Ambulance Service Seeks Financial Help in Lawrence
Lawrence Citizens Ambulance Service owner Larry Marcum asks city officials for increased aid to raise wages and buy new equipment. The private service receives 525 dollars monthly from the city and 275 dollars from the county, plus use of a firehouse and utility support. Marcum cites chronic losses, 15 thousand dollars in overdue bills, an 80 percent collection rate, and rising costs as key pressures.
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Lawrence Citizens Ambulance Service
Larry Marcum
Marcum
Dennis Kallsen
Mass
Lawrence
Midwest
Johnson
Leavenworth
Jefferson
Douglas County
Kansas Turnpike
Seven Candidates Vie for KU Student Body President
Seven contenders for Kansas University student body president race announced their slates with running mates including David Dillon with Kathy Allen and Mohammed Amin with Mike McGowan. The March 15 16 election date was set while filing deadlines for president have passed a week earlier, with senate and class offices still accepting filings through next Thursday.
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Kansas University
Mt. Oread
David Dillon
Hutchinson
Kathy Allen
Topeka
Mohammed Amin
Ralsenjan
Iran
Mike McGowan
Western Springs
Joe Landolt
Kirkwood
Mike Schoenleber
Wichita
Joel Payne
Kansas City
Joel Green
Rapid City
M.D
Rich Dwyer
Joplin
William Jacoby
Lawrence
Chuck Ortleb
Clay Center
Leonard Grotta
Christopher Boyle
Tracey Ann Egbert
Dighton
KU Legislators Dinner Brings Students and Lawmakers Together
About 80 students met with six Kansas lawmakers in an informal KU dinner arranged by AARH organizer John Beisner. They discussed politics and education as Sen. Joseph Harder, Sen. Jack Robinson, Sen. Steadman Ball, Rep. Ernest Unruh, Rep. James Cubit, and Rep. John H. Vogel joined the session in Newton, Garnett, and Lawrence areas.
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Kansas University
John Beisner
Salina
Association of University Residence Halls
AARH
Beisner
Joseph Harder
Rmoundridge
Jack Robinson
Rwichita
Eggs and Issues Breakfast Set in Lawrence Holiday Observance
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce committee chair Richard Zinn expects about 100 people at the Eggs and Issues Breakfast in the Skyline Room at the Holiday Inn. State Representatives Morris Kay and John Vogel and State Senator Arden Booth will discuss legislative issues. post offices observe Washington's Birthday with limited service. Kansas University and Haskell operate on differing schedules as public offices close.
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Chamber of Commerce Taxation and Legislation Committee
Richard Zinn
Holiday Inn
Morris Kay
John Vogel
Arden Booth
John Harris
Washington's
Armstrong Arrest Shrinks FBI Most Wanted List
Canadian police arrested Karleton Lewis Armstrong in Toronto reducing the FBI’s most wanted fugitives to 12. Armstrong, 24, is held for immigration inquiry after the Sterling Hall bombing at the University of Wisconsin on August 24, 1970. Four suspects including Armstrong face conspiracy, sabotage, destroying government property and civil rights charges plus a state murder count.
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Washington
Karleton Lewis Armstrong
FBI
University For Wisconsin
Toronto
Armstrong
The
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Sterling Hall
University of Wisconsin
Army Mathematics Research Center
Dwight Armstrong
Frederick Burt
Darby
David S. Fine
Wilmington
Del
Alcohol Most Abused Drug Named Nationwide
A government report calls alcohol the nation's most abused drug with 9.6 million alcoholics or abusers and a $15 billion yearly economic impact. It outlines a federal plan to unify treatment and prevention rather than new legislation and cites links to one third of homicides and half of traffic deaths.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
National Institute On Alcohol and Alcoholism
Elliott &. Richardson
House
Carl Albert
Movita White Loses First Appeal Ruling at Chilocco
Movita White, a Towa Tribe student expelled after a November 8 disturbance at Chilocco Indian School, had her first appeal defeat. A Bureau of Indian Affairs review panel voted 3-2 to sustain the expulsion amid seven expulsions for the campus fight.
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Chilocco
Okla
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Movita White
Towa
Nelson White
Movita
California Supreme Court Nixes Death Penalty
The California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional affecting 100 inmates including Sirhan Sirhan and Charles Manson. Justice McComb dissented. a court spokesman said the opinion text would be released later. The move follows evolving decency standards and parallels actions in New Jersey and other states.
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San ‘Francisco
California Supreme Court
Sirhan B. Sirthan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
New Jersey Supreme Court
California
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Colorado
Hughes Posts Indefinite Stay in Managua Nicaragua
Howard Hughes appears to be holed up on the eighth floor of Managua's Intercontinental Hotel, with U S officials confirming an indefinite stay. Hughes left Nassau after a dispute with Bahamian officials and is weighing investments as Nicaragua becomes his base and possible permanent residence.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Howard Hughes
United States
Anastasio Somoza
Hughes
Nassau
Las Vegas
Hughes Top! Co
Latin America
Bahamas
U.S
Turner Shelton
Intercontinental
Kansas Regents discuss state share in retirement program
Kansas university leaders report retirement funding may shift to two thirds state and one third individual. The State University Council subcommittee studies the change while presidents note Kansas lags behind in state retirement contributions. Board actions include storm drain project at KU and air conditioning upgrades in Green Hall and Spencer Library.
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James McCain
Kansas State University
McCain
Max Bickford
Kansas
Printing Service
Greeny Hall
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Marshall F. McComb
Hughes/Wu! Transportable Earth Station
Damachure
Calt
Australia
Atly
Nixon
China
Peking
Pacific
Jamesburg
Calif
Europe
Atlantic
Spencer Library
Council of Presidents
Rumney Funeral Home
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