Regents agenda includes budget requests and KU housing changes
Kansas Board of Regents to discuss increasing legislative spending requests for current and next year to cover federal minimum wage hikes. KU seeks about 30 000 in fall enrollment fees to fund higher student worker salaries, and dormitory rates may rise 50 for doubles and 135 for singles. An optional early retirement plan, with 62 retirement age and 60 percent pension lump sum, faces criticism from faculty groups. Government actions hinge on January budget recommendations and legislative enabling measures.
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Kansas University
Kansas Board of Regents
Emporia State University
James Bibb
Bibb
Robert Bennett
Regents
Kansas
British Farmers Tour Kansas We Visit Farm Tour
A hundred English and Scottish farmers and wives visited Douglas County on a vacation trip sponsored by West Cumberland Farmers. They toured a Lawrence elevator and a soybeans field, rode combines, compared prices, and shared meals with local producers as they learned about U S farming life and prices.
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America
England
Scotland
Douglas County
Kansas
Kansas City
Smithville
Tampa
Fla
West Cumberland Farmers
Lawrence
South Farmers Cooperative Elevator
Eugene
Nunemaker
Pat Ross
Ross
Earl van Meter
Douglas County Agricultural Extension Service
Great Britain
Oak Ridge Extension Homemakers
KU stadium plan may be scaled down
Kansas University Athletic Director Clyde Walker plans a revised Memorial Stadium renovation proposal for the KU Athletic Corp. Board. The plan aims for a substantially lower cost than the prior about 2 million dollar figure, with essential maintenance projects likely kept and nonessential features reduced. The endowment association may fund a loan, with ticket surcharges proposed to repay it, and final costs await architectural estimates from Peters Williams and Kubota.
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Kansas University
Clyde Walker
Memorial Stadium
KU Athletic Corp. Board of Directors
Osal
Walker
Endowment Association
Lawrence
Peters, Williams and Kubota
Commissioners deny request for rezoning by Hillcrest area
Lawrence city commissioners rejected a proposal to rezone an 86 acre corner lot at Yale and Westdale for commercial use, keeping the site zoned for duplexes. The vote opposed by residents and planning staff, with possible future mixed use plans for surrounding tracts. A separate action approved a $14,000 tuition assistance fund for local day care centers through the Douglas County Child Care Assn. Mayor Argersinger named Jan Eddy to the parks and recreation advisory board.
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Lawrence City
Hillcrest
Yale and
Westdale Roads
Douglas County Child Care Assny
Marnie Argersinger
Jan Eddy
Belle Haven Drive
Parks and Recreation Advisory
Planning Commission
Glen Hildebrand
Hillcrest Hardware
Hildebrand
Commission
Barkley Clark
Clark
Ed Carter
Argersinger
Jack Rose
Carter
Binns
Child Care Association
Shirley Phillips
United Fund
United Fund Board
Destitute woman charged with bank robbery in Wichita
A 25 year old Richmond Virginia woman Phillis Mundy was charged with robbery after allegedly robbing Union National Bank of 1392 dollars when she had run out of Red Cross lodging. She had turned her four children over to state foster care and was held on a 1000 dollar bond.
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Wichita, Kan
Richmond, Va
Red Cross
Phillis Mundy
Sedgwick County
McClellan Hotel
Robert Morrison
Union National Bank
KC fights Richards Gebaur Air Base closure in federal appeal
In St Louis a three judge panel hears Kansas City area officials argue Richards Gebaur Air Force Base should not close. Assistant County Counselor Stanley Christopher says the closure would cause economic havoc.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Jackson County
Stanley Christopher
Beating death investigation in Lawrence trimmed to seven
Lawrence police reduce the active team on the Vanera Smith beating case from 16 18 officers to seven including three detectives and three patrolmen plus one Douglas County deputy. A Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent will check daily as investigators pursue strong leads and solicit public information.
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Lawrence
Richard Stanwix
Vanera Smith
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Topeka
Stanwix
Solar heating project planned for Stouffer Place at KU
KU plans to install Honeywell solar heating and cooling at Stouffer Place with NASA and ERDA funding. Estimated $350000 cost. KU provides $35000 site work and approves $35000 from university funds. Construction to begin after year end. operation hoped by May for cooling season.
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Stouffer Place
Kansas University
Honeywell Inc
Minneapolis
Minn
Max Lucas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
EADA
NASA
ERDA
Lucas
Allen Fieldhouse
Lawrence Housing Authority considers resignation of executive director
Lawrence Housing Authority will review a letter of resignation from executive director Sarah Peters at tonight's meeting. Peters says back problems could limit full time work and may stay on part time while medical issues clarify. She has led Edgewood Homes and Babcock Place since July after serving as acting director since April.
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Lawrence Housing Authority
Sarah Peters
Peters
Mrs. Peters
Authority
Edgewood Homes
Babcock Place
Douglas County Bicentennial Funds Under Review
A Douglas County Historical Society panel may decide by Friday how to use unspent Bicentennial funds donated this year. Charles Stough notes the special committee plans to conclude its inquiry into the unused money from the now defunct Douglas County Bicentennial Commission. The funds were earmarked for projects outside Lawrence and stem from the survey of the county building, a major prior project. The historical society has not officially accepted the donation.
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Douglas County Historical Society
Charles Stough
Douglas County Bicentennial Commission
Historical Society
Lawrence
County Bicentennial Commission
Douglas County
Douglas County Historical Building Survey
Stough
Bicentennial Commission
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Westdale
Richard Hardin
Don Binns
J-W
Peterson
J-W News
Bethel College
St. Paul
University of Minnesota
Mesabi
Daily News
Duluth
News- Tribune
The
Journal-World
Don Lambert
Ottawa Herald
Ms. Peterson
Santorini
Southern
Aegean
Athens
13Th and
Massachusetts Streets
Glickman
Farm Bill
Wichita
Kan
Dan Glickman
American Agriculture Movement
Stouffer Solar
Honeywell
Doris Kaiser
TPISS
Oa Mets
Price
New York
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