Law on land acquirement for medical center debated
Kansas legislators clashed over a bill to let the Kansas Board of Regents buy land for a medical center amid a health care crisis. Dr Speer urged amendments to require more family doctors and state funding. Dr Brackett defended the school’s efforts, noting new family practice department and expanded enrollment. The bill awaited floor action after committee reconsideration.
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Ways and Means Committee
Leland Speer
Kansas City
Kansas Board of Regents
Speer
Board of Regents
Charles Brackett
Dr. Brackett
Kansas
Kansas City Medical Center
KU Girls Narrow Finalists In 32 Candidate Field
Thirty two contenders remain in the hunt to form Kansas University’s new pom pom squad. Eight women competed Wednesday night with Jane Phelps of Lawrence the sole current member among the finalists. Finalists must craft an original routine and learn the Jayhawk routine for Tuesday’s finals.
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Kansas University
Jane Phelps
Lawrence
Building Starts in March Reach $2.14 Million in Lawrence
Lawrence shows a strong March with total building starts at $2,135,300 led by $1,224,600 in multi family and $731,000 in single family homes. Compared to March 1970, permit value stands at $4,027,800 year to date, nearly doubling last year totals. Names and addresses of new projects appear for single and multi family dwellings.
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Lawrence
Itme
Ken Jorgensen
Claudia Johnson Dies After Illness in Lawrence
Claudia Pendleton Johnson 87 longtime Lawrence resident and KU professor wife of William Savage Johnson died this morning at Lawrence Manor Rest Home. Survived by two sisters a brother a sister in law four nieces two nephews and 15 grandnieces and grand nephews. Funeral arrangements by Rumsey. services at Trinity Episcopal Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorials to Trinity Church or KU Flower Fund.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Manor
Johnson
Crescent Rd
Rumsey Funeral Home
Trinity Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Trinity Church
Kansas University Flower Fund
E. Helen Pendleton
Sonoma
Calif
Waldon. Bowman
Douglaston
N.Y
Theodore Poehler Pendleton
Will Pendleton
Kansas University
Meriden
Confession Frees Chicagoan After 30 Years in Prison
James P. Fioramonti, released from Stateville after 30 years for two robberies he denies, is exonerated when another man confesses to one he faced. Gov Ogilvie commuted the other sentence and granted parole eligibility. Fioramonti, his wife Lee Val and daughter Jamie celebrate as he returns home to Chicago.
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Stateville Penitentiary
Richard B. Ogilvie
Chicago
Lee Val
Jamie
Ings and Loan Association
FBI
James Basile
Basile
Nixon boosts Vietnam troop withdrawals pace to 100000 by Dec 1
President Nixon announced a higher withdrawal rate for Vietnam, ordering about 100,000 more U.S. troops home by December 1. The monthly pace rises to roughly 14,300, reducing total U.S. forces to about 184,000 and drawing the commitment to a six year low, while critics press for a clear end date.
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Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon Gambles on Vietnam Pullout Timing to Shape 1972 Path
President Nixon announced a slight increase in troop withdrawals, averaging 14,200 monthly through December, claiming to honor his 1968 pledge to end American involvement. He framed the move as a political bet with 11 months before the election, noting Congress’ Easter recess as a chance to gain favorable public reaction while avoiding a May deadline.
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Nixon
Washington
Louisville lowers police height minimum by half inch
The civil service board reduced the citys minimum police height from 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 7 1/2 inches. Executive assistant Henri Mangeot said many good prospects were lost under the previous standard set by Mayor Frank Burkes administration.
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Civil Service Board
Henri Mangeot
Frank Burke
Johnsons fund rare books and scholarship at KU
Mrs. Johnson built and expanded the rare book fund tied to her husband and established the Claudia Pendleton Johnson Scholarship at Kansas University. Her lifelong book passion began in high school at the Lawrence Public Library and continued through teaching posts in Mississippi and Utah.
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Johnson
Claudia Pendleton Johnson
Colby Police Chief Fired Over Dissatisfaction
Colby Kansas police chief Bud Tillett says he was fired by City Manager David Covington effective April 16 amid youth drug raid fallout. Six young people were arrested during raids Monday night and Tuesday, including Rick Shultz and Betty Meitl among others.
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Kan
Bud Tillett
Tillett
David Covington
Rick Shultz
Betty Meitl
Dresden
Tim Svoboda
Marysville
Yancy Leighton
Quinter
Verna Lou Bostwick
Atwood
Jim Graves
Explosion Hits Saigon Discotheque Killing U.S. Soldier
An explosion at a Saigon waterfront discotheque crowded with U.S. troops and locals killed at least one American soldier and a Vietnamese woman and wounded about 40, including 12 Americans. The blast near the South Vietnamese navy HQ raised questions whether Viet Cong or local anti American sentiment caused the attack.
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Saigon
U.S
Lobby Right For Lawyer Found Valid
A panel of Kansas legislative leaders found Topeka attorney Eugene W. Hiatt’s lobbying privileges should not be canceled. The panel deemed Hiatt innocent of lying to a House committee about a cable television bill though statements could have been misunderstood. The charges, including impugning sponsors and legislators, were by the Transportation and Utilities Committee. Hiatt’s case was the first under the new lobbying law.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eugene W. Hiatt
Hiatt
House Committee
Calvin Strowig
R-Abilene
House Transportation and Utilities Committee
Watershed District 82 Annual Meeting Scheduled
All residents and landowners in TALLY CREEK WATERSHED Joint District No. 82 are urged to attend the 1971 annual meeting at Marion Springs School 314 miles West and ½ mile North of Baldwin Junction at 8:00 pm Thursday April 15. Two directors will be elected. Harold E. Johnson chairs.
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Tally Creek Watershed
Marion Springs School
Baldwin Junction
Harold E. Johnson
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