Stargazers Witness Partial Solar Eclipse on KU Campus
About 120 EU students gathered around five telescopes on the Kansas University campus to view a 20 percent solar eclipse the first seen in Lawrence since 1973. N Wyman Storer lectured at Lindley Hall as the sun was projected and sun blinders were handed out for safe viewing.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Lindley Hall
N. Wyman Storer
Storer
David Tholen
Hays
Astronomy Associates of
Tholen
Randy Jordan
Topeka
Lawrence Astronomers Group
Bakke Case Forefront of Racial Admissions Debate
Supreme Court heard Allan Bakke challenge California's medical school admissions policy as justices weigh affirmative action and its impact on race in education and employment. Bakke argues his right not to be discriminated against by race, while supporters say such programs correct past injustices to ensure equal opportunity.
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Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Allan Paul Bakke
Marshall
Bakke
University of California
Davis
California Supreme Court
California
Allan Bakke
San Francisco
Reynold Colvin
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Cox
Carter Administration
Wade McCree
McCree
Colvin
Bank fills exec post with Edwards named CEO
R A Edwards 32 was named executive vice president and chief executive officer of Douglas County State Bank by the board. He was elected to the board and promoted from VP in charge of commercial and real estate lending. Edwards, Kansas City native, holds a BS and an MBA from Kansas University and served as a Navy lieutenant in Vietnam. He chairs KU Affairs for the Lawrence Chamber and works with local civic groups.
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Kan
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U.S. Navy
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence Villages
Kansas
Phi Delta Theta Educational Foundation
Lawrence Humane Society
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Alpha Kappa Psi
Phi Delta Theta
Rotary International
Terry
KU defends private minority scholarship program amid Bakke case link
Kansas University officials defend a private funded minority engineering scholarship program amid national debates sparked by the Bakke Supreme Court case. California State University warns campuses to drop the program as unconstitutional, while KU notes private funds avoid state constitutional issues. Also reports of knife incidents at Craig Retail Liquors and an armed robbery at McNicoll's Retail Liquors in the same area.
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National Fund For
California State University and Colleges
Mayer Chapman
U.S. Supreme Court
University of California Medical School At
Davis
KU School of Engineering
William Hogan
Hogan
Allan Bakke
Cal-Davis’ Medical School
National Academy of Engineers
Craig Retail Liquors
Haskell
McNicoll’s
Viet Nam tunnels tell tale of long war near Cu Chi
AP photographer Horst Faas recounts a journey to the Cu Chi tunnels and battlefield near Saigon with a German tour group. Capt Nguyen Thanh Linh recalls 1966 combat with the Black Lions as he notes the high casualties and repeated rebuilding of the Cu Chi battalion.
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Associated Press
Horst Faas
Vietnam
CU Chi
George A. Eyster
Tenacles
U.S
Eyster
Cocoa Beach
Fla
First Infantry Division
Saigon
Nguyen Thanh
Linh
Ho Chi Minh
Capt. Linh
Black Lions
Window Decorating Contest Surges For KU Homecoming
Lawrence merchants decorate windows under KU homecoming theme To the Stars. Design students finish by 5 p m with at least 15 participants. Judges from KU design and Chamber of Commerce will pick winners tonight or Friday. A $100 prize awaits the window display winner announced at the KU Colorado game Saturday alongside residence hall and fraternity sorority display winners.
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KU Design
Richard Branham
Department of Design
Dents
Chamber of Commerce
KU Affairs Committee
Branham
Ku-Colorado
Allen Ford elected vice president of tax association
Correction: Allen Ford, a Kansas University associate professor of business, was not elected president of the American Taxation Assn. He was actually elected vice president at the organization’s recent annual meeting in Portland, Oregon.
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Journal-World
Allen Ford
Kansas University
American Taxation Assn
Office of
University Relations
Ford
Portland
Ore
Statue taken from Schwarz Road home valued up to five thousand
A bronze statue of an American Indian warrior, valued by the owner at 3000 to 5000 dollars, was reported stolen from a residence in the 900 block of Schwarz Road. The theft occurred between 9 am and noon as the home was unoccupied. Entry appeared gained after a knob was pried off an outside door. Jewelry, watches and a television totaling about 900 dollars were also missing.
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