Cheaper bypass sought for U.S. 59 east of Lawrence
Kansas Highway Department will study cheaper routes for a four lane U S 59 bypass east of Lawrence to relieve traffic on 23rd Street and Massachusetts Avenue. Officials cite cost rises from 23 27 million in 1973 to 50 60 million and examine options from two lanes to four lanes with or without an 80 foot median. Public support is weak with letters from residents negative. A spring public hearing is planned as local officials seek to drum up backing.
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Kansas Highway Department
U.S. 59
Lawrence
John McNeal
Lawrence City
Douglas County
Lawrence-Douglas County
Highway Department
Kansas City
23Rd Street
Massachusetts
Iowa
McNeal
Kansas River
Highway Commission
Arthur Heck
I.J. Stoneback
Johanna Kollorgen
Fatal shooting sparks Detroit violence near Liver-nois Fenkell
An 18 year old black youth Obie Wynn died after being shot by white bartender Andrew Chinarian who said he found him tampering with a car. Police report 36 arrests and widespread property damage with bricks and fire, as crowds roamed Detroit's Liver-nois Fenkell area after the shooting.
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Detroit
Obie Wynn
Livernois-Fenkell
Wynn
Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital
Don Nash
Andrew Chinarian
Chinarian
Bob Bol
Douglas County Repeals Home Rule Salary Resolution
County commissioners repeal their June charter home rule plan to exempt elected official salaries from state pay scales. Population now above 60,000 removes exemption though judge salaries fall under 65,000 rule. Next year may revisit if population slips again below 60,000.
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Douglas County
Sary
State Attorney General’s Office
Perry Lake uses designed low water to boost habitat
The Kansas State Forestry, Fish and Game Commission planned a two foot temporary drawdown of Perry Lake to seed edge habitat with millet and annual rye grass. Biologists say the vegetation will attract dabbling ducks and other waterfowl while giving young fish shelter. If successful, the lowered levels and seeding could become regular practice approved by the Kansas Water Resources Board.
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Perry Lake
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
George Hartman
Paradise Point
Jim Goudzwaard
Rock Creek
Goudzwaard
The
Fish and Game Commission
Kansas Water Resources Board
Beech Aircraft, IAM Aerospace Workers Reach Tentative Pact
Beech Aircraft Corp and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers reach a three year tentative contract affecting more than 4 900 workers at Wichita Salina Liberal Kan and Boulder Colo plants. Members vote on ratification Saturday.
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Wichita, Kan
Beech Aircraft Corp
Aerospace Workers
Kansas
Colorado
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union
Beech
Wichita
Salina
Liberal
Kan
Boulder
Colo
Governor favors big cars in state fleet
Gov. Robert F. Bennett said the state leases a Lincoln Continental, a Chrysler Imperial, and a Cadillac for use by him and officials, though he would not call them luxury cars. He prefers cutting car numbers over downsizing to smaller vehicles, and has eliminated standby cars previously kept at Salina and Strother Field. The leases cost about 2000 dollars yearly for the Continental and Imperial, and around 200 dollars a month for the Cadillac.
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Topeka
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Salina
Strother Field
Arkansas City
Winfield
Machete Attack Suspect Sentenced in Douglas County Case
Frank Castro was sentenced to five to twenty years by District Court Judge Frank Gray after pleading guilty to aggravated battery in a machete attack at a private party in Lawrence. A second obstructing the legal process charge was dismissed. Castro was arrested April 19 and is held for transfer to Topeka.
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Frank Castro
Redbud
Frank Gray
Castro
Lawrence
Steven Klopfenstein
Douglas County
Kansas Diagnostic and Reception Center
Topeka
Ex-KU professor Steven Lewis stirs controversy over racism and bias
Former Kansas University School of Social Welfare assistant professor Steven Lewis says he seeks only to publicize issues impacting students. He faces multiple lawsuits and a dispute over rehiring, with administrators denying open positions match his qualifications. He accuses the school of racism and misused faculty conflict rules.
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Lewis
School of Social Welfare
Kansas University School of Social Welfare
Theodore Ernst
Kansas Board of Regents
KU Office of Affirmative Action
KU Judiciary
Kansas Civil Rights Commission
Ernst
Nebraska University
Congress Overrides Ford Veto On $2 Billion Health Bill
Congress overrides President Ford veto defeating a $2 billion health package. House vote 348 to 43 and Senate 67 to 15. The bill funds community mental health, nurse training and migrant care and creates a National Health Service Corps. It also allocates $30 million for hypertension programs and other specific health initiatives.
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Congress
Ford
House
Senate
National Health Service Corps
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