Blaze Contained Mostly to Sixth Floor at Records Center
In Overland Missouri the Military Personnel Records Center fire remained confined to the sixth floor with roof sections collapsed. Firefighters faced center-floor flames despite heavy water flow and warned reconstruction of records could delay veterans benefits. Security and FBI probes cited suspicious origins amid 50 inside workers.
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Overland
General Services Administration
Military Personnel Records Center
James B. Rhodes
Jeffery P. Hillelson
GSA
Rhodes
St. Louis
Army
Air Force
Stuart Symington
Dmo
Senate Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
James Schlesinger
Hillelson
FBI
Record Center
Stender
Navy
Pentagon
Lawrence journal projects and music camp concerts
Lawrence staff of Head quarters Inc responds to attorney general order to stop drug sample analysis and surrender non-research drugs. The Journal-World will publish the full statement in the Opinions section. Guest conductors for Midwestern Music and Art Camp at KU include Sir Vivian Dunn and Tom Stidham. Stage bands perform tonight at 7 in Lewis Hall. Sunday events at University Theatre feature Concert Choir Symphony Orchestra and Concert Band.
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Headquarters Inc
Lawrence
Kansas University
Sir Vivian Dunn
Royal Marines
Sussex
England
Tom Stidham
Georgia Southern University
Lewis Hall
University Theatre
City budget outlines raises and new staff. lights and bonds eyed
The commission approved merit raises for fire and police staff averaging about five percent and up to 7.5 percent for some. Other departments expect 0 to 5 percent increases. Three new staff positions were approved a city planner an admin assistant and a chemist. Capital outlays include 6800 for fire department radio frequency 15000 for forestry ladder and a building inspection vehicle. Traffic signals planned at four locations with a $200000 street budget. No mill levy for hospital building fund. hospital and airport work would need special bond elections.
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Human Resources Department
Water Department
Fire Department
Forestry Department
23Rd
Iowa
Naismith
Sixth
Michigan
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Peron Returns as Campora Resigns in Argentina
President Hector Campora and Vice President Vicente Solano Lima stepped down at Casa Rosada and sent resignations to Congress. Juan Peron’s return to power is planned with running mate Ricardo Balbin, amid Peronist factional splits and rising tensions across the country.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Hector J. Campora
Juan D. Peron
Campora
Vicente Solano Lima
Casa Rosada
Congress
Peron
Solano Lima
Balbin
Moore on Meetings and Grand Jury Remarks in Watergate Affair
Moore recounts tensions over grand jury session and perjury claims involving Dean Magruder and Liddy. He says Dean vowed to tell the truth and hinted Magruder concealed facts. Moore recalls Feb 11California resort talks on Watergate funding and Mitchell’s rebuff.
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Grand Jury
Moore
Dean
Magruder
Ruth
Nixon
Liddy
California
John N. Mitchell
Watergate
Mitchell
Docking Calls Labor Management Unity Vital for Kansas
Gov. Robert Docking urged cooperation among labor management and government at a United Steelworkers luncheon in the Kansas Union. He noted Kansas has balanced cooperation across boards and praised ties with labor, business and government as essential to the state's economy and way of life. He addressed 120 steelworkers and guests and outlined foreign relations and patriotism themes amid national tensions.
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Robert Docking
United Steelworkers of America Institute
Kansas Union
Kansas
Docking
Raymond Nichols
James Rosser
Academi Affairs
Lloyd McBride
District 34
The
United Steelworkers
Steelworkers
Great Britain
Germany
Israel
Japan
Indochina
U. S
Nixon
America
Steelworkers Institute
Kansas University
Tony Poeta
Steelworkers Union
Kansas City
Journal-World Photo
Infant spared as grandmother kills lion attack
Rapid City report says an infant rescued from a mountain lion assault by his grandmother has been removed from the critical list. The attack occurred as the child was pursued by the animal, and the grandmother acted quickly to protect him. No other injuries reported.
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Rapid City
S.D
Black Friday Flood of 1951 Devastates Kaw River Basin
The 1951 Great Kaw River Flood ravaged Lawrence and surrounding towns with record rain and rises to 30.42 feet at Bowersock Dam on July 13, 1951. About 2,000 evacuees labored to rebuild as 2,500 homes were destroyed and 18 lives were lost across 183 communities.
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Lawrence
Kansas River
North Lawrence
Bowersock
Kaw
Kaw River
Delaware River
Wakarusa
Kansas City
Kaw Basin
Tri County Rural Water District Drive Starts Next Week
Prospective members in Jefferson Douglas and Leavenworth counties prepare for a three day drive to sign papers for incorporation. The plan seeks 51 percent of property owners to join the district with 360 interested so far. Signups run 8 to 10 p m at Sunnyside School near Midland.
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Tri-County
Jefferson, Douglas and
Leavenworth Counties
Ray Thornton
Sunnyside
Midland
Thornton
Shrine Parade Through Lawrence Saturday At 445 P M
The Abdallah Temple Shrine Parade will travel through Lawrence Saturday at about 4 45 p m. It will proceed down Massachusetts Avenue with Wheels and Uniform Units clowns and beauty contestants participating.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts
Wheels
Knox Sees Advantages In Local Curriculum Proposal
Supt. Carl Knox praised a State Board of Education proposal to cut required graduation units from nine to 11 1/2 and shift more curriculum decisions to local boards. The plan keeps 17 total units, allows districts to tailor programs, and would treat transfers like interstate moves with school-based program adaptations. Knox called it a move in the right direction amid growing local control.
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Carl Knox
State Board of Education
State
Knox
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