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1968 Lawrence news roundup of parade and civic notes
Highlights cover a December 1968 parade speech by Gen Walt urging support for the U.S. in Vietnam, United Fund drives near goals, airport site considerations, new school occupancy dates at South Junior High, census plans for 1969, and local civic updates on police chief searches, city projects, and Orange Bowl prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
New South Junior High
McAllaster Central Complex
Bruce Mallin
Kansas
Kansas State
Miami
Oklahoma
City
Robert Richardson
Manhattan
Jayhawk
Penn State
Georgia
Manhattan Stadium
Pepper Rodgers
Kansas City
Missouri
Alabama
Houston
China Medical Board of New York
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence
Ray Wells
Clinton Reservoir
League of Women Voters
Robert Ellsworth
Richard Nixon
Ray Bliss
Ellsworth
Nixon
KU Central
W. Clarke Wescoe
Carl David McArdle
Douglas Weakley
School of Education
Business
Law
General Foods Corp
White Plains
N. Y
Santa Fe
Columbia
Fla
Lawrence High School
Mission South
al Woolard
LHS
Robert F. Ellsworth
White House
General Foods
Docking
Wichita
McAllaster Central
Kansas Public Service Co
Richard Stanwix
DeSoto
Baldwin
Kansas University Law
Kansas Power and Light Co
Cameron Bluff
Board of Education
South Junior High School
New York
County Commission
Travis Glass
Broken Arrow Park
City Commission
University of Wisconsin
Fairgrounds
KU Dixieland
The
Gaslight Gang
Hollywood
Lloyd Davies
St. John’s Catholic School
Lawrence Builders
Ken Jorgesen
Don Decker
Board of Realtors
Kiwanis Club
Harold G. Barr
Henry Shenk
First National Bank
Bank
9Th
Mass