City Commissioners Approve Budget and Sewage Plant Plans
Lawrence city officials discussed the planned 6.3 million secondary sewage treatment plant set for 1977 operation and a 1974 city budget with a 10.13 million total, detailing rate increases and federal shares. They awarded multiple contracts, approved park restrooms, and set hearings, bids, and sidewalk and sewer projects for future dates.
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Buford Watson
Jack Robinson
Black and Veatch
Kansas City
City Commission balks at school guard request
The Lawrence City Commission refused to fund a Kasold and Eighth Street crossing guard, citing annual costs near 1,000 dollars per guard and urging the school district to cover the expense. The proposed 1974 budget includes eight guards at 9,729 dollars, while the school district plans a boundary change to move about 60 students to Sunset High School.
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City Commission
Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence School District 497 Board of Education
Kasold
Eighth Street
Buford Watson
Deerfield School
Sunset High School
Watson
Jack Rose
John Emick
Rose
Carl Knox
Stunlit Commission
Knox
Kenneth Fisher
Moore Hall Stays Dry After Rain At KU
Kansas University's Moore Hall on the west campus avoided further leaks after .42 inches of rain in Lawrence. The Kansas Geological Survey notes progress with re caulking and waterproofing by contractor B B Andersen of Topeka, with wood paneling replacement planned. Dedication of Moore Hall is scheduled for September 28 and 29.
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Kansas University
Moore Hall
Lawrence
Rod Hardy
Kansas Geological Survey
Geological Survey
B. B. Andersen
Topeka
Hardy
William Hambleton
West Junior High Honors List Noted for 1972 73 Quarter
West Jr High lists 113 students on honor roll for the last quarter of 1972 73. Ninety three ninth graders, eight eighth graders, and forty one seventh graders achieved a 3.5 GPA or higher on a four point scale.
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West Junior High School
Berry Archinal
Susan Bell
Janice Burgess
Catherine Comeau
Julie Conrad
Judith Culver
Barry Frank
Denise Getter
Dennis Haack
Jo Lynn Haley
Steven Hamlin
Laura Hedges
Kristin Hermes
Diana Hird
Susan Hutchison
Jeffry Lindenbaum
Paul Marks
Randy Matchett
Nancy Nehring
Elaine Oakson
Dana Olsen
Allison Poe
Marsha Price
Robert Rummer
Carolyn Steffen
Nancy Stinson
Mary Stogsdill
Cynthia Tucker
Julianne Wiebrock
Suzanne Williams
Wendy Wilson
Teresa Wolfe
Elizabeth Wright
Kathy Barlow
Martha Bickford
Todd Blair
Katrina Boice
Steven Boone
Wendi Coleman
Rebecca Comeau
Amy Conley
Anne Conrad
Barbara Dinneen
Patrick Goodwin
Trudy Harris
Michael Heavin
Ann Heinrich
Randy Hird
Larry Kwak
Alicia Lawton
Kelly Marquette
Linda Marsh
Michael Martin
Kevin McCurdy
Martha McDougall
Debbie McGraw
Dennis McKinney
Richard Medcraft
Diane Mitchel
Linda Miller
Robin Miller
Deena Osness
Peter Palis
Robert Pearson
Martin Pendleton
Rebecca Pro
John McNellis
Gloria O'Brien
Lynne Osness
Edward Patton
Jeri Petrie
Kathy Porter
Graham Poulter
Laura Price
Dwight Purvis
Kimberly Rinke
Steve Sapp
Debra Scheetz
Katherine Schultz
Mike Snyder
Byron Springer
Mary Lee Stansifer
Suzanne Steffen
Diana Stephens
Mary Swift
Amy Welborn
Jackie Wells
Mary Wolfe
Julie Workman
Jennifer Wright
Collision Injures Child in Massachusetts Street Incident
A two vehicle collision at 10 04 a m Tuesday in the 1100 block of Massachusetts led to minor injuries for Terra Woolery age 2 who was a passenger in a car driven by Felicia S. Woolery 20 of 3710 Brush Creek The Woolery car collided with a vehicle driven by Wallace E Winger 40 of 1239 Prairie as Winger backed from a parking space No damage estimate was given Three other collisions were reported with no injuries.
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Massachusetts
Terra Woolery
Lawrence
Felicia S. Woolery
Brush Creek
Wollery
Wallace E. Winger
Prairie
Winger
Viet Cong Accuses Saigon of Holding Prisoners
A Viet Cong spokesman said the South Vietnamese government still holds more than 200000 political prisoners and the United States funds the penitentiary regime. He spoke after the 20th Viet Cong government talks, with no progress reported. The next meeting is set for August 16.
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Paris
United States
Dinh Ba Thi
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary
South Vietnam
KU Chemistry Department Receives Kodak Grant
The graduate chemistry department at Kansas University won a $6,000 grant from Eastman Kodak Company as part of a national program awarding $328,000 to colleges. Chairman John Landgrehe said KU’s funds support graduate education and research, likely funding summer fellowships for graduate students next summer.
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Kansas University
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester
N.Y
Kodak
John Landgrehe
Department
Kansas Highway Deaths Log Shows August Total
The Topeka AP reports 20 traffic fatalities for August and 373 for 1973, with a note that two deaths were not previously reported. The log covers 24 hours to 9 a.m. Wednesday, comparing to 398 for the comparable 1972 period.
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Topeka
Kan
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