City to extend lease on Lawrence Municipal Airport
Lawrence City Commission agrees to extend and guarantee the option on the Lawrence Aviation Inc. lease at Lawrence Municipal Airport. The action follows advice from the Airport Advisory Board which supported extending the five year option to six years. The lease expires May 2, 1977.
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Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence Aviation Inc
Lawrence Municipal
Douglas County Drug Abuse Council
Citizens Advisory Council
Lawrence Aviation
Bill Randall
Small Business Administration
Lawrence
Homestead act helps renters in Kansas aid drive
Kansas extends Homestead relief to renters with help from state Revenue officials in Lawrence. Douglas County residents may file 1975 Homestead or Renters Tax Relief forms January 13 to 15, bringing income tax data and landlord info. Eligibility hinges on age 60 or other conditions and household income under 8150, with refunds possible on property tax, rent, or mobile homes.
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Lawrence
Douglas Countians
Delbert Mathia
State Department of Revenue
Mathia
Kansas
Reagan Campaign Tour Focuses on Budget Cut Plan
Former California governor Ronald Reagan winds a 1976 campaign through New Hampshire promising a $90 billion federal budget cut without new state taxes. He campaigns in ski slopes and churches as Jackson opens his Democratic bid in Massachusetts. Rockefeller leads New York Republicans to a united delegation, with further delegates to be chosen in April.
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California
Ronald Reagan
New Hampshire
Reagan
North Carolina
Ford
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Massachusetts
Jackson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
New York State Republican Committee
Family loses all to Monday fire in Lecompton
Gary Powell family in Lecompton suffered total loss from a Monday morning fire. Margaret Powell says they have clothes on their backs and no contents insured. The family plans stay with Mary Powell or neighbor Joanne Cook for clothing donations. The piece also notes there are 94 district courts in the federal system.
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District Court
Lawrence to end blinking signs under city ordinance
Lawrence moves to enforce a sign ordinance phasing out flashing and moving lights by Oct 22 1975. Inspectors hand deliver notices to businesses including Baskin Robbins Hills Furniture Holiday Inn Virginia Inn Granada and Varsity Theaters while many signs already shut off.
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Times
Lawrence
City Building Inspection Department
Harley Gover
Grover
Gover
Baskin-Robbins
Hills Furniture
23Rd Street
Holiday Inn
Iowa
Virginia Inn
Granada
Varsity Theaters
Massachusetts
Kidnap Suspect Arrested in Hazan Case in Paris Suburb
Paris police report the arrest of a third gang member in the Louis Hazan kidnapping case. Investigators say seven men participated and two conspirators were seized during a ransom drop of 3.4 million dollars. Hazan remains alive but conditions are unclear while authorities pursue further arrests.
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Paris
France
Louis Hazan
Phonogram
Hazan
Auto makers end 1975 with steep sales drop in U.S.
Detroit reports show 1975 domestic car sales down sharply from 1973 and 1974, with 7.045 million units projected for the year. Imports rose to a record share, led by Fiat surpassing 100,000 in annual sales. December gains expected to continue though not offsetting the year’s losses.
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Detroit
U.S
Fiat
British Leyland
Volvo
Mercedes-Benz
Subaru
Peugeot
Alfa-Romeo
Jury selection ends. Sidorowicz trial delayed by illness
Judge Kay McFarland planned to finish jury selection in the conspiracy to commit bribery case against Norbert J. Sidorowicz in Shawnee County District Court but recessed for illness. The state used its ninth peremptory challenge as a juror delay weather impeded proceedings. The defendants, Norbert J. Sidorowicz and his firm Marshall and Brown Sidorowicz, allegedly bribed an aide of former Gov. Robert B. Docking to win a state construction contract.
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Topeka
Kan
Kay McFarland
Norbert J. Sidorowicz
Kansas City
Shawnee County
Miss McFarland
Sidorowics
Marshall and
Brown Sidorowicz
Robert B. Docking
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Mibeck
Keith Rogers
Electrical Code Advisory Board
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Buford Watson
Electrical Board
Randy Schwering
Douglas County
Kansas University
Red Cross
The
Douglas
Tim Janicke
L. Davis
Davis
Lyons
Associated Press
Boston
Tim Pryor
Ninth Street
Joe’s Bakery
Clark
Rusty
23Rd
Louisiana
Texas Tow
Public Works
George Williams
Plastic Bottle Institute
Pendleton
John Meyer
Emily
Kantry House
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