Price Freeze Shows Mixed Effects on Grocery Bills
AP survey across 13 cities tracks 15 items from March to June and again in June to July. Butter and eggs lead price increases while overall market baskets rise in eight cities and fall in five.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Miami
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Detroit
Philadelphia
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
New York
Seattle
Dallas
Rumors of Mass Rape Cast as False in Lawrence KU Area
Law enforcement officials deny rumors of 26 rapes in Lawrence and at KU. They confirm 18 incidents since last September, with two rapes on May 14 while eight assaults and eight batteries occurred in Lawrence and at KU. Investigators stress no evidence ties all cases to a single assailant.
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Lawrence and
Kansas University
Lawrence Police Department
KU Security Division
Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Lawrence
Richard Stanwix
Stanwix
Raymond Schwegler
Ku’s
Watkins Memorial Hospital
EU Information Center
EU Coeds
Information Center
Weltmar Seeks End to Kansas Highway Credit Union Subsidy
Post Auditor W Keith Weltmer urges ending state subsidies to the Kansas Highway Credit Union noting annual costs exceed thirty two thousand dollars with space and equipment usage. Highway Director A J Gray vows prompt solution and moving operations from division headquarters. Congress may review statutory authority for any future subsidies.
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Topeka
Kan
Post
W. Keith Weltmer
State Highway Department
Kansas Highway Credit Union
Weltmer
The
Highway Commission
Boon
Gray
Highway Division
Commission to Discuss Law Building Agreement
Lawrence City Commission will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the First National Bank building to discuss a letter of participation in a county city law enforcement building plan and a shared jail. They will also consider returning demolition authority to the city from the Board of Building Code Appeals and amendments to cereal malt beverage regulations.
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Douglas County Commission
Lawrence City Commission
City Hall
First National Bank
Ninth
Massachusetts
City Commission
Board of Building Code Appeals
Dennis Kallsen
City Commission Agenda Review June 26 1973
Review of site plans including First National Bank drive up at 23rd Street Ridge Court Sizzler at 1516 West 23rd Street and a veterinary clinic at Sixth Street and Lawrence Avenue. Paving projects Meadowlea Estates Auto Plaza and St Andrews Drive extension plus India Addition paving. Bid date set for water department items. Ordinances on housing code cereals malt beverages and parking removals. Old business minutes from Zoning Appeals.
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First National Bank
23Rd Street
Ridge Court
Sizzler
West 23Rd Street
Sixth Street
Lawrence Avenue
27Th Terrace
28Th Street
29Th Street
Meadowlea Estates
28Th Terrace
Auto Plaza
St. Andrews Drive
Alvamar
22Nd Street Terrace
Delaware Street
India
Water Department
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence
Kansas
Board of Zoning Appeals
Lawrence High Ventures Trip Heads to Colorado Wilderness
Thirteen Lawrence High School students and three instructors prepare for an 11 day wilderness expedition starting Saturday. The group trains this week with a fitness test as part of the Mountain Ventures Program now in its second year. They will backpack and camp in Mount Zirkel Wilderness, with stops at Wilson Reservoir Hays Denver and Steamboat Springs before returning July 21.
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Lawrence High School
Colorado Wilderness
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Mount Zirkel
Lawrence
Lake Perry search for drowned Kansas City boy
Dragging operations at Perry Lake continued today to locate Charles Colding, 14, who slipped from an inflatable chair Sunday afternoon in 10 to 12 foot water near the lake’s public use area. Officials from Perry Lake, Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game, and Jefferson County sheriff’s office are involved in the search.
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Perry Lake
Kansas City
Kan
Lynn
Myers
Charles Colding
Perry Public Use
Colding
Kansas State Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
Terrill's Building on Mass. to Be Sold
Owner Bob Pulliam says 9803 Mass. building will be sold under a financing contingent contract. Terrill's yard goods and clothing store will close after the sale. He declined to name the buyers.
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Terrill
Mass
Bob Pulliam
Pulliam
New Small Claims Court Opens in Douglas County
Lawrence report notes no cases filed this morning in the new Small Claims section of Douglas County Court. The division of the County Probate Court may hear claims up to $300, requires a $5 filing fee, and took effect as of Sunday per the 1973 Kansas Session Laws publication.
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Douglas County Court
Douglas’ County Probate Court
Kansas
Lawrence to switch to secondary sewage treatment with EPA grant
The Environmental Protection Agency awards Lawrence a 240750 grant toward a 6386000 project to convert the city’s sewage system to secondary treatment. The 75 percent federal share totals 4789500. plans call for bonds next year and construction to begin soon after January 1, 1974. Completion targets ahead of the July 1, 1977 deadline. A public hearing is set for August 7 at 2 PM.
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Lawrence
Environmental Protection Agency
Charles Baker
Solid Today
Kansas
Larry Winn
Baker
Fireworks Show Slated In Stadium for July Fourth
Fireworks will begin at dusk at the Kansas University stadium after the Jaycee Independence Day program. Lt. Cmdr. Charles Plumb of Lecompton and Overland Park will speak at the ceremonies and musical program at 7 p.m. Baldwin Jaycees plan a fireworks show after a hamburger dinner at Baker University stadium. Police report multiple illegal firework complaints as the Fourth approaches.
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Kansas University Stadium
Charles Plumb
Lecompton
Overland Park
Baldwin Jaycees
Baker University Stadium
Lawrence
Kansas University Consumer Protection Assn
Food and Drug Administration
CPA
Lawrence Jaycee
Ray Price
Arkansas City
New Principal Bradford Tate Starts at Lawrence High
Bradford L Tate, 34, of Waterloo Iowa, began his duties as Lawrence High School principal on a Sunday after replacing interim head Max Rife. Rife continues as division principal as Tate spent his first day meeting staff and handling tasks.
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Bradford L. Tate
Lawrence High School
Waterloo
Iowa
Max Rife
Rife
Break-in at Hy-Klas Grocery Reported in Lecompton
A burglary at Hy-Klas Grocery in LECOMPTON was reported to the Douglas County Sheriff's Department at 6:30 a.m. The front window was forced open and losses were estimated between 1000 and 1500 dollars including 500 dollars in cigarettes meat watches and other small items.
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Lecompton
Hy-Klas
Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
Douglas County Wheat Harvest Nearing End
Douglas County wheat harvest should finish by week’s end if weather holds. Yields range 20 to 50 bushels per acre with average about 30 to 40. Officials say the crop is over half complete with quality good and test weights fair, noting reduced planted acreage from last fall.
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Douglas County
Douglas County Extension
Earl van Meter
Farley
United Fund approves Salvation Army capital drive
Lawrence United Fund approves a limited scale ten thousand dollar capital funds campaign for the Salvation Army to buy property adjacent to its 946 N. H. Curran says the move tightens controls on supplemental drives and imposes no broad policy change. The drive aims to solicit about one hundred private contributors by mail and wraps up by August first with a report to the United Fund.
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Lawrence United Fund
Salvation Army
Peter Curran
United Fund
Curran
Gas Shortage Topic For Sierra Meeting
Lawrence Sierra Club hosts a 7 30 pm discussion at South Park Recreation Center on gasoline shortages. Speakers include George F L Bishop of Philips Petroleum and William Hambleton of the Kansas Geological Survey.
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Sierra
Lawrence Sierra Club
South Park Recreation Center
George F. L. Bishop
Philips Petroleum Co
William Hambleton
The
Kansas Geological Survey
Patrolman John Scott Resigns From Lawrence Force
Patrolman John Scott of Lawrence resigned effective Sunday after 20 months service at 3020 Iowa. He plans to enter private business. Police Chief Richard Stanwix said only one vacancy exists now. The department is authorized 74 commissioned officers with six more to be added soon. applications are being taken and two review boards have conducted personal interviews with applicants.
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John Scott
Iowa
Lawrence
Richard Stanwix
Scott
Tme
Dog Missing After Barker Street Bite Incident
Mrs Worden of 1903 Barker says a small white shaggy dog bit her son Jon Paul four on Wednesday at 19th and Barker. If the dog is not found by Sunday, the boy will receive rabies shots as authorities search the area. The husband scoured the vicinity Saturday and Sunday without locating the animal.
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Martyn Worden
Barker
Jon Paul
Funeral Home Offers Competent Professional Service
A brief notice from Ea Brewy Funeral Home at 843-5111 advertises competent professional service for arrangements and related funeral needs.
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Ea Brewy Funeral Home
Acy
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