Kansas to shift focus from new prison to community corrections
The Kansas Legislature's Interim Committee on Corrections recommended 14 bills to the 1978 session aiming to reduce inmate numbers at Lansing and Hutchinson facilities by expanding community based corrections. The plan includes four pilot programs costing about 1.6 million and three permanent honor camps near Clinton Lake Turtle Creek El Dorado reservoirs costing about 1 million each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Stat Penitentiary
Lansing
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Patrick Hurley
D-Leavenworth
Hurley
Shawnee
Crawford
Johnson
Wyandotte
Douglas
Leavenworth
Clinton Lake
Turtle Creek
el Dorado Reservoir
Clinton
Perry Lakes
Department of Corrections
KSP
KSIR
KU fire training discusses fire and arson concepts
Nearly 100 attendees at a three day Kansas University continuing education session heard how fires start and burn with oxygen or water and how arson investigators gather evidence. Speakers explained indicators of ignition sources and the role of observation in preserving fire scenes for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University Division of Continuing Education
Max A. Thomas
KU Fire Service
Bricker
Christmas mailers running a bit late at Lawrence posts
Postmaster Jack Harris says Christmas mailers are arriving later this year slowing post office business. He notes international deliveries cannot be guaranteed and domestic mail should allow a week for delivery. Midday hours at main and branch offices are advised with three handy contract stations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Jack Harris
Post Office
Continental
United States
Harris
Strong Hall
Kansas University
Haskell Indian Junior College
Rusty’s Hillcrest
East’ Plaza
19Th and Haskell
Lawrence National Bank and Trust Co
Iowa
University State Bank
City Names Colt Knutson New Lawrence Prosecutor
Lawrence officials announced today that city prosecutor Karsten Colt Knutson of 615 Saratoga will assume the role as the new Lawrence city prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karsten
Colt
Knutson
Saratoga
Lawrence
Mild winter ahead in Lawrence with seasonal warmth
The National Weather Service expects continued ultra mild weather in the Lawrence area through Saturday with lows near 30 and highs in the 50s. A cooling trend is possible next week, and Christmas week remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Area
National Weather Service Today
Santa letters fade as Lawrence post office notes drop
Lawrence postmaster Jack Harris says Santa Claus letters have plummeted from 150 200 to about a dozen this year. Letters received are kept at Harris desk and shared with service groups to find needy individuals, not mailed to the North Pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
North Pole
Jack Harris
Arctic Circle
Harris
Fire damages car on KU campus as battery explodes
Firefighters said a battery under the hood of a parked 1974 car exploded around 1 15 a m on Gower Place near the Kansas University campus causing an estimated 200 damage. Investigators noted hoses and a plastic radiator covering burned. the vehicle was owned by Timothy Swanson a KU freshman from Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gower Place
Kansas University
Timothy Swanson
Wichita
Fire traced to lighting in Providence dorm Nativity scene
A gooseneck lamp lighting a Nativity display in Aquinas Hall sparked a fast fire on the fourth floor of the Providence College dormitory. Seven women died as flames spread, with two jumping to their deaths and another saved. Fire officials said alarms functioned, but no sprinklers or fire escapes were in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.I
Providence College
Vincent Cianci
Aquinas Hall
Cianci
Bernard Gannon
Police
Gannon
Donna Galligan
Closter
N.J
Barbara Feeney
Taunton
Mass
Christine Manuel
Newport
John Grauerholz
Regents weigh private review of enrollment fee report
Kansas Board of Regents may meet Friday behind closed doors to discuss a legislative post auditor's report on enrollment fee collection at six state universities. The auditor's panel has not released the report publicly, and a spokesman warned it could take months to approve release. The agenda also includes student worker wage raises and a trash burning energy plant scope of work for KU, plus location plans for the Wichita KU School of Medicine branch and talks on a voluntary early retirement plan for faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Board of Regents
Legislative Post
John Conard
Regents
Post Audit Committee
Conard
Post
Lishing
Wichita
KU School of Medicine
Wichita State University
WSU
College of Health Related Professions
E. B. Allen Memorial Hospital
Sedgwick County
Kansas
Conrad
Five-vehicle crash ties Kawbridge traffic in Lawrence
A chain reaction on the Kansas River bridge north of downtown Lawrence halted traffic Tuesday evening as five cars collided. Police reported no serious injuries and estimated $1,750 in damage on three vehicles, while two others had no damage. Helen Boswell, 21, a KU junior from Lawrence, said she was the fifth car and could not stop in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas River
Lawrence
Helen Boswell
Kansas University
Mead joins national board to back tallgrass prairie park
Margaret Mead becomes a member of Save the Tallgrass Prairie Inc. national honorary board succeeding Loren Eiseley. Board includes Karl Menninger Frank Carlson Dolph Simons Stewart Udall and Franklin Murphy among others, aiming to advance legislation for a national tallgrass prairie park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Mead
Save the Tallgrass Prairie Inc
Charles Stough
Lawrence
Miss Mead
Loren Eiseley
University of Pennsylvania
Karl Menninger
Topeka
U.S
Karl Heider
Blue Ribbon
Tallgrass Prairie Group
Stewart Udall
Interior
Presi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wescoe Hall
Jerry Kelsall
Robert Barr
National Fire Protection Assn
Barr
Clark Bricker
Douglas County Juvenile Service
Salina
Trio
Chill
Kawbridge
Spencer Research
William Denner
Redbrook
American Museum of Natural History
Dents Kennedy and Johnson
Franklin Murphy
Times Mirror Corp
Los Angeles
Calif
Journal-World
DYL
Brodie Yano
Schumm Foods
Street Deli
New Yorker
Old Carpenter Hall
Schumm Catering
Massachusetts ST
New York
DISTR
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!