Local meeting debates cost and risks of wind and solar power
Electrical Code Advisory Board explores how to regulate wind and solar installations, noting high current costs but potential future practicality. Debate centers on safety, grid tie risks, and who pays for extra capacity when wind or sun is unavailable.
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Electrical Code Advisory Board
Trical Board
Wright Brothers
Austin Stedham
Kansas Power and Light Co
KPL
Hal Whiteside
Solar Mark IV Corp
Lawrence
France
Stedham
Dean
County health chief seeks clear nursing home authority rules
Douglas County Health Director Mrs. Kent urged the state to spell out local powers over nursing homes. She said fuzzy lines and inconsistent rules hinder inspections and action. The commission planned to send a letter of concern to state officials while noting the county’s 11 point critique.
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Douglas County
Kay Kent
County Commission
Pete Whitenight
Arthur Heck
State Health Department
Kent
Richard Swanson
Journal-World
Reagan Holds Funding Edge in Republican Race
Preliminary figures show Ronald Reagan raising more money than Ford for the GOP nomination with faster private donations and more qualifying for federal matching funds. Campaigns cite broader support while Ford aides call the gap temporary as official reports loom and donors exceed 50 000 for Reagan.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
California
Ren Smith
Smith
Yale Chaplain Coffin resigns after 17-year ministry
The Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr., Yale University chaplain for 17 years, has stepped down before New Year’s Day. He pledges further activist work and warned of potential jail if U.S. policy hardens, recalling civil rights marches and his Vietnam era protest actions. He will write an autobiography in San Francisco with his wife.
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New Haven, Conn
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
North Vietnam
U.S
Mr. Coffin
Yale Divinity School
Phillips Academy
Williams College
Yale
Atlanta
Maryland
New Haven
Hanoi
Coffin
San Francisco
Lecompton Adopts Standard Traffic Codes and Appoints Judge
The Lecompton council adopted the state standard traffic ordinances with no exclusions and will enforce them once published. City marshal Dennis Seward was hired earlier, and Wendell Barker, a Kansas University law student, was named municipal judge at $5 per case. An appraisal will condemn Penny property east of Lecompton for a water purification project, with easements signed for land near the old rock quarry for the new sewer system.
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Dennis Seward
Lawrence
Wendell Barker
Kansas University
Old Rock Quarry
Emu event at H Fairgrounds with KU official speech
The Hs 1pus shareholders and Hanses University Federal Credit Union meet at 3 36 p m Sunday in building 1 at the H Fairgrounds. KU Chancellor Archie Dykes will speak. Entertainment by Charles Oldfather and Lawrence Square Dancers Assn. The credit union moved offices to Room 101 Carruth O Leary Hall. Trainer of Le
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Emus
Hanses University Federal Credit Union
Fairgrounds
Archie Dykes
Charles Oldfather
Lawrence Square
Strong Hall
Carruth-O' Leary Hall
State Senate seat filled in Kansas
Gov. Robert F. Bennett formally appoints Albert D. Campbell to the Kansas Senate to replace the late Sen. Chuck Wilson. Campbell, in his fourth House term, was chosen by the Democratic committee of the 387th district. the party will nominate Campbell’s successor for the governor’s appointment.
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Topeka
Kan
Albert D. Campbell
D-Larned
Kansas
Senate
Robert F. Bennett
Campbell
House
Democratic Committee
Chuck Wilson
D-Lacrosse
City to review plans for maintenance garage site
The Lawrence City Commission will review site plans for the city maintenance garage on January 20 and set a bid date about three to four weeks later. No price agreement yet. the city is appealing a Douglas County District Court appraisal ruling over the 11th and Haskell site.
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Lawrence
11Th
Haskell
Douglas County District Court
Mike Wildgen
Wildgen
Orville Ray
Second
Indiana
Cable severed cuts long distance lines in Pittsburg
An underground telephone cable was accidentally severed in Pittsburg Kansas today knocking out about 85 percent of long distance lines in Crawford and Bourbon counties. The cut was made by a contractor working in the area. Full service was expected to be restored by this afternoon.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Crawford
Bourbon Counties
Mike Pelton
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Pittsburgh Teachers Strike Paths to Court Ordered Talks
Judge orders Pittsburgh school board and striking teachers to negotiate 18 hours, including a 14 hour session today, before ruling on contempt. In Madison, Wisconsin, the school board considers a court injunction as teachers' strike enters day one with 104 schools closed and 62,000 pupils affected.
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Pittsburgh
Madison
Wis
Douglas Ritchie
Allegheny County
Donald Zeigler
Chancellor Arch Dykes to Deliver State of the University Address
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce reports 125 reservations for Chancellor Arch Dykes's State of the University speech at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Union ballroom. A continental breakfast precedes the address and a new multi media show on KU will be shown. About 250 to 300 people are expected. Reservations may be made at the chamber office.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Archie Dykes
Chamber of Ice
AMC fined 4.2 million for falsified air tests in California
California's Air Resources Board imposes a 4.2 million fine on American Motors Corp for allegedly submitting false air pollution test results. Sales of AMC Matadors Hornets and Gremlins with 304 cubic inch V eight engines halted in the state as ARB investigates six cylinder engines.
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Los Angeles
California
Air Resources Board
American Motors Corp
AMC
Detroit
ARB
Quinn
American Motors
Peter Guptill
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