Open House Planned for New Green Hall Law School
Kansas University law school alumni may tour the new Green Hall on 15th Street this Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6 p.m. Deanell Taha says students will be stationed to answer questions while cider and cookies are served. Classes begin Monday in the $5 million building and the Uncle Jimmy Green statue will move later in the year.
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Law School
New Green Hall
15Th Street
Deanell Taha
Jimmy” Green
Old Green Hall
Jayhawk Boulevard
Kansas University
Maple Leaf Festival Opens with Weekend of Events
Baldwin plans a full weekend for the 20th Maple Leaf Festival with stage shows at Rice Auditorium Baker University and a morning hot air balloon rally. Jeanne Warren Maple Leaf Junior Miss will lead the parade. A soap box derby, bus tours, and special rides from Vinland Airport are included along with arts displays and a breakfast on the prairie.
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Rice Auditorium
Baker University
Jeanne Warren
Fremont Street
Third
Fifth Streets
Old Castle Museum
Palmyra
Baldwin City Hall
Prairie City
Black Jack Park
Vinland Airport
Black Jack Historical Society
Black Jack Cabin
Carter Torrijos meet to clear Panamanian canal treaty issues
President Carter and Gen. Omar Torrijos held a 90 minute White House session to clarify disputed language on joint defense of the canal after 2000. Former secretaries Rusk and Kissinger testified that the treaty secures U S rights to defend canal neutrality and access, urging Senate endorsement without reservations.
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Carter
Panama
Omar Torrijos
White House
Torrijos
Israel
Europe
Dean Rusk
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate
U.S
Kissinger
United States
Oil glut expected to last into next year despite energy concerns
New York AP reports abundant heating oil and gasoline supplies through winter with inventories well above last year. Mobil Oil official notes a 4 to 5 million barrel daily surplus, while API data show higher crude, heating fuels and gasoline stocks. Demand growth slowed, refining margins shift, and prices may rise due to price controls easing.
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The
American Petroleum Institute
United States
John Lichtblau
Petroleum Industry Research Foundation
Favored bridge bid tops estimate in Douglas County plan
Douglas County Engineer says he will recommend awarding a grading contract for four rural bridges despite a single bid of 9400 over the project estimate. The low bid for construction came in about 50 000 under the engineer's estimate, with weather blamed for higher bids.
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Douglas County
Dean Sanderson
Dan Young
Finney and
Turnipseed
Topeka
Young
Sanderson
Foley Construction Co
Lecompton
Foley
Baldwin State Lake
Vinland
Dole seeks DEA files on Torrijos drug links
Sen. Bob Dole pressed the DEA to turn over documents on alleged drug trafficking by Panama's Gen. Omar Torrijos and noted 44 files. He cited a move to relocate files for safekeeping and said public purview concerns persist. The Justice Department acknowledged Moises Torrijos’s indictment but found no evidence Omar equaled involved.
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Bob Dole
R-Kan
Drug Enforcement Administration
Panama
Omar Torrijos
Dole
Carter
State Department
DEA
Torrijos
Justice Department
Moises
Spain
New York
Omar
East Lawrence center dispute widens as groups clash
FELIA votes 20 to 0 to push planning for an east side center on 15th Street east of Haskell while ELIA urges housing rehab and other projects. City commissioners pause design work awaiting Thursday’s FELIA outcome with residents including Judy Lemon advocating a southward location. Officers for next year named at meeting.
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FELIA
East Lawrence Improvement Assny
ELIA
East Lawrence
15Th Street
Haskell
Edgewood Park
Elia Group
Judy Lemon
Lemon
Binns
Howard Hargrove
East Lawrence Association
John Peverlein
Sharon Sturdy
Robert Eggert
Mrs. Lemon
Hargrove
Fumes trigger large evacuation at Kansas energy plant
Toxic fumes forced the evacuation of 600 construction workers from the Jeffrey Energy Center near St. Marys Kansas. About 40 workers were hospitalized with unknown conditions, four sent to Topeka and 30 to 40 to Manhattan hospitals. The fumes volume and source remain undetermined.
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Kan
Kansas Power & Light
Topeka
Manhattan
KPL
Jeffrey Energy Center
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Kenneth Cooper
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