Dry Forces Back Anderson and Frisbie in Kansas GOP Race
Kansas United Dry Forces executive director praises former Gov. John Anderson Jr. and Manhattan farmer Ray Frisbie as top friends among four Republican gubernatorial candidates. The group circulated an information sheet after surveying candidates on alcohol and gambling, endorsing Anderson and Frisbie where they align with dry goals.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas United Dry Forces
John Anderson Jr
Manhattan
Ray Frisbie
Drys
Richard E. Taylor
Taylor
Kansas United Dty Forces
Ter
Kansas United Dty
Frisbie
Manhattan Farm
Bus driver keeps 45 kids safe as rural district grows
Helen Bowen of 2112 Tenn drives Lawrence School District routes for 22 rural buses. She won a state rodeo in Wichita and competes nationally in Green Bay, while enforcing safety rules like seating assignments, gum bans, and stop arm rules to protect children on Louisiana Street mornings.
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Helen Bowen
Wis
Lawrence
Milligan
Red Cross
Mrs. Bowen
Tenn
Journal-World Photo
British strike widens over jailed longshoremen
Thousands more workers join protests after five dockers jailed for contempt, with 100000 already in sympathy. Official Solicitor Norman Turner says he will seek release from the National Industrial Relations Court by Wednesday afternoon to defuse the standoff between the government and organized labor.
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London
Norman Turner
National Industrial Relations Court
Goverment
Lawr
Turner
Department of Employment
Industrial Relations Court
Indus
Dance for STEP Barns Only 99 Dance for STEP Barns Only 99
A Red Baron benefit dance raised about 99 dollars for the Summer Teenage Employment Program STEP. Administrator Phil Briscoe laments the low turnout and warns funds may run out, threatening to end the program two weeks early without new donations. The program funds 53 youths and costs about 600 dollars weekly.
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Phil ‘Briscoe
Steps
City Human Resources Department
Friscoe
Tag Deadline Near Reminders for J K L Plate Buyers
County Treasurer Edythe Norman reminded vehicle owners that a $1 penalty will be added to the purchase price of new green and gold license plates if bought after July 31. Tags M N and O are also on sale now.
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Edythe Norman
Sai
Workshop Cancelled by Lawrence Branch at South Park
The Lawrence Branch of Concerned Black Parents canceled its second child development workshop set for 7 30 p m this Friday at the South Park Recreation Center. Future workshop plans will be announced later.
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Lawrence
Concerned Black Parents
South Park Recreation Center
Kansans to Vote: 35,400 Youth Registrations Ahead of Primary
Secretary of State Elwin Shanahan reports about 35,400 Kansans ages 18 to 21 registered to vote with a week until the primary. She estimates up to 300,000 became eligible when the voting age dropped to 18, but only about 10 to 11 percent have registered. complete counts expected next week from 13 counties.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Elwin Shanahan
Chest Pains Send Ex President Johnson to Brooke General
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who suffered a major heart attack in April, was flown to Brooke General Hospital again after chest pains. Johnson, with wife Lady Bird, was admitted for observation and listed as comfortable and in excellent spirits. Doctors planned routine checkups and said no irregularities in heart rhythm or blood pressure were detected.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Army
Brooke General Hospital
Johnson
Lady Bird
Lbj Ranch
East Heights School suffers 16 broken windows
Lawrence Police report details sixteen windows broken Monday at East Heights School 1430 Haskell with damage and replacement costs estimated at 200 dollars by Richard Johnson supervisor of custodial services for the Lawrence School District.
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East Heights
Haskell
Lawrence
Richard Johnson
Senate kills military aid bill linking Vietnam pullout
In a late night vote the Senate defeated the 1.785 billion dollar military and foreign aid package by 48 to 42, killing the pullout measure attached. A separate four month cutoff on funds for Vietnam Laos and Cambodia passed 50 to 45 if prisoners are released, leaving House action and possible revisions.
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U.S
Indochina
Senate
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
House
Senate Foreign Relations
Mittee
Defense Department
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Fulbright
White House
Mike Mansfield
Marlow Cook
Rainfall Lifts Perry Lake Level and Legion Baseball Schedule
Rainfall this past week raised Perry Lake to 892.3 feet above sea level, about a foot above normal. Delaware River discharge stands at 500 cfs, water remains clear, fishing is fair, lake surface about 78 degrees and tunnel outlet at 64. A new Ottawa District 2 American Legion baseball schedule lists the Lawrence Hawks facing Iola at 7 p.m. with potential follow-up game vs Paola or Olathe.
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Perry Lake
Delaware River
Lynn Myers
American Legion
Ottawa
Lawrence Hawks
Iola
Foundation Gets Bulk of Estate
Howard D. Johnson 75 left the bulk of his estate to the Howard Johnson Foundation in his will filed in Suffolk County Probate Court. He died June 20 in New York City. The stock value was not shown but believed to be several million dollars. Cash bequests totaled $600,000 including $500,000 to his wife Marjorie C. Johnson. He left $1.1 million in trust funds for his family.
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Boston
Howard D. Johnson
Quincy
Howard Johnson Foundation
Suffolk County
Johnson
New York City
Marjorie C. Johnson
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Gene Garman
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