Stronger Civil Rights Laws Urged At Municipalities Convention
At the 63rd annual League of Kansas Municipalities convention in Topeka Homer Floyd former Kansas University football player and Kansas Civil Rights leader urged cities to expand anti discrimination laws and embrace affirmative action The discussion covered prohibitions by sex age marital status sexual orientation disabilities economics and criminal records and highlighted use of court decisions and federal civil rights protections He urged pre employment and hiring reforms and review of uses of federal revenue sharing and arrest records in employment decisions The panel included Kansas City and federal officials with varied views on the scope of human relations commissions and local action
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Topeka
League of Kansas Municipalities
Floyd
Kansas City
William J. Nelson
Coffeyville
Helen Drees
Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEO
Hutchinson
John W. Davis
Union Files More Charges Against Haskell Junior College
Union of the National Federation of Federal Employees filed four more unfair labor practice charges against Haskell Indian Junior College. Charges go to BIA directors in Anadarko and Muskogee, Oklahoma, with similar grievances to eight earlier complaints.
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The
National Federation of Federal Employees
Haskell Indian Junior College
Union
James Luther
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Sidney Carney
Anadarko
Okla
BIA
Kelsey Kennedy
Muskogee
Luther
Haskell
Dean search narrows to 20 candidates at Kansas University
The search committee for Kansas University's School of Business has narrowed from over 80 nominations to 20 finalists by week end. Lawrence Sherr said the group will contact the top nominees next week to gauge interest and is impressed by the quality of candidates.
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Kansas University
School of Business
Lawrence Sherr
Clifford Clark
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Guilty Plea Entered in Eudora Lumber Burglary Case
Kent M Knackstedt pleaded guilty to attempted burglary in Douglas County District Court Division I. Sentencing set for 11 30 a m October 12. He has been in Douglas County Jail since September 2 after deputies arrested him at Eudora Lumber Co. on initial burglary and petty theft charges.
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Kent M. Knackstedt
Prairie
Douglas County
Eudora Lumber Co
Kansas University Chancellor Dykes to attend chamber dinner
KU Chancellor Archie Dykes will attend a legislative dinner in Kansas City hosted by the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. The chamber will host the Ways and Means committees of both houses for the dinner and a visit to the KU Medical Center.
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Kansas University
Archie Dykes
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City Chamber
Ways and Means
KU Medical Center
Municipal Court Calendar Highlights Multiple Dispositions
Non traffic and traffic cases list disorderly conduct petty larceny resisting arrest and weapon use charges. Delinquent driving licenses, speeding, careless and reckless driving appear with fines and suspended sentences across defendants in towns and cities, including Des Moines Fort Riley and Topeka.
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Erland Rusty Laughlin
Janets? Gibson
W. 15Th
James Hade
Studora
Doris Edwards
Haskell
Reed Dismissed From Hospital
Clyde M. Reed editor and publisher of the Parsons Sun was discharged today from the University of Kansas Medical Center after major abdominal surgery. He had been hospitalized since September 14 for stomach ailment treatment and is returning home to convalesce.
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Kansas City, Kan
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons Sun
University of Kansas Medical Cen
Reed
Youngster Injured in Two Vehicle Crash in Connecticut Block
A three year old girl, Celeste Smith of 1232 Almira, treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released after a 11:40 a.m. Monday collision in the 700 block of Connecticut. The car driven by Anne Pauline Stovall of Detroit, age 58, struck a station wagon driven by Ed ward L. Brouhard, age 17, from a private drive. Damage: Stovall car $200, Brouhard wagon $100.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Connecticut
Celeste Smith
Almira
Anne Pauline Stovall
Detroit
Mich
Stovall
Edward L. Brouhard
Maverick
Brouhard
Kansas Traffic Deaths October 1973 Toll
Kansas highway death log shows 2 fatalities in October 1973, bringing total to 472 for the year. The report notes a death not previously reported and compares to 503 deaths in the same period of 1972.
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Topeka
Kan
Oskaloosa Board Reviews Policy And City Sale Plan
Oskaloosa School District 341 board works on a new teacher evaluation policy required by law and plans a November action. They will meet with the city council to discuss selling and transferring an old elementary school and surrounding property for 20 100 to be used for a community purpose while also buying furniture for at least one classroom.
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Oskaloosa
Henry Streator
Streator
Wellsville Board Probes School Expansion Needs
WellsvilleDistrict 289 face overcrowding with 824 students this year up from 764. The high school hosts 427 students in a building opened 1971 intended for 350. The elementary school has 397 students and is at capacity. The board plans a citizen questionnaire to gauge support for expansion.
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Wellsville
Galen Kelly
Kelly
Extortionist Gets 5000 with Ruse
Milton W. McGreevy vice chairman of Harris Upam and Co. followed a bomb threat scam and left 5000 dollars in front of a midtown fire hydrant. Police found no bomb after he returned home to Prairie Village, Kansas.
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Kansas City
Milton W. McGreevy
Harris Upam & Co
Prairie Village
Kan
Project Funds Expanded for Army Topographic Lab Research
Kansas University's Center for Research Inc has received an additional 56294 dollars to expand a research project sponsored by the Army Topographic Laboratories at Fort Belvoir Virginia. The total value of the research now stands at 90961 dollars.
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