Advisory Group Moves Toward Public Facilities Bond Report
After a January start the Citizens Advisory Group will draft a report for the City Commission on community needs and facility priorities. A Dec 15 staff proposal seeks a 6.9 million general obligation bond for City Hall library convention center and public works including fire stations airport improvements and a pool.
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Citizens Advisory Group
City Commission
Ray Wells
Douglas County Commission
Travis Glass
Massachusetts Street
East 23Rd Street
6Th Street
Kasold Drive
11Th Street
Massachusetts
South Park
Broken Arrow Park
Vt. St
Wells
Ray Culbertson
County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Journal - World
Fair Housing Act Sought by Lawrence Citizens
About 50 people appeared before the Lawrence Human Relations Commission urging a local fair housing ordinance. Rev Richard Dulin led the Fair Housing Coordinating Committee presenting a plan and cited studies and personal experiences. The commission agreed to study the matter and seek model ordinances for February action.
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Lawrence Fair Housing Coordinating Committee
Lawrence Human Relations Commission
City Hall
Commission
Richard Dulin
Fair Housing Group
Lawrence
Dulin
James Schubert
City Commission
Human Relations Commission
Fair Housing
Jesse Milan
NAACP
Milan
Louise Lane
Nathaniel Sims
Dorothy Harvey
United Church Women
Fair Housing Coordinating Committee
Phyllis Sapp
League of Women
Eugene Wallace
James Owens
EU Law
Lawrence PTA Curriculum Committee Meets Tonight
The Lawrence PTA Curriculum Committee plans a 7 30 PM meeting in room 105 at Lawrence High School. School Superintendent Carl S Knox will outline the district's educational philosophy. A letter from Southwestern Bell Tele phone Co commends local firemen for their swift response to a December 28 fire near the laundry adjacent to the telephone building.
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PTA
Lawrence High School
Carl S. Knox
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
F. C. Sanders
Lawrence
James F. Haake
Topeka
Docking staff to get extra capitol office space
Gov elect Robert Docking will receive more first floor capitol space. The executive council approved the allotment on the Department of Administration's recommendation. The two-room governor elect suite remains and another north wing office formerly used by Attorney General Robert D. Londerholm’s staff is added.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
State Capitol
William H. Avery
Executive Council
State Department of Administration
Capitol
Atty. Gen
Robert D. Londerholm
Tao Chu Led Through Beijing Streets As Purge Target
Tokyo AP reports Red Guards paraded Tao Chu through Peking in a curbside denouncement. Tao, 60, newly named propaganda chief, rising to No. 4 in the party during Mao and Lin Piao's purge, was called a bourgeois reactionary by wall posters and denounced for opposing leaders Liu Shao-chi and Teng Hsiao-ping.
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Tokyo
Red Guards
Tao Chu
Red China
Peking
Hikimawasu
Asahi
Yomiuri
Red Guard
Mao Tse-tung
Chiang Ching
Tao
Kwangchow Red Guards
Missile Runaway Over Cuba Stirs Pentagon Report
The unarmed Mace missile launched from Eglin Air Force Base reportedly veered toward Cuba after a test chase by F4 Phantom jets. Cannon fire, air-to-air missiles, and ground signals failed to destroy it before it fell short of Cuba, with no public Cuban comment yet.
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Washington
U.S
Cuba
Pentagon
Caribbean
Air Force
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Eglin Afb
Cecil Grayson Lecture on Alberti at Oxford Scholar Talk
Professor Cecil Grayson of Oxford University will discuss Alberti as theorist and practitioner of art and architecture in an illustrated talk at 3 30 p m Friday in the West Reading Room Watson Library. The lecture is open to the public without charge.
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Cecil Grayson
Oxford University
England
Alberti
Watson Library
Lawrence High hosts third annual debate tournament
The Lawrence High School debate squad hosts 46 teams from more than 25 schools for a two day event starting Friday at 2 p.m. with an assembly. About 185 students and 29 coaches participate though LHS debaters sit out the contest. Elimination rounds begin Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the new addition. Judging is by townspeople KU students and professors. Five trophies awarded. Sweepstakes for best overall score and first to fourth place trophies funded by local businessmen and entry fees.
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Lawrence High School
Lawrence Lhs
LHS
Lawrence
Kansas University
Rescued Families After Route 3 House Fire
Smiths and Farmers escape a Monday evening blaze that destroyed a two story home owned by O R Shultz on Route 3. Neighbors and strangers contributed clothing bedding and groceries as the two families found temporary shelter with relatives and later moved into a new house near McLouth. The Smith children returned to school at McLouth.
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Harold Smith
Raymond Farmer
Route 3
O. R. Shultz
Smiths
Easton
Leavenworth County
McLouth
Smith
Injured Lawrence Fireman Improves at LMH
Doyle Headley, hospitalized since the downtown fire on December 28, was listed in fairly good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He had been in fair condition for eight days and now has a television set and prism glasses arranged beside his bed to view it while lying down.
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Doyle Headley
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
Headley
Baker Becomes County Deputy in Douglas County
Floyd Baker 26 joins the Douglas County Sheriff's Office as deputy after five years with Leavenworth County. East Leavenworth Missouri native and his wife Mary reside at 1101 N.H. St. with four children. The new hire brings deputies to nine plus Undersheriff Wayne Schmille and Sheriff Rex Johnson.
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Floyd Baker
Douglas County
Wayne Schmille
Rex Johnson
Sheridan Comedy The School for Scandal Opens Feb 8
University Theatre presents Richard Sheridan's The School for Scandal at Murphy Hall Kansas University running February 8 to 11 at 8 20 p m Cast includes Susan Tisdall Winnetka IL Linda McDonald Overland Park KS Wayne Shahan Owasso OK Sean Griffin South Bend IN Clayton Crenshaw Scott City KS Richard Kelton Miami OK David Blackwell Lawndale IL Jerry Battey Great Bend KS John Morgan Shepherdstown WV Dennis Dalen St Louis Park MN Sylvia McConnell Shawnee OK Thomas Simpson Orrington ME and Jeri Walker Mission KS in principal roles.
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Richard Sheridan
Kansas University
Murphy Hall
Susan Tisdall
Winnetka
Linda McDonald
Overland Park
Wayne Shahan
Owasso
Okla
Sean Griffin
South Ben
Ind
Clayton Crenshaw
Scott City
Richard Kelton
Miami
David Blackwell
Lawndale
Ill
Jerry Battey
Great Bend
John Morgan
Shepherston
W. Va
Dennis Dalen
St. Louis Park
Minn
Sylvia McConnell
Shawnee
Thomas Simpson
Orrington
Maine
Jeri Walker
Mission
Fire damages Ellsworth Hall lounge at KU
Kansas University officers report an early morning fire on the eighth floor lounge of Ellsworth Hall causing seven hundred dollars in damage. The Lawrence Fire Department extinguished the blaze after it was discovered at 2 45 a.m. An armchair and divan were damaged and there was smoke damage to the area.
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Kansas University
Ellsworth Hall
Lawrence Fire Department
Love Seeks Marriage Across 52 Year Gap in Kentucky
Irene Moseley 19 plans to wed John H Napier 71 after knowing him for years. The Cincinnati couple says love counts over age and will marry in Manchester Kentucky where Irene makes her home.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Irene Moseley
John H. Napier
Manchester
Irene
KU Professors Earn NSF Grants for Chemistry and Physics
Two Kansas University professors, Jack W. Culvahouse and Benjamin Chu, received NSF awards totaling 117 500. Culvahouse gets 66 000 for Spin spin and spin lattice interactions in solids while Chu receives 51 500 for Critical opalescence. Chu, Sloan research fellow, also enjoys support from Army Research Office and the American Chemical Society and spoke at a Rome conference on molecular forces.
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Kansas University
National Science Foundation
Jack W. Culvahouse
Benjamin Chu
Culvahouse
Chu
Alfred P. Sloan
Army Research Office
American Chemical Society
Rome
Pontifical Academy of Science
Clothing Theft Reported At KU Lot Break-in
Richard Brooks, a KU junior from Kansas City Missouri, reported clothing theft valued at 300 dollars from his car in the A zone lot. The rear window was broken to gain access between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 11 45 a.m. Wednesday.
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Kansas University
Richard Brooks
W. Lth
Kansas City
Brooks
Cash Stolen From DX Service Station Register
James Foster of the DX Service Station at 6th and Midh reported Wednesday evening that $60 to $70 was stolen from the cash register sometime that day.
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James Foster
6Th and
Midh
Srs
Chiefs to Help K. C. But No Finley Offer
Kansas City officials announce a two-stadium concept with football and baseball venues in adjacent sites. Lamar Hunt of the Chiefs hints at possible participation in revenue bonds but offers no concrete financing from Charles O. Finley for the Athletics' ballpark.
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Kansas City
Chiefs
K. C
Finley
Athletics
County Sports Authority
Warren Hearnes
Lamar Hunt
Independence Bomb Threat Evacuates College and School
A telephoned bomb threat at Independence Junior College and High School prompted evacuation of more than 1,000 students and staff. A male caller claimed a bomb would explode at 11 30 a.m. Dean Principal Neil Edds ordered the evacuation and police fire units conducted searches with no device found. classes were to resume later in the day.
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Independence, Kan
Independence Junior College
Dean
Neil Edds
Fire Department
Avery Names Six Appointments Before Leaving Office
Gov. William H. Avery announced six minor appointments and said a new member would be named to the State Board of Tax Appeals. Dr. Donald C. Greeves was named to the Institutional Management advisory panel, W. Keith Weltmer to the Tax Appeals commission, with Drs. Jack A. Dunagin and Robert H. Riedel reappointed. Havendick to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority four-year term, Frisbie resigns from the Wheat Commission to become Kansas Farm Bureau president, and a new Tax Appeals member will replace Her bert A. Sizemore.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
State Board of Tax Appeals
Donald C. Greeves
Kansas City
Greeves
University of Kansas Medical Center
C. Arden Miller
W. Keith Weltmer
Lawrence
University of Kansas
W. Clarke Wescoe
Jack A. Dunagin
Robert H. Riedel
Avery
George Havendick
Leavenworth
Ray E. Frisbie
McDonald
Kan
Kansas Wheat Commission
Frisbie
Kansas Farm Bureau
Northwest Kansas
Wheat Commission
Board of Tax Appeals
Herbert A. Sizemore
Newton
Loving memory of Oscar Mayhugh Jr two years on
Our thanks to friends and relatives for Christmas and anniversary cards flowers and gifts. You made our day one we will always remember. May God bless you. In loving memory of our son Oscar Mayhugh Jr who passed away two years ago today. Sadly missed by mother and Dad. Mr and Mrs Oscar Mayhugh Sr
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Oscar Mayhugh Jr
Oscar Mayhugh, Sr
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