District mulls four options on Centennial Cordley shift
The Lawrence Kansas school board delayed final action on moving Centennial School students to Cordley until April 14. Four alternatives include spending 1.4 million, moving special education out of Cordley, or issuing a bond. The board will hold study sessions and solicit parent input.
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Centennial School
Cordley
Board of Education
District 497 Board of Education
Cordley School
Lawrence High Music
Kenneth Fisher
Centennial
Fisher
LHS
West Junior High
Julie Hack
Dick Holzmeister
Kenneth Anderson
Emphasis shifts from disability to coping in student programs
The elementary program focuses on helping students overcome disabilities while the secondary program aims to help them manage immediate classes. Lowe notes secondary students lack motivation and the goal is to equip them with life coping skills. The board approved district purchases for food service and several personnel changes including maternity leaves, resignations, and new hires in special education and cafeteria staff.
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Patty Purvis
Bob Lowe
Kennedy
Woodlawn
Lowe
District Food Service
Margaret Gray
Hillcrest
Imogene Long
New York
Nancy Basilevac
East Hights
Gwen Billings
Deerfield
Nancy Lessig
Sunset Hill
Betty Brune
Broken Arrow
Harley Stock
Teri McCarty
Judy Bennett
Virginia Newman
Nancy Othick
Juanita Pringle
Neva Ganaway
Ethel Parker
Charlotte Wall
Five Foot Wedding Cake Becomes Neighborhood Celebration
Lawrence residents at Babcock Place marked a five foot cake built for a wedding in Alva stalled by snow. Lee Scott of Carol Lee Products crafted the cake for his nephew Steve Nelson and Ivonne Barbier of San Salvador. The Michael Pfeiffers are noted as California Big Sur settlers in 1869.
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Babcock Place
Alva
Okla
Lee Scott
Carol Lee Products Inc
30Th
Haskell
Steve Nelson
Bride
Ivonne Barbier
San Salvador
Scott
Michael Pfeiffers
California
Big Sur Country
Philippine hijackers release 15 hostages and surrender
Two armed hijackers of a Philippine Airlines DC3 released all 15 hostages and surrendered after ten hours. President Marcos interrupted a televised address to discuss a pardon demand. The hijackers met authorities at the airport. one leader claimed unjust imprisonment and sought a presidential pardon.
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Manila
Philippines
Philippine Airlines
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippine
Jayhawks Rib Senate Leader After Big KU Win
In Topeka Kansas Senate scene roared after KU beat Kansas State 91 53. Senator Richard Rogers mocked the mascot while Jayhawk booster Wint Winter led a poem taunt. Rogers countered with a press gag and the chamber traded quips about the basketball rivalry.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Richard D. Rogers
Kansas State
Rogers
Manhattan
KU Jayhawk
Wint Winter
Ottawa
Wint Jr
Jayhawk
Jayhawks
K-Staters
Senators
Hawks
Willie Wildcat
Jack
Jay Hawk
K-State
Wildkittens
Brian Rhodes
Wichita
Counties Agree to Keep Present Landfill Site
Douglas and Jefferson counties compromise to continue using the city landfill, covering all of Douglas and parts of Jefferson. They move toward state approval by July 1, 1976 while planning transfer stations, cover material options, and a possible pulverizer to extend the site’s life.
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Douglas County
Jefferson County
George Williams
Public Works
Watson
Douglas
Jefferson
Ambulance Service Shows Improvement After County Review
The Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Department completed an inspection of the local ambulance service, with preliminary indications of overall improvement since August. Results will be mailed to county commissioners soon, and vehicles were also reviewed by the Kansas Highway Patrol with a Topeka report forthcoming.
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Lawrence-Douglas County
Richard Hack
Sanitarian
Health Department
Hack
Kansas Highway Patrol
Bob Leahen
Topeka
Student wins top speaker award at DePauw Debate Tourney
John Davidson II son of Mr and Mrs John Davidson a Colonial Court earned first place in the 28th Annual DePauw University Debate Tournament Davidson a sophomore at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign majoring in Asian studies ranked highest among 50 undergraduates from 11 universities at Greencastle Indiana on Saturday
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John Davidson II
John Davidson
DePauw University
Davidson
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Greencastle
Ind
Property tax named least fair by survey findings
A government commissioned Opinion Research Corporation poll shows property tax as the least popular tax among Americans, with 45 percent calling it least fair. The survey examined attitudes toward value added tax income tax sales tax and property tax and noted broad support for reducing tax loopholes. The Gill Agency promotes real estate help at 901 Tenn. Phone: 843-1011.
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Opinion Reseach Corporation
U.S
Gill Agency
Tenn
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