Woman Files for Lawrence City Commission in March Primary
Mrs. Tola M. Ross, owner of Baskin-Robbins in Lawrence, filed today to join the city race as the seventh candidate. The March 6 primary will determine three Commission posts. She notes her lack of formal degrees and cites experience from the school of hard knocks.
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Tola M. Ross
Orchard Ln
Lawrence City Commission
Commission
Ross
School of
Lawrence
Public service bid by local mother sparks tax debate
Mrs. Ross, 59, a mother of five and Elks Auxiliary member, offers herself as a public servant amid criticism of downtown plans and a fire truck purchase funded by a half-cent sales tax. She urges monthly expenditure transparency and notes her long Lawrence residence and business background.
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Ross
Elks Auxiliary
Lawrence
Coffeyville High School
Kansas City
Gould Case Delayed In Douglas County Court
Arguments on motions in a case pending in Division II Douglas County District Court against Randolph Gould of Overland Park were postponed from this morning to 10 30 am Friday at the request of Goulds attorney. Gould free on bond is charged with attempted property destruction and endangering the life of two individuals.
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Douglas County District Court
Randolph Gould
Overland Park
Gould
City Commission Okays Hearings and Rezoning Items
The agenda includes public hearings on parking lot extension on New Hampshire Street block 900, sidewalks area bounded by 19th to 23rd streets and Iowa to Louisiana, and the levy of special assessments for paving sidewalks and storm sewers. It also covers a variance request for Miles Motorcycles, bid recapitulation for a 1 ton street truck, a 63 acre rezoning west of Santa Fe Industrial Tract, sewer and sidewalk installations on St Andrews Drive in Alvamar, planning assistance request to KDED, EPA financing amendment for master plan sewerage, minutes of the Jan 18 Board of Zoning Appeals, and bid date setting for Water Department pipe. Additional items include storm sewer on Lynn Street, annexations near 31st Iowa and west of Alvamar Golf Course, removal of parking on Crestline Drive, street and sidewalk petitions in Westdale, and Traffic Safety Commission vacancy appointment.
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19Th Street
Louisiana Street
23Rd Street
Iowa Street
Miles Motorcycles, Inc
Santa Fe
St. Andrews Drive
Alvamar
Lynn Street
31St
Iowa Streets
Alvamar Golf Course
Crestline Drive
Harvard Road
15Th Street
R. C. Nelson
Westdale
Yale Road
The
Traffic Safety Commission
Ward Thompson Sr
Lawrence Public Hearing On Sidewalks And Parking Lot Plan
The Lawrence City Commission will hold a public hearing at 4 p.m. Tuesday to consider sidewalk installations in the area bounded by 19th 28th Town and Louisiana streets and a parking lot expansion on the west side of New Hampshire in the 900 block. Two annexation requests were deferred for study. The parcels are 74.5 acres at 31st and Town and 23.5 acres west of the Alvamar golf course.
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Lawrence City
Town
Louisiana
New Hampshire
31St
Alvamar
Compromise Likely On No Fault Insurance Plans
Rep Earl Ward chairman of the House Insurance Committee said the panel leans toward a compromise between plans drafted by State Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell and an interim committee. He expects a combination of the two plans to be recommended to the full House for debate.
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Topeka
Kan
Earl Ward
Mission Hills
House
Fletcher Bell
Ward
Eagleton predicts Senate passage and 1976 bid outlook
Senator Eagleton discussed the war powers bill and expected Senate approval, noting Congress must justify any presidential action beyond 30 days. He ruled out a 1976 presidential run, praised public attitudes toward mental health, and named Connally, Agnew, and Percy as Republican frontrunners. He favored brokers amnesty case by case, upheld marijuana laws, backed a shield law, and warned Nixon to restore student loan funding.
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Congress
Eagleton
Senate
House Foreign Relations Committee
Plans in Progress for KU 1973 Graduation
Kansas University prepares for 1973 commencement with Larry Heeb as committee chair. KU Alumni Association schedules 1923 basketball team reunion, classes of 1923 1933 1948 reunions, Glee Club performances, senior-parent reception and luncheon, and other events.
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Kansas University
Larry Heeb
Associated
KU Alumni Association
Glee Clubs
POW Bracelet Owner Sees Release of Iowa Civilian Prisoner
Mrs. W. R. Elniff of 820 Sunset Dr. watched prisoners of war deplane at Clark Air Base Philippines on television today. She saw Michael Hugh Krome a Civilian prisoner from Devopa h Iowa return to freedom after being a prisoner since January 1968. Krome's name is on a POW bracelet Mrs. Elniff has worn.
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Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
W. R. Elniff
Michael Hugh Krome
Devopah
Iowa
Krome
Mrs. Elniff
Clinton residents protest road conditions near new lake
Seventeen Clinton area residents packed the Douglas County Commission meeting to decry impassable roads and aging maintenance as Clinton Lake develops. County Public Works Director Dean Sanderson cited months of bad weather while promising to keep Corps of Engineers projects in passable condition and assuring future circumferential roads will aid detours and connect to Lawrence.
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Clinton
Douglas County Commission
Clinton Lake
Dean Sanderson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. 59
Sanderson
Final Filing Time Near for Lawrence Local Races
Time is noon Tuesday as candidates file for Lawrence city commission and board of education seats. Mayor John Emick seeks re election. other city candidates include Mrs Toma M Ross and Barkley Clark. Primary slated March 6 if more than six file. Board races feature William Bradley Helen Gilles Larry Hatfield all seeking re election with Timothy Cragg joining.
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City Commission
John Emick
Robert Pulliam
Chuck Fisher
Emick
Toma M. Ross
Robert Haralick
Barkley Clark
Harry W. Kroeger Jr
Gale Pinegar
Mike Morrill
Anna Laura Rusk
Board of Education
William Bradley
Helen Gilles
Larry Hatfield
Timothy Cragg
Cragg Seeks Lawrence School Board Seat With Lottery Plan
Lawrence candidate Timothy H Cragg filed for the district board race proposing a state lottery as school funding. He suggests half the lottery proceeds go to prizes and the rest to schools, noting others have benefited and taxes stayed level or fell. Cragg, 28, KU graduate student, works at Lawrence Typewriter Co. He faces incumbents Helen Gilles W F Bradley and Larry Hatfield. filings close Tuesday at noon.
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Lawrence
Board of Education
Timothy H. Cragg
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