Theta Chi House Auction Set After Mortgage Foreclosure
The Theta Chi chapter house at 1329 W Ninth is slated for public sale on April 14 at 10 a.m. on the courthouse steps as a result of a Douglas County District Court mortgage foreclosure. Mortgage holders John T Barton Helen G Chalmers John H Chalmers and Nancy Chalmers Winston claim Greek Builders Inc failed to keep loan payments on a $140 529 debt. Greek Builders spokesperson Ross Hogue expects bid equal to the invested amount. alumni may bid to repurchase. The house occupancy has fallen from 60 to 24, sparking concerns over rush and finances, with no plan to fold the KU chapter. The winning bidder may allow occupancy through the school year. delinquent taxes could trigger resale.
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Theta Chi Fraternity
Ninth
Rex Johnson
Douglas County District Court
John T. Barton
Helen G. Chalmers
John H. Chalmers
Nancy Chalmers Winston
Theta Chi
Hogue
Wood
Lawrence ends Phase 4 of Police Community Relations Program
The Menninger Foundation of Topeka concludes ten 24 hour workshops in Topeka with diverse Lawrence participants including police, city officials, black community members, university representatives, business figures, and workers. The goal is to break down stereotypes, foster understanding, and plan improved police community relations amid a two week evaluation.
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Lawrence
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
Stature and momentum push Lawrence community program forward
A column questions next steps after 160 workshop participants completed a year long Menninger program in Lawrence. It urges city leaders and residents to expand a police community relations effort and to vote in upcoming city commissioner, school board elections, sales tax, and constitutional revision matters next Tuesday.
Soldier Dies As Car Runs Off Turnpike
A Ft. Riley soldier was killed when a westbound car ran off the Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence at 5 58 a m The same incident left another Ft. Riley soldier Paul D Conant 22 of Norwood Massachusetts in serious condition with fractures The killed man whose name was withheld was 22 and from Gary Indiana The Indiana soldier suffered a crushed chest Authorities say the car struck a guard rail jumped the overpass road and landed beneath the guard rail both soldiers trapped under the wreckage Kansas Turnpike Patrol assisted by Douglas County Sheriff Lawrence Police and city fire department cleaned up the scene This was Douglas County s third traffic fatality of the year
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Ft. Riley
North Seventh Street Road
Lawrence
Paul D. Conant
Norwood
Mass
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Gary
Ind
Indiana
Kansas Turnpike Patrol
Douglas County
19Th
New Hampshire
North Seventh Street
Journal-World
Indian play at KU Theatre highlights American College Festival
A special performance of Indians by the Kansas University company is scheduled for 2 30 p m Sunday at the University Theatre in Lawrence. The KU production was chosen for Ford Theatre as part of the American College Theatre Festival. Ballots for three Alumni Association board directors are mailed and due May 10 with results announced at the May 15 board meeting. Also, the Lawrence High drama The Night Is My Enemy has its final show at 7 30 p m tonight in the school auditorium.
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Kansas University Alumni Association Board
Steve Clark
Association
Lawrence High
Local Students Clean Up Phillipsburg Neighborhoods
In Phillipsburg Kansas AP reports high school students split duties with bands away. The junior class collected more than 28 000 pounds of bottles and trash while other classes gathered the rest for a total of 100 000 pounds of trash collected around Phillipsburg Friday.
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Phillipsburg
Kan
Phillipsburg High School
Colombo Heads Gambling Ring Arrested in New York
Joseph Colombo Sr., named by federal authorities as head of an organized crime family, faced charges over a five million dollar yearly gambling operation. Bail was set at twenty five thousand dollars as Colombo and twenty eight others were arrested amid claims of wiretap leaks and a Justice Department line tap.
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NEW York
Joseph Colombo Sr
Colombo
Colobo
FBI
U.S. Justice Department
Denis Dillon
Astro Trip Not for POWs in Algiers
American astronaut Frank Borman arrives in Algiers for a four day visit unrelated to POW inquiries in North Vietnam. He will be guest of honor at a Saturday reception meeting two Arizona women seeking contacts with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong diplomats about missing relatives in Indochina.
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Algiers
Frank Borman
North Vietnam
Borman
Nixon
Arizona
William Thompson
Scottsdale, Ariz
Cynthia Kahler
Tempe
Ariz
Former Naz Strasser Says War Fueled Hitler Rise
Otto Strasser told a KU audience that war was the father of Hitlerism in a lecture at Woodruff Auditorium. The exiled socialist, who knew Hitler in the 1920s, discussed disillusionment after World War I, Nazi ascent, and his own escape from the regime.
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Otto Strasser
Woodruff Auditorium
Kansas University
Strasser
Hitler
Germany
Gregor
Nazi Party
Charles Sidman
Jayhawk
Kansas Union
Kimball Dies From Wounds In Shooting
Harold Kimball Jr. died from February TeePee Clubhouse shooting injuries at 25. Brother Carroll survived chest wounds. Suspect Mickey Galloway Jr. faces aggravated battery charges. potential murder upgrade discussed. Funeral arrangements announced.
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Kimball
Harold Kimball Jr
TeePee
Elwell
Galloway
Docking Meets KU Students on Tax Topics
Gov. Robert Docking met with about 25 University of Kansas law students to discuss taxation and assessment procedures. The group said campus troubles were not discussed and noted interest in federal revenue sharing and welfare funding, quoting adviser Tom Van Cleave on support for Mills proposal.
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Rumsey
Tom van Cleave
Docking
Wilbur Mills
D - Ark
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Del
Lawrence Memorial
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Asst. County
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Vietnam
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Hollis
Harold Kimball Sr
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Joyce Johnson
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