State bill would place Kansas community colleges under Regents control
Southeast Kansas lawmakers push a bill to bring the 19 community colleges under the Kansas Board of Regents while keeping local boards in day to day control. It would raise budgets by 5 percent, cap property taxes at 15 mills, and require 20 percent of operating funds from tuition, plus state operating grants. Critics say the state would bear major costs without enough program control and question duplicative coverage across seven counties.
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Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Boards of Trustees
Kansas University
Regents
Cindy Empson
R-Independence
Richard Reinhardt
D-Erie
Space Age Milestone Marked by Explorer 1 Launch
A chronology notes key dates across science, war, and industry from 1958 to recent events. Highlights include Explorer 1’s orbital entry, Schubert’s birth, Lee’s 1865 appointment, Slovik’s 1945 execution, Soviet and Cold War milestones, and corporate and UN milestones shaping global history.
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United States
Guy Fawkes
Franz Schubert
Vienna
Austria
Robert E. Lee
Germany
U.S
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Eddie Slovik
France
NBC
Chicago
Harry Truman
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Journal World staff and rates page from Lawrence Kan edition
The Journal World published in Lawrence Kansas lists staff roles from Dolph Simons Sr to Dan Simons and departments including editor publisher general manager news editorial advertising circulation and operations. It provides subscription rates by carrier mail and region plus contact and postal details. It also notes postmaster address changes and USPS listing as a periodical and AP member.
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the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
913
Douglas County
Gade
Karnes
Kansas City
United States
Astronomy as antidote to political zealotry cautions on cosmic threats
George Will notes that astronomy offers a cure for political zealotry as he cites a New Yorker piece on asteroid and comet impacts. He warns Earth faces ongoing micrometeorite influx and rare global catastrophes, with 2,000 kilometer-scale bodies near Earth and a historic 1908 Tunguska-like event.
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Washington
University of Michigan
Washington Post
At&t
Earth
Timothy Ferris
The
New Yorker
Ferris
Privacy Erodes in America As Newt and Ickes Proclaim Loss
The column argues privacy has collapsed in the United States with public figures like Newt Gingrich and Harold Ickes insisting on private conduct while cameras and diaries threaten to expose them. It compares past tapes of Nixon and the Unabomber saga, noting how technology and surveillance erode personal privacy for both officials and ordinary citizens.
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America
Newt Gingrich
Harold Ickes
Newt
House Ethics Committee
House of Representatives
White House
Clinton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ickes
Washington
Julie Nixon
Nixon
Yorba Linda
Calif
Julie
National Enquirer
Letter to editor questions tires and taxes on school closing plans
The writer attacks the county engineer’s idea of using aircraft to locate tire piles and questions who will pay for cleanup. He fears ongoing costs and future burdens on taxpayers, and suggests long term solutions, including absorbing Alternative High School, rethinking district contracts, and hiring a professional CEO/CFO to manage schools.
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Journal-World
Les Blevins
LHS
Holcom Park
City Parks and Recreation
Lawrence
Marian Cashatt
Iowa
Gas leak blamed for KU tunnel explosion 1972
Kansas University officials attributed a natural gas leak as the probable cause of a 1972 explosion in a utility tunnel under a parking area between Battenfeld Scholarship Hall and Sprague faculty retirement apartments. No injuries were reported. Douglas County officials noted 252 coyote bounties paid in 1971. A 1897 World note praised local postmaster J. Innes for delivering a route personally, an act seen as a model of responsibility.
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Kansas University
Battenfeld Scholarship Hall
Sprague
Douglas County
The
Lawrence World
Innes
Watkins Community Museum
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McDonald’s Corp
Moscow
United Steelworkers Union
USX Corp
People Express
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U.N. Security Council
Dolph Simons Sr
eMtore Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Bill Snead
Liditon
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Magekiilor
Tom Fisher
Julie Bechtel
Dulph Simons IH
Dan Simons
New Venturs
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
Journal-Wand
Kaw
Borton
Ciulations
Wvicmiber
Avsacidied Press
Solar System
Moon
Mars
Winslow
Ariz
India
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Oslo
St. Petersburg
Manila
Bangkok
Honduras
Yucatan
Atlantic
Bermuda
Manhattan
Dublin
Hong Kong
NASA
Arthur Balfour
Britain
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Cne
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