Editorial urges restraint on mill levy increase by district
Local patrons should beware as Supt Dan Newenswander notes concerns about raising the mill levy to grow budget authority. Teachers seek a 16.7 percent salary boost while state financing shifts could let the district spend more with 32 mills or add 7.4 mills. Taxpayers face higher sales and income taxes to fund the reform, with bond needs and possible city county spending effects looming.
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Dan Newenswander
Nevenswander
Hkely
Letters defend Benedict House siding and historic preservation
Camille D Anderson of GaRI writes to rebut a Saturday column labeling critics as anti growth. She argues the Benedict House in the 200 block of Tennessee embodies Victorian era design and environmental reuse, citing steel, greenstone siding, brick paving, and brick walkway as positive conservation.
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Tam
Benedict
Tennessee
Lawrence
Chancellor Wescoe greets 1967 class with Hello Dolly tune
Kansas University Chancellor Clarke Wescoe delivers a poetry filled greeting to the 1967 zentor class in Memorial Stadium before about 9000 fans, an encore follows. A record May building price of 1.9 million is noted. In Hawaii Adnah Clarke of Lawrence is named Mr Kansas at a KU alumni supper.
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Cal. Adnah Clarke
Lawrence
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Islands
NEA grants spark funding ethics clash over art
Washington column questions playwright Jon Baitz who donated 15000 dollars in two 7500 gifts to institutions denied due to sexually explicit works. Critics argue the move circumvents government decisions, while NEA officials defend private funding. The piece condemns art lobbyism and defends peer review as protection of public funds.
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Bernini
Post
NEA Veto
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America
France
Vice presidents as stepping stones to the presidency
The article notes the vice presidency as a common path to the presidency, citing history and commentary from Jules Witcover and a University of Virginia study. It discusses Bush Quayle, Clinton, and Perot scenarios, Muskie’s panel recommendations, and Clinton's VP search led by Warren Christopher with plans to announce before the Democratic National Convention.
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Walter Mondale
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Warren Christopher
Christopher
Los Angeles
European unity vs Maastricht doubts spark wide debate
Europe faces a crisis of direction after Denmark rejected the Maastricht treaty. Finances wobble and markets falter as leaders weigh options for a closer union or a looser bloc. Debates center on who joins, how tight the union is, and Brussels’ growing role.
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