City and County approve unified ambulance contract
Lawrence city and Douglas County commissions approve Citizens Ambulance Service under one contract. The city pays 800 dollars monthly with 200 dollars monthly subsidy from the county for service outside city limits. Rates rise to 25 emergency, 20 non emergency, 10 for miscellaneous calls plus 25 cents per mile outside city. The measure passes 5 to 0, with discussion on KU bus service and local transportation issues.
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Lawrence City Commission
Douglas County Commission
City Commission
Citizens Amuulance Service
Maine St
H. H. Belote
Belote
Ray Wells
Milton P. Allen
Wells
City Approves Traffic Safety Measures and Noise Study
City Commission approved a traffic safety package after a Feb 7 advisory meeting. A special committee will study motorcycle noise and muffler definitions, with staff support, to curb excessive noise without infringing rights. Parking restrictions on Massachusetts Street and Centennial Drive were also enacted and a study of near school parking was authorized.
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City Commission
City Hall
Traffic Safety Commission
Joe Langhofer
Ala. St
Langhofer
Milton P. Allen
Allen
Don Metzler
Massachusetts Street
North Park
13Th Streets
Centennial Drive
Ninth Street
Harvard Road
Ohio Street
Lawrence High School
Board of Education
Weather Slows City Crime as Snow Clamps Down
Snow and cold froze crime activity with no thefts or vandalism reported Tuesday night. Minor wrecks rose with slick streets as about half an inch of snow fell, totaling several crashes with damages ranging from 15 to 207 dollars.
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23Rd
Ala. Sts
Lyndon E. Eberly
Larry J. Rigler
Highland Park, Ill
Thomas E. Gross
Hays
Rigler
Webb Serves On Aeronautics Panels And Public Boards
Donnell Aircraft Co. Webb is a member of the National Aeronautics and Space Council and the President's Advisory Committee on Supersonic Transport. He serves on the Federal Council for Science and Technology and has chaired or joined several advisory boards, with a Marine Corps Reserve lieutenant colonel commission and honorary degrees including an LL.D. from a North Carolina institution.
KU Relays week plans skip parade amid waning student support
Lawrence reports KU student committee says no parade this year for the Kansas Relays due to lack of enthusiasm. Relays set for April 18 to 20 alongside the Engineering Exposition on campus. Also notes a public lecture by Missouri professor David Wurfel on Vietnam and Nomura Kyogen Players at Murphy Hall tonight. A Douglas County bridge permit hearing in St Louis clears with no objections. work slated to start in April. Lawrence High Band concert Thursday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium conducted by David Catron.
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Kansas University
Kansas Relays
Terry Gill
Shawnee Mission
Missouri University
Vietnam
David Wurfel
Kansas Union
Nomura
Kyogen Players
Tokyo
Japan
University Theatre of Kansas University
Murphy Hall
University Theatre and
The
KU Committee On
Douglas County
Kansas River
Lecompton
United States Coast Guard
St. Louis
Coast Guard
Lawrence High School
David Catron
Ring and watch stolen from KU residence hall rest room
The Kansas University Traffic and Security Office reports the loss of a ring and a watch belonging to Ervin Sims of Ellsworth Hall. The theft occurred Jan. 27 from a rest room in the KU residence hall. Sims filed the report last Friday and Lawrence police received the incident today. The items were valued at $40.
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Kansas University Traffic and Security Office
Ervin Sims
Ellsworth Hall
Engel Rd
Sims
Lawrence
Riot at Alcorn College in Mississippi Leaves Several Shot
About 200 male students rioted at Alcorn A&M College in Lorman Mississippi early today firing guns throwing bricks and chairs setting a building on fire. Three students were shot by highway patrolmen and campus guards, with one seriously injured. four hours later the campus quieted. Charles Evers, a Congressional candidate, denounced by some as spreading campaign literature, claims three students were expelled for distributing his literature.
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Lorman
Miss
All Negro Alcorn A&m College
Dan S. McCay
Claiborne County
McCay
Charles Evers
Congress
Alcorn
J. D. Boyd
Mississippi
City Advances Application for New Lawrence Airport
City Manager Ray Wells received authority from the City Commission to file with the FAA in Kansas City for a new Lawrence airport 2% miles west of Iowa Street. The plan seeks a 5,000 foot runway with taxiways and moves 45 based aircraft from the existing airport to the new site, with hearings to be held as part of the National Airport Plan. The November bond election failed by 6,727 to 1,788.
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Ray Wells
City Commission
Federal Aviation Administration
Kansas City
Lawrence
Iowa Street
Wells
Commission
FAA
Lawrence Municipal
Planners Meet This Evening on zoning requests in city
The City Planning Commission meets at 7 30 pm in City Hall to consider rezoning about 41 acres south of 23rd and Naismith Drive from single family to multiple family use. Two small tracts in the 1100 block of Oregon Street and near Delaware and Garfield seek to allow duplex homes in general industrial zones.
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City Planning Commission
City Hall Commission Room
23Rd and
Naismith Drive
Oregon Street
Delaware and
Garfield
Marines Renew Strikes in Battle for Hue Citadel
U S Marines bombed and shelled Communist positions near the Hue Citadel as the siege enters its fourth week. Reports say artillery and tear gas followed after warnings to civilians to evacuate the area, with Marine casualties and reinforcements forming to continue the fight.
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Saigon
U.S
Hue
George McArthur
Robert Cushman Jr
Vietnam
Cushman
da Nang
Unusual Two Car Collision Near Lawrence on K-10
A two car wreck occurred about 7 30 p m Tuesday on K 10 one mile east of Lawrence. Ronald D Lyle 20 Overland Park drove a 1963 car colliding with a ditched 1966 car owned by Cleo H Reynolds 29 Sunflower with 12 occupants. Reynolds family treated and released. Lyle uninjured.
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Lawrence
Kansas Highway Patrol
Ronald D. Lyle
Overland Park
Cleo H. Reynolds
Sunflower
Highway Patrol
Reynolds
Cleo Reynolds
Jack Reynolds
Reynoldses
Lyle
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Topeka Bank Plans 17 Story Plaza Tower
First National Bank of Topeka will build a 17 story 235 foot tower on Town site Plaza instead of a 16 story structure. Executive vice president Thomas Clevenger announced Tuesday.
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Topeka
First National Bank of Topeka
Townsite Plaza
Thomas Clevenger
Play Schedule at Lecompton for Dick Whittington’s Cat
Seventh grade pupils of Lecompton grade school present Dick Whittington’s Cat at 1 30 p m Thursday in the new grade school multi purpose room Parents are invited The play was moved from Friday A weiner roast and party follows from 4 to 6 refreshments provided by room representatives Mrs Clayton Dark and Mrs Arthur LaDuke
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Lecompton
Dick Whittington
Clayton Dark
Arthur LaDuke
Senators Back Measure Allowing Liquor Stamps for Out of State Purchases
The Senate committee endorsed a bill to let Kansans buy liquor stamps at county treasurers and place them on liquor bought in other states or countries for personal use only. Officials noted a potential $10,000 revenue loss, which supporters doubt. The measure was co sponsored by Sen. Robert Bennett with Sen. Reynolds Shultz also on the committee.
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Ogle
Commission
North
East Lawrence
Lawrence
Raney
Topeka
Senate Committee On Federal and State Affairs Today
Kansas
Norman Gaar
R-Westwood
Gaar
State Budget Office
Robert Docking
Reynolds Shultz
Robert F. Bennett
Prairie Village
Service Anytime Anywhere Stum Sey Funeral Ad
Classified funeral service notice for Stum Sey Funeral Home offering 24 hour availability. Contact VI 3-5111 for arrangements and immediate assistance.
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Stumsey Funeral Home
Goodrich Site Fire Damages Heaters and Tarpaulins
A Tuesday night fire at the B F Goodrich Co construction site on North Iowa Street caused about 2500 dollars in damage to heaters and insulated tarpaulins protecting freshly poured concrete. Firemen arriving at 9 22 p m found tarpaulins and concrete forms aflame. The Clemmons Construction Co foreman attributed the blaze to snow pressing tarpaulins against heaters. The blaze did not halt work on the 3 7 million rubber footwear warehouse and distribution center in the Santa Fe Industrial Tract.
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B. F. Goodrich Co
Iowa Street
Charles Taylor
Route 1
Clemmons Construction Co
Topeka
Santa Fe
Iowa
Lakeview Road
Marine Col Lanigan Speaks on Vietnam at Freedom Week
Marine Col John P Lanigan former professor of Naval Science at Kansas University addressed the Lawrence Sertoma Club at the Eldridge Hotel. He described Vietnam era observations including a 150 mile border area where three million Vietnamese lived and Viet Cong influence reached most of them and the slow village recapture effort. In Memoriam John C Taylor 1954 obituary notice included.
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John P. Lanigan
Lawrence Sertoma Club
Eldridge Hotel
Lanigan
Naval Science
Kansas University
Vietnam
North Vietnam
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W.M
C. E. Kerns
Lawrence Monument Co
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Dragstrip Road
Journal-World Photo
Washington
Indiana
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Cash & Carry
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Lowa
George Esper
Associated Press
Perfume River
Imperial Palace
Goodrich
Memoriam
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Lula Taylor
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Dodge
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