Lawrence District 497 LEA reaches tentative 1977 78 contract
Lawrence District 497 teachers and the LEA submit a three month negotiated wrap up detailing a 1977 78 master agreement. Key changes include a grievance procedure fringe benefits and salary adjustments with starting pay up to 8250 and an average 6.1 percent raise. A final signing meeting is set for Thursday at the Administration Center. Also utilities money appeals moved to late June or early July. district seeks 123000 with a five percent budget increase limit.
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Lawrence District 497
Lawrence Education Assn
LEA
School Board
Kenneth Fisher
State Board of Tax Appeals
District
Demonstrations against U S presence in Canal Zone
Several thousand students in Panama City rallied against the United States marking the anniversary of a 1966 death. They replaced the U S flag with a Panamanian flag and halted a canal company train by lying on the tracks. The U S and Panama discuss a new canal treaty as Panama seeks full control by 2000. In Topeka, Kansas, Glenn Gavin of the Kansas Committee for the Humanities will work as a summer consultant on discussion programs.
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Panama City
Panama
United States
U.S
Canal Company
Victor Navas
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Committee For the Humanities
Glenn Gavin
Lawrence
Correction of Aden Family Names in Journal-World Photo
A Saturday Journal-World correction clarifies that Bobby Aden is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Aden of 1311 West Sixth Street. The parents' names were previously listed incorrectly.
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Bobby Aden
Journal-World
Don Aden
Shrine parade and Shrine Bowl set for Lawrence Saturday
Lawrence Shriners promise a 1 30 p m parade from Seventh and Massachusetts to South Park featuring youth groups clowns antique cars 40 8 trains fire engines and marching bands. The Shrine Bowl game at Memorial Stadium follows at 4 p m with East and West all star squads. Proceeds aid Shriners hospitals burn units and crippled children.
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Lawrence
Kansas Shriners
Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
Seventh
Massachusetts
South Park
Kansas Shrine
Lawr
Brownie Kerns
Lawrence Shriners
U.S. 81
Kansas
Lee Queen
Hutchinson Junior College
U.S. Shrine
Haldeman and Mitchell prepare for prison terms
H R Haldeman and John N Mitchell spend final two weeks at home in advance of reporting by noon June 22 to begin serving prison terms for Watergate offenses. Haldeman will serve at a minimum security facility in Lompoc California. Mitchell’s exact placement is undecided and not disclosed.
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Washington
H.R. Haldeman
John N. Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Haldeman
White House
Lompoc
Calif
Los Angeles
Mitchell
Allenwood
Justice Departert
John J. Sirica
Justice Department
Sirica
Bureau of Prisons
New York
John D. Ehrlichman
Retirement groups launch attack on mandatory retirement
A 10 million member coalition led by Harriet Miller of the American Association of Retired Persons and the National Retired Teachers Association denounces forced retirement as wasteful and discriminatory. The groups urge flexible policies, national health insurance, housing for seniors, property tax reform, and a positive view of aging as they discuss crime, Social Security, and estate planning at a three day Count Us In conference in the Northeast.
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Pittsburgh
Harriet Miller
American Association of Retired Persons
National Retired Teachers Association
Northeast
Miller
White House
Referendum on Miami Dade gay rights predicts narrow outcome
In Miami Dade County a heated campaign ends with both sides forecasting a small victory on preserving the housing and job anti discrimination ordinance for homosexuals. turnout expected 30 to 35 percent. Anita Bryant and Save Our Children spearheaded opposition while gay rights supporters planned celebrations at Dupont Plaza Hotel.
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Miami
Dade County
U.S. Supreme Court
Dupont Plaza
Save Our Children
Miami Beach Holiday Inn
Anita Bryant
Save Our Children Inc
Miss Bryant
Anita Dear
Bob Eunst
Miami Victory
Bob Daley
Kunst
Lawrence Pool Sets Weekend Attendance Record Amid Heat
During the weekend heat wave the Lawrence Municipal Pool drew 1,299 paid admissions on Saturday with a high of 93 degrees and 1,263 on Sunday at 97 degrees. The previous record stood at 978 paid admissions on June 13, 1976 when the temperature reached 94.
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Lawrence Municipal
Fred DeVictor
City Parks and Recreation
Perry Lake Third in Memorial Day Lake Attendance
More than one million people visited 11 regional Corps of Engineers lakes during the 1977 Memorial Day weekend across Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Iowa. Pomme de Terre Lake drew the largest crowd with 180 211 visitors and Perry Lake northwest of Lawrence ranked third with 129 351 visitors. Total attendance reached 1 072 010 a 19 percent rise from 1976.
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Corps of Engineer
Brown graduates object to defense secretary at ceremony
About 100 Brown University graduates turned their backs on Harold Brown as the school awarded him an honorary doctorate in science. The protesters cited Brown as a chief executive in the Vietnam War. Brown had served as Air Force secretary earlier. Brown University conferred the degree on roughly 1,200 seniors.
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Providence
R.I
Brown University
Defense
Harold Brown
Brown
Air Force
Rural road closure decision delayed by Douglas County
Douglas County commissioners defer formal vote on closing a township road northeast of Lawrence to permit airport expansion. They will seek detailed cost estimates and hold public meetings with Grant Township residents before deciding, with a plan to build a bypass along Mud Creek levee to ease traffic.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
County Commission
Grant Township
City and Country Commissioners
Mud Creek
Buford Watson
Glenn West
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Peter Whitenight
Whitenight
Robert Neis
Beverly Bradley
Dutch children return to class after hostage ordeal
Dutch children resume classes in the Netherlands eleven days after release from a four day hostage siege by South Moluccan terrorists. On May 23 four attackers seized an elementary school forcing 105 children and staff into captivity and later freed.
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Bovensmilde
The
Netherlands
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