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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1978
Page
1
Teachers and the school board weighed a possible referendum to supplement district funding. They cautioned that dollar figures depend on property valuations, legislative actions, and referendum success. Negotiations aim to settle 25 items, six major money issues, with upcoming sessions at the Administration Center.
The United States and the Soviet Union oppose the pay hike but 75 UN officials will now earn more than $75,000 annually. Six assistant secretaries-general rise to undersecretary-general with $10,000 increases, a new super undersecretary general will oversee economic problems at about $99,350, while Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim earns $110,650. The change lifts 35 to over $85,000 and 75 over $75,000, including nine Americans. Critics say the raises are excessive and not tied to added responsibilities, with debate tied to UN budget decisions and comparisons to national salaries.
NEW YORK AP A legal secretary filed suit seeking to divert H R Haldeman book profits to the U S Treasury instead of him arguing as White House chief of staff he concealed Watergate facts from investigators and promoted the book The Ends of Power The suit targets Haldeman The New York Times and Times Books with a 20 day response deadline
The KU Circle K Club received its charter Thursday night in a ceremony at the Holiday Inn with Rod Peters of Kansas Circle K presenting the charter to Lori Wesley newly elected president. The 22 member KU chapter will partner with the Jayhawk Kiwanis Club and plans five emphasis area projects while aiming to grow membership 10 to 15 members.
Two people were injured in separate crashes in Lawrence and on the Kansas Turnpike. Debra Perrette, 25, Sacramento, was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for bruises after her 1976 car overturned on the Turnpike around 4:45 p.m. Estimates put damage at about 1,100 dollars. Vaughn Moul den, 31, Topeka, drove a 1977 van with about 100 dollars damage. Gary Williams Jr., 17, Route 4, was listed in fair condition at LMH after a late evening Lawrence crash on icy Iowa Street near 21st Street where his car was rear-ended by Pamela Davis, 22, Ridge Court, as both vehicles spun into a curb with no damage to either car.
U S currency tumbled against European currencies and the yen as central banks including the Federal Reserve and West German Bank stepped in to stabilize it. Gold surged with an ounce price rising in Zurich and London while dollar rates to marks dropped to postwar lows amid hectic trading in New York and Frankfurt.
Annual inspections at Baker University in Baldwin were postponed due to bad weather, now expected to occur probably in March. Clark Brubaker, Lawrence inspector, said the checks were set for February and will be rescheduled after coordination with Fire Marshal Floyd Dibbern.
Douglas County Commission Chairman Peter Whitenight said there is a strong chance a new county appraiser will be hired within a week after interviews narrowed the field to about three. The retiring appraiser Darwin Rogers will stay on until a successor is hired and may work part time to aid the transition.
East Lawrence Center hosts talks on a social services supermarket where Penn House ECEAN VISTA Consumer Affairs Association Volunteer Clearing House Rape Victims Support Services and neighborhood groups would share one city building. Officials balk at cost and suitable site but agree to tours and cost estimates, reporting by March 21 for Community Development funding decisions.
Douglas County commissioners join farmers in voicing concern as Kansas official Raymond Vaughn schedules a Topeka meeting to explain the state 1978 assessment manual's higher valuations for used farm machinery. Vaughn says counties may grant exemptions case by case with documentation only.
The Kansas Senate tentatively approved a $44 million tax relief package that would give a $15 income tax credit to individuals as a rebate for the sales tax on food. The plan includes expanding the Homestead Property Tax Relief Act and exempting the 3 percent sales tax on parts and repairs of farm machinery.
KU reports spring enrollment rising to a provisional 23,770 on the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses. Dean Gil Dyck notes the Feb 14 count underpins the figure, with final totals to be reviewed by Chancellor Archie Dykes and released after verification and late enrollments.
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