KU Scholarships Show Narrow Appeal Across Donor Rules
Kansas University awards reveal scholarships with tight eligibility, from Eastern Seaboard aid covering the gap to ineligible groups and gender or heritage based restrictions. Donors seek unique criteria, while aid staff note many funds remain unclaimed in colleges nationwide.
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Eastern Seaboard
Jennifer Hanson
United States
Jerry Rogers
KU Financial Aid
KU Endowment Association
First jobs shaped leaders of Lawrence’s present day
The article recounts how Lawrence’s future leaders began in varied roles from bat boy to milk route operator. It highlights Gene Budig’s early baseball days with the McCook Cats and a lasting link to Billy Martin, plus Buford Watson’s paperboy start and Rex Johnson’s haying and first full time work, noting paths to public life.
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Richard Gwin
the Sporting Life
Kansas University
Gene Budig
Lawrence
McCook Cats
Nebraska
Billy Martin
New
Buford Watson
Columbia Tribune
Columbia
Rex. Johnson
Lawrence High Claws Past Shawnee Mission North 7 3
Lawrence High defeats Shawnee Mission North 7 to 3 at Haskell Stadium on Friday night in a penalty heavy game. A forecast promises a fine Sunday with partly cloudy skies and highs in the 70s.
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Lawrence High
Shawnee Mission North
Haskell Stadium
Gorbachev advances to top post uniting party and state
In Moscow the Supreme Soviet elects Mikhail Gorbachev president, replacing Andrei Gromyko and boosting his power by merging party and government roles. Gromyko retires after resigning from the Politburo. Kryuchkov becomes head of the KGB and Lukyanov named vice president. The reshuffle aims to cut government departments and shift authority to Soviets.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Communist Party
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Andrei Gromyko
Gorbachev
Gromyko
Vladimir A. Kryuchkov
KGB
Viktor M. Chebrikov
Party
Anatoly Lukyanov
Pyoter Demichev
Lukyanov
Stalin
Politburo
Lev N. Zaikov
Central Committee
Tass
Soviet
Brezhnev
Republicans shrug off Criticism of role in ad
In Topeka the Democratic Party chair urged Dennis Taylor to resign after appearing uncredited in a Meinhardt campaign ad portraying Jim Slattery as striking gold in a coal mine. Meinhardt says Taylor volunteered two hours with no pay while Taylor deflects the charge as partisan politics.
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Topeka
Democratic Party
Dennis Taylor
Phil Meinhardt
U.S
Jim Slattery
Meinhardt
Taylor
Slattery
West Virginia
Jim Parrish
Parrish
Honoraria
CBS
WIBW
ABC
KTKA
Congress
Ken Murphy
Kansas
Bob Dole
2Nd District
Mike Hayden
Hayden
Congress approves all 13 appropriations bills before deadline
Congress finished all 13 appropriations bills just before the midnight deadline in a marathon session. Senate leaders praised the feat as the first time since 1976 that all such measures were completed before the new fiscal year. President Reagan was set to sign the remaining bills as they cleared Congress.
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Washington
Senate
Robert Byrd
Congress
Byrd
D-W.va
House
Reagan
Commerce, Justice and State Departments
White House
Chicago
Pentagon Issues Maternity Fatigues For Soldiers
The Pentagon rolls out maternity fatigues with brown and green camouflage to include a front stretch panel in trousers and a tops that drapes over the abdomen. Officers say the program helps pregnant service members while some veterans call it unnecessary and silly.
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Pentagon
Defense Department
Martin Galinski
San Jose
Calif
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Overland Park
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Kansas City Royals
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Elmer
Nell Weaver
Kendall Laughlin
Elish Scott
John Paul
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