Teachers Dismissal Under KNEA's Eye
TOPEKA Kan AP A Kansas National Education Association spokesman said an investigation is under way into the firing of four Liberal High School teachers including Liberal NEA president Mrs Oleta Peters and president elect Mrs Lola Epperson The district notified the two others and half time contracts for two more plus a different job for a third The Liberal NEA filed suit Jan 29 to force recognition for negotiation and to return to the negotiating table Neely noted Peters has 17 years experience a master's plus 25 hours and Epperson 19 years both hold roles in vocational homemaking and elementary teaching respectively
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas National Education Association
Liberal
Melvin E. Neely
Kansas- Nea
National Education Association
Neely
Liberal Board of Education
Liberal-Nea
Oleta Peters
Lola Epperson
Seward County
Peters
Epperson
Docking solicits fast action on Lyons nuclear site closure
Gov Robert Docking urged Kansas lawmakers to push through a resolution ordering the Atomic Energy Commission to abandon Lyons as a nuclear waste repository. The message drew praise from Sierra Club chair Ron Baxter but drew criticism from Sen Jack Janssen who called for more tests and questioned Lyons' unsafe status. Docking also proposed laws to ensure fathers who leave families provide support to prevent welfare dependency.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Atomic Energy Commission
Lyons
Ron Baxter
Sierra Club
Jack Janssen
D Lyons
AEC
Janssen
South Carolina
Docking
Pay Board Tightens Rules on Deferred Pay Raises
The Pay Board requires 60 days notice for deferred raises over 7 percent annually in contracts for 1,000 plus employees. The measure, approved 95 to 0 with labor abstention, may block or modify pre November 14 agreements while newer contracts remain bound by a 5.5 percent guideline. Smaller units may keep old contracts with minimal reporting.
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Washington
George H. Boldt
Five Hurt In Belfast As More Trouble Erupts
In Belfast and nearby areas on Wednesday night gun battles and bomb blasts injured five people. A 14 year old boy, Patrick McVicker, was shot by soldiers after troops came under sniper fire in Turf Lodge. Citizens say he carried no weapon while authorities allege militants used youths. A police unit was wounded in a gunfight with three gunmen. A policeman was hit in the thigh in Shore Road. In Coalisland Tyrone a booby trap bomb at a roadblock wounded two British soldiers, one seriously.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Patrick McVicker
Turf Lodge
Irish Republican Army
Shore Road
Coalisland
County Tyrone
Kansas Gas and Electric seeks historic rate hike in Kansas
The Kansas Corporation Commission aims to decide in about 60 days on KG&E’s request for a 7.2 million dollar yearly rate increase. KG&E serves 146 cities in southeast and south central Kansas with 186,000 customers. Vulcan Materials divisional president Ralph H. McCollister urged not to apply a general rise for his firm, noting an existing contract tied to KG&E fuel and tax costs.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
KCC
Kansas
Vulcan Materials Co
Wichita
Kg&e
Vulcan Chemical Division
Ralph H. McCollister
Bill Chaney
Kansas City
Vulcan
Atchison High Still Closed After Meeting
Atchison High School remained closed as a meeting with more than 1,000 people failed to set a date to resume classes. The unrest followed a basketball game between Atchison and Leavenworth schools amid a clash between white and black youths injuring six.
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Atchison, Kan
Atchison High School
Atchison Human Relations Commission
Atchison-Leavenworth
Nixon seeks 8.57 percent dollar devaluation bill
The Nixon administration sent Congress a bill to devalue the dollar by 8.57 percent by raising gold to 38 dollars an ounce. It tied the move to new trade talks with Japan and the Common Market while noting no agreement with Canada. Hearings on the bill are set for February 29 before the House Banking Committee.
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Washington
Congress
Japan
Treasury
John B. Connally
Capitol Hill
Administration
William J. Eberle
Nixon
Ottawa
Jean-Luc Pepin
Connally
United States
Eberle
House Banking Committee
Italian parliament race looms after Andreotti failed bid
ROME AP observers say President Leone must call early elections for a new Parliament after Giulio Andreotti, a Christian Democrat, failed to form another center left government. The four party coalition’s bickering blocks a spring 1973 vote amid labor unrest and a lagging economy.
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Rome
Giovanni Leone
Giulio Andreotti
Andreotti
Italy
Christian Democrats
Socialists
Leone
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National Real Estate Sales Service
Johnson
Miami Counties
United Farm Agency
Paola
Ted Chamberlain
Bill Hosack
United
Atchison High Still
Common Market
U.S
Canada
Paul A. Volcker
the Treasury
Supreme Court
Saffron Glass Co
Billy Jack M Laughlin
Owes Taylor Echnicol
Don Burroughs
THE
Agency
Bob Miller
H&r Block
Internal Revenue Service
H & R Block
the Income Tax People
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