Northeast Kansas Weather: fair and cold with cooler Friday
The northeast Kansas forecast calls for fair and cold conditions tonight and Friday with highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s and a low around the 20s. No precipitation expected tonight or Friday. Official readings show Wednesday high 41 low 30. this morning low 27. record high 71 in 1917 and low 5 in 1960. Sunrise 7:03 am, sunset 6:09 pm.
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State approves contracts for area road projects
The State Highway Commission awarded three highway maintenance and resealing contracts in Douglas and Jefferson counties. Herzog Contracting Corp. won the largest bid of $85,497 for 13.766 miles of machine laid asphalt on U S 40 from Lawrence to the Shawnee line. Missouri Petroleum Products Co. won bids of 404 for K 32 and 4,248 for K 33 in Douglas County. In Jefferson County Missouri Petroleum Products Co. also secured low bids for 4.6 miles of K 4 and 0.790 mile of U S 159 at 9,485 and 1,786 respectively.
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ROTC Leader E. C. Gresham Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
E C Gresham assistant professor of ROTC at Kansas University has been promoted to lieutenant colonel by the U S Air Force. He earned a master is degree in business administration and labor relations from Colorado University and received his commission from Officer Candidate School in 1956. He has served at KU since August 1971.
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Kansas Power and Light Boosts Quarterly Dividend
The Kansas Power and Light Co raises its April 2 common stock dividend to 37 cents per share. Record date is March 6 and the increase totals 5 cents annually, marking 50 years of steady dividends and 15 straight years of increases. Cloud L. Cray Jr. of Atchison was named to fill a board vacancy after C. A. Scupin's death last November.
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Miss Winn Finalist for National Achievement Scholarships
Karen Winn a Lawrence High School senior and 17 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Acil Winn 1301 Penn is named a finalist in the National Achievement Scholarship Program for Outstanding Negro Students She could win a $1000 National Achievement scholarship and a four year scholarship from sponsors plus a $250 Kansas Engineering Society award She would become Kansas representative in a national engineering scholarship contest and if chosen would attend the University of Miami in Coral Gables Florida
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KU Coed Reports Attempted Rape Near Oliver Hall
Kansas University security investigates an attempted rape reported Tuesday night on Naismith Drive near Oliver Hall. The victim described a young white male about six feet tall with curly brown hair and blue eyes as the alleged attacker.
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Scout Fund Drive Targets $5500 for 1973 Campaign
The Boy Scouts of America SME fund drive ends March 1. Co chair Roger Hill says the campaign is progressing well in both business and family communities. SME supplements United Fund, which makes up about 60 percent of the budget. The 1973 goal is $5,500.
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Old Hometown Visits Its Changed Streets
Mrs Glennis Stone Ellis 71 sister of Milburn Stone known as Doc Adams on Gunsmoke arrived by bus to Burdton Kansas and spent four hours walking the dark streets before a restaurant opened recalling the old hotel location which no longer operates.
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Freeman sees shift to State Department in Nixon second term
Freeman says U S foreign policy aims at neutrality but notes a possible pivot to greater State Department reliance in Nixon's second term. He cites improved U S China ties and wary Soviet stance, with morale in the department rising among China experts who work closely with Kissinger.
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Marshal Petain's Body Returns to Verdun Tomb
A military plane brought the flag draped coffin of Marshal Philippe Petain back to the Ile d Yeu area amid a right wing plot to bury him at the Verdun national military cemetery. Police detain at least six suspects including ultraright candidate Herbert Massol and Francois Roux de Cassan. Petain's former lawyer Jacques Isorni accuses the Pompidou government of duplicity in recovering the remains.
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Kansas Waste Plant Operators Pass Certification
Jack H. Carson of Lawrence and William L. Goff of Eudora are among 46 Kansas waste treatment plant operators who have met voluntary certification requirements of the Water Pollution Control Association. Certification requires experience and passing a KWPCA drafted test. A bill to make certification mandatory has passed the Senate and awaits House action.
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