Bids Sought for Major Kansas Highway Projects
State highway director John D. Montgomery said bids are due December 16 for Hutchinson construction and maintenance work. Major items include I-35W Wichita twin viaduct superstructure at 9th Street, K-10 in Johnson County four-lane upgrades, U.S. 75 pavements in Shawnee and Osage, U.S. 169 resurfacing in Miami County, and related overlays and sign safety on I-70 in Ellis County plus improvements on secondary routes in Shawnee Bar ber and Woodson counties.
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Coffey
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Greenwood
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Barber
VA Plans Help for Unemployed Vietnam Veterans in Wichita
The Veterans Administration will provide names and contact details of unemployed veterans 13 weeks or longer to state employment agencies. VA will then contact veterans through its 72 assistance centers to encourage education or on the job training under the GI Bill. Since 1968 VA hired 5,000 veterans and aided about 45,000 with jobs through 1971.
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Veterans Administration
G. B. Lappin
Veterans Administration Center
Department of Labor
Lappin
Veterans Assistance Centers
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National Committee On Jobs For Veterans
SUA Plans Six Attractions For Annual Arts Festival
The sixth annual Kansas University Festival of the Arts runs six nights March 6-11 at Hoch Auditorium. Steve Warren chairs the student committee. The lineup includes The National Players The Trial, Boris Goldovsky, Herbie Mann, The Portable Circus, Fred Wiseman, and Gordon Lightfoot. Workshops accompany all but Lightfoot.
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Activites
Hoch Auditorium
National Players
Franz Kafka
Boris Goldovsky
Humanities
Herbie Mann
Portable Circus
Fred Wiseman
Gordon Lightfoot
Lightfoot
SUA
Kansas Union
Manhattan approves urban renewal phase one plan
The Manhattan city commission unanimously approves phase one of a $4.3 million urban renewal program. The five year project will start in the southeast area relocating 35 to 40 families and six businesses.
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Manhattan, Kan
Manhattan
Banuelos Nomination Hearing Slated by Senate Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee chairman Russell Long announced a hearing Monday on President Nixon's nomination of Romana A. Banuelos as Treasurer of the United States. Banuelos faced scrutiny after it was disclosed her Los Angeles food firm employed workers who had entered the United States illegally from Mexico.
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Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
Romana A. Banuelos
United States
Russell B. Long
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County Prepares For Ice and Snow Removal
Douglas County engineer L D Casey Rice says winterizing mirrors private homeowner steps but on a larger scale. Maintenance crews inspect vehicles and snow equipment and stock a sand calcium chloride mix to melt ice. Three new plows and three two and a half ton Dodge dump trucks are ready for use and delivery soon.
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Tenance
L.D. “Casey” Rice
Douglas County
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