KU Alumni Band Fund Drive Faces a Bermuda Triangle Night
Lawrence KU Endowment Association coordinators report 25 of 26 Kansas Chamber members failed to answer during a phone blitz to fund a Sun Bowl trip for the KU football team. A NaN crew called alumni while others urged donations at Paul Gray's Jazz Place. Total reached $10,183 toward $14,000 goal.
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Atlantic Ocean
Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Jim Martin
Martin
Kansas University Endowment Association
Chamber
el Paso
Tex
University of Pittsburgh
Jack Leatherman
Paul Gray
Jazz Place
Mass
Jayne Casselman
Hiawatha
Accident rates rise in Lawrence and Douglas County
With a month left in 1975, Lawrence and Douglas County report sharp increases in road accidents. City records show 1 791 city accidents this year versus 1 581 last year, while Douglas County outside Lawrence totals sit at 300 compared with 18 in 1974.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Robert Cassity
Cassity
Hutchinson
Miguel Garcia
Garcia
Family faces rebuilding after second fire destroys home
The Shepherd family of Lecompton lost their second home in six years to a blaze Tuesday morning. Mrs. June Shepherd says insurance plans are undecided while they live in a Lawrence motel with their son Ricky, a Perry Lecompton High School senior, and their dog. Fire officials cite an electrical wire short as the cause.
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Lecompton
Raymond Shepherd
June Shepherd
UF board resolves excess funds from 1975 drive
The United Fund Board of Directors debated what to do with more than 5500 over its 199900 goal. They ultimately placed the excess into the reserve fund, after considering emergency food allocations and noting bylaw authority already allows emergency use. Allocations to 19 member agencies total 183400 with 16500 for bad debts and expenses. Clinton William Ross John F Augelli Camilla Anne Gentry Yuh Mei White of Lawrence are among Emporia State College degree recipients to be awarded December 19.
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Lawrence
Suzanne Coil
Henry Snyder
Kansas University
Martin Jones
United Fund
United Fund Drive
Clinton William Ross
John F. Augelli
Camilla Anne Gentry
Yuh Mei White
Emporia State College
Institute urges Kansas lawmakers to seize power and trust voters
Tom Jensen of Tennessee warned about public opinion gaps as about 60 Kansas legislators met at KU for an Institute for Kansas Legislators event. He urged lawmakers to balance constituent needs with state interests while recognizing the legislature's limited public confidence and potential to gain real power through regulation.
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Tom Jensen
Institute For Kansas
Jensen
Tennessee House of Representatives
National Legislative Conference
Kansas
Institute
Kansas Union
Kansas University
KU Division Ofontinuing Education
Cess
Scholarships awarded to 91 KU students dominate grant list
Ninety-one Kansas University students, including 15 from Lawrence, won prestigious Watkins-Berger and Summerfield Scholarships. Lawrence recipients include Teresa Bell and Rebecca Veradi among others. other winners span Prairie Village to Wichita with multiple juniors and seniors named.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
KU Office of Financial Aid
Watkins- Berger
Summerfield
Watkins-Berger
Teresa Bell
Evelyn Cape
Barbara Gentry
Marilyn Harp
Mary Jasnoski
Linda Judge
Natalija Kuzmanovic
Janice Strosnider
Rebecca Veradi
Dennis Brain
Thomas Dick
Daniel Flynn
Michael Manley
Steven Shumway
Ryan Stansifer
Watkins
South Boston High School Reopens Calmly Under Court Takeover
South Boston High School resumed classes without incidents on the second day of a federally supervised administrative takeover ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Garrity. Attendance held near Wednesday’s 375 amid projected enrollment of 785 whites and 432 blacks. A sign reading Remember Black Tuesday appeared near the school, and three black students were arrested after Wednesday’s clashes.
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South Boston High School
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
South Boston High
Garrity
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