KU faces long search for top university leaders
Saturday column notes limited opportunities to upgrade KU staff and administration due to tenure constraints and hiring safeguards. It lists current vacancies such as Executive Vice Chancellor of the Medical Center and deans of Journalism Social Welfare Libraries and Fine Arts, stressing the need for swift, quality selections under the Dykes administration.
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Kansas University Medical Center
School of Social Welfare
School of Fine Arts
Keith Nitcher
KU “T
Regents
Georgia Abel
Max Bickford
Oklahoma Tornado Toll Rises With Destruction Across Southwest
Four people are dead and at least 40 injured as February tornadoes struck Altus Mountain Park Duncan and surrounding areas in Oklahoma. Homes trailers and mobile units were damaged and power lines fouled U S 81 as snow hampered rescue efforts. The Altus City Clinic treated many injured with one fatality reported at separate hospitals.
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Okla
Oklahoma
Mountain Park
Duncan
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Altus Air Force Base
Frederick
Jackson County
U.S. 81
Lawton
Geronimo
Marlow
Commanche
Cooperton
Purcell
Symphonic Band Plans Winter Concert at Murphy Hall
Kansas University's Symphonic Band of 72 members performs its winter concert Sunday at 3 30 p m in University Theatre Murphy Hall conducted by Robert Foster with Antonio Perez as featured soloist Selections include Don Juan Hands Across the Sea A New Peace Pineapple Poll and a Chicago based work by James Barnes.
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Kansas University
University Theatre
Murphy Hall
Kansas
Nebraska
Robert Foster
Antonio Perez
School of Fine Arts
Richard Strauss
John Philip Sousa
Chicago
James Barnes
Lawrence
Regent apologizes for closed meeting in Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents held an executive session amid controversy over a closed meeting. Regents chair Elmer Jackson Jr apologizes for handling the session, later saying it was a misunderstanding. The session appeared to cover bargaining talks but public notice was unclear.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas Public Meeting
Regents
Elmer Jackson Jr
Kansas City
Tive
Bickford
Journal-World
Kansas
Fighting escalates as Ethiopian government attacks rebel strongholds
ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia AP government forces launch troops artillery and war planes against rebel holds around Asmara in the fiercest fighting since the civil war's escalation a month earlier Residents of Asmara 450 miles north of Addis Ababa report Ethiopian jet fighters raided Waki Deba a reputed guerrilla hideout.
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Ethiopia
Asmara
Waki Deba
Keren
Zazega
U.S
Kagnew
Cities and counties share state highway funds
Counties statewide received 4.518 million dollars for the quarter ending Jan 15 with Douglas 84707 and Shawnee 231113. Other counties included Franklin 43821, Jefferson 33761, Leavenworth 67964, and city shares totaled 3.408 million led by Lawrence at 79881. Kilometres of coverage and multiple small city allocations follow.
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Franklin
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Shawnee
Lawrence
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DeSoto
Eudora
Lecompton
McLouth
Oskaloosa
Perry
Tonganoxie
Iran not yet assured on Pan Am investment
A top Treasury official said Iran has not finalized plans to invest in Pan American World Airways. The Ford administration gave tentative approval, but Iran seeks assurances of a real return and may also pursue benefits for its own airline development.
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Pan American World Airways
Treasury Department
Ford Administration
Iran
U.S
Treasury
Gerald Parsky
Parsky
Pan American
United States
State Department
Ardeshir Zahedi
Pan Am
Intercontinental Hotels
Ford defends military budget amid high spending
President Ford argues a 92.8 billion defense budget is a bare bones minimum to secure the nation in an unstable world. He spoke to the Reserve Officers Association of the United States and received its Minute Man of the Year award, insisting spending remains below peak Vietnam War levels in real terms.
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Ford
Reserve Officers Association of the United States
Nixon to attend party honoring him at Annenberg estate
One day after four Nixon aides were sentenced in the Watergate case, the former president plans a social appearance with Pat Nixon at Walter Annenberg’s guarded desert estate. Attendees include Ronald Reagan Frank Sinatra Bob Hope and Leonard Firestone. Nixon travels from San Clemente for the event amid health-related travel limits.
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Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Pat
Walter Annenberg
U.S
Great Britain
San Clemente
John N. Mitchell
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert C. Marcian
Ehrlichman
Leon Jaworski
California
Ronald Reagan
Frank Sinatra
Bob Hope
Leonard Firestone
Belgium
John Swearingen
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Law professor Tacha named to White House Fellows panel
Deanell Tacha associate professor of law at Kansas University and director of the Douglas County Legal Aid Society joins the St. Louis Regional Panel of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. She has served as a White House Fellow and worked on welfare reform, labor law, youth wage studies, and U S defense and trade reports. Applications for 1976 77 open in August 1975.
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St. Louis
Secretary of Labor
France
Great Britain
Germany
Sweden
National Security Council
Southeast Asia
U.S
White House
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas bill calls for unannounced care home inspections
A Kansas measure by Rep Marian Reynolds and Rep Mike Glover would authorize unannounced inspections by licensing agencies or local health departments. The bill, assigned to the House Public Health and Welfare Committee, would require disclosure of results if homes fail to fix deficiencies within 30 days. A separate bill on nurse aide certification may go to interim study per Sen Arden Booth.
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Marian Reynolds
D-Cimarron
Mike Glover
Lawrence
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Arden Booth
R-Lawrence
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