Teachers seek unemployment benefits amid summer backlog
Kansas City district office staff process about 900 applications in four days for teachers in a 12 county area. Lawrence teachers account for roughly 115 of the filings as overtime work continues to handle the seasonal claims.
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Kansas State Employment Service
Phillip Mullinix
Mullinix
Lawrence
Douglas
Jefferson
State
Wasson
Winchester
Journal-World
Olathe
Unemployment rate hits postwar high in May
The U S unemployment rose to 9.2 percent in May while total employment grew for a second straight month. An additional 360,000 joined the jobless rolls, bringing unemployment to 8.5 million, as 84.4 million worked and the labor force reached 92.9 million. Analysts call the two-month employment gains a positive sign of an improving job picture.
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Washington
Labor Department
Spencer Library Showcases Flopsy Bunnies Exhibit for Youths
Spencer Research Library in Kansas highlights children’s literature with a display focused on Beatrix Potter and other age old illustrators. The exhibit features first edition hints with The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies as a likely rare piece and showcases 6,000 volumes spanning the 18th to 20th century, many well used by children.
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Ari Fabian-Ambrose
Kansas University
Spencer Research Library
Kansas. University
James Joyce
H.L. Mencken
W.B. Yeates
Robert Docking
Beatrix Potter
Kate Greenaway
Arthur Rackman
Randolph Caldecott
Walter Crane
Ann Williams
Spencer Library
Helen Beatrix Potter
Ford Receives Rockefeller CIA Report On Privacy Bound Future
President Ford received the Rockefeller Commission report on the CIA. White House press secretary said release timing is undecided and the document may remain secret or be made public later. The commission endorsed the report unanimously and outlined aims to balance effective intelligence with constitutional privacy. Church noted possible CIA assassination plots but said no confirmed direct involvement.
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Ford
Rockefeller Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
White’ House
Npt
Commission
U.S
Ron Nessen
Nessen
White House
CIA
Nelson
Rockefeller
Church
Senate approves women cadet admissions to service academies
Senate by voice vote approves an amendment to a 30.3 billion military authorization bill allowing women to be admitted to West Point Annapolis and the Air Force Academy with classes starting July 1976. House had similar provision amid debate on women in combat roles.
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U.S
Senate
House
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
U.S. Air Force
Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
William D. Hathaway
Maine
Pentagon
Man Dies as Car Falls on Mechanic in Kansas
Eaton Holloway 47 of Lawrence was killed Thursday evening when his car slipped off a bumper jack and fell, trapping him beneath. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Holloway, an engineer supervisor at the DuPont plant in Tecumseh, leaves a wife Floris and two children. funeral set for Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home Chapel in Tennessee. Scattered thunderstorms may ease hot weekend weather with highs near 90.
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Neb
Lawrence
Holloway
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
Mr. Holloway
Rockvale
Tenn
DuPont
Tecumseh
Floris
Sandra
Terry
H.T. Holloway
Columbia
Miss
Billie Cheatham
Lynnville
H.T
Nashville
Leo
Detroit
Mich
Ferrell
Murfreesboro
Mess
Vernon
Titusville
Rumsey Funeral Home
Wilburn C. Hill
Willis W. Cheatham
Chapel Grove
Southside
Church of Christ
The
Cancer Fund
Journal-World Index News Brief
Scattered thunderstorms expected as a warm spell continues. Weather details and page 11 full report note possible impact on local activities and travel plans.
Local Drug Store Ad and Insurance Agency
An advertisement notes Raney Drugs for prescriptions and invites customers to see motorcycle insurance options from Gene Doane Agency at 24 Maass. It promotes pharmacy services and motorcycle coverage offerings.
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Gene Doane Agency
Maass
Rogers Favored for Topeka Federal Judge Seat
Kansas Senators Pearson and Dole recommended Richard Rogers of Manhattan for the U.S. district judgeship in Topeka. The White House will forward the nomination to President Ford for Senate confirmation. Rogers, a Republican, presided as Kansas Senate president and led campaigns for Pearson while married to Beth Rogers, a national GOP figure.
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Kan
Richard D. Rogers
Manhattan
Kansas
U.S
Washington
James B. Pearson
Pearson
Bob Dole
Rogers
Edward Levi
Levi
Ford
U.S. Senate
Dole
Richard Rogers
Senate
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White House
Kansas Senate
Robert S. Bennett
Bennett
Beth Rogers
al Republican
George Templar
John Anderson Jr
DeSoto
Anderson
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Great Bend
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