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University Daily Kansan
Page 0964 from reel: L 2625 (1983-08-18 to 1983-12-06)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/138746

Title: City Commission to Consider Gas Price Increase
Summary: The Lawrence City Commission will consider a 19-cent per thousand cubic feet increase in natural gas rates proposed by KPS, which would affect residential and commercial customers.
Category: local news
Subjects: energy prices; local government; utility regulation
Named Entities: Salome, Bill [city commissioner]; KPS, Kansas Public Service Co. Inc.
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Attorney Says He's New Assistant DA
Summary: Butler County attorney William Ronan has been hired as the new assistant district attorney, replacing Jerry Harper who is leaving the position.
Category: local news
Subjects: legal appointments; criminal justice; local government
Named Entities: Ronan, William [attorney]; Harper, Jerry [assistant district attorney]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Panel Declines to Rule on Furley Dump Reopening
Summary: A legislative panel studying waste regulation has declined to recommend whether a hazardous waste dump near Furley should be reopened.
Category: local news
Subjects: environmental policy; waste management; local government
Named Entities: Foster, Joe [committee member]; Warren, Barbara [committee member]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: KU Freshman Wins Crown of Miss Kansas USA 1984
Summary: Elizabeth Johnson, an Overland Park freshman, was crowned Miss Kansas USA 1984 in a three-day competition at the Doubletree Inn.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student achievements; pageants; campus events
Named Entities: Johnson, Elizabeth [freshman]; Overland Park
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Ballot-Scanning Changes Considered
Summary: The Student Senate Elections Committee is considering changes to ballot-counting procedures for upcoming student body elections.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student government; election procedures; academic governance
Named Entities: Clark, Jim [committee chairman]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Sociologist to Speak on Civil Rights
Summary: University of Chicago professor William Julius Wilson will speak on 'New Challenges for the Civil Rights Movement' at the Jayhawker Room of the Kansas Union.
Category: campus news
Subjects: civil rights; academic lectures; university events
Named Entities: Wilson, William Julius [sociologist]; Hughes, Langston [lecture series]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Judge Picks Kin Over Supreme Court
Summary: Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Corwin C. Spencer has declined to seek a seat on the Kansas Supreme Court, choosing instead to retire and spend time with family.
Category: local news
Subjects: judicial appointments; legal careers; local government
Named Entities: Spencer, Corwin C. [judge]; Bennett, Robert [governor]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Board Votes to Assume Lift-Bus Costs
Summary: The Student Senate Transportation Board has voted to assume the administration's share of financing for the KU lift-bus system.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student transportation; university administration; budget decisions
Named Entities: Bassi, Mark [board chairman]; Hogan, William [associate vice chancellor]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: On the Record
Summary: Brief news items including an 18-year-old KU student arrested for sexual battery and three parked cars damaged in a collision near McCollum Hall.
Category: local news
Subjects: crime reports; local incidents; law enforcement
Named Entities: Douglas County Jail
Confidence: 0.7

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: The Pladium; Gran Sport Wilderness Outfitters; Hillcrest 1; Commonwealth Theatres; Cinema 2; Hillcrest 3; Hillcrest 2; The Castle Tea Room; Cinema 1
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 1.0

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