Friday, October 24.1975
Bicentennial group plans indefinite
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By SAMMIE MESSICK
The People's Bicentennial Commission (PBC) is making plans for a "creative presence" at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City this August, but the group has made specific plans. The Shalkinsky, Balshinky, said yesterday.
He did say, however, that the group has specific plans about what they don't want to
"We don't want a demonstration," he said, "and we don't want violence."
Representatives from major cities in Kansas met Saturday to discuss the direction the bicentennial celebration will take and begin to make plans for the convention.
John Scheiman, another Lawrence representative, said the group wanted to find ways to illustrate how America had given its ideals of the American Revolution.
One way that the "creative presence" might occur is through a street theatre, the
The Republican convention was chosen as the location for a forum because of its proximity to Kansas and the presence of the national news media.
Scheirman said another reason the Republican convention was chosen as a forum site was that "Republicans can be identified as tied to corporate capitalism."
"Some corporations have more influence and operating budgets than a lot of states,"
The Lawrence representatives said that at previous conventions sufficient attention had been paid to groups not directly connected with the conventions. They said they thought the PBC could get some national attention.
Local community groups will try to develop programs that focus on issues of concern.
The PBC reached a consensus at Saturday's meeting that the convention would provide a forum for discussing fundamental bicentennial issues, the historical roots of America's problems and the solutions to them. The PBC then wrote and writings of the American Revolution.
Shalinsky said the Emporia group, for example, was concerned with nuclear energy, because plans were underway for a nuclear power plant at nearby Burlington.
Equipment delay causing problem for chemical firm
Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association (CFCA) of Lawrence might have trouble ordering on Dec 31 deadline for installation of fertilizer. In another case, plant superintendent, said yesterday, plant
Honse said that a blower needed to complete the project hadn't been delivered. He said that employees at the company would need the blower and a Company of Burlington, YO, on strike and he wasn't sure what effect the strike would have on CFCA's deadline.
A representative of the Forge company said that the strike was in its fourth week and that the sides involved were negotiating.
Horse said the blower was needed to
Controls set for crowds on 14th St.
City officials say they are prepared for the crowds at 14th and Ohio streets during the University of Kansas homecoming tomorrow.
In response to complaints from residents of the area that crowds and traffic around the Wagon Wheel and Jayhawk Cafe cause too much congestion, especially during football games, city officials will close 14th from Tennessee Street to the close 18th.
Mike Wildgen, assistant city manager,
said yesterday that the street probably will be closed at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. He said the city also was stationing five policemen in the area to assist with problems. The police will determine what time to reopen the street, he said.
Wilden said the fence should be finished by tomorrow's game. He said that, in compliance with the commission, Wooden also would station eight men around the Wheel to make sure no one took beer off the premises.
Wilden said that John Wooden, owner of the Wheel, is building a fence around the Wheel to keep customers from taking beer off the premises. Residents have complained that customers of the Wheel have been carrying beer into the streets. About 600 people ages ago have ordered Wooden to build the Commission ordered Wooden to build the fence.
The commission probably will discuss the effectiveness of these preventive measures on current incidents.
capture ammonium nitrate dust from one of the company's two towers. That tower, the largest, has been shut down during the modifications for pollution control.
Except for the delay of the blower delivery, House said, the pollution control equipment was in good condition.
"We made initial installations in August for piping and duct work changes," he said, "and the filter is presently being installed. The blower arrives, we should be fine shape."
CFCA had an original deadline of July 31 on the project. Officials had to ask the State Department of Health and Environment for a five-month extension on that deadline last March, however, because CFCA had received a booster would not arrive until this fall.
The equipment that is being installed on the larger tower is similar to a collection and removal system on the company's smaller one. That system was installed in July, 1974, and was designed by CFCA engineers.
The smaller tower has met federal and state air quality guidelines since those standards were established.
The Johnson County groups were concerned about the undue influence of banking
After local groups have had an opportunity to meet and determine their own local problems, the PBHC hopes to be able to help with specific actions to be taken in Kansas City.
The PBC seeks to provide an alternative approach to the overly commercialized pageanty offered by the Federal Bceneral Organization according to information from the PBC.
Cathy Hendricks, another Lawrence representative to Saturday's meeting, said the "Bicentennial Mute" on TV was "the greatest moment of all time." The federal Bicentennial Commission has done.
Shalinsky the bicentennial "should have deeper significance than Nabisco's
Scheirman said one of the purposes of the PBC was to encourage people to study American history and find out a little more about the way things were.
Shalinsky called it a "massive self-education program."
Americans should get a broader perspective of history to perhaps raise a little bit more awareness.
However, the representatives agreed that the focus should not be only on good people
By studying the good people and the bad people of American history, we could, get at the roots of problems in America and come up with solutions and not just cosmetic changes, they said.
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