Bennett Ends Mandatory State Retirement Age
Gov. Robert F. Bennett issued an executive order abolishing the 65 year retirement mandate for state workers. He urged evaluation based on ability and performance to retain experienced staff and directed aging officials to create a retirement counseling program for all employees.
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Topeka
Kan Tap
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Aging
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Treaty revision measure blasted by Indian leader Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks denounces H R 9054 proposed to end federal supervision of Indian lands as vicious and a path to land loss and cultural erasure. He launches a campaign against the measure, warning of possible future violence if passed. Banks cites coalition support from 25 California tribes and calls for alert to American citizens.
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Sacramento
Calif
Dennis Banks
Banks
John E. Cunningham
R-Wash
James Abdner
R-S.d
California
Local 4-H teens chosen to pull Clinton Dam gates
Merlin Johnston and Jeanne Warren, both Douglas County 4-H members, will close Clinton Dam gates at a 1 p.m. ceremony with Gov. Bennett and U.S. Army Corps official Richard Curl present. Officials say the event marks Clinton Lake’s present and future importance.
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Douglas County
4-H
Clinton Dam
Peter Whitenight
Douglas County Commission
Merlin Johnston
Paul Johnston
Rt. 2
Lawrence
Jeanne Warren
Dale Coggburn
Rt. 3
Baldwin
Johnston
Lawrence High School
Miss Warren
Baldwin High School
Clinton Lake
Robert Bennett
Richard Curl
Kansas City
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
James Power
Kansas Water Resources Board
Mike Swartz
Mo-Ark Flood Control and Conservation Assn
Andy Gray
Mo-Ark
Marnie Argersinger
Bill Woods
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Water Resources Committee
George Faler
The
Kaw Basin Water Management Assn
Glenn West
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Acting state architect opposes abolishing office in Kansas
Acting state architect Carl Ossmann warns that scrapping the state architect's office for a seven member architectural commission would be a backward move. He cites reforms already underway, including plan reviews, a new accounting system, and tighter change order controls, as essential to efficiency.
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Carl Ossmann
Topeka Architectural
Louis Krueger
Kansas Board of Regents
Ossmann
Division of Architectural Service
Stafus
Krueger
State Highway Commission
Robinson Gymnasium
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