Retail trends and Lawrence's downtown prospects
A Saturday column by Dolph C. Simons Jr. discusses shifts in retail patterns, downtown decline in many cities, suburbanization, and Lawrence growth plans. Questions about store location, pricing, and future mortality rates for downtown businesses frame the need for coordinated planning and policy to sustain a healthy local retail climate.
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Dolph C. Simons Jr
New York
National Retail Merchants Assn
Lawrence
Clinton Reservoir
Kansas River
Haskell
KU business school hires writing supervisor to boost student papers
Lawrence program places a trained writing tutor in multiple courses to catch mistakes early and raise quality. Michael Valk reviews case studies and papers for 140 students, with about 30 facing serious issues, and 11 professors request feedback this semester.
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Business School
Gowen
Dave Schulenburger
Michael Valk
Lawrence
Valk
State GOP maps delegate selection plan for 1976
Kansas Republicans prepare to finalize procedures to select 34 delegates and 34 alternates for the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City. The Jan 29 30 State Committee meetings will decide district and at large delegate allocation and nomination rights.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas City
Jack Ranson
Republican State Committee
Miami Beach
Rawson
Eary
GOP
Kent Frizzell
Washington
Kansas Federation of Republican Women
Thomas Kindness
Rohio
Kansas Senate
Ross Doyen
R-Concordia
Neta Pollom
Sedgwick County
Republican Committee
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Johnson County
Kansas Day Committee
James B. Pearson
Larry Winn
Robert F. Bennett
State Committee
Scout council honors three local men with Silver Beaver
At the Heart of America Council annual meeting in Kansas City 24 Scouting leaders were honored including Clinton Daniels Howard Jones and James Simpson. Daniels is longtime Troop 60 leader in Lawrence Jones leads Troop 62 in Linwood Simpson serves Pack 3051 in Lawrence and Pace 3059 in Lawrence with extensive service to youth. New officers were installed with Ernest Hueter as president and Robert Runnels Jr. as council commissioner.
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Boy Scout
Alameda Plaza
Kansas City
Heart of America Boy Scout Council
Clinton
Ace’' Daniels
Mitchell Rd
Lawrence
Howard G
Casey’’ Jones
Linwood
James R. Simpson
Ash
Eudora
Scout Council
the Heart of America Council
Ernest B. Hueter
Robert Runnels Jr
Leawood
Simpson
Lawrence’s
Plymouth Congregational Church
Pace
First Presbyterian Church
Fires Destroy Eudora Property
Two separate fires damaged Mrs. Charles Topping property in Eudora. The first fire at about 2 45 p m burned a garage shed and contents, with a pickup truck nearby partially damaged. A later grass field and hay bale burned about an acre four miles south and one and a half miles west of Eudora. Damage estimates were unavailable.
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Eudora
Charles Topping
Roger Broers
Eudora Township
Janice Booth
Topping
Charity Walkathon Set for April 24 in Lawrence
Douglas County March of Dimes fundraiser pivots from a mother’s march to a Walkathon now in its third year. About 300 participants last year raised roughly $9,000 for birth defect research and services. Taco John’s at 1626 W 23rd will donate proceeds from Sunday taco sales to the charity.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Michael Hickman
Hickman
Taco John
Ford plan could cost twice stated for Medicare aid
Sources say Ford's plan to cover 25 million Medicare patients for catastrophic illness may cost as much as double the $500 million in the new budget. OMB reportedly added richer hospital benefits in an election year but did not update the budget. OMB deputy director Paul H. O'Neill said if true, the figures are unchanged.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Office of Management and Budget
Paul H. O'Neill
OMB
Social Security Administration
O’neill
Congress
O'Neil
Senate Committee
Lawrence district 497 board to review Indian programs and bus bids
The Lawrence district 497 school board will discuss busing for Indian programs and seek approval for $20 840 in Title IV funds to support 226 students. They will also review bidder specs for bus service, report on the Pinckney School hearing impaired resource room, and consider metric system adoption in classrooms.
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Lawrence
Pinckney School
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Linwood Lions Club
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