Cultural Revolution urged to curb drug abuse at KU workshop
A Kansas University drug abuse education workshop urged a cultural revolution in human relations to address youth drug use. Speakers highlighted the need to replace drug culture with meaningful activities and parental support, noting 10 Johnson County overdose deaths and 80 youths in mental institutions.
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Wansas
Kansas University
Brian Baurle
Lawrence
1632
Baurle
Smith
Johnson County
Dean Howard Mossberg
KU School of Pharmacy
Strike Ends as 17 000 Western Union Workers Return
Washington AP reports a two year contract agreed for 17 000 Western Union Telegraph Co employees ending a 57 day nationwide strike. The deal includes a 19 percent wage rise plus 4 percent in benefits, severance pay up 50 percent, and job security for long serving staff. Ratification pending with return to work tonight.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
BE. L. Hageman
Afl-Cio
United Telegraph Workers
Hageman
New York
Western Union
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Congress Action Nearer As Rail Strike Gets Worse
Washington AP. Labor Department recessed joint talks after a deadlock over work rules with United Transportation Union and four railroads. A possible congressional intervention looms as the strike halts about 20 percent of rail cargo across 17 states. Mediators to meet separately today, with no clear resumption timeline.
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Congress
Usery
United Transportation Union
June Sales Tax Totals for Douglas County
The Kansas Department of Revenue shows Douglas County collected 313 198 91 in sales tax for June up from 251 281 54 the prior year. The fiscal year total was 3 044 970 00 up 357 224 39 from 2 687 745 74. County figures include Leavenworth 192 616 89 Johnson 1 512 891 23 Franklin 102 460 13 and Jefferson 34 544 45.
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Douglas County
Kansas Department of Revenue
Leavenworth
Johnson
Franklin
Jefferson
KU Awaits HEW Decision on NDSL Funds
Kansas University awaits official word from the federal Health Education and Welfare Department on the National Defense Student Loan money for KU. Officials expect the amount soon after letters were sent to about 1,600 students who were selected for awards contingent on receiving roughly 540000 dollars, down from 603000 last year.
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Kansas University
Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Defense
Jeff Weinberg
Financial Aid
HEW
Weinberg
Miller Seeks Federal Funds to Extend Drug Crackdown
Topeka attorney general Vern Miller said funding is likely to be found to continue Kansas drug crackdowns. He met with Tom Regan of the Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration as they seek $15 000 to $20 000 in additional federal money. Governor Docking backs the effort and may reroute $98 000 in approved funds to Miller's program.
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Topeka
Kan
Vern Miller
Miller
Tom Regan
Committee On Criminal Administration
Regan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Docking
Escapee Faces Kidnap Charge In Federal Case
Warren George Briggs, 34, a Baltimore convict who says he escaped to dramatize an invention, is held on a kidnaping charge. He faces a Friday preliminary hearing after Monday arraignment and a public defender was appointed. Briggs allegedly kidnapped a truck driver near Marion, IL on July 21, escaping two days earlier from Marion Federal Prison.
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Kansas City
Baltimore
Warren George Briggs
Briggs
Marion
St. Louis
Rotary hearing Sunflower Cablevision plans for Lawrence
Max Falkenstien addressed the Lawrence Rotary Club outlining Sunflower Cablevision CATV aims. Construction starts on office-studio facilities at Seventh and New Hampshire with coaxial cable installation this week and a phased service roll out expected within five months citywide. Local origination will include daily news sports weather and events plus city meetings and speeches.
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Lawrence
CATV
Falkenstien
Huge Salary Cut And No Regrets
George LaLonde of Mason City Iowa took a voluntary forty one thousand dollar pay cut to become national executive secretary of the Pony of Americas Club, moving from a fifty three thousand dollar position. He chose family and horses over business time, describing past tragedy and a life rebuilt with a new path in Horsemanship.
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NEW Life
George LaLonde
Mason City
Iowa
Pony of Americas Club
The
Pony Club
LaLonde
Pony Organization
Todd
Jessie
Patricia
Doug
Pat
Hutchinson
Kan
Lewisville
Tex
Elgin B. Robertson, Inc
LaLondes
Three Day Suspension Of Dodge City Liquor License
E V D Murphy of the Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board said Lester P Harvey of Dodge City faces a three day suspension of his retail liquor license starting Monday for selling alcoholic beverages below state fixed prices.
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Topeka
Ran
E.V.D. Murphy
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Lester P. Harvey
Dodge City
Harvey
Murphy
Lawrence Spencer Library Power Restoration Nears
At the Spencer Research Library at Kansas University power is expected to be restored today after 12 hours of work. A construction mishap severed power lines and an emergency generator has kept essential systems running to protect books and art.
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Spencer Research Library
Kansas University
Harry Buchholz
Draft Quotas Cited by Laird
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said the government would need to draft about 100 000 men in the next 12 months, a 16 percent cut from the current rate. He noted 88 000 had been called in the first six months, with 16 000 more sought for July and August, contingent on draft authority renewal.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Defense
Vietnam
Pentagon
Arrests tied to heroin sales in Lawrence raid
Lawrence police arrested Thomas Ferdinand Bournival 93 Canton Mass about 8 30 p m Monday on two counts of illegal sale of heroin Bond set at 100000 he remains jailed with arraignment due this afternoon The raid followed July 8 drug sweeps in Lawrence Topeka leaving 11 of 12 suspects pending in various courts and four juveniles in protective custody Three others faces 100000 bonds for heroin sales while David W White 22 faces a separate illegal drugs charge bond 10000 and a district court arraignment set for Sept 3
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Thomas Ferdinand Bournival
Canton
Mass
Lawrence
13Th
Oread
Bournival
Topeka
Robert E. White
N.J
James V. Spotts I
Jerome M. Beecham
David W. White
W. Ninth
White
Man Dies at 111 in Texas Time Capsule
Pierre Lartigue died Saturday at 111 leaving 173 survivors. Born May 31, 1860 in Landry's Parish, La, he worked as a sharecropper, fisherman, and railroad worker. Burial set for Mermentau, Louisiana.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Pierre Lartigue
Mermentau
Lartigue
Landry’s Parish
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