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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1969
Page
2
Washington AP presents calendar order draft priorities with a long numeric listing by month and date. The piece notes a tie breaking method using initials matched to a scrambled alphabet to determine order.
Eleven people including seven scientists are ordered into quarantine at Houston's Lunar Receiving Laboratory after a rubber glove ruptured while handling moon rocks, delaying preliminary lunar sample examination. Apollo 12 astronauts Conrad, Gordon and Bean remain in quarantine as work shifts adjust.
James Allen Spillman age 19 of 2200 Harper was re arreste d this morning on illegal possession of marijuana charged. A preliminary hearing is set for 10 a m December 12 with bond at 1500 Do not output Any extra details or names beyond this.
Harry L. Nevin 81 of 901 Kg. died Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after stroke related decline. A former Lawrence city councilman, he retired in 1961 after 40 years as a Kansas City Star contract carrier. Survivors include wife Nan, daughter Nancy Marshall of Louisville, sister Lela Myers of Humboldt, and five grandchildren. He came to Lawrence in 1908, worked as painter and baker, served in World War I, and belonged to several civic organizations.
School District 497 board rejects a weekly district bus trial and 30 cent per day rider charge for North Lawrence students. Four trustees vote against the plan citing weather reliability and age of the district bus, while two support providing the district owned vehicle.
South Vietnamese legislators led by Sen. Tran Van Don entered My Lai to question witnesses about the 1968 massacre. Four civilians said they lived nearby and described hearing firing and crying, while noting Viet Cong still controlled the area. They pointed to a water-filled ditch with bodies. The mission faced a Vietnamese military delay and resistance from local authorities who had denied any massacre.
A federal grand jury charged former Maryland Democrat Daniel B. Brewster with accepting 24 500 in bribes from Spiegel Inc. to influence postal rate legislation. Spiegel and its lobbyist Cyrus T. Anderson were indicted as a company entity and individual. Brewster faces up to 62 years in prison and 90 000 in fines if convicted on all counts.
A 19 year old from Perry was found not guilty by a Douglas County District Court jury at 11 45 a m. The alleged incident with a 17 year old Lawrence High School student occurred in July near Eudora. Testimony concluded Monday afternoon with jury deliberations starting about 10 a m.
Kansas University journalism professor Calder M. Pickett received the Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History for his biography Ed Howe: Country Town Philosopher. The University Press of Kansas co received the honor.
Adam Clayton Powell III, son of the Harlem congressman, is listed in the 1970 New York Social Register but under his wife’s maiden name. This indicates a formal social acknowledgement of the couple within New York society.
Lawrence building starts fell 50 percent in November while total permits issued dropped to 692 200 from 1 418 620 in October. Through 1968 November officials reported 15 031 135 in permits versus 19 238 945 last year, with multi family housing the biggest drop and only one new business start a 7 11 store at 3025 W Sixth.
Arkansas City's high school band exceeded its $30,000 goal with help from a boosters club and will travel to Pasadena California for New Year's Day events.
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