Enrollment decline may force Lawrence district school closings
Lawrence 497 faces underenrollment with potential closures or consolidations. Assistant superintendent Kenneth Fisher proposed merging Grant and Riverside into Woodlawn and Pinckney, saving about 55 000 yearly, while outlining enrollment projections and budget pressures shaping the district’s approach.
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Kenneth Fisher
United States
Fisher
Grant
Riverside
Grand
Pinckney
Woodlawn
Grant and
Anderson
Kansas
National Merit Scholars announce dozens of winners nationwide
The National Merit Scholarship program names 15 000 semifinalists and about 3 200 final winners for 1973 while reporting 1 100 renewable four year Merit Scholarships and 1 000 Davis and other scholarships. The list includes students from Ashland Bennington Great Bend Hope Hutchinson Kingman Riley Leonardsville Logan Manhattan Olathe Ottawa Overland Park Shawnee Mission West Overland Park Shawnee Mission East Prairie Village Scranton Seneca Topeka Wichita Winfield and Plymouth Mich among others.
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James Q. Arnold
Ashland
William Wagner
Bennington
James R. Bates
Great Bend
Marian K. Riedy
Hope High School
Hope
Colleen R. Kitchen
Buhler Rural High School
Hutchinson
Daniel J. Shanelec
Kingman
Lawrence P. Hoerman
Riley County High School
Leonardsville
Rex. C. Penahey
Logan High
Logan
Peter F. Orazem
Manhattan High School
Manhattan
Lisa A. Emerson
Olathe High School
Olathe
Jan A. Heimann
Ottawa High School
Ottawa
Steven R. Ladley
Shawnee Mission West High
Overland Park
Stephanie M. Smith
Shawnee Mission South High
Michael N. White
Overland
Topeka West High School
Topeka
Karen K. Hemphill
Wichita High School
Wichita
Calvin L. Wiebe
Marylee Zumwalt
Catherine Brungardt
Winfield High School
Winfield
Cecilia M. Shore
Winfiled High School
Michael H. Sheridan
Catholic Central High School
Plymouth
Mich
Keith A. Pickering
Jefferson High School
Bloomington, Minn
Nancy Farber
Parkway West High School
Ballwin
Scott C. Cozad
Liberty High School
Liberty, Mo
Jeffrey A. Hazard
Washington High School
Sioux Falls
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Senate Seeks Outside Help To Oversee Watergate Case
The Senate voted to ask President Nixon to appoint a special prosecutor from outside the government to oversee the Watergate inquiry. The move, supported by Republicans including Barry Goldwater, follows Nixon naming Elliott Richardson as attorney general and granting him power to conduct the probe.
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Charles H. Percy
R-Iil
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Defense
Elliot L. Richardson
Percy
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Ariz
Williams
Curtis
Richardson
Ehrlichman Admits Hiring Watergate Conspirators
In FBI interview John Ehrlichman admitted hiring G Gordon Liddy and E Howard Hunt to investigate the Pentagon Papers case and showed knowledge of the Ellsberg psychiatrist office burglary. Judge Matt Byrne disclosed the FBI interview conducted last Friday amid Ellsberg and Russo trial developments.
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John Ehrlichman
FBI
G. Gordon Lidly
E. Howard Hunt
Daniel Ellsberg
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Anthony Russo
Ehrlichman
Brandt Talks With Nixon on New Atlantic Charter
President Nixon and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt opened two days of talks to show a new transatlantic partnership amid Nixon’s call for a new Atlantic Charter. Brandt was joined by Foreign Minister Walter Scheel and negotiator Egon Bahr.
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Washington
Nixon
Willy Brandt
Walter Scheel
Egon Bahr
Brandt
East Germany
KU Student Sports Tickets Set to Rise for 1973 74
Kansas University students face higher prices for discount football and basketball season tickets in 1973 74 after a reduction in the student activity fee allocation to the athletic department. The final budget cuts the athletic allotment to 145 900 from 187 000 in 1969 70, prompting likely 50 cent increases to football and basketball tickets.
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Kansas University
Kansas
KU Athletic Board
Wescoe Hall Opens For Fall Classrooms At KU
KU plans staged move into Wescoe Hall humanities building next fall as 83 percent complete. The $7.6 million project on Jayhawk Boulevard will include 300 faculty offices and seminar rooms plus two 300 seat auditoriums. The new Student Health Center near Robinson Gym is about 60 percent done and could open spring 1974.
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Kansas University
Humanities
Wescoe
Keith Lawton
Jayhawk Boulevard
Strong Hall
Lawton
Robinson Gymnasium
Kansas
Learned Hall
Mechanical
Fowler Shops
Nixon Defends Watergate Handling and Trust in System
President Nixon pledges a fair and impartial pursuit of justice in Watergate while detailing resignations and his initial ignorance. He credits the investigative system with exposing facts and vows reforms, criticizing both parties for tactics while urging restraint and accountability.
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Watergate
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Nixon
Richardson
Lawrence Tornado Rumor Denied by Dixon Columnist
Lawrence rumors linked Jeane Dixon to a spring tornado forecast were denied by Dixon and the Kansas University Information Service. The report claimed she predicted Lawrence would be obliterated, with dates like April 25 and May 4 cited.
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Jeane Dixon
Lawrence
Kansas University Information Service
Dixon
Washington
John Kennedy
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