City Board Abandons East Lawrence Center Plan
Lawrence city commissioners heard Don Schaake confirm the East Lawrence citizens advisory committee has dropped plans for a city funded neighborhood center. The panel will focus on housing rehab and general improvements while a total 394720 grant with 128500 admin costs funds the program through 1974 including 35000 for rehab grants and 120000 for neighborhood improvements.
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Don Schaake
East Lawrence
Schaake
Citizens’ Committee
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12Th
Delaware
Santa Fe
City Commission
Brian Kubota
NDP
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Vermont Street
Sixth Street
Chuck Fisher
Jack Rose
Kansas reports 139 new manufacturing plants in 1972
Gov. Docking’s 1972 Kansas report shows 139 new plants launching across 80 communities, with Wichita Merriam Topeka Hutchinson and Newton hosting multiple sites. The state added about 3 500 jobs, average 25 2 workers per firm, and capital investment of 68.8 million planned for 2 100 more jobs.
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Kansas
Robert Docking
Wichita
Merriam
Topeka
Hutchinson
Newton
FMC Corporation Sees Strong 1972 Earnings Rise
FMC Corp reports projected 1972 earnings of about $2 a share before write offs, up 38 percent from $1.45 last year, with Q4 earnings around 40 cents and sales near $395 million. World sales total expected at $1.5 billion, up 11 percent from a year earlier.
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Chicago
FMC Corporation
Robert H. Malott
Comedian Flip Wilson Case Delayed to February 20
In Los Angeles a paternity suit says comedian Flip Wilson fathered a child with dancer Mabel Robinson. Judge Harry L. Hupp delayed the case after a closed-door conference and sealed parts of the files to avoid public embarrassment. Wilson denies paternity.
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Los Angeles
Flip Wilson
Superior Court
Harry L. Hupp
Wilson
Mabel Robinson
Joseph
Hupp
Baldwin seeks State approval for nursing home cost overrun
Baldwin city officials met the State Board of Tax Appeals in Topeka to request permission to cover a $5,000 nursing home overrun. Mayor Virgil Reeves said a decision should arrive in 10 days to two weeks, noting the hearing was a formality to explain the increased patient care costs beyond the 1972 budget filed in 1971. The city asserts current finances can cover the overrun.
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Baldwin
State Board of Tax Appeals
Topeka
Virgil Reeves
Reeves
Board of Tax Appeals
Hippie Priest Is Suspended In California
The Rev. Richard York known as hippie priest and who officiated Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden's wedding has been suspended indefinitely by the Episcopal Diocese of California. The bishop said York failed to obtain permission to remarry a divorced person after Fonda's recent divorce from Roger Vadim.
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San Francisco
Richard York
Berkeley
Jane Fonda
Tom Hayden
Kilmer Myers
Episcopal Diocese of
California
Father York
Miss Fonda
Hayden
Roger Vadim
Santa Fe Trail Society to Host Indian Culture Lecture
The Santa Fe Trail Historical Society holds its annual meeting in Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church. A pot luck supper starts at 6 30 p.m. and Barbara Richards, Baker University anthropology professor, will lecture at about 8 p.m.
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Baldwin
Santa Fe Trail Historical Society
Fellowship Hall
First United Methodist Church
Barbara Richards
Baker University
Thieu Warns No Guarantee of Lasting Peace
President Thieu told 17 million South Vietnamese that no agreement offers a 100 percent peace guarantee and warned that only military force political strength and economic power can ensure safety. He called the cease-fire a preliminary step toward a durable peace amid political struggle with the Communists. Premier Dong hailed the accord as a victory and pledged continued effort toward liberation and reunification.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Nixon
Paris
Vietnam
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Pham Dong
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Dong
Hanoi
Tass
Eban Cancelled March Lecture at Kansas University
Israel’s Foreign Minister Abba Eban canceled his March appearance at Kansas University for the J. A. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture. Kathy Vratil said he would spend March in Africa and gave no reason. Eban was to be the sole speaker for the Vickers Series this year.
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Abba Eban
Israel
Kansas University
J. A. Vickers Sr
Kathy Vratil
University Relations and Development Office
Eban
Africa
Vickers
Fire causes 325-dollar damage at Lawrence apartment
Firefighters report an estimated 325 dollars in damage from a blaze at 10 01 a m Tuesday at 2333 Ridge Court Lawrence The cause is listed as a possible cigarette and the person leasing the apartment was not identified.
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Ridge Ct
Lawrence
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