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Lawrence 1969 Preview: KU, Weather, and City Growth
Lawrence 1969 items cover KU progress with the Program for Progress drive, city planning and new schools, flood-control and Jayhawk post office bids, plus weather and crime notes. Notable names include Chancellor Wescoe successor Chalmers, City Manager Ray Wells, and local politics as residents face snow, traffic, and growth challenges.
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Orange Bowl
Ray Wells
Bill
Chappell
Douglas County
JW. Clarke Wescoe
Minnesota
China _ Medical Board
Lawrence
Jayhawk
Cameron Reed
Kansas City
Franklin Reed
President Johnson
Perry
Clinton
Kaw
James DeCoursey
Perry Reservoir
Hitl Snag
City ‘Planning Commission
North Lawrence
Cooperative Farm Chemicals of
Chamber of Commerce
Midwest
Keith Winter
Richard Nixon
U.S
Army
Lynn Higley
Broken Arrow
South
Walter Cronkite
CBS
William Allen White
Kansas
NASA
Constant
Norris
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Bob Douglass
Chicago Bears
Emmett Larson
Gerry Hammond
Louise Lane
Journal-World
Robertson and Associates
Herbert A. Meyer Jr
Independence Reporter
William Allen White Foundation
KU School of Journalism
New York City
CBS News
Laurence Chalmers
Florida State University
Tallahassee
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe