Gas rates and profits in Lawrence spark regulatory debate
The Kansas Public Service Co faces city commissioners over deemed profits and rate setting. President Dunne argues the firm is entitled to the agreed profit, while experts discuss fair incentives and possible compensating rate hikes. Regulators weigh city vs state control as costs rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Public Service Co
Lawrence
D.E. Dunne Jr
Dunne
William Chaney
Black & Veatch
Kansas City
Chaney and Gas Company
Ance
Kansas Public Service
Adam
Buford Watson
Watson
Kansas
Chaney
Public House expense account items revealed in 1977 report
The first public accounting of a 2000 dollar year expense fund for House members shows payments for concert tickets bar association dues car insurance and even a rented tuxedo. The semi annual report covers the first six months of 1977 and spurs calls for formal spending rules and an administrator and an auditor to oversee accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber
David Obey
D-Wis
Obey
Washingon
Joseph McDade
R-Pa
Harry James
Charles Wiggins
R-Calif
Orange County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Yorba Linda
City halts design on east Lawrence neighborhood center
City commissioners stop further design on a $250000 East Lawrence neighborhood center after a 16 to 1 vote by East Lawrence Improvement Association. A second group, Far East Lawrence Improvement Assn, will meet to discuss the issue while possible uses of the funds are debated.
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East Lawrence
Far
Marnie Argersinger
Marnie
Barkley Clark
Clark
Oursleves
East Lawrence Group
Jack Rose
City Commission
Higher fee sought for KUMC work
Evans Electrical Construction Co filed in Douglas County District Court to void an arbitration settlement and force payment for extra work on the $7 million Off-Major basic science building at KUMC in Kansas City Kansas. Attorney Charles Svoboda said the extra work was needed due to initial architectural deficiencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County District Court
Kansas University Medical Center
Evans Electrical Construction Co
Kansas City
Evans
KUMC
Kansas City, Kan
Charles Svoboda
American Arbitration Assn
New York
Svoboda
Kansas
Johnson County District Court
Tracg-Nichols, Inc
Lenexa
Attorney General's Office
Kansas City, Mo
Marshall & Brown-Sidorowicz
Lawrence United Fund proceeds near twenty thousand
About ten days into the Lawrence United Fund campaign roughly $20,000 has been collected as drive chair man Dennis Barritt sets a goal of $30,000 by week’s end. Volunteers for the drive monitor progress while Kansas University contributions run ahead of last year’s pace. A separate report notes a probation ruling for Louis A. Rodriguez tied to looting during a downtown fire, with restitution and court costs imposed.
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Lawrence United Fund
Dennis Barritt
Drive
Iowa
Louis A. Rodriguez
Lawrence
Douglas County District Court
Rodriquez
Campbell's Men’s Wear
Barritt
Kansas University
United Fund
Douglas County
Supreme Court to decide on death penalty reach under nontriggerman laws
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Sandra Lockett's appeal regarding execution for a murder committed within a crime where the killer did not personally fire the fatal shot. The case tests felony murder and nontriggerman statutes across states with capital punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
High Court
Sandra Lockett
Akron
Ohio
Sidney Cohen
Arlington County
KU Homecoming Traffic Routes For Friday Events
KU homecoming committee and campus police outline three main viewing routes for living group decorations and Friday events. The primary route runs from 21st Street and Stewart Avenue to 11th and Missouri Streets with officers at listed residences. A secondary Tennessee Street route passes Beta Theta Pi and Kappa Alpha Theta without police. Extra displays include Alpha Delta Pi at 1600 Oxford Rd and Acacia at 1100 Indiana Ave. A third route guides guests to Murphy Hall and Allen Fieldhouse for the 8 pm Earnest play and 8:30 pm Beach Boys concert with south and east approach to ease traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
21St Street
Stewart Avenue
11Th
Missouri Streets
Alpha Kappa Lambda
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Hashinger
Gamma Phi Beta
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
J.R. Pearson
Triangle Fraternity
Tennessee Street
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Oxford Rd
Acacia Fraternity
Ind
Murphy Hall
Allen Fieldhouse
Naismith Drive
19Th Street
Mississippi Street
County seeks HUD ruling on two housing grants
Douglas County asks HUD for a written interpretation on potential conflicts in two Community Development rehab grants. One grant to a panel member is under review while another to a part time accountant for Coleman Consultant Services is noted as lacking problems by HUD advisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Ernest Coleman
Federal Funds
Kansas City
County Commission
Coleman
Floyd Mattlage
Coleman Consultant Services
Mattlage
Journal-World
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Allen Torrey
Kansas Corporation Commission
Fred Adam
KCC
City
Corporation Commission
City and Gas Company
Federal Power Commission
Wiggins
Jerome Ambro
D-N.y
Donald Pease
D-Ohio
Henry Reuss
Richard Ottinger
Dn.y
Ed Carter
Carter
Craig Patterson
Patterson
Michael Switzer
Irving Hill
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Farkas
Satur
McNicholl’s
Ariz
Marianne Maurin
Polly Shive
Sollon
Nancy DeYoung
Prairie Village
Claire Cassidy
Westport
Conn
JAY Pe Cola
Ekeleme Il Ct
Paty Wes
Mass
Streat Deli
Massachusetts
Susetts
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