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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1973
Page
16
Partly sunny and warm today with cooler conditions Saturday. Tonight cool and mild with lows near 55, Saturday highs mid to upper 60s. Chance of precipitation 5 percent tonight and none Saturday. Highs 78 and 55 today and yesterday respectively. Sunrise 6 12 a.m. Sunset 8 26 p.m.
The University Council at Kansas approved a 21 day spring 1974 enrollment period and discussed a potential 2 day study. Fall 1973 enrollment remains at 3 days for 4500 new students. The council backed a pre enrollment system as a management decision but noted administration should decide. Incomplete grades approved for Liberal Arts students after Civilization exams. ROTC helicopter noise prompts city concern. Air Force ROTC to respond.
US Steel Corp. announced June 15 price hikes of 8 to 9 dollars per ton on major sheet products used by automakers and appliance makers. Flat rolled products, about 40 percent of shipments, will lead to an average rise of 4.8 percent in mill products and roughly 1.3 percent across the company’s total output.
King Radio Corp. plans to reach 300 employees at its Lawrence plant by July 1 at 724 Conn. The firm started production April 9 with 65 workers making 20 radio units daily for private air craft use. An Ottawa plant will begin production soon to also reach 300 employees by January 1, 1974, producing different varieties of the same radios.
Topeka Unified School District No. 501 teachers ratified a two year contract 785 to 301 with one vote pending. The agreement sets a $400 raise for 1973 74 and a $450 raise the next year. Starting teachers earn $6700 under the current contract.
In 1972, 540 federal farm subsidies of 20 000 or more to Kansas farmers largely favored wheat and feed grain growers across 20 western counties. Stanton County producers near Garden City and Liberal earned just over 1.5 million for reducing crops or following conservation programs, while Sherman County farmers via Goodland received about 1.25 million. The data, for subsidies above 20 000, appears in the Congressional Record after Rep. Paul Findley criticized them as welfare for the wealthy.
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