Lawrence Residents Split on Massachusetts Street Traffic Lights
The Lawrence Public Works Department will install traffic lights on Massachusetts Street next week amid mixed public opinion. A Journal-World survey of 100 downtown shoppers found 46 favor lights, 46 favor stop signs, and eight indifferent, with merchants showing slight majority support for lights.
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Lawrence Public Works Department
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Journal-World
The
Journal- World
Massachusetts
George Williams
Williams
City Public Works Department
Sky Bright With Sun After Rainy Week In Kansas
A week of dry weather continues with near 60 degree days and no substantial showers. Perry Lake holds a record pool of 901.91 feet as water remains high while flooding eases along the Missouri River and in southeast Kansas.
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Lawrence
Perry Reservoir
Missouri River
Perry Lake
Lynn Myers
Kansas
Wichita
Hutchinson
Arkansas River
Cow Creek
NWS
CFCA Plans 600 Ton Per Day Fertilizer Plant
CFCA will add a 600 ton per day urea fertilizer plant at its Lawrence facility costing about 7 million dollars. Construction to start immediately with completion expected by early 1974. About 20 new jobs will be created and the plant will produce animal feed and fertilizer grade solids. C I Girdler Inc of Louisville as prime contractor. Bechtel Corp. parent. The plant aims to meet OSHA standards with pollution control tech. CFCA is owned by Farmland Industries and MFA. The Lawrence plant produces about 600 000 tons annually and is among Douglas County’s largest taxpayers.
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Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assn
Lawrence
Allen Hoffman
Hoffman
CFCA
Columbia, Mo
Co-Op
Douglas County
Kansas Power and Light
Southwestern Bell
Economists See Limited Impact from Meat Boycott
New York AP report quotes several economists noting the week long meat boycott is unlikely to alter long term beef prices. They say sustained demand shift or continued campaigns would be needed to change price dynamics, with effects largely temporary and mainly psychological.
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New York
Senate Debates Hanoi Aid Ban and Impoundment Rules
In Washington the Senate rejected a move to bar North Vietnam aid without Congress approval while backing anti-impoundment and a $268 billion spending ceiling. Senator Byrd and Senator Proxmire supported the aid ban concept. Senator Tower led Republican opposition. The House approved a rural electrification bill 317 to 92, creating a new loan program after ending direct loans from the Rural Electrification Administration.
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Senate
North Vietnam
Congress
John Tower
Texas
Republican Policy Committee
Harry F. Byrd Jr
India
Byrd
Defense Department
Nixon
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Mike Mansfield
Ervin
R-Tex
House
Wholesale Prices Jump 2.2 Percent in March
The Labor Department reports wholesale prices rose 2.2 percent in March the sharpest gain in 22 years led by a 4.6 percent surge in farm products and processed foods. Industrial commodities climbed 1.2 percent and finished goods 2.1 percent as inflation concerns mount.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pioneer 11 Launch Set to Probe Jupiter Tonight
Cape Kennedy AP Pioneer 11 is scheduled for launch at 8 11 p m CST on Atlas Centaur for a 20 month voyage to Jupiter. The 570 pound probe will travel 32 000 miles per hour along a 620 million mile path similar to Pioneer 10. Measurements will cover atmosphere radiation temperatures magnetic fields and chemical makeup to assess life's potential on Jupiter.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Jupiter
Solar System
Earth
Red Cross Blood Drive at Memorial Hospital Urges Donations
The Red Cross asks donors to give at Memorial Hospital today until 6 p.m. and a second drive at Ponmorcow from 0:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to meet record blood needs.
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Red Cross
Memorial Hospital
Toda
Ponmorcow
Market bows to boycott meat price cut at Grand Union
The Grand Union supermarket chain said it would cut beef pork lamb and veal prices by at least 10 cents a pound under federal ceilings amid a meat boycott. Charles G Rodman, president of the 10th largest U.S. chain, warned that a prolonged boycott would backfire as producer to consumer flow shrinks and prices may rise later.
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Pete Whitenight
Mass
Lawrence Assn
Whitenight
Kansas University
New York
Grand Union
Charles G. Rodman
Hiebert to Lead UF Drive in 73
Dr. David Hiebert Lawrence radiologist chosen as 1973 United Fund drive chairman at the board meeting. He succeeds Charles Haverty who led the 1972 drive to a record goal of 161 515, exceeding by 500. Hiebert served as associate chairman in 1972 and plans for a drive similar in timing to last October. He is active with Rotary United Fund, medical societies, and staff at Lawrence Memorial and Watkins Memorial Hospitals.
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United Fund
Board of Directors
Hiebert
John Conard
Rotary Club United Fund
Drive
Lawrence
Wichita
American Medical Assn
The
American College of Radiology
Douglas County and
Kansas Medical Societies
Rotary Club
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Kansas University
Jan
Providence Rd
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National Weather Service
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Argus Research Corp
Walter Heller
University of Minnesota
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Leif Olsen
First National City Bank of New York
Olsen
United States
Paul Samuelson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Johnson
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
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Russell Stover
Key Rexall
Hanoi
U.S
Ernment
Organized Labor
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Pioneer
Charles Haverty
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