneth Fisher
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Gary Freemen
Freeman
West Junior High
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Carter Urges Cuba Restraint as Troop Drawdown Discussed
President Carter asks Cuba to pursue restraint abroad and human rights at home as a condition for closer ties. He cites a possible removal of Cuban troops from Angola, with 10,000 to 15,000 still stationed there, while Cuba seeks an end to the U.S. embargo for any extension of the anti hijacking pact. Rep Jonathan Bingham described Cuba’s stance after a five day trip.
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Pacifist Igal Roodenko to Speak on Capital Punishment
Pacifist Igal Roodenko, former War Resisters League chairman, speaks on capital punishment after a 6:30 potluck at South Park Recreation Center. United Ministries in Higher Education sponsors the event. He plans class visits at Kansas University during a two day Lawrence trip.
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KU professor links to Thailand art center initiative
KU art professor Elden Tefft visited Thailand for five weeks to help establish a national arts and sculpture center in Bangkok at a Thai university. The project aims to connect Southeast Asian artists with global conferences, possible Ford Foundation funding, and stronger cultural ties.
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Schweiker to oppose Warnke nomination
Sen. Richard S. Schweiker says he will vote against President Carter’s nomination of Paul C. Warnke as chief disarmament negotiator and head of the Army Control and Disarmament Agency. He argues a new interagency panel would give one man unprecedented power over arms talks, creating a conflict of interest and possible national security risks.
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KU Presents Dames At Sea Musical Comedy Tonight
The off-Broadway musical comedy Dames At Sea will be staged on the Kansas University campus in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union. Performances run 8 p.m. tonight through Saturday and 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday in dessert theater style. Directed by Anne Abrams and Lambring Hedge KU graduate students. Hedge is choreographer for Student Union Activities and KU Residence Halls. Dames At Sea satirizes 1930s musicals.
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Space Inside Outside project targets Central Junior High
The Lawrence program Space Inside Outside pilots this week at Central Junior High with a museum tour classroom presentation and teacher resources. Dale Brooking and Karen Gould oversee an 18 month, $3300 effort funded largely by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Lawrence Art Guild to boost student awareness of creating personal and community space through maps, photographs, and a Mystery History Tour.
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Kansas University Art Museum
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National Endowment For the Arts
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New York School
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The
Mississippi
Bowersock Mills
Officials plead case for bonds and higher water rates
City officials claim water bonds warrant rate increases paid by water users not taxes. Preliminary studies show a 5 percent rise for the lightest users and up to 60 percent for the heaviest, with overall 20 percent first year and near 100 percent over five years. Growth projections cited.
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Watson
Gene Vogt
Proxmire Attacks Prison Escape Study as Waste
Sen William Proxmire gives his February golden fleece award to the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration for spending nearly $27000 to study why inmates want to escape. He calls it a crime and questions the value of survey driven results from prisoners. An SEAA spokesman says the North Carolina commissioned study aims to classify offenders to cut escapes from minimum security prisons.
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SEAA
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Drug council debates moving base to Eudora
Douglas County Drug Abuse Council considers shifting its operations to Eudora to survive attendance and funding pressures. A March 9 planning meeting was set to discuss a community drug abuse forum in Eudora. Council coordinator Randy Schwering plans to leave, with a three member committee tasked to find a new coordinator.
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Eudora
Schwering
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Sam Adams
Don Herber
Jan Snyder
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