Lawrence teachers weigh in on politics and school board race
Lawrence educators in District 497 show near unanimous union membership and varied political backing as LEA endorsements split voters. Ward, Gauthier, and others defend procedural reforms while candidates Booth and Berman clash over teacher influence and strikes in a close race.
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LEA
Association
Booth
Berman
Sandee Crowther
Ward
Wilbur
PAC
Tony Gauthier
Spring School Board
City Commission
Gauthier
District 497
KNEA
Treaster
K-Nea
Sisung
Sisuing
Glover
Douglas County Republicans to regroup after rough 1978 showing
Douglas County Republicans meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the First National Bank basement to analyze last week’s statewide losses. Langstrum, county GOP chair, says the party must identify factors behind defeats and plan a stronger 1978 campaign to protect offices held by James Pearson and Governor Bennett while boosting local standings.
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Douglas County
John Langstrum
GOP
First National Bank
Langstrum
Arnold Berman
Arden Booth
Larry Winn
Phil
Booth
Asans
U.S
James Pearson
Robert Bennett
Wellsville Council Approves Zoning Change to Industrial Use
City council members approve a zoning change from residential to light industrial for land in the 700 block of Main north of the railroad. Councilman John Reeves filed the request and did not vote. The meeting also authorized bids for a six cylinder three speed pickup for city use, keeping the two existing trucks.
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Wellsville
Main
John Reeves
Sheila Dominick
Dominick
Syrian forces tighten grip on Beirut to split factions
Syrian armored units ring Beirut as a 3 000 man brigade moves to create a three mile buffer zone to divide Muslim and Christian areas. Reinforcements of 1 900 Saudi and Sudanese troops join the peacekeeping force while engineers remove barricades and calm returns with a night of no shooting. The civil war since 1975 has claimed over 37 000 lives.
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Beirut
Lebanon
No Man’s Land
Hallmark check boosts United Fund campaign
Hallmark Cards Inc employees and the company donated 22882 to the Lawrence United Fund, boosting progress toward an 237480 goal. The drive reports 161880 collected, with seven of eight divisions above half of their targets and a focus on a unified “one drive” approach.
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Hallmark
United Fund
Bill Woody
Duane Sheaffer
Hallmark Cards Inc
Register of Deeds Sue Neustifter
Mike Malone
Kansas University
Lawrence United Fund Inc
Lawrence
Leavenworth County Clerk Resigns to Enter Private Business
Leavenworth county clerk Charles R. Turner, elected to an eighth term, resigns to join Lockwood Co. in Atchison. County commissioners, however, refuse to accept the resignation at the Wednesday meeting.
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Leavenworth
Charles R. Turner
Lockwood Co
Atchison
Costs become barrier to study says report
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities reports a 3 percent fall in expected enrollment among high school graduates this fall, as rising costs push tuition higher. State schools faced a 4.5 percent anticipated increase, but 40 percent tuition rises over five years now average about 3000 dollars annually. Kansas University bucks trend with a 3 percent enrollment gain at Lawrence despite a 50 dollar undergraduate tuition hike.
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New Orleans
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
John Mallan
Kansas University
Lawrence
KU General Information
Douglas County seeks federal funds for centralized siren system
Douglas County Civil Defense Director Travis Brann asks for 3500 in federal funds and 3579.62 in matching money to build a countywide siren switching station. The plan adds two remote control panels at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center to activate 12 Lawrence sirens and other county sirens, with Baldwin Eudora and Lecompton sirens included.
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Douglas County Civil Defense
Travis Brann
County Commission
Brann
Federal Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center
Civil Defense
Lawrence
Law Center
11Th
New Hampshire
Baldwin
Eudora
Lecompton
Mayor's Prayer Breakfast to Hear Mizell at KU Union
Free parking will be available for participants at 6 45 a m Friday in the Kansas Union ballroom. Emory Seatl chairs the event as the Lawrence Christian Businessmen's Assn plans a series of annual breakfasts with more than 300 expected to attend. Tickets cost 3 25, and guest speaker Wilmer Vinegar Bend Mizell, former major league pitcher and former U S representative, will speak. Host is Mayor Fred Pence.
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Kansas Union
University Oficials
Emory Seatl
Lawrence Christian
Assa
Wilmer
Vinegar Bend" Mizell
U.S. House of Representatives
Fred Pence
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