====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0041_2 from reel: L 753 (1972-08-24 to 1972-12-12) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/17854 Title: HEW Taking a Look at University Hiring Practices Summary: Department of Health, Education and Welfare investigates University of Kansas hiring practices regarding minority employment and affirmative action compliance. Category: campus news Subjects: university hiring; affirmative action; employment discrimination; federal compliance Named Entities: Shankel, Richard [chancellor]; Nichols, Raymond [acting chancellor]; Gilham, Shirley [director of affirmative action]; Johnson, Maria [student body president] Confidence: 0.85 Title: State Educational Financing Is Declared Unconstitutional Summary: Kansas court rules state system of financing elementary and high school education unconstitutional, citing unequal funding across districts. Category: local news Subjects: education funding; constitutional law; school finance; judicial decisions Named Entities: Woodworth, Judge Phillip L.; Harder, Joseph [state senator]; Goodwin, William [assistant state commissioner of education]; Waxse, David [attorney] Confidence: 0.9 Title: School Finance Committee to Study Court Decision Summary: Kansas legislative committee plans to study court decision declaring school financing unconstitutional and develop alternative funding models. Category: local news Subjects: education policy; legislative response; school finance reform Named Entities: Harder, Joseph [state senator]; Goodwin, William [assistant state commissioner of education] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Better Relations Object of Talks With Japan Summary: President Nixon and Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka discuss improving US-Japan relations during Hawaii summit talks. Category: local news Subjects: international relations; diplomacy; US-Japan relations Named Entities: Nixon, Richard [president]; Tanaka, Kakuei [Japanese prime minister]; Booth Luce, Clare [US envoy to Japan] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Kansas Selective Service Director Sees Few Immediate Draft Changes Summary: Kansas Selective Service director indicates minimal immediate changes to draft policies following President Nixon's announcement. Category: local news Subjects: military draft; selective service; Vietnam War Named Entities: Essliger, Jerry [Kansas Selective Service director]; Elder, Elder [director of Kansas Selective Service]; Hayes, Rutherford [member of local board] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Photo: 'Hawking' - Steve Edmonds of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Shows a Hawkchief to Paula Van Dyke, Plainville Sen... Summary: Photo showing Chamber of Commerce representative displaying Hawkchief mascot item to student. Category: photos/graphics Subjects: university spirit; student activities; merchandise Confidence: 0.75 Title: Factors Vary in Resignations of Chancellors Summary: Brief note indicating article about chancellor resignations continues on page 8. Category: informational content Subjects: university administration; chancellor positions; academic leadership Confidence: 0.7 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.