Enrollment decline prompts Riverside Pinckney move plan
Lawrence School District 497 weighs closing Riverside or merging with Pinckney as enrollment falls by about 500 district wide since 1968. A second meeting will discuss sending Grant students to Woodlawn while saving roughly $30,000 in salaries by consolidating Riverside with Pinckney.
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Pinckney School
Woodlawn School
Bradley
Freeman
Pinckney
Riverside
County Sets Up May 3 Hearing
Douglas County Commissioners announce a 10 a.m. hearing on Thursday May 3 to hear new requests for revenue sharing funds directed only to the county. Chairman Walter Cragan said those who spoke at Tuesday’s Lawrence City Commission hearing do not need to return.
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Douglas County
Walter Cragan
Lawrence
City
Cragan
First Death From Dakota Incident At Wounded Knee
Frank Clearwater 47 died in Rapid City hospital from a head wound after a gunfire exchange during the 58 day occupation at Wounded Knee. His wife Morning Star 37 was with him in Pine Ridge when he was wounded and evacuated by helicopter.
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S.D
Cherokee
N.C
Wounded Knee
Frank Clearwater
American Indian Movement
AIM
Clearwater
Morning Star
Pine Ridge Reservation
City Ponders Revenue Requests for Community Programs
City commissioners review a list of grants totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars for child care centers legal aid housing health and youth programs in Lawrence. Proposals include funds for a children’s zoo East Lawrence improvements library books health services and senior assistance with several projects tied to revenue sharing and federal matching rules.
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East Lawrence
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Arden Dorn
Lawrence Housing Authority
Edgewood Homes
Babcock Place
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Kay Calvin
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Warren Rhodes
Lawrence Public Library
Clark Coan
Kansas University Law
Jim Postma
Board of Directors
Little Indian Center
Someday
United Child Care Center
Lucille Paden
Douglas County
SV VC Differ On Peace Plans In Paris Talks
Paris AP report shows South Vietnam and Viet Cong at an eight session with deadlock over political solution. Saigon offers a 10 point program while the Viet Cong backs six points both calling for new elections. Each side rejects the others details as a deadline nears.
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Paris
South Vietnam
Saigon
Viet Cong
Nguyen Lau Vien
Census Bureau reports 1970 undercount lower than earlier censuses
The Census Bureau said the 1970 census missed about 5.3 million people, an undercount of 2.5 percent. Officials noted this figure is smaller than the 1960 undercount of 2.7 percent and the 1950 undercount of 3.3 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
Kansas Architects Meet in Albuquerque for $865000 Drawing
Representatives from Schaefer Schirmer and Associates of Wichita and Robertson Peters and Williams of Lawrence will join a Thursday drawing in Albuquerque to award an $865000 architectural engineering contract. If the bid ties, federal procurement rules apply. Negotiations on price follow Friday. The BIA is expected to act by May 3. The design contract ties to a $5.7 million master site plan at Haskell including a kitchen dining hall and library resource center.
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Kansas Architectural
Albuquerque
N.M
Schaefer, Schirmer and Associates
Wichita
Robertson, Peters and Williams
Lawrence
BIA
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Haskell
Watkins Building Listed in U S Historic Register
The Elizabeth Watkins Community Museum site at 11th and Massachusetts is included in the National Register of Historic Places. The Kansas All Sports Hall of Fame will join the Lawrence museum as a major regional attraction. The register, prepared for the U S Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, lists 53 Kansas properties.
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11Th
Massachusetts
Lawrence City
Kansas All- Sports Hall of Fame
Lawrence Museum
Washington
National Register
U.S. Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation
Robert M. Utley
National Park Service
Watkins Museum
KU Dean Search Group Named To Pick New Leader
Am brose Saricks says a search committee to select a new dean for Kansas University's School of Business will be named by the second week in May. He has asked faculty and student groups for nominees to serve, replacing Clifford Clark who resigned. Joseph Pichler will serve as acting dean in the interim.
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Kansas University
School of Business
Ambrose Saricks
Saricks
Clifford Clark
Joseph Pichler
Hospital funding crisis prompts talk of county tax support
A local official warns about a 6.25 million shortfall and urges planning for future needs. She indicates a possible county wide tax responsibility for the hospital and suggests a compromise of higher rates may be necessary to maintain a first class facility.
Land Use Session For Mile Square Area Planned Tonight
General guidelines for the mile square area southeast of East 23rd Street and Haskell Avenue will be discussed at the Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission meeting. Plats discussion starts 6 30 p m zoning begins 7 30 p m in City Hall First National Bank Building fourth floor.
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Haskell Avenue
Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
City Hall
First National Bank
Hearing Continued for Robert D Wilkins in Grand Theft Case
The preliminary hearing for Robert D Wilkins 29 of 329 Fun ston was continued in Douglas County Court with no new date. He faces grand theft charges linked to a motorcycle theft from Gary Boyd on February 3.
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Robert D. Wilkins
Funston
Douglas County Court
Wilkins
Gary Boyd
Dole Denies GOP Involvement in Watergate
Sen. Bob Dole asserts he knew nothing of the Watergate bugging while RNC chairman and says no one under his control was involved. He prepared remarks for a Chicago banquet of the American Butter Institute and National Cheese Institute.
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Dole
Gop
Washington
Bob Dole
Kan
Republican National Committee
U. S
Kansas
American Butter Institute
National Cheese Institue
Chicago
Republican Party
Charges Dismissed in Douglas County Hearing
Louie Morris 54 of 815 N.Y. had aiding a felony charges discharged in a preliminary hearing. Morris allegedly helped Lloyd Estes in an April 2 attempt to flee arrest. Estes faces robbery charges for the Frey and Williams Liquor Store burglary at 2324 La.
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Louie Morris
N.Y
Douglas County
Morris
Lloyd D. Estes
Estes
Frey and Williams
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