Group Pushes Minority Members on School Board in Lawrence
The Lawrence Human Relations Commission pressed Unified School District 497 to fill the seventh school board seat and an assistant superintendent post with a minority member. The panel discussed a Documentary Report on Racism in the Lawrence Target Area Schools and potential effects on teacher recruitment. Sub committees were created to address schools employment recreation and housing.
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Human Relations Commission
Unified
Commission
Norman Steffen
Roland Hurst
Richard Zinn
Steffen
Lawrence Target Area
Gary Condra
Lawrence
Condra
Sturns
Kansas State Employment Bureau
Sturn
South Park
City Commission
Dale Kerr
Jack Landreth
Lawrence Insurance Board
Highway Contracts Awarded for Kansas System Improvements
The Kansas Highway Commission approved seven point four one million dollars in contracts for state highway work. Bemis Tractor Service will grade eight miles on I 35W from the Harvey McPherson line to Newton for 931 695 dollars. King Construction Co will build twelve bridges on the same project for 997 133 dollars. Thompson Construction Co will grade 8.6 miles on a new U S 56 route east from near Marion McPherson for 364 674 dollars. H H Shears Sons will surface 14 7 miles on K 18 from Plainville to the Rooks Osborne line for 861 535 dollars.
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Topeka
State Highway Commission
Bemis Tractor Service
Geat Bend
Harvey-McPherson County
Newton
King Construction Co
Hesston
Thompson Construction Co
Ellinwood
Marion-McPherson
H. H. Shears Sons
Hutchinson
Plainville
Rooks-Osborne County
250 to Compete in BB Gun Championship on Weekend
The Fourth Annual International BB Gun Championships will be held Saturday and Sunday in Overland Park Kansas with 250 youngsters from 45 states Canada and Mexico competing. Teams of five youths aged 7 to 14 will shoot 10 shots from four positions on a 15 foot range. Norton Kansas leads with three returnees including Patrick Ro denbaugh. Speakers include Rep Larry Winn and NRA head Woodson D Scott.
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Kansas City
Overland Park
Kan
States
Canada
Mexico
Salem, Mo
Daniel Victor
John Wood
Mary Wood
Stephen Summers
Mark Townsend
David Hamilton
Brian Jones of Rolling Stones Dies in Midnight Swim
London AP reports Brian Jones aged 26, founding Rolling Stones member, died during a midnight pool swim at his Hartfield home. Tour manager Tom Keylock cites possible asthma attack. contractor Frank Thorogood and Anna Wohlin assisted as Jones was pulled from the pool. Jones left the band last month to pursue his own music.
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Rolling Stone
Brian Jones
The
Rolling Stones
Jones
Mick Jagger
Charlie Watts
Keith Richard
Bill Wyman
London
Britain
Hartfield
Tom Keylock
Brian
Frank Thorogood
Thorogood
Jack Flash
Post Office Near For Lecompton
Construction of a new Lecompton post office progresses with contractor E A Kietchka of Wichita completing a $15,000 building by August 1. Postmaster Roland Kraft says the facility will be leased to the U S Postal Department and sit east and south of the current site offering more room for equipment and service. The old post office lacks a back entrance heating air conditioning and water conveniences the new building will provide.
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Lecompton
Roland Kraft
E. A. Kietchka
Wichita
The
U.S. Postal Department
KU Graduate Named Leavenworth Manager of KP&L
William E. Mickey has been named Leavenworth manager for the Kansas Power and Light Company and will assume duties immediately. A KU graduate, he moved from Topeka after serving as administrative assistant. Mickey joined KPL's training program in July 1968 and was student guidance counselor and dormitory president at KU.
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William E. Mickey
Leavenworth
Kansas Power and Light Company
Mickey
KPL
Topeka
Kansan
Kansas University
Carruth-O’leary
Lighting Fixes and Property Talks at South Junior High
School officials push for lighting repairs at South Junior High and Broken Arrow and arrange contractor follow ups with Shaver and Co. They seek completion before September. The board also advances land talks at 207 E 14th St for possible Central Junior High expansion.
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South Junior High School
Broken Arrow
South
Carl Knox
Knox
Shaver and Co
Salina
Bernard Voges
Voges
E. 14Th St
Nettie M. McCanles
Central Junior High School
McCanles
Lulu L. McC
Stolen Picasso Found by Junkmen in London Basement
Junkman Eddie Mitchell and coworker Aubrey Worman uncovered 25 paintings in a dirt filled suitcase while clearing rubbish in a West London building. The haul included Picasso Weeping Woman worth about 200000 and works by Chagall Braque Ernst and Miro totaling 720000. Scotland Yard traced the pieces to Sir Roland Penrose’s art collection and detectives confirmed the theft. Mitchell and Aubrey may claim a 72000 reward.
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London
Eddie Mitchell
Picasso
Marc Chagall
Georges Braque
Max Ernst
Miro
Mitchell
Aubrey Worman
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Food Supply Inc
Isis Foods
John J. Meier
Lady Baltimore Goods
Smith Paper Supply Co. Inc
John Sexton & Co
Maryland Heights
Lady Baltimore Foods
Food Supply, Inc
Central
Hoover Brothers, Inc
Pinckney
Constant Construction Co
Hardister Brothers Contractors
Bud Jennings Carpet and Drapery Co
Lawrence High School
Cook Paint and Varnish Co
Aub
Marcus Taylor
Taylor
Scotland Yard
Sir Roland Penrose
Penrose
Tap Room
ART Nease
Bridge Standard
6Th & Mass
Arthur P. Jacobs
Panavision
Colter
the & Hillcrest Shopping Center
Gregory Peck
Anne ‘Heywood
W. C. Fields
Hillcrest Shopping Center
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Dick’Van Dyke Say
Ann ‘Howes
Lionel Jeffries
Chitty Chitty
Tase Super-Panavision Technicolor
Sergio Leone
Henry Fonda Claudia Cardinale
Cathill Theatre
Parma Pctuals
Fos
John Richardson
Olinka Berova
Edward Jid
Noel Vaugan
Colin Blakely
Peter Goomnell
Develo
Cansaen
Aida Young
Cliff Owen
Christopher Lee
Charles Gray
Nike Arrighi
Leon Greene
Patrick Mower
Gwen Ffrangcon
Davies Sarah Simison
Paul Eddington
Msatwedon
Mitie Gut
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