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Thursday, January 14, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Improving our roads
Series' focuses are highways and economics
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — To promote economic development, Kansas and neighboring states should work together to build highways serving commercial areas, state Transportation Secretary Horace Edwards said yesterday.
Speaking at Washburn University at a meeting on the future of the state's transportation system, Edwards said Kansas did not have the money to construct the highways it needs by itself. The federal government should provide some money for
some type of multi-state plan, he said.
"These are routes which would complement the interstate system and fill the gaps not covered by it." Edwards said. "By linking markets which are not currently tied, we can encourage economic growth and prosperity."
Edwards said he had been talking with officials in neighboring states to gauge their interest in some type of multi-state plan.
The meeting, called Transportation 2020, is part of a series of public forums scheduled in each state to discuss possible federal transportation programs as the interstate system nears completion. It was organized by the state Department of Transportation and road support groups.
Gov. Mike Hayden, whose plan for $1.7 billion in highway improvements
was rejected by a special session of the Legislature in September, told transportation officials attending the meeting that he still wants a plan to improve Kansas highways. But he said he would wait for lawmakers who opposed his plan to take the initiative.
Legislative leaders have said the issue probably wouldn't come up until the 1989 session of the Legislature because of lack of interest this session.
However, Gene Bicknell, president of National Pizza with headquarters in Pittsburg, said Kansas businesses needed improvements in highways right away.
"We should have a sense of urgency," Bicknell said. "I know everyone says we're not going to do anything because it's an election year, but that's not good enough for me."
N.J. targets failed schools
The Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Thomas H. Kean yesterday signed a bill giving New Jersey broad powers to take over school districts deemed failures at educating children.
The signing ended a bitter two-year legislative battle that included teachers, principals, school boards, municipal leaders and the governor's
"This is a historic day for New Jersey and, most important, a day of
nope for thousands of our children who have been left out for a long, long time," Kean said at the bill-signing ceremony.
"When schools fail, it's adults who failed, and adults should pay the price." he said.
Kean said he already had fielded inquiries from eight other governors who wanted to know details about New Jersey's law.
The law gives New Jersey the power to move into a district that has failed at three attempts to make
improvements. The state will be able to fire top administrators and the local board of education, and appoint a state superintendent to operate the district for five years.
Kean and other officials said they hoped the prospect of a state takeover would spur improvements in districts rife with incompetence or patronage.
Nevertheless, a recommendation is expected within a month that the state take over inner-city schools in Jersey City.
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A103 Art and reason
Cat plaques, cat statues, cat clocks, even a cat mat. I couldn't begin to duplicate her collection of kitty litter if I spent a year at a garage sale. Conspicuously absent, however, was a real cat. Strange. I thought, and began to fear that a weekend with cat woman could be a
When Mark and I decided to spend the weekend at his mother's house, I never imagined I would be walking into a mouse's nightmare. There were cats everywhere.
weekend with cat woman could be a lot less than purr-fect.
But then she came home, and Mark introduced her. She was dressed surprisingly well—no leopard pants. In fact, you could say she was the cat's meow, but neither
but I'd rather not. She offered me a cup of Dutch Chocolate Mint. Now that was something I could relate to. Then she brought it out in the most beautiful, distinctly unfeline china I'd ever seen. As we sipped, I found out that Mrs. Campbell has my same weakness for chocolate, loves the theater as much as I do, but, incredibly, never saw "Cats." So Mark and I are taking her next month.
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