Wakarusa Firefighters Respond to Two Major Calls
Wakarusa firefighters battled two major blazes within 24 hours. A shed on Norman Denton farm near Rt. 5 burned for an estimated 5 000 to 7 000 dollars, possibly sparked by a nearby trash fire. A cabin on Lone Star Clinton Road northwest of U S 59 was destroyed, worth about 2 000 dollars.
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Wakarusa
Norman Denton
Rt. 5
Charles Wales
Denton
1St
Lawrence
Wales
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
U.S. 59
Lone Star-Clinton
Bill Jennings
Jennings
Two men charged in truck firm break in Lawrence
Lawrence police arrested Dale Johnson and John Mize both of Kansas City Kansas on August 4 for attempting a break in at Kuhn Truck and Tractor Co. in Lawrence. They faced a Douglas County Court preliminary hearing Thursday afternoon and remain jailed with bonds set at 1500 dollars.
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Lawrence
Kuhn Truck & Tractor Co
Douglas
Kansas City
Kan
Dale Johnson
John Mize
Service Man John M. Lawrence Stationed in Pacific
Technical Sergeant John M. Lawrence and his wife Dorothy, daughter of Mrs. Beryl Zeller, reside near Rt. 1. Lawrence serves with SAC at Andersen Air Force Base Guam as a precision measuring equipment specialist in the 43rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron of the Eighth Air Force. He previously served at Forbes AFB Kansas before arriving in the Pacific.
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John M. Lawrence
Dorothy
Beryl Zeller
Rt. 1
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Andersen Afb
Guam
Lawrence
43Rd
Eighth Air Force
Pacific
Navy Chief Petty Officer Hogan reports to Imperial Beach unit
Navy Chief Petty Officer Kenneth L. Hogan son of Mr and Mrs Homer E Hogan of De Soto has reported to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Three at the Naval Air Station Imperial Beach California for duty.
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Navy
Kenneth L. Hogan
Homer E. Hogan
DeSoto
Naval Air Station
Imperial Beach
Calif
White Crosses For Nebraska Highway Fatalities Plan
Lincoln Nebraska AP Gov Exon unveils cross marked fatalities along rural highways to reduce Labor Day traffic deaths. Over 300 white crosses mark 1970 June to July 1 this year with 411 deaths in the 13 month span. urban deaths not marked.
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Lincoln, Neb
Exon
Roads Department
Navy Ensign Musick Completes Nurse Corps Indoctrination
Navy Ensign Robert W. Musick son of Mr and Mrs George E Musick of 3020 Iowa D-2 Newport Rhode Island Naval Base reports completion of the Officer Indoctrination Course for Nurses and Medical Service Corps His training covered military and related subjects He is a 1971 graduate of St Lukes Hospital Kansas City Missouri.
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Navy
Robert W. Musick
George E. Musick
Iowa D-2
Medical Service Corps
Naval Base
Newport
R.I
St. Lukes Hospital
Kansas City, Mo
Hatfield Completes Summer Cruise Aboard Destroyer John R. Craig
Midshipman Franz Hatfield son of Mr and Mrs C Russell Hatfield of 3403 W Eighth completed six weeks of training aboard the destroyer John R Craig in the Pacific. The ship returned to San Diego August 4 after operations off the California coast and Hawaii. Hatfield, a Naval ROTC member at the University of California Berkeley and a 1968 Lawrence High graduate, is based in Berkeley California.
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Franz Hatfield
C. Russell Hatfield
W. Eighth
John R. Craig
Pacific
San Diego
California
Hawaii
Hatfield
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
University of California, Berkeley
Calif
Lawrence High
Hiring Begins For City Force
Lawrence officials move forward with hiring 26 new police officers and 15 new firemen despite funds not yet available. Erv Hodges says 70 applications have been received for patrolmen, with 26 final interviews completed and about 15 candidates likely qualified. The positions are funded by a voter approved half-cent sales tax effective since July, with state payments pending.
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Lawrence
Hodges
Three Thefts Reported In Lawrence Area
Lawrence Police report three thefts Thursday afternoon. Robert Sack reported a valued $349 tape player, turntable and radio stolen from an apartment on West 24th Street after a forced door. John Skie of Bellinger Electrical said a 14-foot aluminum fishing boat valued at $345 was taken on July 24. Three tires and wheels worth $100 were stolen from three vehicles at Jim Clark Motors near Sixth and Kentucky between 10 13 and 10 58 p.m.
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Robert Wayne Sack
Frontier
W. 24Th
Sack
John Skie
Bellinger Electrical & Marine Service
Jim Clark Motors
Sixth
Kentucky
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Wakarusa Fire Fighters
John Lawrence
Forbes Afb
Kenneth Hogan
Robert Musick
Cloud
Trane
City Force
Erv. Hodges
Souder
Raney Drug Stores
Russell Stover
Lawrence Glass and Mirror CO
N.H
ART Nease
Bridge Standard
6Th & Mass
Pedders
Massachusetts
Kasold Dr
Mretfis
Realtc Insurors
Kentile
Arene
Marley
Tel Glass
Deane Cae
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