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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1969
Page
5
Kansas business group cites a 1200 person poll showing strong support for accelerated highway programs financed by higher user taxes and greater state education spending. Voters favor more toll roads and revenue bonds. broad support also exists for higher school funding and a presidential primary.
Pottawattamie County Sheriff Roy Wichael found empty cells and a handwritten note urging a new jail. Three escapees were captured in Omaha and await trial. Prisoners used a steel brace to pry a wall plate and dig an 18 inch hole to escape.
Fairbanks faces sub zero misery as temperatures plummet to minus 65 with a 66 year old all time low. Schools close while residents cope indoors. A cat is freed from ground ice and propane gas thaws oddly as tires compress and pipes risk freezing.
Douglas County Assessor Dar win Rogers released a schedule of township assessment sites for residents of Lawrence Baldwin Eudora and Lecompton. Locations include Clinton Township Alvin Harrell residence Eudora City Hall Grant Kanwaka Lecompton Marion Palmyra Wakarusa and Willow Springs townships with varying hours and dates January through February.
The Santa Fe Railroad lost a retrial after a court order required payment to Donald P. Buckman, an employee who alleged spinal neck and head injuries from a freight train striking a boulder in 1963. A jury awarded $266,237 in damages Thursday.
The Army promoted 27 Negro officers to full colonel, doubling the number at that rank and signaling potential further advancement to general. The list, drawn up last Nov. 6, includes officers among 1,053 selected beyond lieutenant colonel.
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