Miami Beach Faces Post Convention Realities
The end of the Democratic and Republican national conventions in Miami Beach prompts officials to reassess the city’s appeal and finances. Officials warn of possible losses and note a decline in hotel availability and tourist demand while competition from Orlando and other destinations grows.
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Miami Beach
Chuck Hall
Miami
Disneyland
California
Texas
Orlando
Fla
New York
Caribbean
Pacific
Mediterranean
Area Woman Killed in Auto-Train Crash in Ottawa
Mrs. Rose Mary Firestone, 49, of Baldwin, died Friday night when her eastbound car on West 23rd Street was struck from the rear by another vehicle and pushed onto a Santa Fe track. A train struck her car after she reportedly left the vehicle. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church in Baldwin. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Mrs. Firestone leaves a widower, three children, and two relatives. a memorial fund is established at Baldwin State Bank and the church.
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Ottawa
Rose Mary Firestone
Baldwin
Nelson P. Horn
Baker University
Topeka
Dana Dawson
Kansas
United Methodist Church
Baldwin State Bank
First United Methodist Church
Catherine Bodenhausen
John Riesenmev
Raytown
Municipal Court Logs 84 Speeding Convictions in Lawrence
Lawrence Municipal Court handled 84 speeding convictions last week with fines totaling 980 dollars? 127 convictions entered with 2 255 dollars in bonds forfeited and six other traffic offenses including DWIs and registration violations. Nine non traffic convictions produced 590 dollars in fines.
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Lawrence
George Catt
All Buses Approved for Douglas County Schools
Kansas Highway Patrol trooper Donald Kearns said inspection of buses serving Douglas County schools found no defects. Thirty buses carry students to Lawrence, fourteen to Baldwin, and seven to Eudora, all issued the patrol’s approval sticker.
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Douglas County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Donald Kearns
Lawrence Schools
Baldwin
Eudora
Freeman pawn shop blast leaves owner in critical condition
Ralph Freed 48 owner of the Trader's Pawn Shop was injured when a 15 pound can of gunpowder exploded at 12 30 p m and remained in critical condition at the KU Medical Center burn unit. Debra Freed said burns cover about 85 percent of his body with only hands and arms burned to third degree. Police investigated. fire crews contained a small fire. City rules restrict explosives downtown but permit up to 500 pounds for firearms dealers. City Manager Buford Watson commented.
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Trader’s
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Debra
Freed
Maine
Mass
Buford Watson
Oskaloosa Youth Injured In One-Car Crash
Kim Griffitts 19 of Oskaloosa suffered a broken left leg Friday morning when his car ran off a road, struck a tree and was demolished half a mile west of Oskaloosa. He was admitted to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka after initial treatment in Winchester. The sheriff reports he appeared to fall asleep at the wheel.
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Kim Griffitts
Here
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Jerrold Griffitts
Winchester
Official Temperature Readings and The KU Weather Observer
Lawrence resident Ted Stimach explains that official temperatures come from a registered U.S. Weather Service station while backyard readings can differ. The KU station near Lindley Hall often runs cooler due to breezes and surroundings, with eight degree disparities not uncommon. Douglas County has four observers supplying data to the weather service, including 40-year veteran Walter Schwarz.
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Ted Stimach
The
Kansas University Weather Observer
U.S. Weather Service
Stimach
Lindley Hall
Arts
Douglas County
Weather Service
Ivan Boyd
Baldwin
Walter Schwarz
Worden
R. I. Kraft
Lecompton
Schwarz
Topeka
Stimach Daily
Corps of Engineers
Clinton Reservoir
Congress
Kansas University
Journal-World Photo
KU Edition expands Lawrence Journal-World to 96 pages
Lawrence area readers received a larger paper due to a 96 page KU Edition package. The edition includes stories and photos by the Journal-World staff and articles by KU school deans. An updated KU changes story by Bob Womack begins on Page 1.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Kansas University
Bob Womack
Bomb Fatal to Two in Belfast Riots and Killings
A bomb in an abandoned car killed two militiamen and three people were wounded in a riot against British troops. Two civilians were found dead, raising Northern Ireland violence deaths to 535 over three years with over 320 in the current year.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Gift to KU Endowment Association From Nell Renn Estate
Bequest of 85425 from the estate of Mrs Nell Blurton Renn was received by the Kansas University Endowment Association. Renn a 1918 KU graduate, taught in Kansas and Arizona before marrying Oscar Renn who died in 1951. She served in the Kansas House and held leadership roles with AAUW and KU Alumni. Her unrestricted gift supports the area of greatest need.
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Nell Blurton Renn
Kansas University Endowment Association
Renn
Kingman
Kan
Dillman
Mont
Prescott
Ariz
Oscar Renn
Arkansas City
Kansas House of Representatives
University
Teens in Forest Work Build Trails in California
Twenty boys and twenty girls, aged 15 to 18, labor side by side on a Shasta-Trinity National Forest project as part of a federal Youth Conservation Corps effort. Supervisors praise the mixed group and describe the program as learning by doing, with emphasis on conservation skills and youth emancipation.
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Redding
Calif
California
U.S. Forest Service
Robert P. Tribble
Shasta- Trinity National Forest
Youth Conservation Corps
Nixon
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Tribble
Registration Books Close Wednesday for City Election
Lawrence voters must register by 9 p.m. Tuesday as registration books close for the Sept 19 special election on the annexation of 1780 acres northwest of Lawrence. Voters must vote in every general election to keep registration. those who moved or changed names since 1970 must re register. County clerk hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for rural residents not in city issues.
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Orlando
Disneyworld
Disneyland
Lawrence
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