Protests Halted Sixth Street Commercial Zoning Plan
About 20 residents wore red and white cards reading No More 23rd Streets in a protest against a request to rezone two acres along Sixth Street at Lawrence Avenue. The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission denied the request unanimously, citing potential harm to nearby residents and urging avoidance of commercial strip zoning. The case faces a March 7 city commission vote.
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23Rd Streets
Sixth Street
Lawrence Avenue
Lawrence-Douglas County
Senate panel backs Kleindienst for attorney general
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13 to 0 to approve Richard G. Kleindienst's nomination as attorney general. It also unanimously backed L. Patrick Gray III to succeed him as deputy attorney general, with a report to the Senate due by Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
John N. Mitchell
L. Patrick Gray III
New London
Conn
Kleindienst
Steps to Sell Road Bonds Authorized
The Kansas Highway Commission began the bond program by authorizing employment of financial advisers and attorneys to handle the 320 million bond plan. It approved bids for highway maintenance and resurfacing totaling 4.5 million across eastern and north-central Kansas and outlined steps to test legality before selling the first 40 million of bonds by June 30 to fund a 1,200 mile freeway system. Contracts awarded include 5.4 miles on K-10 in Douglas County to Holland Construction Co. for 43,238 and 3.5 miles on U.S. 24 in Jefferson County to Hankomer Asphalt Co. for 41,464 plus 102,903 to Hankomer Co. for grading at Perry State Park.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Highway Commission
John D. Montgomery
Kansas
Robert Docking
Douglas County
Holland Construction Co
Lenexa
U.S. 24
Jefferson County
Hankomer Asphalt Co
State Finance Council Bill Advances In Senate Panel
Senate Committee on Local Affairs approved for passage bills to create a state Commission on Mexican American Affairs a Johnson County sports authority and to require the State Finance Council to meet monthly The panel amended the measure to give members three days notice for meetings and for agenda items The vote was unanimous with all three Democrats not recording votes against the bill and Norman Gaar presiding.
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Kan
Senate Committee On Local Affairs
State Commission On
Johnson County
State Finance Council
Robert Docking
Finance Council
Docking
Reynolds Shultz
Glee Smith
Cal Strowig
Tom van Sickle
Clyde Hill
Nance Council
Senate
Norman Gaar
Westwood
Two American war victims last week reported in Indochina
AP dispatch notes two Americans killed in action in Indochina during the past week, mirroring the prior week, with 21 Americans wounded and ongoing cease fires for Tet. South Vietnamese losses numbered 208 killed and 531 wounded, while North Vietnamese and Viet Cong losses neared 637 killed. The tally shows the ninth straight week with under six American battle deaths and eight nonhostile American deaths, amid vast totals across allied forces. The report also includes a Tulsa, Oklahoma, murder case: Ken Castleberry charged with the February stabbing deaths of his wife and two children, arraignment set.
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Indochina
U.S
Tulsa
Okla
Ken Cong
Neth
Ray Castleberry
Castleberry
Marie Rilee
Richard Alan
Brenda Lee
No Dole Plans To Remarry
Sen. Robert Dole denies romantic links and any plan to remarry after his divorce from Phyllis Dole. He says he has not dated since the Topeka divorce on January 11, custody of their 17 year old daughter Robin remains with Phyllis.
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Robert Dole
R-Kan
Republican National
Today
Kansas City Star
The
Star
Dole
Kansas
Washington
Phyllis
Topeka
Kan
Robin
Kansas Reapportionment Plans Advance Through Legislature
The Senate Apportionment Committee approves a House based reapportionment plan with 125 districts and a 4 member per county provision by 1974. The House plan passed 75 39 after opposition from Democrats who split with the party, while Gov Docking vetoed earlier Senate plans.
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Sedgwick
Johnson
Senate
House
Robert Docking
Senate Democrats
Mars Canyon Seen by Mariner 9 Photo
In Pasadena the aerospace project released an image from Mariner 9 showing a Martian canyon about 9500 feet deep and 75 miles wide. Scientists describe the landform as a vast system of chasms and branches, larger than the Grand Canyon.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 9
Mars
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Progress Seen In KU Employee Tieup Amid Strike
Civil service workers at Kansas University continue picketing on campus while negotiations with administrators show some progress on working conditions. The dispute centers on back pay and a lack of salary increases since November 1970, with Topeka lawmakers noting negative effects on funding to grant raises.
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Kansas University
Topeka
Laurence Chalmers
Public Service
Department of Building and Grounds
Keith Nitcher
John Conard
Chalmers
Food Service
Nitcher
Senate
Glee Smith
R-Larned
Journal World Today
Smith
Kansas Board of Regents
Lawrence drug abuse committee to meet at city hall
The Lawrence drug abuse committee schedules its second meeting for 7 30 tonight in the city hall meeting room on the fourth floor of the First National Bank building at Ninth and Massachusetts.
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Lawrence Drug Abuse Committee
City Hall
First National Bank
Ninth and
Massachusetts
Dropout Link Between Smoking Late Papers and College Persistence
A study by Alexander W. Astin finds high school smokers and late paper submitters more likely to drop out in college. The research for the Master Planning Commission on Education in Kansas cites higher dropout rates among women and black students, and among those with no religious affiliation. Anderson estimates about 58 percent of Kansas high school graduates go to college, with roughly 44 percent to four year schools and 14 percent to junior colleges, and about half of graduates ultimately earning a bachelor’s degree.
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Alexander W. Astin
American Council On Education
Astin
Master Planning Commission On Education
Kansas
Kenneth Anderson
Commission
The
Anderson
Egg production up in Kansas in January
Poultry flocks across Kansas produced 65 million eggs in January, two million more than December 1971 but fewer than any January since 1925, according to the Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
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