Lawrence growth faces highway, funding, and planning gaps
A 1976 forecast urges Lawrence leaders to push for new highway projects, KU funding, and expanded recreation. It highlights past neglect by Topeka officials, cites KU administration and regents' political pressures, and calls for coordinated land use, a possible convention center, and better facilities to sustain the city’s growth.
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Lawrence
United States
Thinker Oats Co
Lawrenc
Topeka
Robert Docking
John Montgomery
Bob Hagen
Regent
Sieen
Effy
Clinton
Alvamar
University
KU Union
Defense budget may set record under Carter plan
President Carter's proposed defense budget for the next year would reach a record 126 billion dollars, with Navy shipbuilding cuts of about 20 percent. The total is roughly 9.3 billion above the current 1978 year but 9.4 billion below Ford's projected level. The budget emphasizes real growth in arms, boosts Army war stockpiles, and enlarges Western Europe conventional forces while delaying several naval programs and Aegis-equipped ships.
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Washington
Carter
Navy
Pentagon
Congress
Ford Administration
U.S
Western
Europe
Christmas Sermons Face Challenge of Fresh Interpretation
Clergy across Lawrence grapple with delivering meaningful Christmas messages as calendar pressures and Sunday schedules shift. Pastors like Stephen Fletcher of First Baptist plan Advent series ahead of Herod’s knowledge and the incarnation, while Trinity Episcopal’s Robert Matthews seeks fresh shocks of insight in the holiday text.
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Hemmen
P Lys
Lawrence
Stephen Fletcher
First Baptist Church
Fletcher
Robert Matthews
Trinity Episcopal Church
Matthews
God
Pilgrimage to Bethlehem Draws Global Attention
A festive religious motorcade led by Msgr. Giacomo Beltritti moved from Jerusalem to Bethlehem signaling the Christmas pilgrimage. Israeli troops guarded the route as Arab leaders meet nearby to discuss peace while choirs from multiple nations prepare for midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity and St Catherine's.
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Bethlehem
West Bank
Christ
Msgr
Giacomo Guiseppi Beltritti
Jerusalem
Jesus
Suez Canal
Holy Land
Manger Square
South Africa
Belgium
West Germany
Scotland
England
Israel
United States
Texas
Longview First Baptist Church
Baylor University
St. Catherine's
Church of the Nativity
Beltritti
St. Catherine’s
Santa Claus Probe Tangles in Cajun City Hall Scene
In Parks Louisiana the police chief Gary Bienvelle leads a humorous investigation into a Santa hoisted from a pirogue beside City Hall. A youth group added another life size Santa figure as a local twist on Louisiana swamp legends.
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Louisiana Swamp
Bayou Country
Santa
Explosion Toll at Grain Silos Reaches Thirty-Two
A blast at Continental Grain Co. silos on the Mississippi River killed 32 and injured many. Firefighters reported water delivery problems and cracks in the silos hampering detonation of grain dust. Rescue operations paused as crews cleared debris in the complex.
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New Orleans
Dwight Duay
Westwego
Duay
Mississippi River
Continental Grain Co
Charges may be dropped in Topeka farm protest clash
Shawnee County officials consider dropping charges against Eldon A. Schlesener 34 of Hope after a farm strike scuffle at the Fleming Food Co warehouse. Attorney General Curt Schneider urged dismissal based on a KBI report showing he did not start the clash by striking a police dog.
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Topeka
Kan
Shawnee County
Hope
Eugene Olander
Eldon A. Schlesener
Curt Schneider
FBI
Schlesener
Schneider
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
Carter
House
John Carlin
Carlin
Bennett
Fleming Food Co
Chaffee
Ed Smith
Smith
KBI
Brezhnev warns USSR on neutron bomb and arms talks
In a Pravda interview Brezhnev says the Soviet Union opposes neutron bomb development but will respond if the West proceeds. He cautions the arms race could escalate and notes possible Soviet measures if Washington advances. The piece also mentions NATO and European reluctance to adopt the weapon.
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Moscow
Kremlin
America
Washington
Soviet Union
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Pravda
West
Pentagon
NATO
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Turner
Kansas University
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Harnes
Jemoe
Kansas City
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Hays
Emporia
Harold Brown
White House
Office of Management and Budget
Brown
OMB
Aegis
Pasver
Cemenery
Ur Ved Methodist Church
Churen
Ike
Barbie Streisa
Herod
Helen Foresman
Spencer Museum of Art
Sallie Casey Thayer
Prince Massimo
Rome
William Albott
Jim
Sit Schneider
Sheriff's Office
Dito
Learnard
U.S.S.R
H.P
Johanning Implement CO
Haskell
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