City okays site plan for shopping center
City commissioners approved a site plan for a long narrow shopping center south of Gibson Discount Center at 2525 Iowa subject to landscaping and traffic details. They also discussed an alarm systems ordinance and unanimously approved the $13.4 million 1977 budget with a 0.661 mill levy increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick McClanathan
City Hall
Dick Inn
Gibson Discount Center
Iowa
Walt Hicks
State Department of Transportation
Gibson's
Buford Watson
McClanathan
Barkley Clark
Kansas Room promotes state industry at Sunflower Center
Kansas Room in the Livestock Exchange Building near Kemper Arena hosts state and local chamber officials to promote economic development. Notables like Melvin Laird and Harold Stassen attended, while Rev. Richard Taylor praised productivity and limited free hospitality. A talking sunflower centerpiece touts Kansas as diverse beyond wheat and invites investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Daggs
Kansas City
Kansas
Livestock Exchange Building
Kemper Arena
Livestock Exchange
Department of Economic Development
Lawrence
Sunflower
Curt Schneider
Robert Bennett
Midway USA
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Melvin Laird
Harold Stassen
Gov. Bennett
New York
LMH project on schedule with extensive progress reported
Lawrence Memorial Hospital construction advances on schedule. first floor ready for occupancy by December. brick work on west side nearing completion with full brick finish by September 20. dedication planned for April. landscaping to be completed by fall. change orders total 147 with $199000 budgeted for future changes. interior design approved and graphics contract pending. July patient days and admissions down while ER visits rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Don Lenz
Lenz
American Health Facilities
Arlington, Tex
Architectural Graphics of
Wichita
Police curb Suds soaker crowds near bars for football season
Six officers will monitor the 14th and Ohio area near Wagon Wheel and Jayhawk Cafe to keep crowds inside venues. Neighbor complaints about noise and trash prompted talks with Wagon Wheel owner John Wooden and Jayhawk owner Ken Wallace. Two arrests under a city beer in street ordinance occurred, and a third person was cited for disorderly conduct. No street closure planned this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suds Soakers
14Th
Ohio
Darrel Stephens
Wagon Wheel
Jayhawk Cafe
Stephens
John Wooden
Wheel
Ken Wallace
Jayhawk
14Th Street
Philippines quake toll tops 5300 as aid pours in
Roving tremors in Mindanao and Celebes Sea unleashed 24 foot tidal waves while relief airlifts move to Cotabato and Zamboanga. U.S. President Ford sent Marcos a sympathy and aid offer as casualties spread to Zamboanga Basilan Lanao and Cagayan de Oro.
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Mindanao Island
Moro Gulf
Celebes Sea
Philippine Air Force
Cotabato
Gulf
Zamboanga
Zamboanga Peninsula
Ford
Ferdinand E. Marcos
U.S
Basilan
Lanao
Misamis Oriental
Cagayan de Oro
Philippines
Luzon
Mindanao
Indonesia
Celebes Island
National Geophysical Observatory
Golden
Colo
Honolulu
Japanese observer calls convention scenes monkey business
Rinjiro Sodei of Hosei University watches the Republican National Convention from Kemper Arena and calls the televised antics monkey business. He covers the GOP for Asahi Journal while living with Kan sas University professor Grant Goodman, noting his secure professorship and earnings enable full coverage from primaries to November voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rinjiro Sodei
Kansas City
Kemper Arena
U.S
Bob Dole
Ronald Reagan
Walter Cronkite
Sodei
Hosei University
Tokyo
Japan
UCLA
John F. Kennedy
Ing
Grant Goodman
Kansas University
Douglas MacArthur
Playboy Magazine
MacArthur
Income gains push July personal income up 1 percent
Commerce Department reports July personal income rose at an annual 1 percent rate by 13.9 billion dollars to 1,384.3 billion, with Social Security cost of living adjustments and higher payrolls driving the gain. Per capita annual income reached 6,439 dollars, while wage and salary payments rose 8.1 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Department
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City Okays
Comora
W.W. Nash
Medical Arts Pharmacy
Bill Underwood
Underwood
Carl Mibeck
Mibeck
Topeka
Lawrence Ashalt Co. Inc
Onennessee Street
Lawrence Asphalt
Alvamar
Brown Brothers Contractors
Country Club West
Green Pepper Pizza
Homewood Gardens
Sixth
Kasold Streets
12Th Street
Haskell Avenue
28Th Street Terrace
Rawhide Lane
19Th Street
Haskell
Edgelea Road
Harper Street
Public Workes Department
Hospital
Crescent
Vera Mercer
Sunflower Room
Richard Taylor
Taylor
Midmarket Way USA
LMH
Marshall Fine J
Asahi Journal
Levy
Vinland Fair
Vinland
Vinland Grange
Carey’s Appliances
Zenith TV
Westinghouse
Kelvinator
Amana Appliances
Hoover
Eureka
Henry
Journal-World
Freehawk
Campusbank
Sth
Louisiana
UniOn
Southplaza
7Th
Massachusetts
G&truseco
FDIC
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