Lawrence district to form task forces for civil rights grant
Three task forces will be formed to study racial integration in Lawrence high and four area junior highs using a $45 500 Title IV Civil Rights grant approved in May. Task forces led by KU professors will review policies, relationships, and programs with an eight day workshop August 11 20 at South Junior High. Public hearings August 12 18 and 7 at the Administration Center invite community input.
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Lawrence
George Cleland
Kansas State Department of Education
Raymond Miller
Kansas University
Thier
South Junior High
Administration Center
21St
Louisiana
Douglas County census shows population shifts in 1971
Douglas County reports 54,420 residents with 42,152 in Lawrence. County population fell 212 since 1969 while city population rose 9,320. Losses appeared in Eudora Clinton Grant Marion and Wakarusa townships. other areas gained residents.
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Kansas
State Agriculture Board
Douglas County
Darwin Rogers
Lawrence
Eudora
Clinton
Grant
Marion
Wakarusa
Baldwin City
Eudora City
Lecompton City
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Clinton Township
Grant Township
Kanwaka Township
Lecompton Township
Marian
Willow Springs
Suit Filed Over Auto Crash Damages in Douglas County
Keith J. Higgenbotham and Judith A. Higgenbotham file a $50 000 damages suit in Douglas County District Court against Barbara L. Fendley for injuries from a July 13 1969 collision near Lawrence. They seek medical and other damages including $93 50 for Judith and $74 50 and $54 25 for two minor stepchildren. A jury trial is requested.
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Judith A. Higgenbotham
Rt. 1
Eudora
Barbara L. Fendley
Rt. 2
Overbrook
Higgenbotham
Miss Fendley
Lawrence
Wakarusa River
James W. Fendley
Johnell J. Kendley
James M. Fendley
Barbara I. Fendley
Diana Fendley
Margaret Trudeau Expected to Deliver in December
Ottawa AP reports Margaret Trudeau wife of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau 22 and 51 respectively is expecting a baby in December. The Trudeaus wed last March and she would be only the second Canadian first lady to give birth while her husband is in office, after Mrs. John A. Macdonald.
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Ottawa
Margaret Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau
John A. MacDonald
Trudeaus
Draft Boards May Induct College Grads
Washington AP defense chief says draft boards could induct 1971 college graduates if Congress does not renew authority by September. Deadlock over Mansfield amendment delays renewal while Tarr warns boards to inform draftees of ongoing legal obligations and possible reinstatement of induction for those never defered.
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Congress
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Senate House
Senate
Majority
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
U.S
Witnam
Curtis W. Tarr
White House
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Tarr
Divorces Granted In Three Separate Filings
James M. Evans divorces Mary Jane Isvans. Lola Marie Bell divorces David Alfred Bell. Ethel Crawford divorces Ralph V. Crawford.
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James M. Evans
Mary Jane Isvans
Lola Marie Bell
David Alfred Bell
Ethel Crawford
Ralph V. Crawford
Charcoal Boom From Ozarks to Nationwide Barbecues
Salem Missouri reports a booming charcoal industry led by Ivan Floyd of Floyd Charcoal Co now Cupples Co subsidiary. He says Ozark Missouri hardwoods yield the finest briquets and explains production scales, brands, and the seasonal spike in shipments to markets nationwide.
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Ozarks
Missouri
Floyd
Floyd Charcoal Co
Probed Abortions in Kansas City Reported
State health and law enforcement investigate abortions at Deus Lass Hospital amid revised abortion loss figures. Officials say most procedures involve nonresidents and involve women traveling from outside the state. The probe follows questions about residency rules and hospital practices.
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Kansas City
Kan
Deuslass Hospital
Kansas
Vehicle Collisions Injure Three and Police Investigate
Three people were treated and released after Friday vehicle collisions in Lawrence. Police investigated six incidents with two injuries and major property damage in another. Details include a motorcycle crash at 7th and Kentucky injuring Steven Rothwell and Gletda Neitzel, and a truck collision at Pennesee and 7th.
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Pam
Kentucky
Steven C. Rothwell
Tall W
Gletda R. Neitzel
First
Michigan
Rothwell
Freeway Opens on US Highway 69 in Kansas
A six mile section of US 69 in Johnson and Miami counties opened as four lane freeway. The newly completed segment extends the four lane pavement from Overland Park southward for 16 miles, adding two lanes to the roadway completed in 1967.
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Topeka Cape
Johnson and
Miami
Overland Park
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