Bennett carries Kansas promotion to San Francisco
Gov. Robert F. Bennett led a Kansas promotion in San Francisco with Business Week plan a 20 page spread to lure industry and tourism. The effort by the Kansas Cavalry and KDED aims to reach plant site selectors and decision makers while highlighting 29000 manufacturing jobs created in six years. About 60 Cavalry members traveled to California for a three day sales push to 30 West Coast firms.
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Kansas
Business Week
Sunflower State
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
The
Kansas Cavalry
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Midwest
Shelby Smith
Larry Montgomery
KDED
Ed Bruske
U.S
Doles inquiry delays Ruff confirmation for HEW post
Senator Dole keeps delaying the Ruff nomination to deputy inspector general at HEW citing unsworn informant questions from the Ford era. Ruff declines comment awaiting confirmation while Dole seeks disclosure of the anonymous informant.
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Washington
Charles Ruff
Gerald Ford
Ruff
Ford
Robert Dole
Dole
Dirksen Senate
Kansas
U.S Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United States
K-10 work near Lawrence may finish ahead of schedule
The 11 mile K-10 stretch through Douglas and Johnson counties could be done by late fall, well ahead of the March 1 estimate. Weather will largely affect completion as the contractor pushes to finish early. The Douglas County segment runs from east of Lawrence to the Johnson-Douglas line, with unclear opening times for the Johnson County portion.
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Richard Gwin
Harvey Haas
Lawrence
Douglas
Johnson Counties
Robert Slease
Kansas Department of Transportation
Slease
Douglas County
Johnson-Douglas County
Johnson County
Big Blue Rally Prepares KU Band Day Parade Events
Kansas University gears up for its home football opener with a Big Blue Rally at 7 p.m. in X-zone lot near the Kansas Union. Chancellor Archie Dykes, football figures, pep squads, and the KU Marching Band will attend as the band and cheer squads march to Memorial Stadium for Band Day events and Saturday’s parade downtown for the KU Washington State game.
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Students’ Board of Class Officers
Kansas Union
Archie Dykes
Bud Moore
Robert Foster
Memorial Stadium
Foster
Kansas
Missouri
Seventh
Vermont
Massachusetts
South Park
Lawrence
Lawrence Police Department
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
KU Police Department
Kansas Highway Patrol
Lawrence sales tax fund slips 1 percent in June
Lawrence halved cent sales tax proceeds declined 1 percent in June compared with 1967, totaling 64529 versus 65174. Among three jurisdictions using the tax Lawrence saw a drop while Topeka and Johnson County posted gains. Two month totals show Lawrence up 6.1 percent, with Topeka up 10.5 and Johnson County up 14.3. funds support police and fire departments.
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Kansas Department of Revenue
Seward County
Geary County
Topeka
Johnson County
Revenue Department
KU Student Tamara Pilkington Improves After Traffic Crash
Tamara Pilkington 18 a Kansas University student from Hays improved to fair condition this morning at KU Medical Center after a Sept 10 traffic accident. She suffered head and leg injuries when the car she rode in struck a bridge abutment near Lawrence. Driver Robert C. Godfrey 22 of Prairie Village died in the collision.
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Tamara
Pilkington
Kansas University
Hays
Miss Pilkington
KU Medical Center
Lawrence
Robert C. Godfrey
Prairie Village
Compromise Sought on Gas Pricing in Senate Energy Fight
Senate leaders seek a compromise on natural gas pricing as Byrd warns failure threatens Carter energy plan. A trial vote defeated the administration’s price controls, paving the way for industry backed deregulation over five years. House approves 6.7 billion for ERDA research and Clinch River funding. veto possible if Clinch River funds stay.
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Senate
Robert Byrd
Carter
Byrd
House
Energy Research and Development Administration
Clinch River
Tenn
Sens
How
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Grade schools off on Monday in District 497
Lawrence District 497 elementary students have no school on Monday as teachers participate in in service training. Morning sessions occur at their own buildings with an afternoon district meeting at Broken Arrow School followed by grade level meetings.
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Lawrence
Broken Arrow
Springer re-elected director at large of Kansas Food Dealers
Rusty Springer owner of Rusty’s Food Centers in Lawrence was re elected to a Kansas Food Dealers Assn at large post at the 49th annual Wichita convention. The event drew over 400 retailers and suppliers. Springer also serves as a director of the National Association of Retail Grocers and presented the MARGUS KFDA Good Government Award to Bob Kleier of Wellsville at the Tuesday luncheon.
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V. C
Rusty) Springer
Rusty's Food Centers, Inc
Lawrence
Kansas Food Dealers Assn
Wichita
Springer
National Association of Retail Grocers
Nargus
Margus-Kfda
Bob E. Kleier
Wellsville Grocer
Fuel bill aid program in Kansas extended amid deadline confusion
Kansas SRS extended the SCRIP fuel assistance deadline after mixed messages from the governor and heating bills for seniors and disabled households. The program offers 50 to eligible elderly or disabled households and up to 250 for past due fuel bills incurred since Oct 1 1976, with funds pending final reports.
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Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
SRS
Cora Catt
Topeka-Lawrence
Kansas
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