Regents Vote To Take Bid For Building
The State Board of Regents accepted a 5 583 190 bid from Pierce Shippers Construction Co for a new Fort Hays State College physical education building. They approved a 6 6002 percent interest on 5 million revenue bonds to fund it and adopted a 1 per credit hour fee increase to support bond payments. John Nuveen Co. issued the revenue bonds. Regent Paul Wunsch dissented on the bond bid. Dr Clark Ahlberg cited 568 831 total for Wichita State football crash fund with Marshall University share and upcoming Night of Stars expenses. Regent Thomas J Griffith was away.
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Topeka
State Board of Regents
Fort Hays State College
Pierce-Shippers Construction Co
Hays
John Nuveen Co
Chicago
New York
Fort Hays State
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Clark Ahlberg
Wichita State University
Regents
WSU
Marshall University
Nixon Urges Alliance of Generations for National Service
President Nixon spoke in Nebraska about youth roles and proposed a Volunteer Service Corps uniting Peace Corps VISTA and other agencies. He urged extending voting rights to 18 year olds and noted plans to spend part of the weekend at Camp David near Thurmont Maryland. He joked about resisting pressure to attend the Super Bowl in Miami.
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Nixon
Nebraska
Congress
Peace Corps
Volunteers In Service To
America
VISTA
Camp David
Thurmont
Florida
C. G
Bebe” Rebozo
Miami
Heath Defends Commonwealth Rights Amid South Africa Arms Plan
Prime Minister Edward Heath urged Commonwealth nations to resist limits on sovereign policies while defending Britain’s proposal to supply maritime arms to South Africa for sea lanes. Malaysian leader Tun Abdul Razak rebuked the arms sale as boosting apartheid and signaled ties with Communist China if tensions rise in Southeast Asia.
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Singapore
Edward Heath
Commonwealth
South Africa
Heath
Kremlin
Indian Ocean
Africa
Britain
Tun Abdul Razak
Laysia
Rhodesia
Portugal
Razak
Malaysia
China
Peking
Southeast Asia
United Nations
Formosa
Romney Denies Abuses and Halts HUD Mortgage Subsidies
Housing Secretary George Romney suspended about 40 percent of the 140 million dollar mortgage subsidy program after acknowledging broader abuses. Existing-home subsidies are halted while new funding continues for 60,000 units. future action on new construction is pending.
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Washington
George Romney
Romney
House Banking and Currency Committee
Department of Housing and Urban Development
FHA
Baldwin Debaters Seek State Title in Topeka
Baldwin High School debaters compete today and Saturday at Washburn University for a state title. Team members Sara Cleland Pam Schmidt Marty Hobson and David Polson debate both sides on the air and water pollution program with coach Sandra Moon.
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Baldwin
Bladwin High School
Washburn University
Sara Cleland
Miles Cleland
Pam Schmidt
Warren Schmidt
Marty Hobson
Gene Hobson
David Polson
Ralph Polson
Sandra Moon
Lansing
Valley Falls
Osage City
Washburn
Moon
Douglas County Names Official Newspapers and Banks for Year
The Douglas County Commission designated The Journal-World and Baldwin Ledger as official papers for 2024 including legal notices and bills. Baldwin Ledger to publish quarterly delinquent real estate tax reports. The board also named six county banks as official depositories for county funds for the coming year.
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Journal-World
Baldwin Ledger
Crime Alerts Spur Call For Information In Lawrence
Police in Lawrence urge residents to report tips on recent crimes and suspicious activity. Authorities stress staying vigilant and provide contact lines for anonymous information to help solve ongoing cases.
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Lawrence
Victims Spelled Out by Telephone Dial Signal
A brief notice notes the telephone dialing sequence 842 8467 spells VICTIMS on the keypad. No name is required for contact or identification.
Kent State riot suspect Ruth Gibson surrenders in Ohio
Ruth Gibson, 22, a former Kent State student, surrendered on an indictment for second degree riot and felony property destruction tied to the May Kent State violence. She posted bond, saying she had not been in Kent since the May 4 clash, and called the indictments political.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Kent State
Ruth Gibson
Kent State University
Miss Gibson
Kent
Ohio National Guardsmen
San Francisco
Common Pleas
Edwin Jones
Arson Suspect Haas Held on 30000 Bond
Carl W. Haas 49 of 537 Schwarz Rd remains jailed in Douglas County on $30,000 bond after arrest on December 28 for arson and felonious property destruction at Krazy Karls, 1811 W Sixth, a restaurant he ran, with damages estimated at $60,000.
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Carl W. Haas
Schwarz Rd
Douglas County
Haas
Krazy Karl’s
W. Sixth
Chicago Teachers and Board Reach Strike Agreement
The Chicago Teachers Union and the Board of Education reached a tentative contract settlement after about 12 hours of bargaining with Mayor Daley mediating. Voting by 20 000 teachers is set for Sunday while schools remain closed. details to be released by the union.
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Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
Board of Education
Richard J. Daley
Daley
South Viet battle to reopen Highway 4 in Cambodia
South Vietnamese task force clashes with North Vietnamese near Stung Chhay about 95 miles southwest of Phnom Penh as marines move toward Pich Nil pass on Highway 4. An American spotter plane was shot down in Kratie Province. crew rescued. Casualties reported include 41 North Vietnamese and five government troops killed, 28 South Vietnamese wounded.
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Saigon
Phnom Penh
U.S
Cambodia
Stung Chhay
Pich Nil Pass
Pich Nil
Kompong Som
Krate
Lawrence Woman In Hospital After Pickup Collision
Dorothy Horowitz of 1430 La is reported in poor condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a Wednesday afternoon pickup crash near 14th and Tennessee. She spent a fair night and will be moved from the acute care ward today.
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Dorothy Horowitz
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
14Th
Tennessee
Tragic Motel Deaths of Kansas Couple in Hammon
A Kansas couple from Garden City identified as W. W. Buck Snow and wife were found asphyxiated in an overheated Hammon motel room. Hammon Marshal Doug Shockey said the two had checked in for a one night stay and likely died Tuesday, with discovery Thursday afternoon after motel operators failed to wake them. The heater had burned out oxygen, leaving the room extremely hot.
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Hammon
Okla
Kansas
Doug Shockey
W. W
Buck” Snow
Garden City
Kan
Shockley
Custer County
Oklahoma
Houston Snow
Shockey
Dole Talks On Staffing Changes For National GOP
Dole notes voters want reliable contact and a reachable chairman as the party adjusts its top leadership. The shift elevates deputy roles with Evans, a Wilmington attorney and Nixon fundraiser, and Mrs. Armstrong, a Texas Republican leader and Vassar graduate, in new titles and expanded duties.
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National Committee
Peter O’donnell
Texas
GOP
Dole
Evans
Evans and Associates, Inc
Wilmington
Armstrong
Vassar College
Texas Republican Party
Bell Names Todd to Top Aid Position
TOPEKA AP Fletcher Bell Kansas new commissioner of insurance announces Ron Todd as assistant commissioner. Todd joined the State Insurance Department in 1956 and has led fire and casualty supervision for decades. Bell also names Raymond Rathert as fire and casualty supervisor and Richard Brock as admissions and filings coordinator.
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Bell
Todd
Topeka
Fletcher Bell
Kansas
Insurance
Ron Todd
State Insurance Department
Ron
Insurance Department
Frank Sullivan
Raymond E. Rathert
Richard D. Brock
Rathert
Department
Brock
Paved and Lighted Parking Facilities Rumsey Funeral Home Notice
Paved and lighted parking facilities are described in a local notice involving Rumsey Funeral Home at 848 All-Adv. The fragment notes a property or service with related public access and facility details.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
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John E. Desmond
Warren Mortuary
New Hampshire
Lawrence, Kansas
South Vietnam
5Th Mechanized Infantry
Vern Miller
Statehouse
Dole Says
KLWN
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