Lawrence CD committee faces tight funds for neighborhood grants
At a three hour Monday session the Lawrence Community Development committee approved preliminary neighborhood allocations totaling 53 200 while overall funds reach 742 000 with 734 700 spent. The East Lawrence Eldridge house proposal drew sharp debate and a 90 000 historic preservation fund was created.
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CD Committee
Pinckney
East Lawrence
Far East Lawrence
North Lawrence
CD Department
Walt Hall
Lawrence High accredits plan update and parking concerns
Lawrence High School outlined progress under North Central accreditation with focus on the guidance office and facilities. Remaining needs include language labs, drama space, offices, and parking. The board heard parking complaints from John Emick and deferred a bus contract vote awaiting a revised proposal.
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North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Ray Wilbur
LHS
Wilbur
North Central
John Emick
Emick
Lawrence
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Council backs rail line plan for Tonganoxie to Lawrence
The Tonganoxie city council unanimously endorsed four local businessmen moving to keep a 13.43 mile Union Pacific rail line between Tonganoxie and Lawrence in operation. Opponents urged converting the corridor into a bikeway, while a northern segment toward Leavenworth may still become a trail with a state park.
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Lawrence
Leavenworth
Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
Harriet Hughes
ICC
Tonganoxie- Lawrence
J.M. Jack
LCC
Dean Machinery
Kansas City
Black & Veatch
First and Main
County board holds rare closed session on Sanderson status
Douglas County commissioners met in a private half hour session at the Public Works Department with Dean Sanderson as county engineer and public works director. Chairman Peter Whitenight said no action was taken and more discussion will follow in a week or two. Critics Beverly Bradley and Robert Neis have pushed for clearer duties and improvements to roads, ditches, and bridges.
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Bill Bradley
R.W. Harmon and Sons
Bradley
Harmon
Harold Milligan
Grant School
Harold Siegrist
Douglas County Commissioners
Dean Sanderson
Peter Whitenight
Commission
Sanderson
Beverly Bradley
Robert Neis
Stokely-Van Camp Names New Top Executives in Shuffle
William B. Stokely III is elected president and chief operating officer succeeding cousin Alfred J. Stokely as chairman remains CEO. Leonard J. Delehanty becomes vice chairman and chief administrative officer. K. Marvin Eberts Jr. is senior vice president finance and treasurer. Robert L. Rice named senior vice president group executive for canned foods and can manufacturing operations. Ribbon cutting set for Royal College Shop reopening after remodel and fire.
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Indianapolis
William B. Stokely
Stokely-Van Camp Inc
Alfred J. Stokely
Leonard J. Delehanty
W.B. Stokely
Delehanty
W.B. Stokely Jr
K. Marvin Eberts Jr
Robert L. Rice
Stokely
Canned Foods
Can Manufacturing
Pipeline repairs continue to restore Lecompton gas flow
Cities Service Gas Co reports pipeline repairs ongoing after a 6 inch line near Lecompton split at a gate valve. John Holt says flow is maintained by a bypass, allowing Lawrence large users to return to natural gas as repairs finish tonight.
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Cities Service Gas Co
John Holt
Lawrence
Kansas Public Service Gas Co
Kansas University
Hillcrest
Holt
Cities Service
Park pledges cooperation with Congress on influence buying
Park returns to Capitol Hill to tell his side of the story about South Korean influence buying in Congress. Flanked by FBI agents and marshals he speaks to reporters after pleading innocent to a 36 count indictment.
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William Hundley
Capitol Hill
Par
Congress
Washington
Tongsun Park
Rayburn House
House Ethics Committee
Park
FBI
U.S
William G. Hundley
Seoul
United States
South Korea
Kansas House approves use value farmland tax bill
Kansas House passes use value farmland tax measure 75 to 48 with rural lawmakers broadly in support and urban members opposed. The plan taxes farmland by its productive value using eight year averages and a five year loan rate basis, with six year recovery and school finance treatment for farmland. A companion civil verdicts by 10 of 12 jurors bill also advanced.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Patrick Hurley
D-Leavenworth
John Carlin
Carlin
Soil Conservatiion Service
Federal Land Bank
Senate
KU senate seeks funds bus expansion studied
Kansas University's KU on Wheels plans expansion to serve Pinckney and East Lawrence areas next fall, adding routes from Pinckney neighborhood to campus and to Haskell area while prioritizing upgrade of crowded current lines Daisy Hill Oliver Naismith routes. A transportation advisory board would shape policy with a salaried manager handling duties.
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Kansas University
Pinckney
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Wood Creek
N. Mich
East Lawrence
Haskell Indian Junior College
KU On
Steve McMurry
Norton
Senate
McMurry
Lawrence Bus Co
Transportation Advisory) Board
Duane Ogle
Ogle
Pennsylvania
Daisy Hill
Oliver and
Naismith
24Th
Ridge Court
Transportation Advisory Board
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