Audience Questions Highlight Lawrence School Budget
About 15 residents questioned the 1972 73 Lawrence USD 497 budget at a Monday board hearing. Officials explained transportation and fund distinctions while the board approved the 7 448 792 expenditure and 36 68 levy with several purchases and contract denials.
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Lawrence
USD 497 Board of Education
Karl Johnson
Indian Ave
Lawrence Human Resources Department
F. Bradley
Fisher
500 Killed in N Ireland in Three Years of Warfare
Belfast AP reports the Northern Ireland death toll reached 500 as violence spanning 36 months continues. The 500th victim, Lance Corporal William Henry Creighton, was killed near Magheravelly as talks begin between British officials and SDLP leaders amid ongoing security measures and interment policy protests.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
William Henry Creighton
Ulster Defense Regiment
Creighton
Magheravelly
Trish Republic
Trish Republican Army
Britain
William Whitelaw
Social Democratic and Labor Party
Whitelaw
SDLP
IRA
Four Suspects Arrested in Oklahoma City Grocery Slaying
Oklahoma City police held four young men late Monday in the fatal robbery slayings of Howard Siler his wife Judy Ann Siler and their son Christopher 6 at a northwest Oklahoma City grocery. A .22 caliber rifle was recovered at one arrest site. The killings prompted new witness identifications and searches of apartments as officers pursued leads. The Siler family funeral was announced with divisions of mourning affecting the driver licensing staff.
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Oklahoma City
Howard Siler
Judy Ann Siler
Christopher
Siler
State Department of Public Safety
State Commissioner of Public Safety
Bill Mayberry
Seminole
County backs dredging proposal on Kansas River near TeePee Junction
The Overland Park sand and gravel firm faces no county objections as the County Commission forwards comments to the Corps of Engineers and State Health Department. They seek input on water quality, environment, wildlife, and related impacts before approval.
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Overland Park Sand and Gravel Company
Kansas River
TeePee Junction
County Commission
Arthur Heck
Corps of Engineers
State Health Department
Corps and Health Department
Sirhan Moved From Death Row to Ad justment Center
Sirhan B. Sirhan, convicted for the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, was moved from San Quentin's Death Row to the Adjustment Center. The transfer, along with eight others, is part of a state effort to reclassify all 102 Death Row inmates after a February Supreme Court ruling declared the death penalty unconstitutional under the California constitution.
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San Quentin
Calif
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Pote Supreme Court
California
Lake Perry Water Level Rises Slightly Above Normal
The lake near Lawrence, fed by the Delaware River, sits at 894.98 feet elevation about 3.48 feet above the normal pool of 891.5. Recent rains since last week total 1.29 inches with clear water and fair fishing noted by Lynn C. Myers, resident engineer.
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Lake Perry
Delaware
Lawrence
Lynn C. Myers
Safety Comes First in BIA Indian Safety Conference
Carl Cornelius of the BIA urged putting people before money and production in safety programs at a three day conference with about 75 Native leaders. He noted past losses from preventable accidents and called for more funds and staff to protect lives on reservations.
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National American Indian Safety Council
Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Safety Management
Ed Davis
HJC
Carl Cornelius
BIA
Fred Tidwell
Journal-World Photo
Cornelus
Join
BIA Division of Safety Management
Haskell Indian Junior College
Stidham Union
Cornelius
Bureau
Washington, D. C
William Steiger
Fred D. Tidwell
Division of
NAISC
Aberdeen
S.D
Widows of Justices to See Pension Rise to 10000
The House approved a bill that would raise widows’ annual pensions for U S Supreme Court justices to ten thousand dollars from five thousand. The move follows disclosures that the current limit caused hardship for some beneficiaries.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
House
NDP Advisory Meeting Wednesday Details Project Aim
A citizens' advisory committee for the downtown Neighborhood Development Program will meet at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the basement room of the First National Bank building at Ninth and Massachusetts. The session covers the second action year project in the 600 block of Massachusetts and the Sixth and Massachusetts Street intersection with NDP director Don Schaake noting a detailed review and potential changes.
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Citizens’ Advisory Committee
First National Bank
Ninth and
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Street
NDP
Don Schaake
Legal Experts Back No-Fault Auto Insurance Plan
San Francisco officials report legal experts from all 50 states tentatively backing a no fault auto insurance bill. The proposed model law would guarantee payment of all reasonable medical expenses for accident victims regardless of fault and aims to guide state legislatures.
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San Francisco
National Conference of Commissioners On
Massachusetts
Florida
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log Update
Kansas highway death log shows 385 fatalities for 1972 through August 31 with 411 for the comparable 1971 period. The report covers totals for the year to date and notes a 26 death decrease from 1971.
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Topeka
Kan
Death in Parachute Jump at Wichita State University
Christine Curtis, 20, died during her first sport parachute jump near a private airfield north of Valley Center, after her main chute failed to deploy and the reserve opened too late. FAA and Sedgwick County sheriff's office investigations focus on why the static line released.
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Wichita
Wichita State University
Christine Curtis
Valley Center
Here
Sedgwick County
Offi
Cers
Federal Aviation Administration
Bill Abrams
FAA
Miss Curtis
Abrams
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