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Thursday, December 1, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Governor's race could involve unknown candidate
By LEW FERGUSON
Associated Press Writer
TOPEKA-There is a potential new candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor now taking soundings around the state who just may be the alternative some rank-and-file party members say they've been waiting for.
He is Tom Leathers, a political neophyte as a candidate, but no stranger to Kansas
INDEED, LEATHERS already has an intriguing bit of encouragement going for him; Vern Miller says Leathers is the only man to challenge whom he would run as lieutenant governor.
If you lived in the Kansas City metropolitan area, no introduction to
He is publisher of a magazine, "The Squire," in Johnson County and another magazine, "The Town Squire," in Kansas City, Kan. He publishes five weekly suburban newspapers—four in Kansas and one in Missouri—and shows on cable television in Johnson County. He also owns an advertising agency in Leawood, where he lives.
SO WHAT QUALIFIES Leathers,
a registered Republican, to consider running
for governor of Kansas as a Democrat in 1978?
Well, nothing in particular and everything in general, the 40-year-old publisher said in
"I've never been in politics before, but we always been interested." Leathers said. "It wasn't until we were in the Senate that I realized how important it is."
AMONG THOSE WHO contacted Leather was a former supporter of the American Legion.
"I hadn't given this any thought until recently, when I began receiving telephone calls from some important people asking me if I might be interstitial."
Another who called Leathers was Vern Miller, former attorney general and now Sedwick County district attorney, who a few weeks ago removed himself from speculation as a contender for the governor nomination next year.
Miller enthusiastically endorsed the idea of Leathers running for governor in a separate interview. The two have been closely linked since Miller began for governor over Bennett in 1974;
"I KNOW OF HIS interest, and I would be embarrassed him," Milse said. "He's always talking about his work."
"I respect him very much. He's a very capable person. There is no doubt in my
Social welfare workshops to include K.U. instructors
Three instructors in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas will be part of a team conducting two-day summer camp at the university. Dallas, Chicago and Denver next semester.
The workshops will be funded by a federal grant that the School of Social Welfare recently received from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
According to Dolores St. Julien, associate project director, the grant will subsidize a project to train staff administrative personnel to supervise individual social workers.
"Individual social workers can then improve service programs such as day care, services for the aged, homemaker and transportation services." St. Julian's
ST. JULIEN; Arthur Katz, dean of the School of Social Welfare; Kenneth Wedel, associate dean of the School of Social Welfare and program director; and a social worker from Washington, D.C., will be the team conducting the workshops.
The workshops will train 25 state administrative personnel in each of the cities
From page one
Homicide...
MALONE SAID Norwood was carrying or wearing the following items when he left the stair: a light beige overcoat, a gold Biluoba hat, a pair of white leather Model 3 camera with film and flashbulbs, presents for his son, and a bilfoil containing amorous credit cards with his father.
Malone said none of the items was found with the body.
Norwood's death is the sixth homicide of the year in Lawrence.
On a plain piece of white paper print or type any information about the homicide,
More than 20 officers of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Lawrence police, KU police and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff also directs Stanxik, Lawrence police chief, said.
Rex Johnson, Douglas county sheriff, said persons with information about Norwood's death should follow these steps for collecting the reward:
Sign the paper at the bottom, or, if anonymity is desired, use a random six-digit number. Write the number on a bottom corner also.
Tear off the corner with the secret number in an uneven manner. Keep the corner flat.
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Johnson urged anyone with information to use the letter method or call an officer.
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Leathers said Miller has raised the possibility of the two of them joining forces on a Democratic ticket next year, with Miller as the lieutenant governor candidate.
"I M NOT READY to announce my plans, if any, now." Miller said.
Leathers is encouraged by Miller's endorsement, but realizes he needs to do considerably more spadework before making his decision.
"If I get into this, it will be totally from scratch," Leathers said. "I have no ties, no connections with me. I'm beholden to no one."
"But I would consider that. In fact, he only candidly I would consider running we
Leathers comes from a family with a history of political activism, if not as candidates. His mother and father were among leaders of a citizen group which challenged the dominance of the Tom Pendergast machine in Kansas City four decades ago.
HE SAID HE PLANS to contact several prominent Kansas Democrats for their support.
Although he's a registered Republican, his support of Kansas candidates has been bipartisan in the past—except that in 1974 he endorsed all three Democrats for the top offices. Hillary for the U.S. Senate, Miller Honley and Curt Schirmer for attorney general.
"THE PROBABLY LEASEN toward the Doubtful side in recent years," said Jordie Mattson.
Leathers attended Baker University and graduated from Kansas State University.
He worked as a reporter for the Kansas
Group fights fluoridation of Wichita water supply
WICHTA (AP)—Plans to launch a petition drive to stop the city from fluoridating its water supply without a vote of the people were announced yesterday.
The city commission voted 4-1 Tuesday to authorize City Manager Glen Denton to complete the expansion.
Kansan posts open in spring
Applications for staff positions for the spring Kansan are due by 5 p.m. tomorrow in 105 Flint Hall.
Applications for business and news positions are available in 165 Flint, the Student Senate office in the Kansas City office of the deans of men and women.
after an eight-hour hearing dominated by ononcepts of the measure.
Interviews will be conducted by the spring editor and business manager the first of next week. Sign-up sheets are posted outside 111 and 112 Flint.
Fluoride opponents said at a meeting yesterday that they hope to gather 15,000 signatures of registered voters before next Tuesday's city commission meeting.
If they fail to get enough signatures by then, they plan to hire an attorney to try to stop the commission from passing a fluoridation ordinance before the petition drive is finished. The commission's action is not pass an ordinance to order fluoridation.
Dr. John Yiamoyiannis of Delaware, who is science director of the anti-fluoride National Health Federation, told the group the commissioners were manipulated and "were not there to listen" to opponents' views in Tuesday's hearing.
He said petitions would be written and ready for circulation by last night.
In 1964 the commission voted to floridate the water, but a subsequent referendum revealed its weakness.
Another petition drive is being conducted in the city to seek a vote that could repeal a gay rights ordinance passed by the city commission.
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City Star for three years, covering the police, city hall and courthouse beats, then served during the Korean Conflict as a naval intelligence officer with the 7th Fleet.
advertising businesses have expanded since that time.
He returned home from service to enter the trade publication business, and founded the company.
"I didn't start this," Leathers said of his fledgling political effort. "But I am interested, and from the early encounters, I'm going to look a little longer."
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