KU libraries to cut journal subscriptions
KU libraries will cancel about 800 journal subscriptions this year due to steep price hikes. KU officials cite eroding library budgets from rising costs, foreign publishing, for profit ownership, and a federally mandated minimum wage that cut funding for student workers.
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Kansas University
Kim Roddis
University Senate Library Committee
University Council
Roddis
U.S
Britain
Germany
Japan
Lawrence district screens 29 applications for top post
A screening committee is reviewing 29 completed applications for Lawrence school district superintendent. Applications rose from 25 complete and 14 incomplete since Tuesday, with four incomplete files updated. The board plans five to seven finalists and may involve community members in interviews.
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Lawrence
Mary Loveland
Carl Knox
Loveland
Dan
Nona Tollefson
Kansas University
Terry Glenn
Junction City
Max Heim
Adams
Record of burglaries and injuries in Lawrence area
A thief took a television and two videocassette recorders plus silverware in two separate burglaries, one in the 3800 block of West 24th and another in the 900 block of Broadview Drive, with doors forced or kicked in. Richard A. Melton, 20, was in fair condition after a motorcycle crash on 23rd near Tennessee. Deborah L. Laughlin, 31, was released after an accident near Stetson Drive and Monterey Way.
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West 24Th
Broadview Drive
Richard A. Melton
Rawhide
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Melton
Tennessee
Deborah L. Laughlin
Glenview Dr
Stetson Drive
Monterey Way
Robberies Reported in Lawrence Police Count Rises
Lawrence police logged two more robberies Thursday night boosting March totals to ten. A masked man demanded cash at Payless Shoesource 1300 West 23rd, while another theft occurred in the 1800 block of Tennessee as a purse was snatched from a passerby. No suspects yet. call 841-7210 with information.
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Lawrence
Tennessee
County jobless rate drops to 3 percent continues page 1A
Government employment rose from 11,900 to 12,500 with schools and universities adding jobs. Retail trade fell by 200 while construction held steady despite warm weather. Statewide February jobless rate eased to 4 percent. US Army Sunflower plant may halt production by August. Local manufacturing remained steady at about 4,700 jobs for January and February.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Kansas University
ECHR
Douglas County
Mike Pritchard
Lawrence
Deaths in Kansas and Missouri Honor Local Residents
Obituaries report Floyd J. Todd 57 of Tonganoxie Kansas with services at West Haven Baptist Church and burial in Leavenworth National Cemetery. He served in Korea and worked at GM Fairfax. Survivors include Patricia and ten children, plus siblings and grandchildren. Also noted are Marcus A Pharr Jr. 71 of Columbus Georgia with services in Warrensburg Missouri and burial at Sunset Hill Cemetery. Pharr was a WWII veteran, longtime public service employee, and member of multiple civic clubs. his survivors include wife Vivian, two sons, five grandchildren, and a great grandchild. Memorials suggested to diabetes and local churches.
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Tonganoxie
Floyd J. Todd
West Haven Baptist Church
E.T
Pete” Mayse
National Cemetery
Leavenworth
Mr. Todd
Providence St. Margaret Health Center
Kansas City
Kan
Heltonville
Ind
Floyd D
Sally J. East Todd
Todd
General Motors Fairfax Assembly
Leavenworth County
Walcott
United Auto Workers
Kaw
Patricia L. Christian
Miami
Ohlo
David W
Donald D
Laurie
Roy G
Samuel L
Lawrence
Barbara Hoover
Marilyn Irwin
Kathy Todd
Debby Johnson
Norfolk
Ruth Beckman
South Haven
Miss
Susan M. Todd
Crystal Todd
Carl Todd
Cleveland
Ann Gardner
Kirshaw
S.C
Ruby McClure
Bloomington
Quisenberry Funeral Home
American Diabetes Assn
Warrensburg
Marcus A. Pharr Jr
Columbus
Sweeney-Phillips
Sunset Hill
Pharr
Washington, Ga
Robert
Hallie Pharr
Young Harris College
Young Harris
Central Missouri State College
Missouri Public Service Co
Lee’s Summit
U.S. Army Air Force
Army Reserves
Army National Guard
Retired Officers Assn
Heart of America Retired Officers Assn
Air Force Assn
St. Paul’s Unified Methodist Church of Columbus
Columbus Kiwanis
Missouri
Arkansas
Vivian
Roswell
N.M
Marcus A. III
Robert E
Kiwanis International Foundation
St. Paul's Unified Methodist Church
E. Market
Mayor to propose updating Lawrence official emblem
Mayor Treanor plans to update Lawrence city emblem blending history with modern design. Designers drew up concepts at no cost and will roll the emblem onto equipment and stationery if commissioners approve, with City Manager Wildgen cautioning gradual, cost controlled implementation.
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Lawrence
Porary
Treanor
Walters
Local Guard units face possible troop cuts in coming budget
Infantry Regiment at the local armory faces elimination with 84 members of Company B and 89 of Company E at risk of losing jobs by 1993 if phased out this year. The 317th Support Supply and Services Battalion in Wichita could lose 68 positions while the 312th Army Band is untargeted. Congress and the president must approve next year's budget by fall. cuts expected by October 1 though often delayed. Kansas lawmakers anticipate strong opposition, citing economic impact as each part-time soldier brings about 10 700 dollars in federal funds. The Pentagon projects saving 20 billion dollars over five years across all states.
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Moser
21St
Iowa
317Th Support Supply and Services Battalion
Kat Gleeson
Army Reserve
Wichita
312Th Army Band
Gleeson
Congress
Kansas
National Guard
Naval Reserve
Defense Department
Pentagon
Kansas Army National Guard
Guard
Adjutant General’s Office
Kansas Guard
KU officials seek increases in faculty salary and fee waiver
KU officials pressed a Senate subcommittee to boost state financing for Hoch rebuilding, faculty raises, and a graduate teaching assistant fee waiver. Budig sought $1 million next year to plan Hoch’s rebuild and $17 million over subsequent years for construction, while endorsing the 2.5 percent faculty raise and 100 percent GTA fee waiver in the House budget.
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Budig
Hoch
del Shankel
Kansas
Shankel
Lawrence Fire Log Includes Several Thursday Incidents
Firefighters cleaned up an antifreeze spill at Eighth and New Hampshire at 5 10 p m Thursday and extinguished a car fire on Sunflower Road Sunnyside Avenue on the Kansas University campus at 6 23 p m The engine fire on a 1981 Plymouth Horizon remains under investigation with $900 damage A report of smoke at Easy Living mobile home court produced no smoke at 8 30 p m while a dumpster fire at Trailridge Apartments caused $10 damage at 8 31 p m A false alarm at Beta Theta Pi Fraternity house and another at Kansas University Art and Design Building occurred early today A smoke report at Boardwalk Apartments caused by cooking was logged at 3 32 a m
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Lawrence
Eighth
New Hampshire
Sunflower Road
Sunnyside Avenue
Kansas University
Easy Living Mobile
Trailridge Apartments
Sixth
Beta Theta Pi
Tenn
Art and Design
Boardwalk Apartments
Frontier
City plants for Arbor Day amid tree city award
About half of the remaining 25 percent funds tree care and maintenance including water during dry periods and pest spraying. Osborn said parks and forestry staff are not planting much today to allow citizens to plant. Girl Scouts will plant about 180 seedlings at schools and in parks in Lawrence and nearby communities as the city earns its 14th consecutive Tree City USA award from the National Arbor Day Association.
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Osborne
Lawrence
Baldwin
Eudora
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Journal of Logic
Journal of Sports Sciences
Brad Addington
Ept
Sunda
Floyd Todd
Marcus A. Pharr
Mike Wildgen
Wildgen
Jim Slattery
D-Kan
Rep
Dan Glickman
Gus Bogina
R-Shawnee
Senate
Ways and Means
Richard Rock
Arkansas City
Mike Hayden
Rock
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