KU budgets faculty pay as top KU budget priority
KU Chancellor Gene Budig urged a 4.5 percent faculty salary increase for fiscal year 1994 to close the gap with peer universities. He asked for $165 million to run KU, including about $4.4 million for faculty salaries, with details to be presented by Gov. Joan Finney in the State of the State address.
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Chancellor pushes for improved minority faculty recruitment
The Kansas University proposal asks for a 4.5 percent salary hike for faculty. The question asks readers whether the state should approve this increase and directs answers to Page 3A.
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Record mortgage year as rates fall in 1992
Neustifter of the county register of deeds reports 4,650 mortgages recorded in 1992, totaling 284.7 million dollars, up 64 percent from 1991 as refinancing surged. Bank and industry officials cite sub8.5 percent 30 year rates, strong real estate activity, and a record year for single family home construction as drivers.
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Russians visit Lawrence for Kansas Leningrad arts exchange
Five delegates from the Leningrad region toured Lawrence to explore venues and performing arts facilities for a planned 1994 cultural exchange between Kansas and Leningrad. They assessed KU’s Lied Center shell and discussed potential theater ballet and craft exchanges, under a pact between Gov. Finney and Leningrad officials.
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Confirmation Hearings Open for Clinton Cabinet Nominee Ron Brown
The Senate begins hearings for President elect Clinton's Commerce secretary pick Ron Brown, marking an accelerated start to the cabinet confirmation process.
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Bush projects higher deficits in final 1994 budget
President Bush released a pared down final budget predicting a 1994 shortfall of 292.4 billion dollars, rising to 319.8 billion by 1998, due to delayed savings and loan bailout funds and rising health care costs. Clinton inherits a larger deficit challenge and faces pressure to cut deficits in half in four years.
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Allies prepare ultimatum to Iraq over missiles
The Bush administration and allies plan an ultimatum demanding Iraq remove surface to air missiles from a southern safety zone or face allied military retaliation. Based on UN resolutions, the warning may come with a 48 hour window. the action targets radar tracking on allied aircraft.
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