City Commission awards bids for street work and equipment
Lawrence City Commissioners awarded multiple contracts for street paving and related gear. Bids included Clark Motors and Martin Tractor Co for trucks and pavers, with totals around 2.5 million dollars. The panel also approved a sanitary and ambulance service agreement, a design ordinance amendment, and declared January 6 as a Day of Prayer for Peace.
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Engataregl
Anata
Loren Erner
Clark Motors
Prlce
Clare Matore
Kans
Constant Constrection Co
Bil Perry
Onis Maeners
Toreaso Neeigny
Kentucky Court
STOTT
Cimarron Hills
U S Delivers Final Patrol Boats to South Vietnam
The United States handed 125 more patrol boats to South Vietnam, completing about 650 boats transferred and boosting Saigon’s naval strength to 1 500 vessels. Rear Adm. Tran Van Chon accepted the craft at Saigon docks as U S forces end shore patrols started in 1965.
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Cape
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Tran van Chon
Jerome H. King Jr
Navy Headquarters
U.S
U.S. Navy
Mekong Delta
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S. Coast Guard
Attorney Claims Retaliation in Regents Conflict Charge
Charles Arthur, attorney for Kansas Board of Regents member T. J. Griffith, says the midlevel conflict of interest charge is retaliatory. Griffith, a Manhattan banker, awaits trial January 21 in Topeka Magistrate Court after a misdemeanor filing signed by KU graduate Raymond Bailey.
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Kansas Board of Regents
T. J. Griffith
Charles Arthur
Griffith
Topeka
Raymond L. Bailey
Atchison
Congress unlikely to finish Social Security hike before deadline
Washington AP reports little chance Congress will complete a major Social Security benefit increase before Sunday. Senate approved a 6.5 billion dollar expansion for 26 million beneficiaries, with tighter Medicare Medicaid costs and a 3 percent COLA trigger. Mills warns reconciliation would take days. Nixon may request retroactive benefits if Congress adjourns.
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Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
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Draft Deadline Falls Thursday
Kansas Selective Service Director says few eligible Kansas men have sought voluntary reclassification to 1-A to be exempt from the draft. About 10,000 with lottery numbers 196 or higher could avoid the draft for all but a national emergency if reclassified, with 1,500 college newspapers notified nationwide. Those with numbers 196 through 365 who deferred as students or workers and then joined the draft exposure year are exempted. 19-year-olds with July lottery numbers face 1971 draft eligibility.
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Kansas Selective Service
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Elder
Kansas
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National Selective Service
National Selective Service Headquarters
Tarr
New Year's Eve Services Planned by Lawrence Churches
Lawrence churches schedule New Year's Eve and New Year services and programs. First Baptist canceled a three hour New Year program while First Presbyterian hosts mixers films and a midnight chapel service. Other churches include Grace Baptist Immanuel Lutheran Lawrence Heights Second Christian Ninth Street Baptist Saint John’s Catholic Trinity Episcopal and more with watch services communion and gospel singing events.
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First Baptist
First’ Presbyterian
Dmorgasbord
Grace Baptist’ Church
Gospel Singers
Kansas City
Kan
Immanuel Lutheran
Lawrence Heights
Trinity Episcopal
Breathalyzer machine misreads diabetes as alcohol
The $1,200 device detects Ethyl, methyl, and iso propyl alcohol plus acetone. Ethyl is key for drunk driving enforcement, but Kansas cases show diabetics can trigger a false positive. Device cannot detect drugs, only abnormal readings may raise drug suspicions.
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Kansas
Rush
No Trash Collections Friday in Lawrence
Lawrence officials announced no Friday trash collections for New Year’s Day with pickups delayed to the next regular day or the following Tuesday. Dennis Kallsen, assistant city manager, stated the change and noted last week’s holiday schedule. The year-end calendar in the Journal-World will recap Lawrence events from 1970 in Thursday’s edition.
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Journal- World
Journal-World
Help law enforcement in Lawrence via tips to dial 842-8467
Call police with information to aid crime solving or prevention in Lawrence. The number 842-8467 spells VICTIMS on the dial and callers may remain anonymous.
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Lawrence
Authorities Report No Vigilantes in Lawrence
Law enforcement officials in Lawrence say they have no first hand knowledge of any vigilante groups operating or meeting in the city or Douglas County. Police Chief Richard Stanwix, Highway Patrol Superintendent Albott, and Sheriff Rex John caution about potential reaction to trouble but report no active groups.
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The
Journal-World
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Albott
Douglas County
Rex John
Meir presses for defensible borders before peace
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir says she will seek a peace settlement only if it preserves defensible frontiers and control of unified Jerusalem, as Israel reenters UN mediated talks with Gunnar Jarring amid growing U S support. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat terms the move a maneuver and demands a timetable for withdrawal from occupied territories before any cease fire extension.
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Yigal Allon
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Sadat
Arab Socialist Union
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U.N
Gunnar Jarring
Suez Canal
U.S. Secrrtary
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Two Men Arrested in Lawrence Burglary Case
Police report two men carried dishes and household items from a home at 701 NY while an officer watched. Leroy Walburn and David Everett were booked on burglary and grand larceny charges with $1,500 bond each, a Jan. 4 court appearance set. Three other suspects tied to a Kaw Valley Dehydrating Co. break-in, Larry Kelly, William Lane, and William Hopkins, were jailed on $1,500 bonds after police and deputies recovered tools worth about $300.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Mike Elwell
Leroy Francis Walburn
W. Sixth
David Lynn Everett
Topeka
Walburn and
Everett
Larry Dean Kelly
William Gary Lane
Brook
William Carl Hopkins
Perry
Kaw Valley
Lane
Lawyer Calls Manson Case A Lynching
Charles Manson's attorney Irving Kanarek told the jury the Tate murder trial is a lynching and pretrial publicity has victimized him. Defense progress featured Paul Fitzgerald leading the defense and Dave Shinn arguing for Susan Atkins, noting ex-felons as key witnesses.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Manson
Paul Fitzgerald
Patricia Krenwinkel
Miss Tate
Dave Shinn
Susan Atkins
Miss Atkins
Tate
Jackson Trial Continued Again
Federal District Court granted another continuance in the suit by Gary D. Jackson against the Kansas Board of Regents. Jackson, dismissed as assistant to the University of Kansas dean of men, contends his firing after the Lawrence unrest was unconstitutional.
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Federal District Court
Kansas Board of Regents
Gary D. Jackson
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Jackson
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