Lawrence Banks Drive Growth as City Expands
The Lawrence banking sector shows strong deposits and new construction with First National Bank launching a 2 million dollar six to eight story building project and drive in facility upgrades. University State Bank opens its new building amid rapid deposits growth while Douglas County State Bank adds drive in capacity.
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Lawrence
First National Bank
First National
Std
7 Sts
University State Bank
Douglas County State Bank
Lawrence National Bank and Trust Co
Lawrence National
Seventh
Massachusetts Sts
Savings and Loan Institutions
Federal Savings and Loan
Anchor Savings and Loan
Lawrence Savings and Loan Association
Clinton Reservoir
University
NASA
B. F. Goodrich Co
Kansas
Seating Issue Ties Up Peace Talks in Paris
U S and North Vietnamese negotiators agreed on seven procedural points for four way talks but dispute seating arrangements. The plan limits participants, sets room and language rules, and bars newsmen from the first rule making session while the table shape remains a battleground.
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Paris
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Ha van Lau
Ted. Vance
Lau
Arangement
Washington
Saigon
Hanoi
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Vance
NLF
KU Mount Oread Play to Travel for Festival in Washington
University Theatre plans A Delicate Balance presented at 8 20 p m in Murphy Hall with performances December 11 13 and 15 2 30 p m. The production joins KU drama students in a festival against nine colleges in Washington D C. The MEA fund surpassed 3800 dollars. Lawrence Mayor John Emick returns to KU Medical Center after esophageal cancer surgery complications. T Howard Walker of KU Extension says a year as NUEA president involved over 32 000 miles of travel plus many calls.
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Mount Oread
Washington
D. C
Rphy
Edward Albee
Lawrence
John Emick
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
T. Howard Walker
Kansas University Extension
National University Extension Association
Fire crews respond to chimney smoke and trash fire calls
Firefighters were dispatched at 7 33 a m Friday to 937 Pa St after reports of smoke from a chimney. No damage occurred. A second call at 10 a m today involved a trash fire at 24rd and Ala Sts with details not available this morning.
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Lawrence
Pa. St
Fredricka Brown
24Rd
Ala. Sts
Accident Man in Poor Condition After 6th Street Crash
Jack S. Taylor 18 from 1819 Ala. St. remains in poor condition in the acute care ward at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a late Friday collision at 6th St and Crestline Drive. Police investigated five other Friday accidents including Redmond and Martin crashes on 15th Street Barker Avenue and 6th Street Illinois.
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Jack S. Taylor
Ala. St
6Th St
Crestline Drive
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Taylor
Vincent S. Gugler
Topeka
Gugler
Claude E. Redmond
N. Y. St
Mary L. Martin
Brook St
15Th Street
Barker Avenue
US launches Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports NASA launches Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 with 11 telescopes aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket. The $75 million 4400 pound satellite reaches 467 to 489 mile orbit and will activate its instruments to study stars galaxies nebulae and interstellar gases.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Earth
John F. Clark
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
OAO2
Incident at drive-in ends in assault on man in line
Richard L. Novotny reports he was struck in the face about 12:45 p.m. Friday by an unidentified man while waiting to order food at a drive-in at 6th and Missouri. Five Negro youths also in line were making insulting remarks.
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Richard L. Novotny
1St
Michigan Sts
Lawrence
6Th
Missouri Sts
Novotny
Richard Schrader Jr
Tenn. St
Bruce Parker
Fireside St
Stephen Schoenfeld
Frontier Rd
Kansas University
Marsha Adams
Ohio St
James Wilson
Wilson’s
Mass. St
Virginia R. Little
Rt. 3
Freshman Coed Crowned Military Ball Queen at KU
Anne Henry a freshman from Prairie Village and Corbin Hall represented KU in the military ball queen contest held in the Kansas Union. Judges included Irvin Youngberg James Dykes and Lee Young. Henry is 18 majoring in anthropology with blue eyes and blonde hair. Police reported several thefts and assaults around KU Friday with varying details and suspects.
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Anne Henry
Prairie Village
Kansas University
Kansas Union
Irvin Youngberg
KU Endowment Association
James Dykes
Lee Young
Henry
Corbin Hall
Community Arts Calendar Exhibits and Theatre Listings
Calendar lists Roten Print Exhibit and Sale at Kansas Union South Lounge through Dec 19, plus designer crafts at Museum of Art KY through Jan 5 1969 and McKenney Hall lithographs through Dec 14 1968. Also displays at Haskell Institute and Lawrence venues with December theatre and music events including Christmas Vespers and a Delicate Balance.
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Kansas Union
South Lounge
Kansas Designer
Museum of Art
McKenney-Hall
Haskell Institute
Lawrence Banks
Lawrence National Bank
Ernest Pontius
First National Bank
Roy Lackey
Douglas County
Paul Harnar
University State
Harry Fuller
Carl Mettner
Linwood
Kan
Frank Branigan
Trinity Episcopal Church
Benjamin Britten
St. Nicholas
Lawrence High School
LHS
Sheri Romeiser
Swarthout
When Does Short Become Too Short in Michigan Capitol
A memo war over dress and facial hair erupts in Lansing as clerks exchange spoof notices on skirt length and beards. The exchanges pit female and male staffers with satirical takes on what is proper for age, intelligence, and appearance.
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Lansing
Mich
Interoffice
Michigan
Capitol
Eryone
Kansas Reservists Among Early Outs
About 4 226 Kansans are among 20 000 Army Reserve and National Guard troops slated for early release in 1969. Most are at Ft Carson Colo where the 69th Infantry Brigade Kansas National Guard is based.
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Army Reserve
National Guard
Lawrence
Kansas
Vietnam
Ft. Carson
Colo
Carson
Kansas Army Reserve
1011Th Composite Service Company
Independence
Emporia
842Nd Quartermaster Company
Petroleum Supply
Kansas City
1011Th
842Nd
995Th Composite Service
Hays and
Russell
995Th
Romney Named Transportation Secretary Pick by Nixon
Detroit Free Press reports Governor George Romney will join the Nixon cabinet as secretary of transportation. Romney, a strong Nixon supporter, was ruled out for the post of secretary of commerce.
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Detroit
Michigan
George Romney
Richard M. Nixon
Detroit Free Press
The
Free Press
Romney
Nixon
Commerce
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Journal-World
Savings, and Loan
West Twenty Third Street
By Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Majestic Hotel
Sandi Gresham
Shawnee Mission Special
American Broadcasting Company
Sandi
Hollywood
Calif
Journal-World Photo
Hutchinson
el Navajo
Rt. 1
Martin
Joyce Johnson
E. 13Th
S&j
Redmond
Connie L. Fage
M. J. Schwahn
W. Hills Parkway
Illinois Sts
Page
James J. Mason
Emery Rd
Stanley M. Walas
W. 3Rd
Mason
Walas
John L. Schimmel
Platte City
William L. Edds
Florida Sts
Edds
Schimmel
Robert Winger
Rt. 4
Martin’s Park
Lodge
Lawrence Lodge No. 6
AF & AM
Harold L. Craig
W.M
G. W. Mole
Homer E. Newell
Space Science and Applications
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2
Lawrence Flower Club
South Park Recreation Center
Lawrence Community Arts Council
Fe Bae Legislative
Capitol Males
Capitol Pite
Kansas National Guard
Resor
Tab Romney
Fred Rumsey
Evry
National
Funeral Home
Indiana
Oscar Rumsey
Lawrence Monument Co
Alexander
Mer Iealy
Lowa
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