As a pioneer in the field of physical chemistry and a high-powered academician and researcher at Kansas University, Takeru Higuchi said it was time for a lower profile. He said he would taper off in some areas and would consider a position as executive director of the state’s Advance Technology Commission.

County officials were worrying about the lengthy list of delinquent personal property taxes for 1982, a list 43 percent more costly than that of the previous year.