KU Endowment Adds Seven Parcels to North Campus Plan
The Kansas University Endowment Association will buy seven parcels along Oread Avenue and Louisiana Street to extend campus northward. The acquisitions include the Gaslight Tavern building, The Mercantile site, and five adjacent properties across the street. Purchases come from Mary Rowlands and Daniel Ling with multiple structures slated for razing and some temporary university use. Funding partly from the Program for Progress campaign and the Elizabeth M. Watkins fund.
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Kansas University Endowment Association
Oread Avenue
Louisiana Street
Gaslight
Mt. Oread Bar and Grill
Kansas Union
The
University
18Th Street
Irvin Youngberg
Endowment Association
Gaslight Tavern
Mercantile
Mary Rowlands
Youngberg
Lemesang
Oread
Daniel Ling
Ling
Elizabeth M. Watkins
Watkins
City of
Lawrence
First POWs Due Around February 10 in Viet Nam
The ICCS chair Michel Gauvin said the first groups of American prisoners would be released around February 10, with some evacuees from Hanoi. Afterward, Vietnamese prisoners in South Vietnam would be freed or exchanged. Possible transfer sites include An Loc and Phu Hoa. U.S. troop strength dropped below 20 000 as 2 000 more were withdrawn, with all troops and prisoners slated for release by March 28 under the cease-fire.
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Saigon
International Ceasefire Commission
North
South Vietnam
Michel Gauvin
Canada
International Commission For Control and Supervision
ICCS
Commission
Gauvin
An Loc
Phu Hoa
U.S
Vietnam
Indonesia
Hungary
Poland
Pentagon
Nixon vetoes loom as budget clash deepens in Congress
President Nixon met with Senate and House Republican leaders who warned of a very substantial number of vetoes to defend his budget limits. They highlighted a $225 million rural conservation bill targeted for veto and cited Democratic push for a budget busting program.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
GOP
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Scott
Ford
Roy L. Ash
Office of Management and Budget
West German found guilty of bride push at Salisbury Cliffs
Ernst Dumoulin, 21, was found guilty in Edinburgh AP court of pushing his bride Helga, 18, from the Salisbury Cliffs on their wedding day to collect about 968000 dollars in life insurance. He was sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility later.
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Edinburgh
Ernst Dumoulin
Dumoul
Helga
Scotland
Salisbury
Paris Chosen as Site for Postwar International Conference
Washington and Hanoi announced Paris will host a 13 nation conference to guarantee an end to the Vietnam war. The meeting set to begin February 26 includes the United States South Vietnam North Vietnam the Viet Cong the United Nations secretary general and eight other states including the Soviet Union China Britain France Canada Poland Hungary and Indonesia.
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Joint Military Commission
United States
North
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
International Commission
Washington
North Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
United Nations
Soviet Union
China
Great Britain
France
Canada
Poland
Hungary
Indonesia
International Control Commission
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Vietnam
Indochina
Docking Approves Radar Units for Turnpike Patrol
Gov. Robert Docking has approved Kansas Turnpike Authority purchase of six moving radar units under a highway safety grant. The units measure vehicle speed while patrol cars are in motion for use by the turnpike patrol.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
The
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Turnpike Patrol
Winter Back to Region Snow Possible Friday
The Lawrence area faces a warming trend but snow remains possible. Forecasts show 40 percent chance of rain or snow Wednesday and 20 percent tonight with highs in the 30s and overnight lows in the teens.
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Lawrence Area
Weather Service
Lawrence
Kansas
Minesweepers to clear Haiphong anchorage for North Vietnam ports
Four U S Navy minesweepers were ordered to begin clearing an anchorage about 35 miles southeast of Haiphong to serve as a base for later mining of North Vietnamese ports. A 20 to 25 ship task force is gathering. the operation follows a Haiphong meeting between U S and North Vietnamese officials.
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Washington
Haiphong Harbor
Haiphong
United States
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Pentagon
Daniel
Chappie) James
James
Stennis Condition Worsens After Surgery at Walter Reed
Senator John C. Stennis aged 71, shot in a holdup last week, underwent a 45 minute operation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Hospital spokesman Frank Garland said no blockage was found but the additional surgery worsened his condition, now described as grave. Family and staff were at the hospital during the night. He chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee and has long seniority in the chamber.
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Washington
John C. Stennis
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Frank Garland
Garland
Stennis
Coy
John Hampton Stennis
Margaret Syme
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Senate
Weather Brief Cloudy and Colder Across Region
A cloudy cooler day sweeps across the area with lower highs and light winds. Forecasters expect chilly tonight with temperatures dipping into the 30s, and a slight chance of scattered sprinkles later in the week.
Russell Stover Candies Ad and Insurance Agency
Ad fragment notes Russell Stover Candies and Key Rexall with auto insurance available through He Sens Doane Agency at 824 Mass. Ave citing hard to get coverage and prompting inquiry.
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Russell Stover
Sens Doane Agency
Mass
Freshman lawmakers mock lobbyist rooms in Topeka session
In Topeka freshmen Buzzi and others joked about the drying up of Water Holes as a jab at leadership and the closure of hospitality rooms for lobbyists. He named leaders Mr. Clean and Mr. Pure and noted plans for freshmen to mingle via legislative basketball, with Buzzi and Glover as guards on an unbeaten House team.
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Topeka
Horsecollars
Lloyd Buzzi
Buzzi
Mr. Clean
Mr. Pure
Mott Ranch
Rt. 2
Lawrence
Arkansas City
Mike Glover
Wint Winter
Ottawa
Glover
Kansas House
John Vogel
Journal-World
Ship Explosion Kills 3 Sailors
The destroyer USS Basilone returns to Newport Rhode Island with the bodies of three sailors killed in a boiler room explosion. Eight sailors were injured four evacuated by Coast Guard helicopter to St Albans Naval Hospital in New York City in critical condition. The Navy has not determined the cause.
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Newport
R.I
Basilone
Coast Guard
St. Albans Naval Hospital
New York City
Navy Command
Man Injured After Fall From Roof at Construction Site
Lawrence police report a sub-contractor Ted Coffey fell from a roof at 2711 West 24th Street at 11 37 a.m. He was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with non life threatening injuries. Coffey reportedly slipped and landed on his right side.
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Ted Coffey
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Coffey
Candletree, Inc
San Diego Eyes Car-Less Downtown With People Movers
City planners envision a MAC system of electric single passenger cars on elevated tracks connecting downtown to peripheral garages. If federal approval for a full feasibility study comes through, the project could roll in five years, with two thirds funded by the Department of Transportation.
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San Diego
Calif
University of West Virginia
Morgantown
Andrew P. Schlaefli
Schlaefli
Department of Transportation
Docking Orders Welfare Overhaul to State Social Services
Robert Docking issued executive reorganization order No. 1 to reorganize the state Department of Local Welfare into the State Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services. The plan keeps three divisions, renames them, and proposes a fourth for Children and Youth, with funding and personnel consolidations. The legislature has 60 days to reject. if none act, the order targets July 1, 1973.
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Topeka, Kan
Robert Docking
State Department of Local Welfare
State Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Docking
Kansas
Welfare Department
Robert F. Bennett
House
Duane
Pete’’ McGill
Voters Register at Douglas County Office Ahead of Feb Deadline
Voters may register from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. each weekday at the Douglas County clerk's office in the county courthouse at llth and Massachusetts. Registration books will close at 9 p.m. Feb. 13.
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Douglas County
Llth
Massachusetts
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KU Endowment Assn
William L. Lemesang
Louisiana
Program For Progress
National Weather Service
Sen. Stennis
Werner Ese
Caengei Ten
Tauptaulne
Sigeacteonatsdenhferl
Society Ee Cov
Erers
Necesetace
Rene Marece
Rep
Ted Templar
San Francisco
San Diego Center City
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