Kansas private college tuition grants program praised
Marlin Schrader, head of the State Education Commission, says the Kansas tuition grants program for 19 private colleges is on schedule and off to a magnificent start. More than 800 applications are in, with 100 to 150 arriving daily, and the state expects to use the $1 million appropriation.
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Kansas
Marlin C. Schrader
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Cemetery Cleanup Planned in McLouth at Wild Horse Cemetery
McLouth residents will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday at Wild Horse Cemetery to repair vandal damaged stones. The cemetery board met April 26 at Olive Jones’s home and agreed to run the project and seek donations for repairs and replacement stones.
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Mclouth
Wild Horse
Cemetery Board
Olive Jones
Harp Concert at KU Featuring Nine Harpists
The Kansas University School of Fine Arts hosts a Sunday 8 p.m. harp recital in Swarthout Recital Hall. Margaret Ling's studio shows solos and ensemble numbers for nine harpists with a total instrument value near $20,000.
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Kansas University School of Fine Arts
Margaret Ling
Swarthout Recital Hall
Don Scheid
KU. _ KU
Carol Fishburn
County Plans Data Process of Tax Rolls
Douglas County Commission proposes switching from hand computed to data processed tax rolls starting May 15. The move aims to reduce paper work and improve access to information for officers and residents with computer time purchased from Lawrence School District 497. Three of four new positions will be funded via the Emergency Employment Act, with a Johnson County data processing consultant tapped to guide the conversion.
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Lawrence School
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Arthur Heck
Heck
Johnson County
KU Group Presents The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt
A group of Kansas University students directed by John Bush Jones will stage The Visit at 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the United Ministries Center north of the KU campus. The revenge tale follows a woman who returns to her hometown offering $1 billion in exchange for the life of the man who ruined her years earlier, triggering the townspeople's actions.
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Kansas University
John Bush Jones
Friedrich Durrenmatt
United Ministries Center
KU Bus Service to Stay on Campus
Kansas University Student Senate votes to keep the campus bus system with current fares and a campus privilege fee of 1 dollar. Poll results show 322 of 512 favor using student fees for the bus. 277 of 519 favor raising fees by no more than 2 dollars. The senate aims to sign a contract with Lawrence Bus Company for 32 hours Daisy Hill to downtown, 11 Nai smith hours, and 12 Ridge Court hours, with housing groups paying at least half the cost. The privilege fee will not exceed 2 dollars.
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Kansas University
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