Nieder Acres Annexation Loses in Commission Vote
Lawrence commission votes 3 2 against annexing 82 acres Nieder Acres southwest of the city. Rose Pence Hambleton oppose. Clark and Emick support annexation. Residents spoke against city services burden and staged a relieved crowd as the move backtracked though warned annexation remains inevitable in three to five years.
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Nieder Acres
Rt. 5
Lawrence City Commission
Jack Rose
Fred Pence
Nancy Hambleton
Barkley Clark
John Emick
Rose
Clark
Emick
Hambleton
Marsha Goff
Western Hills
Miller and Wells
Sublett
Buford Watson
North
Lawrence
Mobile Home Park
County courts press South Park land dispute over parking lot
Douglas County commissions push ahead after a 4-1 park board vote against taking 123 feet of South Park for a courthouse area parking lot. Kubota and Peters argue the plan aids residential areas and traffic, while critics warn loss of park shape and trees. City officials review next.
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County Bucks
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
South Park
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Park Board
Brian Kubota
Dick Peters
County Commission
Walter Cragan
Lawrence City Commission
City Commission
Lawrence-Douglas County
Kubota
12Th
Massachusetts Street
Peters
George Osborne
City Parks and Forestry
Osborne
Charles Hedges
Wayne Bly
Parks and Recreation
Advisers to Analyze Energy Crisis Impact
The Citizens' Advisory Council will study the local impact of the energy crisis at the request of the Lawrence City Commission. A 15 member board was chosen with Nancy Archer and John Crown among the directors. they will meet January 8 to elect officers as the commission urges the project start.
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Citizens’ Advisory Council
Lawrence City Commission
Nancy Archer
L. E. Wise
John Crown
Ben Barteldes
al Hack
Clark Brubaker
Margaret Standfield
Lynn Anderson
Austin Stedham
John Scanlan
Gloria Morton
Jack Landreth
Barbara Willits
Jack Harris
Tony Gauthier
City Commission
Airport bond defeat stirs council members and jokes about selling airport
After a decisive defeat in the vote, city leaders lamented the outcome and questioned future plans for the airport. Mayor and commissioners criticized the public mood and urged restraint, with one quipping about selling the airport to the county. Voter turnout across 17 precincts reached 5,697 as turnout figures were tallied.
Bond Election Open Liquor Stores Debate in Lawrence
Lawrence dealers faced confusion after a ruling said elections without candidates exempt liquor store closings. Underwood's shop opened, while county attorney and others disputed who should contact retailers about the rule. Taverns may face similar questions on future bond elections.
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Lawrence
Vern Miller
Underwood
W. Sixth
Bill Underwood
Kansas’ Retail Liquor Dealers’ Assn
Attorney General’s Office
State Association
David Berkowitz
Berkowitz
Charles Borgen
Borgen
Iowa
Clarence Dockery
Dockery
Mass
Fred Frey
Frey and
Williams Liquor
Milton Allen
Kress Executive Visits KU Art Museum
Mary Davis of the Samuel S. Kress Foundation visits the Kansas University Art Museum in Lawrence renewing ties and touring the collection. The foundation supports KU with teaching collections and grants for research materials and graduate studies. Davis stays through Thursday morning.
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Kress Foundation
Mary Davis
Samuel H
The
Samuel S. Kress Foundation of
New York City
Midwest
William Rockhill Nelson
Samuel Kress
Charles Eldredge
John Singer Sargent
Eldredge
Kress
Art History Department
Miss Davis
Lawrence
Kissinger Plans Algeria Stop in Middle East Opener
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will brief Algerian President Houari Boumedienne in Algiers for a few hours before visiting other Middle Eastern leaders and attending the Geneva peace conference opening. He seeks Arab support for U S policy and oil security while stressing Western cooperation against oil pressure.
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London
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Algeria
Kissinger
Algiers
Houari Boumedienne
Geneva
Africa
Abdel Aziz Boutilika
Western
Europe
Energy Rules Coming to Cut Power Use
Federal energy official John A. Hill announced in Washington that new mandatory conservation programs will be unveiled in three to five days to reduce electrical consumption and prevent brownouts. He stressed protecting jobs and minimizing unemployment while warning of broad savings across energy use. The administration already ordered a 25 percent cutback in gasoline production as part of an allocation program.
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Washington
Federal Energy
John A. Hill
Federal Energy Office
Hill
National Association of Counties
Committee Will Review Taxes on Nixon Returns
The Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation agreed to review President Nixon's 1969 to 1972 tax returns. It said the inquiry would cover more than the two issues Nixon cited, and staff were ordered to begin immediately with a report next year. Nixon offered to pay any tax due if underreporting was found. The two disputed items were a $576,000 deduction for gifts of vice presidential papers and a $117,370 capital gain from selling part of his San Clemente property.
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Washington
Nixon
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
National Archives
San Clemente
KU Graduate Named President of Phillips Petroleum
Lawrence notes that William C. Douce a 1941 KU chemical engineering graduate has been named president of Phillips Petroleum Co with HQ in Bartlesville Oklahoma He will assume the post January 1 succeeding John M Houchin who resigns at mandatory retirement W F Martin will become chairman and CEO Douce will become president on January 1.
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Kansas University
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Oklo
William C. Douce
Paul Endacott
Stanley Learned
K. S. Adams
W. W. Keeler
Endacott
Learned
Lawrence High
John M. Houchin
Phillips
W. F. Martin
Houchin
KU Graduate Douce
Lawrence couples tour Morocco golf trip with Hassan II
Three Lawrence couples joined about 50 golfers in Rabat for a Dec 3-9 pro am golf tournament hosted by King Hassan II. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Odd Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Skipper Williams, and Mr. and Mrs. John Weatherwax, invited on Grier Jones’s suggestion through friends in Wichita.
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Lawrence
Rabat
Hassan II
Odd Williams
Skipper Williams
John Weatherwax
Hassan
Grier Jones
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Lee Trevino
Odd
Jones
Wichita
Weatherwaxes
Schenkel to Speak at Haskell Junior College Banquet
Chris Schenkel the Haskell Indian Junior College fall sports banquet speaker at 7 30 tonight in Curtis Hall will address HJC athletes in football and basketball invited by the athletic department.
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Chris Schenkel
Haskell
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