Rose Spars Downtown Meters and Signals Plan
Lawrence commissioner Jack Rose urged immediate marking of parking meters with arrows and questioned retaining stop signs versus electric signals. City Manager Watson said arrow markings would be ordered, with delivery in about two weeks. The board discussed signs, pedestrian signals, and left turn possibilities as several commissioners supported traffic signals.
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Lawrence
Jack Rose
Rose
Traffic Safety Commission
Citizen’s
Buford Watson
Commission
Watson
Fresh Enemy Troops Harassed by B52s
Nearly 100 tanks and several thousand fresh North Vietnamese troops crossed mountain passes feeding the Ho Chi Minh Trail as U S air power harassed them. Intelligence says some armor heads toward Laos Plain of Jars while others reach Quang Tri in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
Plain of Jars
Laos
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Dmz
North Vietnam
Tonganoxie Housing Group Pursues Elderly Units
Tonganoxie Housing Authority will refile its HUD elderly housing plan after administrative changes. Chairman Jean Hilewitz noted the project, costing 885000 to 1 million dollars for 40 to 60 units, was not in a top priority category and faced Western Kansas needs elsewhere. The authority has delayed meetings while awaiting federal action.
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Tonganoxie Housing Authority
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Jean Hilewitz
Authority
Kansas
Housing Authority
Tax deadlines loom as KU exams begin in Lawrence
Lawrence residents face a Dec 20 deadline for at least the first half of personal and real property taxes with a 10 percent penalty on late payments. Union Pacific Railroad recently paid 17876.90 as a first half tax, with June 20, 1973, due for the second half. Kansas University exams run through Dec 22, followed by a month holiday until Jan 17 registration and Jan 22 classes. Lawrence public schools close Dec 21 for Christmas vacation and reopen Jan 2.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Kansas University
Lawrence Public Schools
Zoning Change Denied for Clinton Lake Area 15 Acres
Douglas County Commissioners rejected a rezoning request from agricultural to residential for 15 acres at the Clinton Lake area near Kanwaka Township Roads 7 and 46. They ruled 40 homes too many for the lake environment and cited water supply concerns, despite Planning Commission support earlier. In a separate vote they approved eight acres rezoned to light industrial use by a farm implement dealership near U.S. 24 59.
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Douglas County
Clinton Lake
Kanwaka Township
Kenneth Hill Development Co
Lawrence-Douglas County
Planning Commission
Clinton
Dick McClanathan
Lawrence- Douglas
Grant Township
Lawrence Donut Shop Owner Shot Early Today
William J. Jennings, 48, a Lawrence businessman who runs Jennings Daylight Donut Shop with his wife Claire, was shot in the head at his home area and taken to Kansas University Medical Center in critical condition. Investigations point to a personal safety related wound using a .22 magnum pistol. Their son Danny Jennings discovered his father in a storeroom around 8:15 a.m.
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Lawrence
William J. Jennings
Rt. 5
Douglas County
Rex Johnson
Claire
Jennings
Mass
Kansas University Medical Center
John
Danny Jennings
Lovell to Speak in KU Spencer Lecture Series
Sir Bernard Lovell the British radio astronomer accepts invitation to lecture at Kansas University in the Spencer Lecture Series likely in late September or October next year. He has led Nuffield Laboratories at Jodrell Bank since 1951 and formerly taught physics at Manchester.
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Bernard Lovell
Kansas University
Spencer
Lovell
Nuffield Laboratories
Jodrell Bank
England
Bristol University
University of Manchester
Duddell
Daniel and Florence
Royal Astronomical Society
Franklin Murphy
Times-Mirror Corp
Kenneth A. and
Helen F. Spencer
Public health clash over Douglas County services and testing policy
Critics and defenders filled a city hall meeting as Dr. Raymond Schwegler led a two hour debate on home nursing visits health education and screening tests for birth control. Supporters praised the department while opponents urged changes citing concerns over unnecessary tests and resource use.
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Douglas County Public Health Department
Raymond Schwegler
City-County Public Health Board
Health Department
Petey Cerf
Sunset
Dale Clinton
Clinton
Schwegler
The
Kansas University
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