Family Faces Husband with Cancer and Loss of Car
Linda Carpenter of North Kansas City describes how her husband Bill Carpen ter, a father of four, is dying from spinal cancer. The family relies on welfare and church aid with no income or insurance, and their 10 year old car was stolen. The church and community provide support as they cope with medical needs and uncertain future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Linda Carpenter
Bill Carpenter
Mrs. Carpenter
Carpenter
General Hospital
Platte
Bill
John Scott
Carpenters’ Church
Hospital Maternity Ward Births and Local Listings
Hospital maternity ward times list several birth notices and names across multiple addresses in Ottawa Baldwin DeSoto and Eudora. Notable entries include Mrs Janet Decker and baby boy Rt. 2, Mr and Mrs Charles Rayton a boy Monday, and Mr and Mrs Fidelis Davis a girl. Also reports Kansas traffic deaths show 2 for 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday and 21 for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Decker
Rt. 2
Bill Flory
Baldwin
Frances Dahlem
Mary Tripkos
DeSoto
Mamie Cottom
George Attebery
W. 22Nd
Ter
Homer Newton
LaHarpe
Kan
Shelly Johnson
Maine
Leonard Sacks
W. Second Ter
Hulda Alber
Eudora
Charles Rayton
Fidelis Davis
Murphy
Everett Sedgwick
Laws and Leaders See Cable's Future Shaped by Law
John Malone of Jerrold Electronics told a Kansas University journalism class that cable television's future hinges on national legislation and economics, not tech limits. He urged Lawrence engagement while Jerrold wires the city for a franchise and floated ideas from meter reading to two way home information and shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Malone
Jerrold Electronics, Corp
Philadelphia
Kansas University
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Cablevision
Malone
Lawrence
Sunflower Cablevision
Jerrold Electronics Corp
United States
Kendall Reservoir Plan Rejected by House Committee
The Kansas House Water Resources Committee killed a bill to place the Kendall Reservoir on the Arkansas River in Hamilton County into the State Water Plan. A resolution to study the project for future consideration will be introduced. The dam proposed by the U.S. Corps of Engineers drew flood control irrigation and recreation support from southwest Kansans and opposition from those who would be displaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kendall
Arkansas River
Hamilton County
House Water Resources Committee
U.S. Corps of Engineers
New store opens in Lawrence for do it yourself trade
Regal Specialty Inc led by Ralph Campbell opens at 725 Mass offering plumbing fixtures cabinets and home repair tools. The store assists customers to self perform repairs or installations and can refer buyers to qualified workmen if needed. ALZA Corp signs distribution pact with Chemie Grunenthal for ophthalmic and gynecological products in Belgium Holland Luxemburg and West Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Regal Specialty, Inc
Ralph Campbell
Regal Specialty
Mass
Palo Alto
Calif
Alza Corporation
Chemie Grunenthal Gmbh
Stolberg
West Germany
ALZA
Belgium
Holland
Luxemburg
Chemie Grunenthal
Alejandro Zaffaroni
Kaw
Europe
Freedom Week Assemblies Presented to Lawrence Juniors
The Lawrence Sertoma Club sponsored its Freedom Week program at Central West and South Junior Highs. eighth graders received copies of the Declaration of Independence as Rick Hird Lawrence High Student Council President and state champion debater spoke to the students. The Sertomans have long supported the program and previously won a National Freedoms Foundation Award for educating youths about the Declaration and associated freedoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Sertoma Club
Central
West
South
Rick Hird
Lawrence High
Sertomas
Sertoma
National Freedoms Foundation
AAB Schedules Initial Meeting at Kansas University
Kansas University's newly appointed Affirmative Action Board set its first meeting for March 1 under Chancellor Laurence Chalmers. Chair Juliet Shaffer reviews background materials from EU vice chancellors Office of Minority Affairs and deans of women to prepare for the board's action on the university's affirmative action program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Affirmative Action Board
AAB
Laurence Chalmers
Office of Women’s Affairs
Office of Minority Affairs
Juliet Shaffer
Psychology
Office of
Minority Affairs
Correction on Nixon China visit interpretation remark
The Journal-World notes a correction to Grant Goodman’s Monday commentary from Kansas University East Asian Studies. The sentence about Nixon’s interpreters should read Chinese nationals, not Chinese Nationalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal - World
Grant Goodman
Kansas University
Nixon
China
Glenn honored at 10th anniversary of first American orbit
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP John Glenn attends ceremony marking 10 years since his Feb 20 1962 orbital flight aboard Friendship 7 from Launch Complex 14. Space agency members, workers, civic leaders and astronauts join in remembering the pioneering mission and Glenn’s manual control when the automatic system failed.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
John Glenn
Earth
Launch Complex 14
Glenn
Washington
Space Agency
Air Force
Complex 13
Deaths in Lawrence area funeral notices and survivors
Death notices from Lawrence list graveside services for William Hoyt Cook 73 of 922 Ky at Mount Muncie Cemetery Leavenworth with minister Rev. Edwin F. Price and Rumsey Funeral Home. Mrs Ella May Jackson Coose 74 found dead in her home 816 A I, investigation by Lawrence Police. She had heart ailment and funeral set for Warren Mortuary led by Rev. Chris Bachman burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include James M. Jackson Topeka Floyd W. Atwood and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hoyt Cook
Mount Muncie
Leavenworth
Cook
Edwin F. Price
Rumsey Funeral Home
Ella May Jackson Coose
A.I
Lawrence
Coose
James M. Jackson
Topeka
Warren Mortuary
Chris Bachman
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mrs. Coose
James Jackson
Floyd W. Atwood
Activity Rises At Headquarters
The Headquarters information and crisis switchboard at 1632 Ky reports rising activity in December and January. Calls averaged 348 monthly from September to November, then rose to 440 in December and 361 in January. Drug related calls averaged 73 monthly in fall, fell to 52 in December, and rose to 74 in January. Personal problem calls averaged 48 monthly, spiking to 72 in December and 62 in January. Other calls covered drug information crisis calls rehabilitation loneliness depression employment and Speakers Bureau.
Planning Group to Meet on Rezoning at City Hall
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission will hold a 6:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall to consider 11 public hearings. The largest case seeks to rezone about 29 acres south of the municipal airport from agricultural to light industrial for farm implement sales. Protests are filed against the change. The panel also begins actions to rezone portions of Parkmar and Heatherwood housing developments to align with density limits, correcting prior overextension due to a city ordinance interpolation error.
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Lawrence-Douglas County, Planning Commission
City Hall
First National Bank
Ninth
Massachusetts
B. Walters
City
Dick McClanathan
Planning Commission
Parkmar
Heatherwood
Expenditures 1971 General Fund January to December
Public ledger style itemization lists expenditures for 1971 including patrolmen payments Paul Anderson Alvin Harrell and Gene Benander, fuel from Gulf Oil and Standard Oil, Lawrence Journal-World charges, tax and per diem entries, transfers to funds, and rock purchases from Killough Clark Inc with totals across months. Includes State and Federal taxes, and various repairs, supplies, and insurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wentz Kampment Co
State Contribution Fund
Shenan
EL Pax
Angus Paul Anderson
Patrolman
Implement Cay
Pril Lawrence National Bank
Bau Anderson
Feng Benander
McNees
Aivin Harrell
Paul Anderson
Tawsenbess National Bank
Standard of Co
WALER
Benander
Huby Nee & ‘Tractor
Alvin’ Harrell Ben
Etaber Tieseens National Bank
Fipperia
Auto Parts Co
Kaw Valley Electric
Jack Filena Gale
Wel
Tepalryne c. Inc
Od Gulf Oil Co
LaVerne Hadl
Internal Revenue Service
Gene Benander
L. W. McNees
Alvin Harrell
Standard Oil Co
Standard Oil Co., Fuel Je Denon Alvin Harrell, Ner Diem — 12.00 Pipperts Auto Co
Gint Oil Co
Trofman
Jack Pilena Butals
Lawrence National Bank
Géne Benander
Darlene
Ner
Rentz Equip. Co
Per
Alvin
Clinton
Herschell Garaget
Boni Fund
Jack Illena Bulek-Opel Inc
Gulf Oil Co
Ava
patrotman _& supplies
Spec
OFC
Killough Clark Inc
Rock
Killough
J Kiough Clarke Inc
Une Killough Clark Inc
Killough Clark
AVI
Patrolman Standard Oil Co
Journal-World
Hirst
Taw
Douglas County
Kansas
General Road Road Tire
Weed Mach
Tait
Ann County
State of
Francis Wempe
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Maxine Hildebrandt
Ottawa
Margaret Brooks
Allena Geopfarth
Jim Andrews
Walter Shaw
Linwood
Edward Nelson
Meadowbrook Apartments
Hattie Pierson
Martin Dobbins
Maria Romero
N.J
Walter Johns
Mich
Cable
Massa
SAAS
Hopkins
7Th
New Hampshire
Glenn Guest
Orbit
William Cook
Mrs
Ella Coose
Delbert Richardson
Treas
Darlene Hill
Lawrence Journal-World
Banik
Holmes, Peck & Brown
Trkins
Inm
Hak
Assn
Propanea
Stall Service & Supply
Sase
Wensuly Holmes
Peck & Brown
American Fire Equipment
Kuhn Truck & Tractor Co
American Fire Equipment Co
Alan
American Fire Equipm A Co
Turner Chevrolet
L. W. McNess
Thie Abia Harrelt
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