Piano recital at KU features Alice Downs in Swarthout Hall
Visiting assistant professor Alice Downs of Kansas University performs in the School of Fine Arts Faculty Recital Series at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall. The free program includes Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, Beethoven Appassionata, Cowell Aeolian Harp Exultation, Chopin Barcarolle, Ravel Ondine, Debussy L Isle joyeuse, and three Rachmaninoff preludes.
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Alice Downs
Kansas University
School of Fine Arts
Swarthout
Ms. Downs
North Texas State University
Michigan State University
Silvio Scionti
Paris
Jacques Ferrier
Sicily
Scionti
Italian Academy of Science and Letters
Bach
Beethoven
Cowell
Chopin
Ravel
Debussey
Rachmaninoff
Airman Walter Mills Graduates Electronics Course
Biloxi Mississippi Air Training Command graduation announced for Airman Walter A. Mills son of Mr and Mrs R G Mills of Route 3 Tonganoxie Kansas. Mills completed communications and electronics systems principles at Keesler Air Force Base and will undertake advanced training. He is a 1976 graduate of Tonganoxie High School.
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Biloxi
Miss
Keesler Afb
Walter A. Mills
U.S. Air Force
Air Training Command
Mills
Kansas ethics panel to study fraud in campaigns
The Governmental Ethics Commission plans audits of suspected fraudulent filings by several Kansas state candidates. Executive secretary Lynn Hellebust said patterns found with the secretary of state's office will guide staff-led investigations, extending beyond mere filing failures. The panel faces seven hearings and about 40 additional reviews, with budget talks pending and term expirations affecting future leadership.
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Topeka
Kan
Governmental Ethics Commission
Kansas
Lynn Hellebust
Commission
Secretary of State
Hellebust
James Hope
Shawnee County
Matt Green
Wichita
Green
Kansas House of Representatives
Tom Hart
Kansas House
Lawrence
Hart
Attorney General's Office
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Robert Bennett
Ethics Commission
Residents Fight Rockville ZIP Code Change in Vernon
Rockville residents oppose the U S Postal Service plan to drop Rockville from the ZIP code directory. They say the 1965 consolidation merged Rockville with Vernon and object to a Vernon only post office name. A public hearing featured criticism that Rockville should retain both names.
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Vernon, Conn
Rockville
Connecticut
U.S. Postal Services
Vernon
Vernon-Rockville
Joseph M. Donohue
Connecticut Valley
Divorces Granted to Crenshaw and Washburn Pairs
The court issued divorces to Thelma R Crenshaw and Larry W Crenshaw and to Ann Washburn and Daniel L Washburn.
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Ann Washburn
Daniel L. Washburn
Thelma R. Crenshaw
Larry W. Crenshaw
KU Health Center Expansion Advances Despite Cold Weather
KU official Max Lucas says the 47 million Kansas University Medical Center clinical facility is progressing on schedule with an October 1978 completion. The six level, 840000 square foot complex will increase beds from 338 to 782, include labs, emergency areas, diagnostics, and expanded allied health and nursing education programs.
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Kansas University Medical Center
Max Lucas
University
Medical Center
Kansas
Lucas
Metric system inches way into acceptance
A series explains metric weights and measures as signs and products shift to metric. Ford era rules prompted voluntary conversion begun before 1975. The article notes gains in science industry and daily life from decimal steps, warning of trade and compatibility benefits.
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Associated Press
Science Research , Associates
Ford
U.S. Space Agency
U.S. Department of Commerce
United States
Congress
U.S
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