KU Budget Cuts Push KU to Hold Its Own say Regents
Chancellor Laurence Chalmers says Kansas University faces a lean budget after the Kansas Board of Regents cut the university’s request from 48.7 million to 46.75 million. He notes reallocating internal resources will be needed to improve and warns against expecting large legislative adds. The board lowered salary guidelines to 8 percent for faculty and 8.6 percent for classified staff, and shifted the faculty–student ratio to 1:25 to curb growth.
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Kansas University
Laurence Chalmers
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Van Heflin Dies Today In Hollywood
Hollywood AP reports actor Van Heflin died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital at age 60 after a June heart attack in his apartment pool. The Oscar winner and versatile performer had been unconscious since the attack and died at 6 43 a.m. He gained fame on stage and screen with a long career in film, theater, and television. Born Emmet Evan Heflin in Walters Oklahoma, he moved to Long Beach California at age seven.
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Long Beach
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Regents Budget Cut Details Are Given
The Kansas Board of Regents trimmed KU fiscal 1973 requests from 48.7 million to 46.75 million and plans to ask the legislature for 46.75 million in operating funds. The board’s plan shows a 10.5 percent hike over the current year and a 14.4 percent rise in general revenue, with faculty salaries at 8 percent and civil service pay at 8.6 percent. The university's request for new faculty, classified staff, and security hires were scaled back, while other operating expenditures were approved at a 5 percent rise with a revised base.
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Kansas University
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KU Budget Request Details Major Increases and Revisions
The board approved KU's 1973 educational and general operating budget with a total request of 510 027 and a board ask of 29 554 after revising several line items. Increases include overtime pay 54 989 and geology survey 205 935 while capital improvements rise to 960 000 with several renovations planned across campus. Supplemental requests total 204 134, mainly to cover Social Security and health insurance adjustments. Gov Docking will face hearings and budget cuts after the state university committee review.
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Tein Rere US
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Geological Survey
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Summerfield Hall
Haworth Hall
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Success Despite Rain Bazaar Termed Carnival by Merchants
Lawrence merchants called the Sidewalk Bazaar a carnival atmosphere as they tout a solid success despite intermittent drizzle. Store owners like Pete Whitenight and Dale Kearney praised brisk crowds and sales, noting plans to possibly expand next year with bigger blocks closed to traffic for rides.
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Dale Kearney
Ben Franklin
805
Massachusetts
Kearney
Bond Sales Rise in Douglas County in First Half 1971
Douglas County bond sales for Series E and HI Savings Bonds totaled 432 769 in the first six months of 1971, a rise from 322 825 a year earlier. Kansas statewide sales reached 30 093 430, up 3 522 652 or 13 percent over the first six months of 1970, though Freedom Shares withdrawn in June 1970 were in last year’s total.
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Hotel Fire at New Orleans Kills Seven
A 17 story Howard Johnson motor lodge in New Orleans suffered a fatal blaze killing seven including a guard who tried to rescue guests. More than 450 evacuees fled as four were injured. two critically. Survivors described balcony escapes and interior fire escapes as ladders failed.
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Howard Johnson
Baker Prep Institute Opens With Ecological Musical Count Me In
The Senior High Institute sponsored by the Kansas East Conference launches Sunday night at Baker University campus with the ecological musical Count Me In. Don Mueller wrote the script for Baker faculty and more than 150 youths from eastern Kansas attend the week of study and fellowship led by dean Joe Douglas Jr. and resource speaker Rev. Joe Gipson of Washington DC.
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Topeka
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Washington, D.C
Fire damages fuse box at residence of Jay Matthews
A fuse box overheated in Jay Matthews residence at 3216 West 23rd causing a Lawrence Fire Department response at 7 26 a m Monetary damage is listed as severe to the fuse box with no total estimate available at this time
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W. 23Rd
Lawrence
Rail strikes widen as UTU extends walkout and talks stall
Mediation efforts push for a national settlement between railroads and UTU while talks stall. UTU expands strikes to two more lines, threatening Southern Pacific and Norfolk and Western as C&NW reaches a separate 42 month pact with rule changes and a 42 percent pay hike. Grain elevators face shortages as wheat waits for trains.
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Midwest
Starr to Have Operation Soon
Green Bay Packer quarterback Bart Starr said he will undergo surgery on his ailing right shoulder at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. He hopes the procedure comes soon and speculation centers on a September 19 opener appearance.
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Minn
Starr
Rumsey Funeral Home Handling Details Ad
Advertisement lists contact at Rumsey Funeral Home with the phone number 8 43 5111 for handling details at home or away.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Census findings shape gas tax distributions across states
Nebraska relies on a mix of population and property values to allocate 12.6 million in gas tax revenues to county and city funds. Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado use varying rules, with population, road miles, and vehicle registrations influencing allocations and possible manipulations via census changes.
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Iowa
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DeWees
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Bill Russell
Colorado Department of Revenue
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