Teachers push 20 student cap for English classes
Kansas school districts hear a plea from six state university composition directors urging a maximum of 20 students per writing class. They argue teachers cannot manage the unique writing assignments of 160 pupils and stress the need to curb heavy workloads across Lawrence area high schools.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Kansas University
James Gowen
Baldwin
Eudora
Linwood
Fournal World
Lois Gladstone
Linwood High School
Ron Oliver
Lawrence approves narrow 23rd street rezoning with conditions
Lawrence city commissioners voted 4 to 1 to rezone a small strip behind 23rd Street businesses from single family to commercial and parking. The plan includes a fence, replatting, and use of the northern 50 feet for parking, with access to Louisiana blocked to curb traffic concerns.
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Lawrence
23Rd Street
23Rd
Louisiana Street
Hedrick
G’s
Lawrence Yamaha
Barkley Clark
Louisiana
Clark
Ed Collister
G.A. Roberts
Roberts
Ed Carter
Jack Rose
Lawrence approves Vermont Towers elderly housing project
Lawrence city commissioners okayed a federally subsidized elderly housing project named Vermont Towers at the southeast corner of 11th and Kentucky. The plan, by James Albertson of Wichita, includes 60 units and a use permit upon review. Objections from nearby residents were noted. landscaping and parking were discussed as sufficient.
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Lawrence City Commissioners
Vermont Towers
Lth
Kentucky
James Albertson
Wichita
John Vervynck
Raiders Free Hostages in Swift Mogadishu Jet Raid
The hijacked Lufthansa Boeing 737 in Mogadishu was stormed by two dozen German commandos who killed two hijackers and wounded two others. Passengers were evacuated as explosions were heard and a field hospital treated the rescued hostages.
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Bom
West Germany
Lufthansa
Somalia
Mogadishu
U.S
John L. Loughran
Deadline Set For City Hall Site Choice
City commissioners weigh two downtown sites Bow ersock and 600 block as initial cost estimates place minimum facility at 1.7 million and ultimate stage at 2.5 million. An underground parking garage is also favored. The key question is whether the 600 block will develop if city hall stays at Bow ersock.
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City Hall
Tober
Bowersock
Barkley Clark
Ed Carter
Don Binns
KU satellite union bids come in below estimate
Kansas University plans a three level satellite union west of Allen Field House after 13 bids averaged well under the 2.5 million dollar project. The low bid from B B Andersen Construction Co Topeka was 1 578 955 with the highest from R D Andersen Co Topeka at 1 786 666 The basement may be finished and work could start by mid November with completion in 18 24 months.
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Kansas University
Topeka
B.B. Andersen Construction Co
R.D. Andersen Construction Co
Max Lucas
State Division of Purchasing
Lucas
B.B. Andersen
Keith Lawton
Lawrence
Andersen
Sunnyside
Illinois
Satellite Union
Stevenson Co. Inc
Topken
Allen Fieldhouse
New
Law School
Kansas Union
KU HOPE Award Finalists Announced for 1977
Five finalists for Kansas University's HOPE award will be chosen by seniors in two days of voting beginning Thursday. Twelve KU faculty members are nominated for the honor, the only KU award decided solely by students. The winner will be announced at halftime of the KU Missouri football game on November 19.
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Kansas University
Ku-Missouri
Mike Davis
Kansas Board of Regents
Lawrence ESC faces extreme funding crisis this winter
Lawrence Emergency Services Council leaders warn of a severe financial crisis threatening utilities and housing for needy families. About 25 local service group representatives met to plan fundraising and funding priority shifts while funding from federal revenue sharing may arrive only in January.
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Emergency Services Council
ESC
Lawrence
Douglas County
Senora Taliaferro
Council
Don Conrad
Conrad
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
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