Commission views site plan for new maintenance garage
Lawrence City Commission reviewed the Second and Indiana site plan for a city maintenance facility at its study session. They endorsed pursuing minimum housing code enforcement, planned a March 4 bid, and considered a 1977 salary increase for commissioners while approving a white on bronze street sign alternative for downtown.
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Lawrence
Buford Watson
Second
Indiana
Brian Kubota
Peters, Williams and Kubota
Nance and Parks
Kubota
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Jim Blessing
Maine
Indiana Street
Commission
Watson
Milton Allen
Nancy Hambleton
Daniel Ling
Allen
Ling’s
Public Works
George Williams
Rose
Williams
Burnup Equipment Co
Independence
John Haddock Ford Inc
23Rd
Alabama
Burnup
West 27Th Street
Lawrence Avenue
Police Department
Pioneer Ridge No. 4
Waymire
Ninth
New Hampshire
Cambodian rebels disrupt Mekong convoy and siege Neak Luong
Rebels fired heavy mortars and machine guns at a seven ship Mekong River convoy near Phnom Penh forcing its return to South Vietnamese waters. Casualties unknown. government claims 173 insurgents killed near Neak Luong. An American crewman wounded aboard a civilian airliner. plane landed safely. Military reports note 20 000 refugees, Khmer Rouge control over river sections, and ongoing air raids on Phnom Penh airport.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Neak Luong
Mekong River
Phnom
Crilly
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Khmer Rouge
Mekong
Voys
Saigon
GM Holds Price Line Amidst January Auto Slump
General Motors states no price cuts or direct rebates as U S auto sales fall sharply in the January 1 10 period Chrysler AMC and Ford also report steep declines Industry sources estimate Ford sales at about 34 000 for the period with total industry sales around 93 000 a 33 drop from a year earlier job cuts loom as auto workers face layoffs while Chrysler rolls out a five week 300 rebate campaign cited as a market dampener.
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Detroit
General Motors
Elliott Estes
Chrysler
American Motors
AMC
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Federal judge urges six states to declare gas emergencies
A Federal Power Commission judge asks six states Virginia Delaware Alabama Pennsylvania and the Carolinas to declare natural gas emergencies to curb heating use and divert gas to industry. He notes a 15 billion cubic feet cut by Transcontinental Gas Pipeline and proposes extending to New Jersey New York Georgia Mississippi and Maryland. He urges residents to set thermostats to 68 degrees during the emergency period.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
FPC
William Jensen
Virginia
Delaware
Alabama
Pennsylvania
North
South Carolina
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co
Lion
Jensen
New Jersey
New York
Georgia
Mississippi
Maryland
Ensen
Israeli raid wounds eight in Lebanon village of Shuba
Israeli forces crossed into southern Lebanon and raided Shuba, destroying buildings used by Arab snipers and blowing a water pipeline. Eight Israeli soldiers were wounded, the largest casualty count in over two years. The raid followed earlier incursions into Fatahland in four days. In Kansas, Mary Demeritt Gordon, Lawrence teacher, was named among 1974 Outstanding Elementary Teachers of America.
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Lebanon
Israel
Shuba
Fatahland
al Fatah
Palestine
Lawrence
Mary Demeritt Gordon
Gordon
Kansas
Lawrence Commission okays housing plan with data additions
The Lawrence City Commission approved the Housing and Community Development Act application but urged additions. They called for U S Postal Service vacancy data and population comparisons, noting gaps identified by Cornelia Fields and others. The panel funded Has Kell Loop acquisition, several housing programs, and plan improvements while approving several site, zoning, and bid actions.
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Lawrence City Commission
U.S. Postal Service
Lawrence
Kansas University
Cornelia Fields
Lawrence League of Women Voters
Oblinger-Smith Corp
Wichita
Lowell Richardson
Oblinger-Smith
Commission
Haskell
North Second Street
Israeli Kissinger to discuss peace moves in new talks
Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon begins a new round of Middle East peace talks with Secretary of State Kissinger. He notes Egypt may move toward an interim agreement as Allen hopes for progress and a potential Sinai withdrawal deal is met with a negative Cairo response.
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Washington
Yigal Allon
Egypt
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
Allen
Kissinger
Ford
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Sinai
Cairo
Israel
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Hill Study
City Commission
Jack Rose
National League of Cities
League
Tay Ninh City
Tay Ninh
Phuoc Long
Modulars
THE
Associated Press
R. L. Polk
Nancy Hamb
Leton
Taco Bell
W. 23Rd
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission
Haskell Avenue
Lyon and
Glenn Streets
Glenn
Bailene Avenue
Planning Commission
Rane
Cash & Carry
Mass
15Th
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