Growth Center Offers Free Lectures and Classes
The Lawrence Growth Center schedules Tai Chi Chuan and movement classes at United Ministries, plus free Hatha Yoga drops, Sufi Dancing, and weekly public health lectures from February through March. Lectures cover dental care medicines and more with experts from local professionals.
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Lawrence Growth Center
United Ministries
Marsha Paludan
Growth Center
Public
United Ministries Center
Kansas Dental Hygienists Assn
Newton King
Lawrence Pharmacist
Stuart Twemlow
Menninger’s
Topeka Veteran's Hospital
Jonas
Gyanam
Lawrence
Coleman Co to close Wichita plants for five days
Coleman Co will shutter its Wichita factories for five working days in February and place about 130 factory employees on indefinite furloughs. Vern Williams said weak sales and high inventories drive the move. The firm makes camping gear and outdoor equipment. most furloughed workers are in tool rooms production and maintenance and those with under two years seniority are affected with rehiring priority.
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Wichita
Coleman Co
Vern Williams
Coleman
Williams
Skitch Henderson jailed for tax fraud and big fine
Skitch Henderson, the Tonight show conductor, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Edward Weinfeld to six months in prison and a $10,000 fine for filing false income tax statements and backdating donations to inflate a $350,000 value placed on a 750-score music library donated to the University of Wisconsin. The court noted the government claimed $52,000 in lost taxes and stressed deterrence, while Henderson, 56, argued he followed his accountant’s directions and faced potential appeal.
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NEW York
Skitch Henderson
U.S. District Court
Edward Weinfeld
Henderson
University of Wisconsin
Weinfeld
Music World
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
National Archives
Kansas lawmakers weigh farm land values and school funding
The 1973 Kansas plan tied state aid to local wealth. as farm land values soar, 60 districts lose aid and face higher property taxes. Gov Bennett backs raising the income tax rebate to 25 percent, while Sen Angell proposes a floor of 50 percent of local residents income tax receipts to guarantee minimum state aid.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Charles Angell
R-Plains
Angell
J.C. Tillotson
R-Norton
Linwood Water Tank Delayed by Land Purchase Hold Up
Linwood faces a two week to two month delay before starting construction of a 100000 gallon water tank 11 miles northeast of the city center. The bond is approved and financing set but city land purchase remains unsettled awaiting title transfer. Mayor Stanley Hipsher withholds signature until land is formally sold. Project engineer Henry Ponzer notes the delay rests with the city as landowners are willing sellers.
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Linwood
Lawrence
Henry Ponzer
Ponzer
Flu Epidemic Spreads North On Type A Port Chalmers Strain
The CDC reports a Southeast centered influenza epidemic spreading north with the Type A Port Chalmers strain. Mortality is projected at about 530 U.S. deaths in the second week of January from pneumonia and influenza, based on weekly city reports from 121 locales.
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Atlanta
National
Center For Disease Control
CDC
United States
Port Chalmers
Vital Statistics
Lawrence Corey
Lance Section
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
West Virginia
Virginia
Delaware
District of Columbia
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Manhattan
Kansas Farm Bureau Federation
John Junior Armstrong
Muscotah
Kan
Farm Bureau
Armstrong
Kansas City Board of Trade
Department of Agriculture
Ruth
Linwood’s
Stanley Hipsher
Royal Plumbing
Massachusetts
Ep Marlings
Magnavox
Videomatic
Ed Marling
Marling
Lift Ltd
Lawrence Downtown
ED Marlings Complete Furniture & Home
Topeka
Frarsos Avenue
North
Kenyas Ave
Topeng
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