Board rules favor Miss Fugate parole start
The three member State Parole Board voted to recommend commuting Caril Ann Fugate's life sentence to a definite term of years, a step toward parole. The board cited her age at the time, the progress shown in work and training, and concluded further imprisonment serves no benefit, while the next decision rests with the Pardon Board.
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Lincoln
Neb
Caril Ann Fugate
York Women's Reformatory
State Pardon Board
John Greenholtz
Fugate
Nebraska
Victor Walker
Miss Fugate
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
Pardon Board
J. James Exon
Allen Beermann
Clarence A. H. Meyer
Greenholtz
Parole Board
Skylab Crewmembers Begin Gyro Pack Installation And Telescope Film Change
Skylab 2 astronauts Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma exited the lab to hook up a 23-foot gyro cable and install a six pack of gyros to stabilize the station. They planned to change film in eight solar telescopes and retrieve a dust particle experiment while Alan Bean remained aboard. The outing commenced at 11 24 am CDT, about 270 miles above the South Atlantic.
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Space Center
Houston
Space Station
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
South Atlantic Ocean
Skylab 2
Alan E Bean
Bruce McCandless
Lousma
Garriott
McCandless
Bean
Haskell Tours Are Scheduled
New students and parents arriving at Haskell Indian Junior College can join scheduled tours arranged by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. Tours start Saturday at 1 and 3 p m with guides from Haskell and the Chamber, then Sunday 1 and 3 p m and Monday and Tuesday at 3 p m. Buses depart Stidham Union, visit campus and Lawrence sites including parks schools facilities shopping areas and Kansas University.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Haskell and
Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Haskell
Chamber
Ed Carter
Stidham Union
Gunman Seized Bank Holding Hostages in Stockholm
A gunman in Stockholm held four hostages in a bank and demanded safe conduct out of the country for himself and a convicted murderer. Police prepared for potential threats as negotiations continued.
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Stockholm
Shawnee County Seeks Priority in Elderly Programs
Dennis Swiercinsky notes Shawnee County will receive first priority in Capitol Area Agency on Aging programs due to its large elderly and poor elderly population. Douglas and Jefferson counties will also benefit as funds target home services under a pilot program to keep seniors in their homes. A meeting is set for Sept 20 at Lawrence city offices to discuss county needs and elect officers.
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Shawnee County
Capitol Area Agency On Aging
Dennis Swiercinsky
Swiercinsky
Douglas County Advocacy Council
Shawnee
Douglas
Jefferson
Topeka
Douglas County
Division of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Lawrence
St John’s School to Add New Dimension in Instruction
St John’s School will shift to a mixed grade format for grades 1 3 and 4 6 with individualized learning. Teachers guide students across subject areas and age groups while a learning center supports projects reading and independent study. About 200 new students expected with tuition from 70 to 140 dollars and parish subsidies.
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St. John’s School
Mary Ann
KU installs Archie R Dykes as 13th chancellor at convocation
Kansas University welcomes Archie R Dykes as its 13th chancellor at a 9 50 a m convocation in Allen Fieldhouse open to the public. Governor Docking and Regent Wunsch will speak. Over 100 guests including Rep William Roy attend with a luncheon at the Kansas Union Ball Room. Monday classes are rearranged and Radio TV stations cover the ceremony with Lawrence Sunflower Cablevision on Channel 6.
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Archie R. Dykes
Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Robert Docking
William R. Roy
D-Kan
Missouri
Kansas
Lawrence KU Chancellor Archie Dykes to lunch with Chamber
Chancellor Archie Dykes of the University of Kansas plans a series of luncheons with Lawrence Chamber of Commerce members. He will meet in small groups every four to six weeks, aiming to lunch with all members over two years. Dykes says locals are KU's best ambassadors.
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Kansas University
Archie Dykes
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Jack Brand
Lawrence
American Party Convention Seeks Kansas Unity
A special convention of a faction of the American Party of Kansas will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Douglas County State Bank meeting room at Ninth and Kentucky. The gathering aims to consolidate under chairman David L. Stallard Jr and others who split from state chairman Ray Hall in May.
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American Party of
Kansas
Douglas County
Lawrence teachers attend Title IV cultural workshop
Staff members from Lawrence School District 497 participated in a Thursday and Friday workshop on the district Title IV program. Wallace Dial, director, said the sessions raised awareness of cultural and ethnic differences among students, with special sessions on Mexican American Indian and Black American students.
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Lawrence
Wallace Dial
Haskell Master Site Plan Studied in Two Day Session
Haskell Indian Junior College reviewed a $3.6 million master site plan over two days with administrators, teachers, and students. Architects Robertson Peters Williams will incorporate options into the final plan. final drawings await plan approval.
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Haskell
Haskell Indian Junior College
Robertson, Peters and Williams
Supt
Wallace
Galluzzi
Remains of Sheep Dumped At Hillcrest Center Lot
Police and sheriff deputies probe the slaughter of a near full grown Suffolk ewe found butchered and dumped in a trash container at the Hillcrest Shopping Center. A store employee saw two black men in blue jump suits unload a green car and flee. The deputy says it appears amateurish and no sheep theft reports were filed. The animal weighed about 100 pounds.
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Hillcrest
Sheriff's Office
University of Kansas Food Director Drowns at Lake of the Ozarks
Dwayne Hall, 44, director of food services at the Kansas Union, drowned while swimming near Camdenton Missouri on the Niangua arm of the Lake of the Ozarks. He was born October 17 1928 and previously attended Oklahoma State University. Survivors include his wife Doretta and several children. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Dwayne Hall
The
Kansas Union
Libby Cove
Niangua
Lake of the Ozarks
Camdenton
Rumsey Funeral Home
Mr. Hall
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Kansas University
U. S. Army
Doretta
Brenda
Beth Dunbar
Michael
Steven
Ousdahl
Ronald
Topeka
Lucille Hall
Wichita
Sue Ackerson
Oklahoma City
Okla
Enrollment Near Finish at Kansas University
Enrollment for KU on the Lawrence campus dwindled with no figure yet. official totals due Monday. An Easy Access enrollment event for local residents is set Sunday from 1:30 to 3:30 pm in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union with no transcripts required.
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Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
Lawrence
William Kelly
Lawrence Area
Jayhawk
Kansas Union
Kansas
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