NATO Leaders Urge Berlin Ties Before Security Talks
NATO foreign ministers in Brussels insist on unimpeded access to West Berlin and improved conditions there before joining a broader European security conference with the Soviet Union. They demand valid Berlin ties to West Germany and may meet in Portugal next spring, pending approval and timing.
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Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
West
West Berlin
Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
Europe
Portugal
NATO
Errant Signs Listed For Area Office
City lists sign ordinance violations at three Super Oil stations and forwards the case to Champlin Oil Co in Topeka for conformance. Dennis Kallsen says the dealers will fix violations quickly. Operators Don Culbertson William Racy and Burl Blackburn charged with ground signs under eight feet.
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Champlin Oil Co
Topeka
Dennis Kallsen
Kallsen
Don Culbertson
Mass
Don's Super Oil
William Racy
Bill Racy
Ousdahl
Burl Blackburn
Blackburn Super Oil
De Soto City Council Approves Rural Water Booster Plan
At a De Soto City Hall meeting the council approved a booster pump system for rural water districts to ensure greater water pressure. Bids will be accepted later. The panel also amended a mobile home ordinance, reducing the trailer lot from 50 by 100 feet to 5,000 square feet to fit pie slice shaped lots.
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Desoto
Eudora
Housing Hurdle Likely For Lawrence Elderly High Rise
Lawrence Housing Authority faces new hurdles as the city reviews setbacks and parking variances for the seven story elderly high rise at 17th and Massachusetts. HUD must approve the $2.6 million development plan before land purchase. a public hearing is set for Jan 7.
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Edgewood Homes
18Th
Haskell
Lawrence Housing Authority
Lawrence
Hugh Dunhum
Dunhum
Board of Zoning Appeals
Ron Short
Federal Housing and Urban Development Office
Kansas City
Housing Authority
HUD
17Th
Jaycee Yule Decoration Contest Set
Jaycees announce entry deadline for the Christmas decoration contest is Dec. 19. Entries go to 1332 KE. 19th St. Four categories offer $25 bonds for winners with smaller prizes for second and third place. Past vandalism fears noted but entries expected high with last year’s strong showings by Homer Frank Kelly Twogood A. B. Ewing and Robert Oyler.
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John Muse
Homer Frank
Orchard Ln
Kelly Twogood
W. 29Th St. Ter
A. B. Ewing
N. Third
Robert Oyler
Calif
Rank Changes Announced For Lawrence Policemen
Lawrence Police Department announces four duty changes by Chief Richard Stanwix. Earl Harris and Lyle Elliott named patrol shift lieutenants. Harris moves from traffic sergeant, Sutton from detective to lieutenant. Miguel Garcia Jr. moved to traffic sergeant. John Shepard named police community relations officer. all changes temporary for six months.
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Lawrence
Earl Harris
Lyle C.ellatton
Harris
Sutton
Miguel Garcia Jr
Stanwix
John Shepard
Youth voter registration opens in Lawrence
Lawrence officials report 72 youths aged 18 to 21 registered in the three weeks since registration opened on November 16. City Clerk Vera Mercer expects no rush before the March city and school board primary elections.
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Lawrence
Vera Mercer
City and School Board
Kansas University shines Yale finery for visitors
Nighttime displays light the chancellor's residence Watkins Memorial Hospital Danforth Chapel Hoch Auditorium and Strong Hall as Kansas University welcomes guests. Ralph Houk former Lawrence High star and Yankees manager of the year sends thanks after receiving a 1938 LHS classmate card with 45 signatures and expresses hope to meet his Lawrence friends someday.
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Watkins Memorial Hospital
Danforth Chapel
Hoch Auditorium
Strong Hall
Ralph Houk
Lawrence High
Stull
New York Yankees
Dick Mulally
Houk
LHS
Governor names 24 to Aging Conference panel
Gov. Robert Docking named 24 persons including Larry Heeb of Lawrence to the State Advisory Committee for the White House Conference on Aging. The appointment broadens state involvement in planning the federal aging event.
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Larry Heeb
Lawrence
Robert Docking
White House
Witness Testifies Calley Fired Into Two Groups In My Lai
Lt. William Calley accused in My Lai killings faces testimony from Pfc. Dennis Conti who described Calley firing on two groups of civilians. Conti claimed Calley ordered killings and Meadle refused to testify citing Fifth Amendment immunity. The judge ruled immunity writ binding on the military.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William Calley
My Lai
Calley
Pfc
Dennis Conti
Providence
R.I
Conti
Pfe
Paul David Meadle
Terre Haute
Ind
Meadle
Allen Boyce
Orwin Talbott
Boyce
John A. Kesler
United States
Kennedy
Kesler
Subpoena Threats Rise Over Asylum Sailor Case
House Foreign Affairs subcommittee chair Rep. Wayne L. Hays accuses the Nixon administration of blocking testimony by Deputy Undersecretary of State William J. Macomber Jr. and vows to subpoena witnesses. The hearing chair was empty as the case involves a Lithuanian defector seeking asylum after being forcibly returned to a Soviet vessel. The White House released new guidelines while the case remains under investigation.
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Washington
House
State Department
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Nixon
William J. Macomber Jr
Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
Hays
White House
Man receives year jail term for negligent homicide
Danny Joe Jennings 21 of Route 5 was sentenced in Douglas County District Court to one year in jail after a nolo contendere plea to negligent homicide in the Feb 5 crash that killed David Loren Gore 20 a Kansas University junior from Pawnee Rock. Gore died at the scene after Jennings rear ended his car at 19th and Towa. The charge was reduced from fourth degree manslaughter. Jennings’ license was revoked.
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Danny Joe Jennings
Rt. 5
Douglas County District Court
Nolo Contendre
David Loren Gore
Kansas University
Pawnee Rock
Jennings
Gore
19Th
Towa
Lawrence
Frank Gray
Funeral services announced for Runsey at Runs sey Funeral Home
A funeral service is scheduled at Runs sey Funeral Home located at 848 h111 Adv for a deceased individual. The arrangement lists burial details and visitation to follow as per the facility’s standard procedures.
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Edgewood Homes
18Th
Haskell
Housing Authority
Dick Peters
Runssey Funeral Home
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Kansas Fire and Police Pension Systems
Force
Shepard
Garcia
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