Commission Defers Auto Plaza Zoning Dispute
Lawrence city commissioners reach a temporary truce on a $1.5 million auto plaza rezoning fight. A 28.3 acre site on U.S. 59 South debated amid planning commission division and a two-front strategy to review commercial zoning and form a committee of the whole to work out differences.
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Lawrence
U.S. 59 South
Planning Commission
Charles Fisher
Commission
Frank Nelick
Milton Allen
City Commission
Jim Clark
Ross McKinney
League of Women’s Voters
Clinton Reservoir
Carl Youngman
U.S. 59
Oswald Backus
Committee On
Calrk
Dial of a Gift Hope for Deloris in Silent Christmas
In Altizer West Virginia 10 year old Deloris Simmons whose encephalitis left her unable to speak still lies in bed under Christmas lights with gifts unopened. Her mother says Deloris has shown small signs of progress while doctors warn against over optimism. The Calhoun County Junior Chamber of Commerce has raised over 6000 dollars to cover hospital bills.
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Altizer
W. Va
Deloris Simmons
Dennis Simmons
Deloris
Arnoldsburg
Family mourns in crash that killed two during Christmas plans
A two car collision seven miles east of Emporia Kansas killed 2 year old Jerri Hill and her mother Karen Hill and injured her father, a Millbrooke Junior High basketball coach. The eastbound car occupants Violet and Thomas Smith from Ponca City were also injured.
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Emporia
Kan
Ronnie Hill
Olathe
Sherman
Tex
Jerri Hill
Kansas
Jerri
Karen T. Hill
Millbrooke
Violet Smith
Thomas Smith
Ponca City
Oklo
Raytown
Icy conditions curb downtown shopping as students stay home
Snowy conditions blanket downtown streets and near campus as shoppers stay away for holidays. Crews may work Christmas Day if icing persists. State highways use sand and the Kansas Turnpike shows slick spots to Wellington with eight Turnpike accidents reported in Wichita, three with injuries not believed serious. No Lawrence-area highway accidents reported by mid-morning.
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Kansas Turnpike
Wellington
Wichita
Lawrence
State approves two new history texts with Negro emphasis
The South Carolina Board of Education approved two 8th grade history textbooks that increase focus on Negro development. The AP report notes the change will affect middle school social studies curriculum in Columbia.
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Columbia, S.C
South Carolina Board of Education
Bus Riders Gift Kind Driver On Christmas Eve
Mrs Lillian Davis spotted her husband Robert M Davis being celebrated by more than 40 riders on the Troost Avenue bus. The passengers brought small gifts a wooden holly tree and a bus-wide Christmas chorus. The idea was led by Earl Boyd as a token of appreciation for the driver’s 25 years of friendly service since 1945.
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Martha Lowe
Kansas City
Robert M. Davis
Earl Boyd
Lillian Davis
Davis
Holly
Bob
Troost Avenue
Bob Davis
Troost
Christmas Eve services at churches and hospital update
Candlelight service at First Baptist Church in Lawrence starts 7 30 PM on Christmas Eve. A 9 PM service at First Presbyterian Church will feature carols by two congregants with music by John Pozdro and Stanley Shumway. E P Mooman of Kansas University remains listed in poor condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after chest pains. Police investigated six noninjury accidents Tuesday.
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First Baptist Church
Eighth
Kentucky
First Presbyterian Church
W. 23Rd
John Pozdro
Stanley Shumway
E. P. Mooman
Kansas University
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mooman
Lawrence
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log For 1969 Toam
Kansas traffic death log shows 753 fatalities for 1969 up to 9 am Wednesday for the two hour window ending 9 am and 638 deaths for the comparable 1968 period. Local AP summary notes the year totals and time-based counts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Yale Postal Service Delivers On Time This Christmas
Lawrence Harris announces Yale mail operation achieves best ever on time delivery. Regular mail suspended on Christmas Day and Friday. special delivery and perishable items continue. Dec 27 28 and Jan 2 3 4 feature normal delivery and adjusted collection schedules with lobby box deposits encouraged.
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Yale Mail Transportation
Lawrence
Jack Harris
Harris
Nixon
Medal Navy Update Den nis Grover Receives Second Division Status
Dennis Grover son of Mr and Mrs Adryn Grover of 705 Maine Street has been promoted from first to second division and serves as a weapons yeoman aboard the USS Turney Joy in the U S Navy Correspondence should reach Dennis Grover B649822 S A Second division USS Turney Joy D C 951 Fleet Post Office San Francisco California 96601.
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Dennis Grover
Adryn Grover
Maine St
U.S.S. Turney Joy
U.S. Navy
S.A
Uss Turney Joy
D.C
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Calif
Atrazine Theft Reported From USS Agri Chemical Warehouse
Lawrence police report the theft of about five thousand pounds of atrazine valued at roughly ten thousand dollars from the USS Agri Chemical warehouse near the Kansas Turnpike and Highway 59. Entry was gained by forcing a locked door around 3 10 am and a night watchman alerted police.
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Lawrence
USS Agri-Chemical
Kansas Turnpike
Highway 59
Secret Swiss Bank Accounts Tied to Payoffs, Pentagon Says
Defense Department evidence links secret Swiss accounts to payoffs to U.S. personnel who supplied intelligence to foreign powers. Pentagon officials supported a bill to outlaw foreign numbered accounts, but Nixon White House pressure and banking opposition endangered the measure before a scheduled House hearing.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
House Banking Committee
Department
Department of Defense
Pentagon
Treasury Department
Nixon Administration
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