12 Apr 1969
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1969
Page
1
In a pre session column the writer notes Governor Docking can veto bills despite GOP majorities of 83 38 in the House and 32 8 in the Senate. Vetoes on a gas tax hike and a right to work bill show the governor’s influence while party discipline weak in the Republicans.
The column criticizes the Kansas GOP for weak leadership as Governor Docking vetoes two popular bills. It notes Morris Kay’s House role, questions Docking’s future plans, and argues the public favored overriding the vetoes on the right to work and gas tax measures. Docking is praised for standing with organized labor, while the state and citizens lose out.
Everett C. Moulton III 21 of 1900 Naismith Dr. posted a $100 bond to appear in municipal court on arson charges after Lawrence police arrested him about 12:34 a.m. today. Firefighters fought a burning divan near 14th and Tenn Sts, finding an oil can smelling of gasoline on the second call. No damage was reported. Deputy Fire Marshal Lloyd Davies questioned Moulton at the police station. date of court appearance not set.
Lawrence area hosts Sunday open houses 2 to 5 pm at Heard in Lawrence Deerfield South Junior High and Lawrence High with teachers and principals guiding tours. A Haskell Institute group performs seven Indian dances at 3 30 pm in the South theater while Carl Doc Severinsen and the KU Symphonic Band give a 3 30 pm concert in Hoch Auditorium to fund KU music scholarships.
A list of names and addresses appears to document hospital and family connections in Ottawa and surrounding areas. Individuals include Edith Morrow Jack English Shirley McFarland Cora Fay Lee Mark Logan Naomi Bereiter Charles Iles Esther Tait Wilma Mann Paul O Trimble Carol Allen Alta Bower Alice Hatch Jo Ellen Young JoAnne Young Judy Carpenter and others with street addresses and towns such as Clifton Perry Winchester Baldwin Lecompton DeSoto and 1011 W 24th St. Notable family mentions include a daughter born Friday and a son expected today.
Topeka AP. Kansas legislators return to work Monday without pay as they seek quick solutions to education highway and tax challenges. Education aid faces conference hurdles with a veto risk from Gov Docking. highway plans include an Eisenhower Memorial Turnpike and tax proposals that may be vetoed. tax reform prospects dim as Senate action halts major revenue measures. Lawmakers resume about ten days after adjournment to review possible Docking vetoes.
Flooding tied to heavy snowmelt and river runoffs inflicted over 3 million dollars in damage across five states. The Souris Red and James rivers forced hundreds from homes in North Dakota while the Big Sioux and Mississippi basins swelled, challenging dikes and evacuations in multiple communities.
City Manager Ray Wells nears a decision on hiring a Public Safety Director to oversee a new division for fire and police. The pool has been narrowed from three to one as the other two top candidates left for other jobs or positions. Wells also plans a new police chief, possible from safety director applicants or internal promotion.
Kansas City AP Gov Robert Docking urged that preventing riots requires addressing underlying discontent. He spoke at a ministers dinner, urging listening to the struggles of school dropouts welfare mothers and oppressed Black men, and called for reforms by employers educators lawyers and merchants.
The spring semester shows 69 graduate students and 189 undergraduate majors in French, with a total of 2 775 undergraduate enrollments in French courses.
The shortage of registered pharmacists makes pharmacy an attractive career for young people. Graduation numbers mirror retirements and deaths, yet many grads enter non retail roles or leave retail, shaping store openings and overall access to pharmaceutical services.
NATO foreign ministers wrapped a two day conference in Washington proposing to explore with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe concrete issues fit for negotiation. They rejected a general security conference but urged a step by step path toward possible resolutions and tasked ambassadors to prepare a negotiable list for the December Brussels meeting.
Harvard faculty voted 396 to 13 to drop criminal trespass charges against nearly 200 students ejected from University Hall after a dawn sit-in. Police had entered to unlock records rooms as students protested, with thousands boycotting classes, and a few demonstrators facing assault or disturbing the peace charges.
Lawrence police report six accidents Friday and early today with no injuries. Two involved parked cars hit by hit and run drivers and one involved a car striking two parked vehicles. Damages were under 350 dollars per vehicle and total under 100 dollars for two crashes.
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