Community Arts Calendar Highlighting March Exhibits and Concerts
Through March and into April the Lawrence area hosts varied arts events. Exhibits span KU art works, regional history, maps, and railroad architecture. Concerts feature Youth Symphony and KU faculty and student recitals, with films and theater at Union venues and Woodruff Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Art Guild
Barbara Kastner
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Charles Barksdale
John Garcia
Medical Arts
Chicago
Smithsonian Institution, Architecture Gallery
Blackhurst
Price
KU Department of Painting and Sculpture
Kansas Union Gallery
Leonard Cohen
Forum
Kansas Union
Carl Djerassi
Stanford
Woodruff Auditorium
Andrew Tsupaki
Jayhawk
Big Eight
Elastics Add Zip to Postal Operations Nationwide
Washington AP reports that the U S postal service cut twine use by switching to teardrop shaped rubber bands. Last year 875 tons costing 1.22 million were used, with repeated use and less dust boosting efficiency and potential savings over twine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
General Services Administration
Falkenstien Named WIBW Radio FM Manager
Falkenstien, longtime WIBW news and sports manager, is appointed manager of WIBW Radio and FM. He will continue sportscasting while handling managerial duties. A Lawrence native and Kansas University graduate, he will expand his duties across the station group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Max Falkenstien
WIBW
Wibw Radio
Lawrence
Kansas University
Social Security Bill Advances to Nixon Desk for $5 Billion Increase
Senate approves an 82-0 amendment boosting Social Security benefits and tax levels. The plan would raise checks by 10 to 56 percent for about 26 million people, with changes phased in from 1972 onward and a higher wage base. A House vote is expected to mirror the Senate, with final passage possible next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Nixon
Senate House
House
Treasury
Landon Visits GOP Center in Washington
Alf Landon former Kansas governor and 1986 GOP presidential nominee attended a reception at the Dwight Eisenhower National Republican Center in Washington D C hosted by Sen. Bob Dole. The center opened this year and houses Republican mementos including a sunflower badge with Landon’s name and convention tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
GOP
Dwight Eisenhower
Republican Center
Landon
Kansas
Bob Dole
Congress
London
Kansas to cut 84 selective service offices to 27
Junior Elder state director of selective service says Kansas offices will drop from 84 to 27 by end of May under a federal economy plan. Local draft boards remain, with consolidation sharing staff and space. Sabetha opens a new office replacing Seneca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Junior Elder
Selective Service
Kansas
Elder
Federal
Office of Management and Budget Analysis
Sabetha
Seneca
Chanute
Colby
Concordia
Dodge City
el Dorado
Emporia
Garden City
Great Bend
Hays
Hutchinson
Independence
Kansas City
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Liberal
Manhattan
McPherson
Olathe
Ottawa
Pittsburg
Pratt
Salina
Stockton
Wellington
Wichita
Housing Supply Expanded Via Cooperative Project
Douglas County expands rural housing through a new cooperative packaging program with private builders and lenders. Prospective packagers assemble borrower and home data for FHA approval, outlining eligibility for farm and rural residents in towns under 5500 and open country. An information session is set for March 17 in the Malls Shopping Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Wilbur L. Wright
Farmers Home Administration
Rural Credit Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tile County
ASCS
Malls
FHA
Wright
Local Divorces Filed Include Five Separations
Five divorce notices list Melvin Jenkins from Jacqueline Jenkins Darrell Francis Humphrey from Joan Barbara Humphrey Ethel Marie Doudna from Carleton Lee Doudna Martha Wilendez from Joaquin Wilendez and Linda Potter from Stacy Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Jenkins
Jacqueline Jenkins
Darrell Francis Humphrey
Joan Barbara Humphrey
Ethel Marie Doudna
Carleton Lee Allen Doudna
Martha Wilendez
Joaquin Wilendez
Linda Potter
Stacy Potter
Francis Scott Key Adapts Star Spangled Banner Tune
Francis Scott Key set his verse to a popular English air often titled To Anacreon in Heaven, aligning the U S national song with a well known melody of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spencer Library
Women In
Watson Library
Shimomura
Ott of
Museum of Art
Museum of Natural History
Central Junior High Schol Auditorium
Karel Blaas
Viola
Swarthout Recital
Marsha Yoakum
Cecile Grantham
Swarthout Recital Hall
Musica Nova
Miriam Stewart Green
Sharon Zongker
Lysistrata
University Theater
Frankenstein
Woodruff
Turgenev
Isaiah Berlin
Wolfson College
Oxford
Dyche
Robert Sommer
University of California At Davis
William O. Douglas
Hoch
Lindley Hall
Mere Mehboob
Greenfield
Trebl
New York
GSA
New England
Falkenstien
Alf M. Lan
Oferta Et
Peace Gardens
15Th
Pine Haven Court
Haskell Ave
Models
Pine Tree
FC Housing&Co., Inc
Farmers Home Administration Rural Housing Program
Maine
Kentucky
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