KU Orientation Beginnings Mark Housing Demand And Open Houses
Visitors stream into Strong Hall as KU enrollment kicks off with housing demand noted. Dean's office reports limited rooms for women and men nearly full, with some spaces freed after Fulbright departures. Enrollment and registration spread across campus locations this week, including Hoch Auditorium Allen Fieldhouse and the Kansas Union events.
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Bank- Americard
del Shankel
Strong Hall
Dean of Men
Linda McKinney
Womn
McCollum Hall
Dean of Women’s
J.J. Wilson
McCollum
Lambda Chi Alpha
KU Medical Center
Hoch
Lawrence
Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas Union
68 pledge KU sororities pledge Lawrence women
Four Lawrence women join Kansas University's 12 sororities as fall rush concludes. Names include Marsha Brown, Charlene Eberhart, Sara Gillahan, and Sally Llewellyn, with housing moves set for today. Full list shows pledges across Alpha Chi Omega through Sigma Kappa with many hometowns.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Marsha Lynn Brown
N.H
Alpha Delta Pt
Charlene Kay Eberhart
W. 21St
Delta Delta Delta
Sara Jane Gillahan
Sunset Ter
Delta Gamma
Sally Louise Llewellyn
Pi Beta Phi
Bennett reveals road advisers for Kansas transportation panel
Gov. Robert F. Bennett named six appointees to the Kansas Highway Advisory Commission as part of the transition to a Department of Transportation. Reitz and Johnston previously served on the former Highway Commission. The 12 member body will include two members from each of six districts with two more appointments to come from the 1st district.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas Highway Advisory Commission
State Highway Commission
Department of Transportation
Ralph E. Reitz
Salina
Melissa N. Arbuthnot
Belleville
Gaye Wilson
Shields
Howard D. Benton
Oberlin
Donald A. Johnston
Pittsburg
Dwight E. Blackwood
Chanute
Reitz
Johnston
Arbuthnot
Kansas
Wilson
Benton
Northwest
Lawrence
Transportation Department
Josephine Hoffa Hospitalized in Detroit After Collapse
Josephine Hoffa, wife of missing ex Teamsters leader James Hoffa, is in stable condition at a Detroit hospital after collapsing at home. Her son James P. Hoffa cited strain and exhaustion from the ongoing disappearance case. FBI said no new leads in Hoffa search 18 days after he vanished.
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Detroit
Josephine Hoffa
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Hoffas
James P. Hoffa
Hoffa
Lake Orion
FBI
Premier Toe in Portugal Faces Rising Opposition
Premier Vasco Goncalves, battling to maintain power, plans his first public rally in Almada after weeks. In Alcobaca, anti-Communists attacked 1,500 Communist supporters, injuring over 20 as troops intervened. COPCON offered no reason for delayed response.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Vasco Goncalves
Almada
Tagus
Communist Party
Alvaro Cunhal
Alcobaca
Goncalves
Copcon
Saturay
Socialist
Popular Democrat
Boston Officials Ordered to Explain School Desegregation Plans
Federal court in Boston requires the School Committee and 13 other officials to justify the second stage of desegregation with expanded bussing as districts prepare for the fall opening. Detroit judges scrutinize plans, while Louisville and Dayton begin court ordered bussing efforts in various stages across cities.
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Associated Press
Boston
Detroit
Kentucky
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity
Boston School Committee
Robert E. DeMascio
DeMascio
Board of Education
Dayton
Ohio
Louisville
Jackson
Denver
Colo
Burglary at Broken Arrow Elementary School
Police report a weekend break in at Broken Arrow Elementary School 2704 La. entry was through a smashed kindergarten door. Vandals damaged the boys restroom and stole a $120 electronic calculator. total damage estimated at $15.
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Broken Arrow
Lawrence
Lawrence school classes resume with staggered start
Lawrence School District 497 schedules half days for most grades on August 28 and 29. Eighth and ninth graders join others for the second half-day on August 29, with full classes beginning September 2 after Labor Day.
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Lawrence
Name-swappers face charges in traffic court
Two men cited for traffic violations after swapping names to elude police. Robert Rose, 22, of Kansas City Kansas, faced DWI reckless driving and unlawful use of a license while Michael Adams, 20, of Kansas City Kansas, was cited for unlawful use of a license. Police stopped a car speeding near Seventh and New Hampshire and found Rose had given Adams’s license. both identities were corrected after officers detained them and released two juvenile passengers to their parents.
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Robert Rose
Kansas City
Kan
Michael Adams
Rose
Seventh
New Hampshire
Fifth
Ohio
Adams
Sirens Work During Test Says Sheriff Office
Douglas County sheriff's office reports two sirens tested today were functioning with no malfunctions. Residents alerted the department to the test and confirmed proper operation.
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Douglas County
Coast Guard Seizes Soviet Trawler Near New York
The Coast Guard impounded the 247-foot Zaraysk after boarding parties found 25 pounds of protected lobster and crab aboard. Master Nikolai Nikonov faces arraignment for illegal catch from the Continental Shelf, with the seizure marking the sixth this year under the Continental Shelf Resource Law. The ship was towed to Governor's Island after being seized 80 miles east of Atlantic City.
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New York
Coast Guard
Nikolai Ivanovich Nikonov
Atlantic City
N.J
Governor’s Island
United States
Atlantic
Clinton Parkway hearing invites public comment in Lawrence
The public may comment on the Clinton Parkway proposal at a Lawrence event with an 2 to 3:30 p.m. informal session at the library and a 7 p.m. public hearing taped for official records. Written statements may be submitted to the Douglas County Engineer or the state division engineer in Topeka within 12 days. Congress has allocated 10 million for projects like the parkway, a four lane road from Iowa Street along 23rd to Clinton Reservoir.
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Clinton Parkway
Lawrence Public Library
Iowa Street
23Rd
Clinton Reservoir
State Department of Transportation
Douglas County
Topeka
Lawrence set to consider PUD ordinance and housing code
The Lawrence City Commission meets Tuesday to discuss a new planned unit development ordinance allowing mixed use in some projects and creating two new commercial PUD districts. It will also review a six year capital improvements program and discuss a proposed housing code with two housing board of appeals. The housing code faced opposition from at least one board member. A Kanza 4-H Club meeting was rescheduled to 7 15 p m next Monday at the Bradley home.
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Lawrence City Commission
Commission
Lawrence-Douglas County
Planning Commission
Building Code Board of Appeals
Minimum Housing Code Board of Appeals
Minimum Housing Board
Building Code Board
W.F. Bradley
Rt. 2
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Archie Dykes
Jordan Seitz
Annette
Alpha Chi Omega
Laura Holmberg
Overland Park
Linde Johnson
Mission Hills
Cynthia Liljeberg
Moline
Alpha Delta Pi
Sharon Anderson
Marion
Marsha Brown
Janis R. Glass
Prairie Village
Ann Northup
Des Moines
Iowa
Alpha Gamma Delta
Sue Armitage
Olathe
Jayne Buster
Leawood
Julia Drevnick
Garden City
Rebecca Gardner
Wichita
Martha Moye
Ill
Janine O’shea
M. Susan White
Theodora Lee Williams
Iola
Alpha Phi
Joy Bronfman
Virginia Fries
Mission
Megan Johnson
Short Hills
Diane Nesser
Julie Ralston
Lyndon
Chi Omega
Jacqueline Brooks
Coffeyville
Mary Catalano
Vicki Coulter
Kimberly S. Thomas
Pamela Bono
Nancy Lemieux
Charlene Eberhart
1635 W. 21St Ter
Theresa Stanley
Laura Wendel
Shawnee
Joyce Bradley
Dewey
Okla
Jayne Brophy
Hinsdale
Kathleen Burke
Rock Port
Debra Copenhaver
Sara Gillahan
Vicki Hopkins
Mary McCoy
Judy Navickas
Pamela Pierson
Dallas
Tex
Karen Richey
Mary Stilwell
Merriam
Cheryl White
Wellington
Gamma Phi
Sharon Conner
Hutchinson
Jennie Lesslie
Tina Myers
Kappa Alpha ‘Theta
Valerie Barris
Mary Kalich
Janet Meitl
Oakley
Carla Moore
Teresa P. Myers
Ottawa
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Susan Cannon
Glen Ellyn
Phyllis C. Gasper
Catherine Johnston
Shawnee Mission
Susan Wasinger
Karen Bradley
Greensburg
Debra Erlandson
Lenexa
Linda Hadel
Jeanine Hense
Mary Iversen
Judy L. Johnson
Sally Llewellyn
Marchell Mathes
Liberty
Sallie McVay
Akansas City
Sigma Kappa
Vicki L. Farrar
Regina Jones
Port Huron
Mich
Lynne Lobue
Lake Quivire
Mary Orrison
Hays
Theresa Schuchart
Sikeston
Bennett
Road Advisers
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Carvalho
Travelers
Insurance Protection
Haverty & Hatfield
Massachusetts
Sie Cmoue IE
Washington
FIAT
John Haddock
Alabama
Insurance Agency
George Hayes
Delbert Richardson
Wes Santee
Peg Springer
Carolyn Marckley
Dana Bateson
Mary Paxton
Carolyn Downing
East Std
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