Three Vermont Street parking plans studied by Lawrence officials
The Lawrence City Commission reviewed three proposed parking lot options for the 600 block of Vermont Street, with costs ranging from about 130000 to 220000 and space counts from 75 to 98 stalls. They requested a financial status report before deciding and deferred action after a meeting with local businessmen and property owners.
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Lawrence City Commission
Vermont St
Vermont Street
Lawrence
Kentucky Street
Massachusetts Street
6Th Street
7Th Street
odyssey of Sirhan revolver unfolds before jury
The trial of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan explores the gun’s journey from a Watts era purchase to the Kennedy assassination. Witnesses recount Sirhan at a Duarte gun range on June 4 1968 and the gun’s provenance via a chain of buyers ending with Munir Sirhan. The defense argues intoxication and confusion, while prosecutors press premeditation.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sirhan
Four Teens Questioned In Mooning Case Near Midwestern School
Four teenagers were questioned after a suspected mooning incident near Central Junior High School at 1400 Mass. St. Acting Police Chief Richard Stanwix urged residents to report indecent exposure or lewd conduct and to obtain car details or license numbers when witnessing such acts. He said timely calls help officers locate offenders or alert them to watch for suspects. He noted teachers and parents often prompt quicker responses and emphasized calls are never trivial.
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Central Junior High School
Mass
Lawrence
Richard Stanwix
Stanwix
PTA
Sheriff's Departments
Lawrence Post Office Closed for Birthday Holiday
No window service or mail delivery Saturday in observance of George Washington's Birthday. Special delivery available. Lock boxes remain open and holiday schedules apply for collection and dispatch. Kansas University polls open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Thursday in Strong Hall Murphy Hall and the Kansas Union. Absenteeism in Lawrence schools falls to 1,242 from 1,390 with many absences in elementary grades.
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Lawrence Post Office
George Washington
Kansas University
Strong Hall
Murphy Hall
The
Kansas Union
Lawrence
Youth in Juvenile Court After Store Incident
Police report a 15 year old youth and his parents ordered to appear in juvenile court on Feb 25 after an incident at the 7 11 Store Lawrence where the youth used profanity and was accused of petty larceny and threatening the store manager. Police saw 10 to 12 youths running from the parking lot and one refused to leave.
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Lawrence
Norm Fisher
Std
Iowa Sts
Jean Murphy
Tenn. St
Bill Seaver
la. St
W. 9Th St
Centennial Park
Seaver
Docking Prefers Not To Say On Highway Bond Plan
Governor Docking declined to reveal his stance on bills for a $300 million highway bond issuance over a decade and a two cent gas tax increase. He also avoided predicting his position on two school aid bills of $26 million each, noting no accompanying revenue measures. He questioned partisan passage with 8 senators and 38 representatives and urged the Legislature to seriously study the measures now.
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Thomas van Cleave
Docking
Docking Plans to Deliver Buffalo for Orange Bowl Wager
Governor Docking will travel to Harrisburg Pennsylvania on February 25 to deliver a 24 year old male buffalo to Governor Raymond Shaffer to settle a wager on the Orange Bowl game. Fred Sears of Colby Kansas will transport the animal in a trailer and a fence will separate the governors during the ceremony.
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PEKA
Robert Docking
Harrisburg
Buffalo
Raymond Shaffer
Pennsylvania
Docking
Fred Sears
Colby, Kane
Kansas
Oklahoma House Advances Collard Lizard as State Reptile
The Oklahoma House passed a resolution designating the collard lizard, or mountain boomer, as the official state reptile and sent it to the Senate. An amendment to name the ladybug as state insect was rejected.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
State House
Senate
House
Worms Frequent In Pre Schoolers
A medical team told senators they found intestinal worms in 73 percent of 131 preschool Negro children in Beaufort County South Carolina. The study cited diet below NRC allowances in calories calcium iron niacin and vitamins A B1 B2 and C. Senator Hollings urged national goals to end hunger and slum conditions.
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Washington
Senators
South Carolina
National Research Council
Ernest F. Hollings
Ds.c
America
Oberlin Art Professor to Speak at KU on Shipwreck Excavations
Oberlin College art history and archaeology assistant professor Michael Katzev will present at Kansas University on February 26. Sponsored by Kansas Society Archaeological Institute of America, his talk titled The Excavations of a Greek Shipwreck Kyrenia Cyprus begins at 8 p.m. in the Pine Room Kansas Union. The public may attend free. Katzev contributed to underwater excavations of Byzantine and Roman shipwrecks at Yassi Ada, Turkey in 1964, 1966, and 1967 and has searched for ancient shipwrecks around Cyprus.
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Michael Katzev
Oberlin College
Kansas University
Kansas Society
Archaeological Institute of America
Katzev
Kyrenia
Cyprus
Kansas Union
Yassi Ada
Turkey
Housing and Urban Renewal Agencies Reach 1565 Nationwide
Nationwide count reveals 1,565 housing and urban renewal agencies operating across the United States as officials assess programs and funding needs. The figure underscores widespread municipal adoption of redevelopment efforts amid housing concerns.
City Delays Vote on Sewers and Opens Open Housing Rules
Lawrence City Commission postponed a vote on sewer assessments for the Chaparral Addition near 25th and Haskell. Developer Mrs. Murphree warned that combined sewer and street charges threaten low cost housing. The board also deferred selecting an architectural firm for the new library and approved an open housing ordinance amendment extending protections to mobile home parks with stricter penalties. It awarded a storm sewer contract at Holiday Road and Jana Drive to Wenco Inc. and postponed bids for an airport shop hangar.
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James Black
Murphree
City Commission
Lawrence Library Board
City Human Relations Commission
Commission
Holiday Road
Jana Drive
Wenco Inc
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Board Defers Major Expansion
The Lawrence Memorial Hospital Board postponed a decision on adding two floors to the extended care facility amid plans for remodeling. Architects estimated 146 500 dollars for renovations while 409 000 dollars in the general resource fund could cover capital improvements. The board approved remodeling the coronary and acute care center and a third floor nursing station at about 12 000 dollars, plus 1 976 dollars in minor changes to the extended care facility.
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7Th Street
Lawrence National Bank
7Th & Vt. Sts
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Board
Rodger Johnson
LMH
General Resource Fund
Wiley Mitchell
CACC
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California
Albert Hertz
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Iver Johnson
Watts
Robert F. Westlake
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George Erhardt
Pasadena
Westlake
Erhardt
Munir Sirhan
Henry Adrian Carreon
East Los Angeles College
San Gabriel Valley
Duarte
Carreon
Everett C. Buckner
Buckner
David Lawrence
Israel
U.S
Southeast Asia
Lodge
Acacia Lodge
AF & AM
Sojourners Wecome
Arthur W. Keefer
C. E. Kerns
Secy
Norma Kemberling
15Th St
St. St
Pat Sledd
Ridge Ct
Lawrence High School
19Th and
la. Sts
Mark Hecht
W. 19Th St
Phillip Tollefson
Engel Rd
Edgewood Park
Cadet Ave
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Glenn Dr
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Tau Omega
Rock Chalk
KKK
Cynthia Shultz
Des Moines
Iowa
James Sunderland
Alton
Ill
Hoch Auditorium
Journal-World
Topeka
Lizard
Alexander
Lowa
Beaufort County
S.C
Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
E. John Lease
Felix H. Souter
Betty W. Dudley
University of South Carolina
Oberlin
Robertson, Peters, Ericson, Harrison and Williams
Shaefer, Schirmer and Eflin
Wichita
Marshall and Brown
Kansas City, Kan
Alvin Row
J-W
Howard Wixcox
Wilbur Gensler
Gail Jones
Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association
Pipefitter Union
Bess Gensler
Warvel Elain
Eldon Gensler
J. B. Bradford
Sam Sacks
Bob Carlson
M. R. Carlson
Vermont
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