Japanese Guests Awe at U.S. Bigness on Farm Tour
Japanese visitors led by Shiro Takahashi toured a Kansas farm, photographed the corn and barns, and praised American abundance. Takahashi noted they work for a cooperative eager to see Far-Mar-Co direct marketing plans and to buy grain directly, while concerns about rising prices from Russian purchases emerged. Nunemaker said Japanese buyers are steady customers of American agriculture and help balance trade.
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Shiro Takahashi
ZEN Noh Cooperative
Far-Mar-Co
Takahashi
Russia
Nunemaker
Engel library dedication honors KU German professor Engel
A Saturday ceremony in Wescoe Hall marks the dedication of a special German library in memory of Elmer Franklin Engel a KU German professor for 49 years Born in 1866 in Pennsylvania he died in 1958 The library funded by the Engel family endowment will house 1000 volumes and include stereo equipment A portrait by Daniel Mac Morris will hang and a bronze plaque will mark the memorial Attendees include Engel’s children grandchildren and about 5 000 former KU students followed by a noon luncheon
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Elmer Franklin Engel
Pennsylvania
Kansas University
Wescoe Hall
Engel
Professor Engel
C. Y. Thomas
Kansas City
T.S. Burnett
San Marino
Calif
William J. Engel
la Jolla
Irvin Youngberg
KU Endowment Association
Daniel Mac Morris
Endowment Association
Helmut Huelsbergen
Lawrence P. Engel
Herman B. Engel
Minneapolis
Residency suit tests city fireman living area
A federal suit in Kansas City challenges Lawrence Kansas residency rules for police and fire personnel. Wayne Ousdahl, a former firefighter, argues the ordinance violates due process and property rights and seeks back pay and fees. He is joined by 46 firefighters in a class action seeking injunction, damages, and removal of the city’s residency requirement.
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United States District Court
Kansas City
Kan
Wayne Ousdahl
Lawrence
F.C. Sanders
Ousdahl
Lawrence Fire Department
Fire Department
Wichita
Kansas
Local Kansas film clips highlight centron in bicentennial segment
Centron studios contributed one to two minutes of tallgrass prairie footage for a Today Show Kansas bicentennial feature. Dan Palmquist, Centron editor, notes the footage was shot in the last two years for Larry Wagner, Kansas City attorney who backs prairie preservation. Bob Rose was the Centron photographer on the shoot. Kansas traffic deaths data cover 24 hours to 9 am Friday for October and 1975, with 1974 comparative figures provided.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Centron
Dan Palmquist
Larry Wagner
Kansas City
Bob Rose
AAUP leader rejects Bennett tradeoff on raises
George Griffin of KU's AAUP says Gov. Bennett's idea to trade faculty pay hikes for enrollment funded raises is inappropriate and that the university should not be pressured into such a choice. He notes KU faces a bare budget and understaffed divisions while preparing for PERB hearings and a possible meet and confer process.
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Robert Bennett
Kansas University
George Griffin
Griffin
Kansas
Spencer Research Library
American Association of University Professors
Bennett
University
Wakefield Dort Jr
Kansas Public Employer Relations Board
PERB
AAUP
Pie Toss Deliberations End in Mistrial Over Felony Question
Jurors in James Dillard battery case debated whether pie throwing could be a crime. Eleven to one favored acquittal as deliberations stretched nearly four hours. judge declared a mistrial and planned retrial. Dillard admitted throwing the pie at KU professor David Holmes. charge was a Class A misdemeanor with potential penalties.
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James Dillard
Kansas University
Journal-World
James W. Paddock
Dillard
David Holmes
Edward Griffin
Brotherhood of Prefaced Assassins
Hirohito Pays Respect With 21 Gun Salute at Tomb
In Arlington National Cemetery Emperor Hirohito laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He paused before the inscription and the monument honors U S and allied servicemembers from World War I, World War II, and Korea. His two week US visit aims to thank Americans for helping Japan rise from the ashes.
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Washington
Japan
Hirohito
U.S
Arlington Cemetery
United States
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Ron Smith
Eugene Nunemaker
Engel Library
Allen Torrey
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Angel Engel
Michigan
Rice County
Kaw
Harvard
Germany
University of Chicago
Ku’s
Univesity
Tonda Rush
Fromme
San Francisco
Lynette
Ford
Miss Fromme
Charles Manson
Sacramento
Earl O’connor
Joe Langhofer
Mails Shopping Center
Gaardenland
Gai Mon.sat
Denland
SUN
West 23Rd St
Kaw River Bridge
New York
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