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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1981
Page
5
Most American markets were closed today due to the Independence Day weekend, eliminating the regular Friday market reports in the Journal-World. Regular market schedules are to resume Monday.
A 27 year old Tulsa woman was arrested after abducting a Lawrence man at gunpoint near 23rd and Louisiana. The victim escaped in the 100 block of Winona and the suspect was later detained near 31st and Haskell. A handgun was found, and the vehicle tied to the incident was recovered near Sixth and Massachusetts. Bail set at 43000. charges include kidnapping aggravated assault auto theft and carrying a concealed weapon.
The Lawrence Traffic Safety Commission meeting scheduled for Monday is canceled. The panel had been set to discuss a traffic study for the Dread neighborhood, but city engineer Leonard Hoover said information from the Lawrence Police Department has not been compiled. The study will be considered at the next meeting on Aug. 3.
Gov. John Carlin named Steve Treaster of Lawrence as pardon and extradition attorney. Also he named Patrick Regan of Wichita as Kansas Water Authority chair and reappointed Carroll Mills of Topeka to the Kansas Adult Authority. Treaster, 29, succeeds Shelley Hickman who left June 17 for the Kansas Corporation Commission.
Dismissals include Clare Cross-Schmalbeck and a baby boy at Regency Place Wanda Hazelwood Rt. 5 Lori Lange and a baby girl at 2632 Rawhide Bronwyn Miller and a baby boy at Eudora Births list Mr and Mrs Robert Goins at 1502 Craig Cr a girl born today
A 22-year-old Lawrence man was found dead in his east Lawrence trailer home from an apparent self inflicted shotgun wound. Police said the man’s identity will be released after relatives in Missouri are notified. He was found shortly after 4 a.m. by authorities alerted by his estranged wife who said he had threatened to kill himself earlier that morning amid marriage problems. The victim was found holding a 12 gauge shotgun.
Kansas plans a 13.5 million medium security prison near Lansing to house 300 inmates in dormitory housing, classrooms, and shops within a fenced campus. The project aims to relieve capacity at Lansing and Hutchinson facilities and reduce inmate-violent pairings.
Deaths include Jessica Ann Martin infant of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Martin of 1900 W 31st with graveside rites at Mt Calvary Cemetery led by Rev Vincent Krische. Other obituaries note Alma Gerstenberger 86 of Eudora died in Lawrence Hospital. memorials to church or nursing home. Dorothy Mae Hackett 65 Ottawa, burial Highland Cemetery. Melvin M Johnson 50 Joliet Indiana, burial Washington Creek Cemetery. Funeral services in Ottawa and Lawrence areas with multiple survivors named.
A Kansas Department of Transportation study finds 62 percent of motorists exceeded the 55 mph limit April through June, but speedometer inaccuracies reduce that to 51.4 percent. The study runs Oct 1980 through Sep and must show at least 50 percent compliance to avoid losing federal highway funds.
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