Language Misuse Angers KU Audience Critics Language Decline
Novelist Mary McCarthy denounced the erosion of English on television and in politics during a Humanities Lecture at Kansas University. She blamed Watergate era figures for linguistic degradation and warned that euphemism and evasion undermine clear expression among Americans.
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Mary McCarthy
Watergate
Woodruff Auditorium
Kansas Union
Miss McCarthy
Kansas University
America
Ervin
John Mitchell
Pollution Control Facilities Completed at DuPont Plant
DuPont cellophane plant at Tecumseh reports startup of pollution abatement facilities built over two years at a cost in the millions. Waste water plant has operated since October treating 2.5 million gallons. discharge now meets state and federal standards. Solid waste recycling lowers disposal issues and provides new raw materials. Air odor control upgrades cut odor by about 90 percent since 1970. 80 percent of equipment is operational now with full online by 1974. Annual operating costs estimated at 600000 dollars.
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DuPont
Tecumseh
Addi
R. D. Pruett
Kansas River
Pruett
Exterior restoration of Old Castle Museum at Baker ends
The Old Castle Museum at Baker University completes exterior work with seven repair piers, wall stabilization, new sidewalk, reseeded lawn, and completed landscaping. Interior renovation will follow. The museum, open daily except Mondays, will close for Christmas on December 20.
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Baldwin
Baker University
Baker
Miles Stotts
Kansas State alumni gift bright blue seat with university seal
KU Alumni Association director Dick Wintermote donated a blue toilet seat with the Kansas University seal to Chancellor Archie Dykes at his office restroom. He bought it after seeing similar KU items in Eureka and noted a local store also stocks the item.
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Archie Dykes
Kansas University
KU Alumni Association
Dick Wintermote
KSU
Wintermote
Sunflower Plant Funding Rejected by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee denied the Army 5.9 million dollars for Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant near DeSoto Kansas. The report cited deleting funds for nitro cellulose facilities at three plants as they switch to a magnesium nitrate dehydration process, reducing need for modernization now.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Army
Sunflower
DeSoto
Kan
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