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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1973
Page
1
At a crowded public hearing the Lawrence City Commission weighed a staff proposed change to development policy. Commissioners split over how to share costs for streets and storm sewers while keeping bonds or letters of credit to curb delinquencies. The panel took no final action and extended a moratorium to two weeks.
Lawrence School District 497 narrowly reduces a 1.14 mill transportation levy to 0.89 mill while other budget items rise. Total district levy now 39.49 mills for 1973 74. New contracts raise teacher base from 6435 to 6600 and boost overall salaries six percent, with adjustments for experienced teachers.
Tickets for the July 18 Kansas University Alumni Association banquet honoring Chancellor Archie Dykes have more than doubled since Tuesday morning with 215 reservations. The event, a KU and Douglas County Alumni Association effort, is at 7 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom with seats in the main ballroom filling quickly. Reservations are through the KU Alumni Association office. tickets cost 4.50 each.
Kansas University will receive a three year 97 637 dollar yearly grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to train married couples to operate Achievement Place juvenile centers. The program is run separately from KU and aims to expand a pilot training effort to about 20 couples annually. There are about 20 Achievement Place programs nationwide with ten in Kansas.
Actor Reed described working with Peter Bogdanovich on a black and white 1930s Kansas tale. He praised O'Neal as brilliant and recalled nerves when watching his own performance, predicting the film may win a directing prize.
Jimmy D. Hughes, 23, of 1145 La., was assaulted around 11 p.m. Tuesday on the west side of the 1200 block of Oread in Lawrence. He suffered three jaw fractures and was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in fair condition. He could not explain why he was attacked and described the assailant as a white male “big and with short hair.”
A truck loaded with animal fat overturned about 6 a.m. on U S 24 six miles northwest of Lawrence. Driver W E Parker of Independence Mo was hospitalized in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with cuts bruises and possible fractures. Investigating officer cited loss of vehicle control.
Bushman Construction Co of St Joseph Mo holds apparent low bid to build a bridge over Apanoose Creek on Douglas County Road 1023 at the Franklin Douglas county line. The bid is 34476 officials compare with 36566 from A O Steuber Construction Co Topeka. Franklin County will cover 36 percent of costs.
New York AP reports actor Robert Ryan, seen in more than 90 films, died early today in New York Hospital after a battle with cancer. He was 63.
The Lawrence City Commission approved a resolution to share a new judicial law enforcement complex with the county but deferred final action until Thursday. Changes include minimum space wording, city ownership status, and delaying the city’s $500,000 share until July 1975. County officials will have attorney Charles Stough review the edits before action.
Jerome Kilty, visiting KU for the Shakespeare Festival, directs The Taming of the Shrew as the theater honors the Kitty Kane award. The award rests on a gnarled wood cane from Falstaff’s Henry IV, Part I, given to outstanding KU theatre students for 18 years.
Lawrence Municipal Swimming Pool drew 20 771 visitors in June surpassing the 1972 figure of 19 830 while June revenue of 7 861 35 lagged behind 8 044 80 from the prior year. Fred DeVictor cited more free or low rate visits through the novice program. A local Irish sweepstakes story ties into Kathryn Bunton who bought a ticket in Dublin and learned her number was drawn for a possible top prize of 200 000 British pounds.
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