City Records Reflect a Dynamic 1969 in Lawrence
Lawrence's 1969 featured leadership changes at KU and city hall with Chalmers and Watson new faces, plus hospital and safety moves. ROTC disruptions, Vietnam moratoriums, and Black Students Union actions colored campus life as growth and cooperation shaped the town-gown bond. Population rise and major projects like Program for Progress and a NASA building point to a larger future, despite zoning and highway challenges.
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Laurence Chalmers
Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe
Lawrence
Sioux City
Iowa
Buford Watson
Ray Wells
Michigan
Chamber of Commerce
Keith Winter
Charles Denniston
Rodger Johnson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Gilbert Smith
Commerce
Tex
City Public Safety Unit
Vernell Sturns
Wichita
Reynolds Shultz
Black Students Union
Lawrence-Ku
Crowell
Alia Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
NASA
Nixon Plans Quiet New Year Signings From Calfifornia Home
President Nixon spent New Year’s Eve at San Clemente quietly as he prepared to sign one of five bills awaiting his action from the 1969 session. He planned to watch bowl games and did not specify which bill would be signed on January 1 1970. He discussed budget plans for the 1971 fiscal year with Mayo Kissinger and Ehrlichman. He signed 16 bills earlier, including the foreign aid measure authorizing 1.9 billion for 1970 and 1971.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
California
White House
Pasadena
Robert P. Mayo
Washington
Congress
Henry A. Kissinger
John Ehrlichman
Mamie Takes Admire Title
Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower heads the 1969 list of women Americans admire most in a Gallup Poll. Eisenhower garners 125 votes followed by Indira Gandhi 112 votes Golda Meir 103 and Onassis wife 100. Others include Mrs Joseph Kennedy 90 Mrs Robert Kennedy 84 Mrs Lyndon Johnson 81 Queen Elizabeth II 71 and Senator Margaret Chase Smith 65.
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Princeton
N.J
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gallup
Eisenhower
Indira Gandhi
India
Richard M. Nixon
Golda Meir
Israel
Aristotle Onassis
Joseph P. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Margaret Chase Smith
Nine Years of Vietnam War Deaths Top 40,000
The United States surpassed 40,000 battlefield deaths in nine years of Vietnam combat. An official weekly casualty report shows 86 U S deaths in the last week and a cumulative toll of 39,979 since January 1, 1961, with partial reports raising the total to 40,000. Military officials cite a downward trend in 1969 but warn only a major enemy push could reverse it.
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U.S
U.S. Command
United States
Mudslide Blocks Rose Bowl Route
A massive mudslide closed the Golden State Freeway south of Los Angeles cutting the main route for Rose Bowl traffic. No injuries or trap incidents were reported as a highway patrolman halted flows. work crews bury the lanes and rerouting continues while officials assess the hillside’s instability and the cause of the slide.
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Los Angeles
Hillside
Golden State
North California
Pasadena
Combat Deaths Chart Shows Vietnam Toll Top 40,000
The chart tracks American battlefield deaths in Vietnam Korea World War II and World War I. In the past nine years of fighting in Vietnam the toll surpassed 40 000 with eight Americans killed in action last week.
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Vietnam
Korea
New Year Celebrations Worldwide Span Fetes and Follies
The report chronicles New Year events from London to Rio de Janeiro and New York. In Trafalgar Square London youths dance in fountains while crowds in Rio offer tributes to Iemanjá. Times Square and Central Park host massive revelries as police jail eleven fountain revelers and hospitals tend to injuries. In Tokyo bells ring in the new year as dogs appear on cards. Guy Lombardo entertains at the Waldorf with a $60.50 headcount.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana
Lemanja
Times Square
Allied Chemical
Guy Lombardo
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Lombardo
Waldorf-Astoria
Tokyo
AgnewVisits Vietnam Troops On New Year Day
Vice President Spiro Agnew told U S troops at a model Vietnamization camp that Americans back them one hundred percent He met South Vietnamese President Thieu at the palace then flew to a base near Saigon and planned to stay overnight His Asian itinerary includes Taipei Formosa later Friday He praised the 25th Division and urged that 196? be the end of the conflict
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Saigon
Vietnam
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S
Agnew
Nixon
Taipei
Formosa
Patton
25Th Infantry Division
Ravey Drug Prescription Department Reduces Barriers
Index notes the drug prescription department accepts prescriptions from any doctor location and pledges to fill all doctor prescriptions without geographic restrictions. The statement emphasizes universal service for patients.
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Ravey Drug Prescription Department
aAdy
Humphrey criticizes Nixon priorities and 70s plan
Hubert H. Humphrey argues the Nixon administration has priorities upside down and that the Democratic Congress put people first. He reflects on the 1960s achievements Civil rights education aid to education poverty war and says Nixon seeks to repeal those gains.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Democratic Congress
Humphrey
Truce Ends For Allies Five Deaths
Allied forces resume combat in Vietnam ending a 24 hour New Year cease fire. Five Americans died during the truce pushing U S war dead past the 40 000 mark in nine years of fighting. Vice President Agnew visits Saigon for talks with President Thieu and to meet troops in the field.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Spiro T. Agnew
Nguyen van Thieu
Traffic Toll Rises in New Year Weekend Crashes
Traffic accidents on streets and highways killed 79 people in the early New Year holiday period. The fatalities began at 6 p.m. Wednesday local time and will end at midnight Sunday.
New Year Snow Flurries Meet Winter Temperatures in Lawrence
Flurries greet the new year with about half an inch of fresh snow in Lawrence. Temperatures open at 23 degrees downtown, 19 current, with highs in the upper 20s and lows in the mid teens. Chance of more snow flurries is low but present today and Friday. Travel remains unchanged through Saturday as activities resume post holiday. Notable: record high 64 in 1939 and Jan 1 low minus 9 in 1928.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Orange
Revie
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