Drug Seminar Highlights Counseling Curriculum Models
Kansas University workshop draws on Shawnee Mission and Hutchinson districts to stress counseling and value oriented curriculum for drug education. Hutchinson’s program began in 1968 69 with a district wide guide involving parents teachers and community groups and aims to prevent drug use through knowledge and values.
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Shawnee Mission
Hutchinson
Kansas University
PTA
Hutchinson Board of Education
Jack Richardson
Eastern Illinois University
Barnholt
Douglas County Fair to Serve as Film Location
Douglas County Fair Aug 4 7 plans include Cinema Films a CBS division shooting location scenes at the fairgrounds for a feature length movie. No contract signed yet and only morning shoots to avoid disrupting fair activities.
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Douglas County Fair
Glen O'Connor
County Fair Board
Cinema Films
CBS Television
Lawrence
O'Connor
Douglas County
County Fairgrounds
Browning
Kansas City
Fairgrounds
Viet Cong Hit Hard In Saigon Cross Border Sweep
A South Vietnamese task force north of Highway 1 engages a strong Communist force. Forty two enemy troops die, 25 by helicopter gunships and the rest by ground forces. No Vietnamese casualties reported.
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Highway 1
Cambodia
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Lai Khe
County and City Highway Fund Shares Reported
State treasurer figures show Lawrence received 58532.04 and Douglass County 76710.14 from the highway fund. Area cities listed with allocations include Baldwin 3255.35 DeSoto 2888.09 Eudora 4203.78 and others. counties Franklin 39383.53 Jefferson 30227.94 Johnson 281962.29 Leavenworth 58880.75.
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Lawrence
Douglass County
Baldwin
DeSoto
Eudora
Lecompton
Linwood
McLouth
Oskaloosa
Prince Charles Completes RAF Parachute Jump
Prince Charles, 22, became the first heir to the British throne to make a parachute jump. He floated 1,200 feet above the English Channel then dipped underwater briefly before Royal Marines picked him up in an assault boat 15 seconds after landing.
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Poole
England
Prince Charles
Royal Air Force
English Channel
Charles
Royal Marines
Opponents Offer Straight Vote on Lockheed Aid
Three senators propose ending stall tactics and allow a straight vote on saving Lockheed Aircraft Corp. by amending the loan guarantees from 2 billion down to 250 million. They say backers may weaken under a direct vote, while opponents would end extended debate before Friday’s cloture attempt.
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Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate
Lockheed
Senate Banking Committee
Weicker
Wichita Arrest Pertains To John Doe Heroin Case
A man named Wallace Jones was arrested in Wichita on a John Doe heroin violation warrant tied to July 8 drug raids in Lawrence. Douglas County Sheriff Rex Johnson and Police Chief Richar Stanwix traveled to return the suspect. Further identification details were not disclosed. Jerome M. Beechum, 25, of Tennessee, faced a preliminary hearing on conspiracy to sell heroin with Bond set at 5,000 dollars after earlier bond orders. Beechum remains jailed with total bonds at 15,000 dollars.
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John Doe
Wichita
Douglas County
Rex Johnson
Richar Stanwix
Lawrence
Asst
Jerry Donnelly
Wallace Jones
Jerome M. Beechum
T47
Rankin
Beecham
Lawrence Police Chief to Attend FBI Academy
Capt Merle McClure will lead the Lawrence Police Department while Chief Richard R Stanwix attends a three month FBI National Academy session in Washington D C from August 16 to November 3 Stanwix the citys first officer to attend the program He plans to return after completion. Kansas license plates for 1972 must be purchased by surnames A through L by Saturday July 31 with a $1 fine for late applications.
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Merle McClure
Lawrence
Richard R. Stanwix
Stanwix
Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy
Washington, D.C
Kansas
Miss Rizk Praises Experience in Marriage View
Lebanon born beauty Gina Rizk Miss Universe 1971 told reporters in New York that she approves of sex before marriage and that marriage is not simple. She cited experience as important and listed force of character intelligence and will as ideal manly qualities.
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New York
Georgina Rizk
Lebanon
Marriages in Wales May Be Registered Bilingually
Wales allows marriage registrations in both Welsh and English. The change enables couples to file marriage records in their preferred language, supporting bilingual civil documentation across registries.
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Wales
Death Penalty Hearing Next In High Court
The Supreme Court will hear four capital punishment cases when the new term opens October 12, with a potential decision by winter. Furman and Aikens challenge the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishments in death penalty trials.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
John Henry Furman
Georgia
Earnest James Aikens Jr
California
Furman
Chatham County
William J. Micke
Micke
Aikens
Ventura
Mary Eaton
Eaton
Crime Alert for Lawrence Seeks Community Information
Police in Lawrence urge residents to report information about a crime via a dedicated tip line. Authorities emphasize safety and cooperation while asking for details on suspects, times, locations, and descriptions to aid investigation.
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Lawrence
Victims Spelled Out On Telephone Dial
A reader notes that the word victims appears on the telephone dial. The remark suggests anonymity by not requiring a name in dialing.
Tool Stolen From Pine Tree Townhouses Overnight
Lawrence police received a report Wednesday that a $400 spreading tool used for finishing sheetrock was stolen the night of July 19 from Pine Tree Townhouses at 21st and Haskell. Brian Belveal of Don Dearing Painting Co Omega Oklahoma reported the theft.
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Pine Tree
21St
Haskell
Lawrence
Brian Belveal
Don Dearing
Funds Approved To Support Miller Drug Crackdown In Kansas
The Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration approved 24967 in federal funds to back Gov. Docking and Atty. Gen. Vern Miller's narcotics crackdown. The money will be matched to total 33912 with additional state funds, pending Finance Council approval to exceed the 1972 budget. Also approved: 6000 for Wichita police buy money for drug case work ahead of July drug raids.
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Topeka
Kan
Governor's Committee On Criminal Administration
Robert Docking
Vern Miller
Miller
Attorney General’s
State Finance Council
Docking
Lawrence
Finance Council
Colleges of Pharmacy and Education
University of Kansas
Reynolds Shultz
Wichita
Merrill Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Kansas traffic deaths rise for July to 367
Traffic death tallies show 367 fatalities for July through 9 a.m. Thursday, compared with 347 in the comparable 1970 period and 305 in 1969. The 24 hour snapshot lists 5 deaths for the period ending 9 a.m. Thursday.
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