Space Shuttle Envisioned as Superbird by Seekers
The proposed 100 flight space shuttle could cost 6 to 10 billion dollars and may use a reusable two part design with booster and orbiter. Cape Kennedy remains favored for an initial launch site amid 73 bidding locations across 20 states.
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Northeast Kansas Weather Summary for Tonight and Saturday
Clear to partly cloudy conditions in the Northeast Kansas region. Tonight winds are southerly 5 to 15 mph with overnight low 67 to 72. Saturday high reaching low to mid 90s and a 20 percent chance of rain both tonight and Saturday. Extended outlook calls for cooler highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s with a chance of showers Tuesday.
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State Abandons Terrill's Suit in Douglas Court
The State Department of Revenue dropped its suit against Terrill's of Lawrence alleging violation of the sales tax act. The case was dismissed Thursday as the firm is reported to now comply with the act's provisions, but details were not provided.
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Death toll in Vietnam hits lowest July toll in six years
Washington AP reports that 66 American battle deaths occurred in Vietnam in July, the smallest monthly total in over six years, with May 1965 reporting 32 deaths per Pentagon spokesman Jerry W. Friedham on Thursday.
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Lawrence firm among apparent low bidders for KU geology HQ
Bids open for the Kansas State Geological Survey headquarters at Kansas University show Huxtable and Associates of Lawrence with the lowest mechanical bid 266 400 and electrical bid 138 600 while Anderson Construction Co Topeka leads general contract at 747 777 The Dover Elevator Co Kansas City and Memphis submit the lowest elevators bid 27 400 Total apparent bids 1 180 177 state funds 1 212 000 available The bid review can take up to 30 days and work was planned near the West Campus area southwest of 19th and Iowa Streets.
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Hays-Russell Group Opposes NASA Site Move
Citizens Against the Hays and Russell NASA Site campaigns to block NASA from choosing Hays Russell in western Kansas for a space shuttle station. Otto Rohleder says the project would hurt land values taxes and the environment and would disrupt clean air quiet homes and traffic.
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Space Panel Hears Hays-Russell Area on Shuttle Site
About 350 people in the Hays Russell region attended a hearing by a governor’s special committee studying proposed space shuttle station sites in western Kansas. Kansas Department of Economic Development director Jack Lacy said the hearings at Garden City and Hays Russell have allowed roughly 700 residents to express views on the NSA facility. At Garden City on Aug 6 farmers opposed the proposal while city officials and civic groups supported the potential economic boost. A third site near Goodland has been studied, but no additional hearing is planned.
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31st Street Bid Awarded to Hamm for 157 691
Douglas County Commissioners awarded the first phase of the 31st Street project to N R Hamm Construction Co Perry as the apparent low bidder at 157 691 22. The plan runs from Haskell Avenue to Louisiana along the southern Lawrence city limit with future second phase segments to follow.
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Colombo Rallies After Near Fatal Shooting
New York AP Colombo Sr., a famed mob figure, in a coma for 47 days since a June 28 shooting at Columbus Circle, has briefly rallied and is said to be sitting up and mumbling at Roosevelt Hospital as a possible move to a private facility is considered by his doctors and the Italian American Civil Rights League.
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Kansas Population to Reach 2.354 Million by 1980
AP report says Kansas will grow about 5 percent through the 1970s, reaching 2,354,000 residents by 1980 with per capita income rising to 6576 dollars. Projections credit diversification and nonfarm employment growth as signs of recovery.
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