City commissioners weigh support for 180 foot tower downtown
A majority of Lawrence’s five city commissioners signaled in a joint meeting with the Douglas County Commission that they may approve a 180-foot communications tower south of the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. County officials argue the structure is essential for a self contained emergency preparedness package and backup police sheriff radio systems.
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Lawrence
City Commission
Douglas County Commission
THE
County Commission
Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center
11Th
New Hampshire
Expert arrives to plug gusher in North Sea
Texan blowout expert Paul Adair arrives with a Texas disaster team to cap the Ekofisk Bravo well 168 miles west of Stavanger. A four ton stopper will be threaded through a two inch flow to halt the spill of about 4.4 million gallons. Officials say no major ecological damage yet and favorable weather continues.
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Stavanger
Norway
Paul ‘‘Red
Adair
North Sea
Texas Disaster Control Team
Paratroopers nail nine rebels as Zaire advances
About 100 Zairean soldiers parachuted into Shaba province and captured nine rebel fighters. The government said rebels were retreating as forces moved west from Kolwezi, with minimal resistance and mines delaying progress toward the Angolan border.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Shaba
Kolwezi
AZA
Downtown study favors redevelopment of 600 block
Brian Kubota of Peters Williams and Kubota will propose a comprehensive study of the 600 block of Massachusetts Street and nearby areas. He urges restructuring of streets parking and utilities and forming a redevelopment group to pursue tax increment financing. A city hall decision should wait for the block study to fit an overall goal.
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Massachusetts Street
Brian Kubota
Peters, Williams and
600 Block
Kubota
Bowersock
City Hall
Wellsville approves nursing home bond and pool brick repair
Wellsville city council signed an industrial revenue bond ordinance to finance a nursing home with Southwest National Bank of Wichita as trustee and William H. Autry as project manager. The panel also awarded a $1,200 brick repair bid for the city pool and discussed a Baldwin water contract and pipeline ties with Lawrence.
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Wellsville
Fred Hanley
Wichita
Southwest National Bank of Wichita
William H. Autry
Jess Boling
Osawatomie
Shiela Dominick
Baldwin
Henry Ponzer
Panzer
Farm price supports drift toward Carter on wheat and corn
The House Agriculture Committee aligned with President Carter on wheat and corn supports while the Senate panel remained higher. Proxy votes swung the committee toward Carter as it considered 1977 targets of 2.65 dollars and 2.35 loan rate, with 1978 targets at 3.00 and 2.47 respectively.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Carter
Senate
House Committee
Thomas S. Foley
Dash
House
W.R. Poage
Texas
Foley
USDA
U.S
Senate Committee
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce elects Ned Cushing as president
The Lawrence chamber held its annual meeting at the Kansas Union with about 500 in attendance. Ned Cushing succeeded Tom Greene as president and urged continued local action to solve national problems, stressing the city and university partnership and the value of free enterprise.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
The
Kansas Union
Kenneth McFarland
McFarland
Chamber
Ned Cushing
Tom Greene
Lawrence High Stage
Cushing
Lawrence
Norman
Okla
Kansas University
Greene
John McGrew
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