Perry Lake fuels Kansas boating and camping boom
Boating and camping enthusiasm grows as Perry Lake and Clinton Reservoir attract Kansans. First time boaters rise while cabin cruisers and bass boats gain popularity. Camping trends shift to simpler models though luxury units sell, aided by rentals and longer vacations.
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Perry Lake
Lawrence
Lake Perry
Clinton Reservoir
George Leinmiller
Captain’s Shop
Leitmiller
Kansas
Leinmiller
Peddling Scandal Tied To Casualties In Vietnam
A House Armed Services subcommittee report links hundreds of faulty generators sold to the U.S. government to contractor influence over Marine Corps personnel. The flawed units, built by Consolidated Diesel Electric, failed within months, possibly contributing to Marine casualties near Danang. The probe, turned over to the Justice Department, notes millions in taxpayer funds affected and considers excluding Consolidated from future contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Marine Corps
House Armed Services Investigating Subcommittee
Justice Department
Consolidated Die
Ssel Electric Co
Old Greenwich
City Commission Agenda Includes Budget Hearing and Zoning Actions
The Lawrence City Commission schedules a public hearing on the 1972 budget and considers multiple resolutions and ordinances. Actions include demolitions at 437 Ark and 1044 Conn, removal of junk cars, street and sewer projects, rezoning at 1800 Hasolder, and various Neighborhood Development Program measures. Also listed are board appointments, a damages claim by Nelson Hall, a sign variance for Virginia Inn, and tie down provisions for mobile homes. The commission meets Tuesdays at 2 p.m.
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437
Ark
Conn
Nelson Hall
Mich
Virginia Inn
W. Sixth
OLD Business
Lawrence
Ninth
Massachusetts
City Commission
Lawrence City Commission
Budget Hearing Set This Tuesday in Lawrence City Meeting
Lawrence city commissioners meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday to hear the proposed 1972 budget with a mill levy of 36 548 for total spending of 8 148 028. The agenda includes Neighborhood Development Program financing and loan notes, demolition of substandard structures, widening 5th Street east of Town, and rezoning ordinances from July.
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5Th Street
Bulky item pickup set for area four in Lawrence
The city schedules bulky item trash collection in area four north of 15th Street and east of Mississippi. Items should be left at the curb for Wednesday pickup.
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15Th Street
Mississippi
Fire Causes Damage to Two Cars and Trash Fire Reported
Lawrence firemen reported two cars caught fire on Saturday causing $25 damage each. At 2:29 p.m. a car owned by Margaret Logan of 726 Mo caught fire near 1987 Maine. A second blaze in a car owned by David Berton of 2144 Ohio occurred at 5:49 p.m. near his home. A trash fire on Richard Davenport's property at 835 Lyon was extinguished at 3:09 p.m. with no damage listed.
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Shorts
Lawrence
Margaret Logan
Maine
David Berton
Ohio
Richard Davenport
Lyon
Apollo 15 Debriefing Under Way at Space Center Houston
Apollo 15 astronauts began an extensive debriefing to detail their 12 day mission. Medical and technical sessions followed a four hour exam as scientists prepare to open moon rock boxes from Hadley Rille and Spur Crater Genesis rock.
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Gan
Scott
Irwin
Moon
Okinawa
Air Force
Hawaii
Ellington Air Force Base
Space Center
Nar
Earth
Solar System
Spur Crater
Prairie Park Bill Sees Little Change in Congress
Washington AP Rep Joe Shubitz Kan reports little change in the Prairie Park Bill status in Congress. Lawrence Wagner Mission attorney on Governor’s Commission says National Park Service answered questions raised by Skubitz. Skubitz aide says responses not yet found. Hearings likely needed before House action. Skubitz touring parks with committee members. optimism remains for the bill’s progress. Park could lie along eastern Flint Hills spanning from Nebraska to Oklahoma lines.
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Joe Shubitz
Congress
Governor's Commission For the Prairie
Park Service
Skubitz
Washington
Kansas
Wagner
Flint Hills
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Meeting on KU student seating and ticket prices fails
The Kansas University Student Athletic Seating Board failed to meet with athletic director Wade Stinson as he claimed another engagement. The board reaffirmed authority to set student ticket prices and seating priorities, keeping football tickets at $5.00 and scheduling sales for Sept. 1.
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Kansas University
Wade Stinson
Stinson
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Perry
Andy Anderson
Andy
Anderson
Kansas City
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
J. B. Young
Young
Iere
Jim Williams
Virginia
Jennifer
Ellen
Murrow Cr
Rod Davis
W. Ninth
Journal-World
Will Hess
Westwood Addition
Hasolder
Worden
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Nixon
Paul VI
Georges Pompidou
France
Alfred M. Worden
Merrill
Allison
Tex
Congressional
House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee For
KU Athletic Board
Rumsey
Warren
Ord
Lawrence, Kansas
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