Topeka Board Approves City Sales Tax Start July 1
The Kansas Board of Tax Appeals approves emergency rules for local sales taxes to start July 1. Retailers in Topeka, Lawrence and Manhattan will collect 3.5 percent total on gross sales, with bracketed stages shaping purchaser tax amounts up to $30 and varying cents above that.
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Kansas Board of Tax Appeals
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Mathematician Conrad Awarded NSF Grant for Abstract Algebra Research
Kansas University professor Conrad Paul Conrad receives a 10000 grant from the National Science Foundation to further work on partially ordered groups and rings. He is among about 40 researchers globally pursuing this postwar developed branch of algebra.
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Paul Conrad
Kansas University
National Science Foundation
Conrad
KU Students Join Summer Language Institute in Germany
Seventeen Kansas University students including Lawrence residents Susan Alderson of 1920 Maine and Mark L. Winters of 1342 Conn depart for a two month summer language program in Eutin Germany. The institute serves advanced German students and KU operates two programs in Germany focusing on academic study.
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Kansas University
Eutin
Germany
Susan Alderson
Maine
Mark L. Winters
Islanders Barricade Mafia Chiefs on Filicudi Island
Islanders on Filicudi barricade through the night to bar 18 exiled Mafia chiefs and 80 police from the village. The government moved the leaders to a remote island under surveillance after a Palermo prosecutor was killed, triggering clashes and hunger among guards. Locals fear loss of tourism.
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Sicily
Palermo
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Lipari
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