Betty Grable Dies at 56 in California
Actress Betty Grable dies of lung cancer in Santa Monica at age 56. A World War II pin up icon with 42 films and top box office status, she had battled illness since last May and earlier in 1972 forcing show cancellations.
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Speedy Trial Urged for Kansas City Vice Probe
Federal prosecutors urged a speedy trial for Jerry W. Lawson 27 charged with perjury in a grand jury probe of prostitution linked vice. Lawson and Jack Harmon 35 faced pre arraignment hearings with July 23 arraignments set for Lawson Harmon and three others in the metro area. Wiretaps were used in Lawson’s case but not in the others.
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Johnson County
Kansas City Wins 7.9 Million Urban Renewal Grant
Kansas City receives an urban renewal grant totaling 7.894 million dollars to finish land acquisitions for a new convention center and related housing projects. An HUD relocation committee caused a brief delay, but officials expect groundbreaking on the 21 million dollar center by October with a 1976 completion target. The site lies just west of the Municipal Auditorium.
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Vassar Playhouse Opens The Lion in Winter Schedule
The Vassar Playhouse opens its second summer show July 11 with James Goldman comedy The Lion in Winter. Curtain is 8 27 p.m. nightly except Mondays and Tuesdays for two weeks through July 22. The lineup also includes the Vassar Vaudeville Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m.
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Escaped convict suspected in bank robbery
Kansas City AP report says authorities investigate if escaped Jackson County jail inmate Lawrence Russo robbed Broadway National Bank. About $5,000 taken by a white male, 25 to 30, slight build, from teller Connie Kopeland. Russo, 26, escaped Sunday and is wanted in 14 robberies in New York and California. He’s held temporarily for federal transfer from California to New York.
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