Planners Deny Clinton Rezoning Near Lake
Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission voted 8-1 to deny general business zoning for a 21 acre tract owned by Jarvis Brink near Clinton Lake. They left room to re-submit. county commission will hear the denial recommendation Feb 16. Nearby, the site lies two miles west of Lawrence and adjacent to the lake and planned Clinton Parkway, raising commercial prospects for lake related outlets.
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Lawrence-Douglas County
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-owned
Lake and Parks Project
Clinton
Brink
Congress rushes natural gas legislation for Carter plan
Washington leaders move to pass President Carter's natural gas program with emergency powers to divert gas to cold regions and permit unaffregulated price emergency sales through July 31. Senate and House actions push for quick floor votes with support from both sides.
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Carter
Capitol Hill
Congress
Gulf Coast
Defers 60 day review of elderly housing plan on Eighth Street
Lawrence-Douglas County Commission delays rezoning and 60 day consideration of a seven story, 120 unit elderly housing project by Lewis Kitchen between Kentucky and Tennessee. Opponents near Tennessee Street fear impact on restored homes while supporters from First Baptist Church back the $4 million proposal seeking federal rent-supplement funds. a planning commission vote to defer came after extensive discussion and will involve further study and possible officials’ committee input.
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Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission
Eighth Street
Kentucky
Tennessee
Lewis Kitchen
Kansas City
Old West Lawrence
Planning Commission
Jane Combest
Tennessee Street
Dwight Sutherland
Tenn
Babcock Place
Barbara Waggoner
Old West
Kitchen
First Baptist Church
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Chuck’’ Belote
Seventh entrant files for Lawrence City Commission race
Phillip Perry 27 of 932 R I announced his candidacy for the Lawrence City Commission making him the seventh filer. A March 8 primary will pick six finalists for the April 5 general election. Perry a Southwestern Bell employee cites city waste, planning staff crisis and the departure of the community development director as signs of inefficiency. He criticizes the current government for ignoring public wishes over airport and city hall decisions and calls for reorganizing city priorities to better serve citizens.
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R.I
Lawrence
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Plan '95 lands approval from Lawrence planners
Lawrence planners quietly approved Plan '95 on Wednesday, forwarding the land plan to city and county governing units, school officials, and other agencies for review. Chapter 14 on administration and implementation was completed by a 9 to 0 vote, with final adoption set for the Lawrence City Commission after its own hearings. The plan has spanned about two years of public meetings and revisions.
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Lawrence
Lawrence-Douglas
Carter urges thermostat cutback to 65 degrees
President Carter urged Americans to set daytime thermostats no higher than 65 degrees and to lower them at night as part of emergency energy legislation. An aide noted people should not be jailed for following the guidance, though landlords in New York City and other areas could face fines and possible jail time for not keeping buildings at required temperatures.
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Pine campaign managers named for school board candidacy
Correction notes campaign managers Emil Heck Jr. and Gene Fritzel were omitted from Wednesday’s filing story on Roger Pine’s school board bid.
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Roger Pine
Emil Heck, Jr
Gene Fritzel
Pine
Burglary Suspect Held as Police Solve Holiday Thefts
Police say four burglaries and five grand thefts across the Christmas holidays are solved with one arrest a 22 year old local man held on formal charges. A 15 year old was detained for auto larcenies and a house break in. Ermittions indicate more arrests may follow and about $2000 in property was involved though none recovered. Local Jaycees will honor four residents at a Friday banquet in Russell's East with Woman of the Year to be announced.
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Richard Stanwix
Stanwix
W.A. Dunbar and Son
Futher
Russell's East
Jaycee Jaynes
Robert Palmateer
W. Ronald Olin
Nancy Griffin
Lloyd Buzzi
Jaycees
Lawrence
Rezoning bid denied by planners near Big Springs
Homer Fickel faced a 9 to 0 defeat as the Douglas County Planning Board denied his request to rezone 12 acres from agriculture to general business on U.S. 40 near the Shawnee line. It marks his fifth loss in seeking commercial or industrial zoning in the agricultural area.
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Homer Fickel
Douglas County
Lawrence
FMC plant in North Lawrence marks year without lost work time
The FMC Corporation industrial chemical plant at Ninth and Maple completed one full year without an injury causing an employee to miss work. Manager Harvey Herbert reported nearly 300,000 hours worked by 150 employees fit the record. In 39 months only one injury led to an absence.
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FMC Corporation
Ninth and Maple
North Lawrence
Harvey Herbert
Kansas House Proposes High School Proficiency Tests
A bill to require proficiency tests and remedial programs for Kansas high school students draws caution from Lawrence educators. If passed, tests would be taken in grades 10 to 12 with remediation for those not meeting standards, guiding eligibility for Kansas Board of Regents institutions.
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Kansas House of Representatives
Keith Farrar
R-Hugoton
Kansas Board of Regents
Darrell Ward
Lawrence Education Assn
Kansas National Education Assn. Board of Directors
Ward
Lawrence High School
Brad Tate
Tate
House Education Committee
State Board of Education
FBI subpoenas records in ILA probe at Atlantic ports
The FBI subpoenas hundreds of longshore union leaders and shipping officials along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts in a probe of organized crime and union influence. Grand juries in Miami and New York City will hear from subpoenaed witnesses in February, with under 500 subpoenas issued.
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New York City
International Longshoremen’s Association
Gil Harrington
New York
Houston
Harrington
U.S
Clarence Kelley
Kelley
Washington
ILA
Afl-Cio
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific Coast
Donald Quinn
Levine Shipping
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