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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1971
Page
12
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission approves a long range guideline for public school site and size criteria. The document covers walking distances, street location, pupil capacity, classrooms, and acreage with a focus on central neighborhood placement and combined school park sites. One commissioner dissented.
Local markets report extended grain prices for Wheat, corn, beans, milo and oats. In New York the stock market opened steady as the Dow edged up 0.08 to 908.29 with advances led by building materials drugs and mail order retail while rubber issues lagged on imported tire concerns. Anaconda cut its third quarter dividend, while other active issues rose or fell in light trading.
Kansas City market notes show cattle and calves mostly steady to weaker with fleshy lots down up to 1.00. Feeder groups report varied prices by weight and type. hogs firm to higher on select weights. sows and other hogs mostly steady to lower. Sheep and lambs steady with high end lambs commanding prime prices. tomorrow’s estimates expect cattle and hog counts, with sheep small.
More than 40 000 is bequeathed to the Kansas University Endowment Association from the estate of Roy J. McMullen of Great Bend who died in 1960. The Daisy Dell and Roy J. McMullen Student Loan Fund honors the couple. McMullen, born December 28 1887 in Stafford County, was a World War I veteran and Kansas University graduate who served twelve years as district judge and was active in Republican politics.
Forty Stafford high school students were kept out of class on the first day for hair length under the new dress code. By 2:30 p.m. thirty seven returned after trimming to meet standards requiring hair not to touch eyebrows ears or collar. The board approved revisions without student input after student council and administration contributed in drafting.
Pat Cipolla aged 37 joined a tug of war with Starlight the elephant after the animal grabbed Mrs Cipolla s purse with its trunk. The purse broke free but Mrs Cipolla slipped from a ladder and sprained her ankle. The purse was recovered and zoo officials warn Starlight often snatches purses from bystanders.
The Lawrence-Douglas planning commission moved a sweeping site plan ordinance update to public hearing for next month. Key changes include performance guarantees through cashier checks, required vicinity sketches, landscaping notes, and a two year filing window from rezoning with possible zoning action if not filed.
The Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission endorsed a 24 acre residential planned unit development at the southwest corner of 23rd and Crestline. The plan includes 120 dwelling units with 20 duplexes and 80 townhouses and limits nonbedroom or one bedroom townhouses to 10 percent to favor family occupancy.
Kansas officials confirm bones found near Cedar Bluff Reservoir belong to a boy aged 8 to 10. Clothing matches 9-year-old David Armstrong who vanished with his carnival-working parents at the Rooks County Fairgrounds in Stockton. Identification is not positive, and cause of death is unknown. The remains will go to the Trego County coroner for further handling.
Lawrence police report a 5:15 to 9 p.m. break in at 727 Mass. George's Pipe Shop. Loss undetermined. Items missing include a gan, a step ladder, water pipes, and cash from the register. Intruders knocked off safe hinges in a failed attempt to open it.
Authorities hunted a 36 year old Louisburg man suspected of abducting a woman from State Line Airport in Lea Wood on Monday night. The 31 year old victim said she was forced into his car after leaving a flight instruction class and driven to a rural area where an assault was attempted.
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