Highway delays threaten Lawrence area growth and safety
The Saturday column decries worsening Douglas County roads with rising traffic, blaming Topeka officials and past governors for neglect. It notes planned K-10 widening and US 59 improvements shelved, predicts Wichita and Johnson County priorities unless politics recedes. It calls for action to fix bridges, highways, and traffic bottlenecks affecting business and University events.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Topeka
Perry Reservoir
Clinton Reservoir
GOP
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Johnson
Bob Docking
Kansas
Highway Department
Governor's
Docking
Man Believes He Knows Tate Killer Under Police Watch
LOS ANGELES AP police guard a Polish émigré informant who says he knows the killers of actress Sharon Tate and four others. He told detectives the target was Polish writer Woitych Frokowsky. The informant, said to have known Tate’s Brentwood home, provided names of suspects while police continue the investigation.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Woitych Frokowsky
Los Angeles Times
Abigail Folger
Jay Sebring
Steven Parent
William Garretson
Polanski
London
Engineering students win Kansas Contractors scholarships
Four Kansas University School of Engineering students receive Kansas Contractors Association Scholarships of 500 dollars each for the 1969 70 academic year. Among the recipients is George R Milleret Jr son of Mr and Mrs George R Milleret Rt 4.
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Kansas University
Kansas Contractors Association
George R. Milleret Jr
George R. Milleret
Rt. 4
Cooper presses 1964 Thai troop use limit in U S policy
Sen. John Sherman Cooper seeks Senate record opposing use of U S troops in Thailand to fight insurgency amid reports of a secret 1964 U S Thailand military agreement. He would amend the 20 billion military aid bill to restrict aid to supply and equipment and avoid broader U S involvement.
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Washington
John Sherman Cooper
Vietnam
Senate
U.S
Thailand
Kentucky
U.s.-Thailand
Pathet Lao
Laos
Cooper
Armed Services Committee
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
Lawrence schools set Aug 28 as first day in new year
Lawrence public schools outline the return to classes with kindergarten starting Sept 4 and older students on Aug 28, 29 for half day sessions. Enrollment and fee payments begin Aug 25 for elementary and junior/senior high students, with staggered schedules by grade.
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Lawrence Public School
Lawrence High School
H-M
Central Junior High School
Emery Corvett
Steven Dr. Corvett
USD 497
Central
Journal-World
Simple Greeting For Reservists
INDEPENDENCE Kansas AP Sixty Army reservists were welcomed home from Vietnam Friday in a short simple ceremony in Memorial Hall. You men have met your responsibilities well and have devoted 15 months of your lives to the cause of America and the cause of the free world. Sen Bob Dole R Kan told the members of the 1011th Supply and Service Company. Gov Robert Docking and Rep Joe Skubitz R Kan also spoke briefly. Five Bronze Stars and 17 Army commendation medals were presented to members of the group.
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Independence
Kan
Vietnam
Memorial Hall
America
Free World
Bob Dole
R - Kan
1011Th Supply and Service Company
Robert Docking
Joe Skubitz
R-Kan
Rain Causes City Mishaps On Slippery Streets Friday
Rain and slick roads sparked multiple accidents Friday in the city. A three car rear end crash near 9th Street on Massachusetts injured two occupants but not seriously, with Whitely, Smith, and Turner vehicles damaged. A second collision at IX, 11th Street and New Jersey involved several cars and a taxi, with no injuries. Police report a broadside crash at New Jersey Street when Ratkewich failed to stop, sending Meadows’ car into a taxi damaged $400 and other cars $850 to $475 in various impacts.
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Betty N. Smith
Rt. 4
Nancy J. Whitmore
Santo
Tex
9Th Street
Massachusetts
Stanley E. Whitely
Stouffer PI
Whitely
Smith
Ralph J. Turner
Schwarz Rd
Whitley
Turner
11Th Street
New Jersey
Roy J. Siennis Jr
del. St
Abie S. Ratkewich
Ind. St
New Jersey St
Five Die in Kansas Traffic Crashes Friday and Friday Night
AP report lists five fatalities across Kansas from traffic accidents. Benjamin F. Land, 28, of Kansas City, was struck on U S 69 near Louisburg. Ben Kinch, 80, Topeka, died in a non car crash on K-9 near Oskaloosa. Elmer Szedereny, 43, Overland Park, died in a head on collision on U S 69 near Pleasanton. James Harryman, 16, Girard, and two passengers, Pauline Harryman, 16, and Mary Harriman, 42, were injured but in fair condition at Fort Scott Hospital. D C Craft, 72, Bentley, died near Wichita. Irma Craft hospitalised with injuries. Nancy Waninger, Colwich, treated and released. Helen Aronson, 71, St Louis, died in a one car crash on U S 24 east of Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Highway Patrol
Benjamin F. Land
Kansas City
U.S. 69
Louisburg
Ben Kinch
Oskaloosa
Overland Park
U. S. 69
Pleasanton
Elmer Szederenyi
James Harryman
Girard
Fort Scott Hospital
Pauline Harryman
Mary Harryman
D. C. Craft
Bentley
Kan
Wichita
Irma
Halstead
Nancy Waninger
Colwich
Helen Aronson
St.Louis
U. S. 24
Peaceful Use Planned 2 Gas Trains Ending Journey
Two phosgene gas trains move toward peaceful use as industrial plants convert gas from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. One train heads to Geismar Louisiana for plastics, another to Vandemark Industries Lockport New York for weed killer or synthetic foam. Controversy persists over safety and state notification with officials and experts weighing gas toxicity.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Geismar
Ilinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Vandemark Industries
Lockport
N.Y
Army
Jones Chemical Co
Batavia
Canada
Chicago
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ravenna
Ordnance Plant
B&o
U.S. Department of Transportation
Ravenna Ordnance Plant
Erie- Lackawana Railroad
Buffalo
Football fans lock in Chiefs Bengals and Packers Bears telecasts
In Lawrence schedule highlights two games onChannel 9 at 8 pm and Channels 5 and 13 at 8 30 featuring the Chiefs Bengals and the Packers Bears with ex Kansas stars and Dougals. Sunday offers relief to housewives as no live football on air.
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Kansas City Chiefs
Cincinnati Bengals
Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
Kansas
Hae Sayers
Bob Dougals
Family Grid
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Chamber of Commerce
Lodge
Lawrence Lodge
AF & AM
Sojourners
LeaRoy T. Hurley
G. W. Mole
U. S
McCloskey
SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Thanom Kittikachorn
Richard G. Stilwell
U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
Meadows
Ward Thompson
N. J. St
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Colorado
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
White House
Allen Vandemark
Jerald Gerson
Chemical Commodities Corp
Olathe
Louisiana
H. Peter Metzger
Boulder
Colo
Umsey — Funeral Home
Fred Rumsey
Oscar Rumsey
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