Bicentennial Commission Reorganizes with New Projects Planned
Lawrence bicentennial organizers, urged by former Chairman Ted Kennedy, expand participation with rural groups joining meetings. Subcommittees form under leader Clarence Hills to plan activities including a July 1976 youth theatre project, markers for the Clinton Reservoir, a KU campus statue, a larger June 14 kickoff, and moving a Free State era grave marker to Pioneer Cemetery. Proposals due by March with cost estimates. funding is limited and priorities must be set. County Chairman Charles Stough emphasizes early submission to refer proposals to the advisory committee of community leaders.
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Ted Kennedy
Lawrence
Clenece
Kansas University
Free State
Pioneer Cemetery
Charles Stough
Commission
Kansas school leaders propose eight point financing plan
In Topeka 400 delegates from Kansas districts approved eight proposed changes to state financing amid a court ruling that the current school finance law is unconstitutional. Leaders expect appeals and upcoming legislative study on assessment and budget measures.
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Topeka
Kansas School Board
Kansas
Julie Hack
Carl Knox
Butler County
Atty
Curt Schneider
Robert Bennett
Schneider
M.A. McGhehey
Kansas Association of School Boards
KASB
Kansas Supreme Court
McGhehey
E.F. Pomeroy
R-Topeka
Harder
Grain reserve program urged to stabilize U S markets
Milling editor Morton Sosland urged a future U S reserve program to curb price swings and avert shortages. He spoke to 600 at KU in a sponsored talk, noting a government plan would best prevent market mishaps while a 1975 wheat crop could exceed demand.
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United States
Morton I. Sosland
Sosland
Kansas City
Soviet Union
China
Mao
Gulf of Mexico
Losland
Lorenz Kidnapping Threats Amid Prisoner Release Demands
Berlin mayoral candidate Peter Lorenz faces a kidnapping threat from his captors who demand the release of six jailed anarchists within 24 hours and a flight to freedom. A letter outlining the timetable was sent to a German news agency.
County and City Committee Set to Review Bicentennial Projects
A new advisory committee will meet within two weeks to judge project feasibility and identify funding sources. The Douglas County and city groups hold 20 000 dollars, with 10 000 from Lawrence and 10 000 from the county. Stough expects proposals to seek art endowment and state bicentennial funds, and notes the state will approve only acceptable applications. The next state meeting is March 25, with a Baldwin session two days later.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Stough
National Administration
Washington
Ernestine Fatzer
The
Journal-World
State Commission
Baldwin
China cancels large U.S. wheat order after 1975 crop
China canceled a 14 million bushel U S wheat order worth about 58 million dollars, ending any U S wheat on order for delivery after the 1975 harvest. No reason was given and exports firms losing the business were not disclosed. China still has 53 million bushels scheduled for delivery before the year end.
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Washington
People’s Republic of China
U.S
Agriculture Department
Department
Cook Industries Inc
Memphis
Tenn
China
Department’s
Foreign Agriculture Service
Exigency amendment defeated at University Council meeting
KU faculty debate over fractional appointments and fiscal emergency rules continued as University Council rejected a proposal to let a single veto influence across the board wage cuts. Debate centers on how tenured faculty may be released and rehired under budget crises at Kansas University.
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Kansas University
University Council
Arthur Breipohl
Hillel Unz
UNI
Ing
Frances Ingemann
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