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Lawrence News Roundup Reflects 1968 Events
A dense digest of Lawrence area happenings covers school openings and budget debates, KU enrollment highs, city planning, courtship of new river projects, public works, and student actions. From curfews and band growth to industry bonds and transit talks, the column lists dates, names, and places shaping the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadowbrook
Association For Education
Don ‘Thorington
Rs. Lloyd Thorington
Assemblies
of God- Church
St. 2
Haskell Institute
Bureau
Harold, Beehle
Eudora
Glifford W. Houk
Rt.1
Douglas County
Wellsville
Paola
Sheriff's
Baldwin
Lawrence Public
Deerfield
Broken Arrow
Kansas State University
Fairgrounds
Dick Williams
Lawrence
Prescott
Ariz
William H. Reynolds
Lecompton
Douglas County Commission
Kansas River
James Walter Gowans
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Haskell
Thomas Tommaney
Mary Larson
Kansas University Zoology Department
Leonard Hoover
Kansas University
Salina
Southwestern Bell ‘Telephone
Lawrence Area Water Control and Recreation Projects
Mc-Ark Basic Flood Control and Conservation Association
Kansas City
Ballard
County Commission
Kansas River Bridge
6Th and
Tenn
Kansas Telephone Co
Central Junior High
Bank
First National Bank
Mass
Kenneth Anderson
Education
Lawrence High
Kansas Board of Regents
Wichita
EU Humanities
U. S
Larry Winn
Baker University
Harry Belafonte
Lawrence High School
Carl Knox
Ballard Community Center
Wesleyan Center
Principlal
Bill Medley
Medley
Supt
Kansas University Council For Progress
Stanley Learned
Bartlesville
Okla
Jane Phelps
Kansas
W. Clarke Wescoe