Douglas County awaits comment on affirmative action plan
The Douglas County Commission adopted a formal affirmative action plan for county employees on May 16. HUD and the Kansas Civil Rights Commission reviewed drafts and will comment. The plan outlines hiring firing policies, nondiscriminatory practices, and grievance procedures and governs county contractors.
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Douglas County Commission
Kansas Commission On Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Civil Rights Commission
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Kansas City
Anthony Lopez
Girls State delegates vote in primary elections across Kansas
Five hundred six high school girls from across Kansas compete on the Kansas University campus in Girls State. Delegates vote in four ballots for county and state offices with results due this afternoon, while city appointments include Nina Beeler as street commissioner, Becky Newman as civil defense director, Laura Price as postmaster, and Michelle Senecal as mayor.
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Lawrence
Nina Beeler
Apache City
Becky Newman
Wyandot City
Laura Price
Apache
Michelle Senecal
Piankeshaw City
Kansas
Kansas University
American Legion Auxiliary
Miners vote ends campaign for UMW leadership
About 277000 United Mine Workers members vote today to choose the union’s next five year leader. Incumbent Arnold R. Miller faces former ally Harry Patrick and executive board member Lee Roy Patterson in a three way race framed by a bitter campaign across the Appalachian coal fields.
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United Mine Workers
Arnold R. Miller
Harry Patrick
Lee Roy Patterson
Western Kentucky
UMW
Appalachian
Birth control services favored by state senator at Girls' Staters
State Sen. Jan Meyers urged allowing contraceptive information for youths without parental consent, while emphasizing home guidance and noting some youths lack parent communication. She spoke during a Girls' State panel on Women's Role in Politics at Kansas University and praised parent education.
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Jan Meyers
Overland Park
Kansas University
Marnie Argersinger
Lawrence
Harriet Nehring
Kansans
Meyers
Argersinger
New immunization push at Lawrence schools for new students
Lawrence District 497 tightens rules requiring new students to be immunized against polio diphtheria whooping cough tetanus measles and rubella and to take a tuberculin skin test. District nurses aim to reduce unvaccinated students while recognizing religious and medical exemptions. The health department offers free shots and later clinics as school starts nears.
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Lawrence
Jeanne Dicker
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Baldwin
Eudora
Kansas
Dicker
Lawrence-Douglas County
Seventh
New Hampshire
Health Department
Eudora schools review maintenance and bids
Eudora School Board opened with an hour long tour of the high school to assess maintenance needs and then discussed bids for roofing and roadway repairs and playground upgrades at the district and Nottingham Elementary. The board also approved furniture purchases, new teacher contracts, and a policy limiting class sizes, with public tours set for July 11 from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Eudora
Nottingham
Charles Hill
Greg Gaither
Baldwin-Eudora-Wellsville Special Education Cooperative
Pomona-Williamsburg
Hill
Atha Dyer
Lawrence
Jack Chrest
Manhattan
Steve Kelloporuis
Fairfax
Eudora Evangelistic Assn
City considers changes to employee policy after study session
Lawrence city commissioners signaled support for reforms in sick leave and grievance procedures. They discussed extending sick leave use for probationary employees and adding a review board member, while keeping the city manager as final arbiter for grievances.
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Lawrence
Buford Watson
Watson
Don _ Binns
Authorities investigate deaths of three Girl Scouts at Camp Scott
Law enforcement searches 610 acre Camp Scott near Locust Grove Oklahoma after three Girl Scouts aged nine and ten are found dead from blunt force and strangulation. Investigators describe the case as the work of a demented person as night-long inquiries continue with camp counselors nearby.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Waynes County
Glen ‘Pete’ Weaver
Camp Scott
Tulsa
Barbara Day
Downtown Drug Store Changes Name Pending Suit
Owners Kim Kern and Jane Glotzbach of The Drug Store 706 Mass change the name by removing the word drug while a Shawnee County District Court suit proceeds. Douglas County Attorney Mike Malone had warned of misdemeanor charges over use of drug store or pharmacy names without a full-time registered pharmacist. A temporary restraining order was lifted and the case moved to Shawnee County after arguments on venue. The stipulation keeps the name change voluntary during the civil case and bars criminal prosecution meanwhile.
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Lawrence
Shawnee County
706
Mass
Topeka
Kim Kern
Jane Glotzbach
Douglas County
Mike Malone
Malone
Kansas Board of Health
State of Kansas
Douglas County District Court
James Paddock
Paddock
Shawnee
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