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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, March 12. 1968
Bids are taken for Union addition
Bids totaling $958,460 for a three-story addition to the Kansas Union and a pedestrian tunnel under Mississippi street to parking zone X have been taken under advisement.
B. A. Green Construction Co.
of Lawrence was apparent low
bidder on the general contract
with $725,700. Norris Bros. of
Lawrence bid $94,520 and $138,240
for the electrical and mechanical
work respectively. If contracts can
be awarded, the completion goal
is fall 1969.
Financing will be through $1,-
000,000 in revenue bonds sold Feb.
15 to a bond house at a net interest rate of 4.6649 per cent over a 25-year period. Union fees paid by students each semester guarantee payment.
The addition will be made at the northwest corner of the Kansas Union. Built on pillars over
Baumgartner Drive, it will have about 200,000 square feet of floor space. Included will be several meeting rooms, offices for student organizations and the Alumni Association, more space for the bookstore and a 670-seat auditorium.
vide all-weather access to the Union from zone X.
The 145-foot tunnel would pro-
The original unit of the Kansas Union was built with gifts in 1926 as a World War I memorial. It was enlarged in 1947 with the Union's own funds. Two major additions have been made since 1951 through revenue bonds.
Official Bulletin
Peace Corps Committee. A number of positions are still open on the KU Peace Corps Committee. If interested, call Ed Murdock at VI 3-4711.
TODAY
Kansas Conference on Aging. 9 a.m.
Kansas Union.
Theatre Colloquium, 3:30 p.m. O.
G. Brockett, Indiana University 311
U.S.A.
Geology, Lecture. 3.30 p.m. "Laterality Climates and the Question of Glacial-pluvial Periods." Dr. Robert W. Galloway, Australia. 426 Lindley.
Alpha Epsilon Rho Film, 7 & 9 p.m.
U.S. National Student Association
Award-Winning Films. Second National Festival. 303 Bailey.
KU Business Wives. 7:30 p.m. Museum of Art.
629 West 56th Street, 7-300.
Jayhawk Rodode Club. 7:30 p.m.
Kansas Union.
WEDNESDAY
Christian Science Organization. 7.30 p.m.
The University of testimony Meeting. Danford Chapel
Classical Film, 7 & 9 p.m. "Wild
Six," London, 1957. Kansas
Union Ballroom.
Fine Arts Recital. 8 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall.
Study Break Devotions. 9:30 p.m.
University Lutheran Church.
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