Design Job On Schedule At Haskell College
The master site plan for Haskell Indian Junior College is on schedule though no drawings exist yet. Robertson Peters and Williams has a $225000 contract for the master site plan kitchen dining hall and library resource center and expects about three months to finish the plan. If approved it may take another three months to complete designs for two buildings costing 3.6 million and then the work will be let to contractors.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Mailbox Vandalism Hits Rural Area South of Lawrence
Douglas County Sheriff's Department reports vandalism to 28 rural mailboxes over two days in the area south of Lawrence. On Thursday and Wednesday, deputies noted 14 more mailboxes damaged using rocks and a metal rod or hammer. Damage estimates not listed.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Market dips as Dow falls and traders brace for possible rate hike
New York stocks weaken amid slow trading as the Dow Jones industrial average slides 5.49 to 895.92 at 2 p.m. while declines outpace advances on the NYSE. The market tracks a weakening dollar and rising gold, with expectations of another prime-rate hike. Oscar Wyatt Jr. of Coastal State Gas Products and HIR Block show notable moves as trading volume remains subdued.
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Kansas City Market Summary Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Cattle and calves 100 head not enough for price test. Early week highs: choice and prime 2-4 slaughter steers 45.50 46.50. heifers 44.50 45.50. Hog offerings 1,700 with steady barrows and gilts, some declines. weights 200 235 at 83.00–85.00, 200 250 at 37.50–38.00, 250 275 at 36.75–37.50. sows up to 25 higher across ranges. Sheep 25, insufficient for test. prime spring lambs 36.50–37.50. Monday advance estimates: cattle 1,700 hogs 4,000 sheep 400.
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Kansas City
Fourth Woman Slugged by Man
A Lawrence woman reported to police that she was assaulted Monday night while walking her dogs. This is the fourth such incident this week. She described the assailant as a white man about 21, 5 feet 10, 165 pounds with brown collar length hair and blue eyes, wearing light jeans and a light shirt.
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Lawrence
Reward Letter Seeks Help in Ottawa Triple Murder Case
An eighth letter requesting the $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of three murder victims near Ottawa was received by Douglas County Sheriff Rex Johnson. The fund panel will meet to discuss extending the 60 day claiming window. the offer expires June 9. Victims were Steven Avery of Iola, his mother Hazel Avery of Lawrence, and Gary Longfellow of Lawrence, found March 29 in Mrs. Avery's car south of Ottawa. Letters can be anonymous using a six digit numeral. send information to Reward Fund P O Box 15 Lawrence Kan 66044.
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Douglas County
Rex Johnson
Johnson
Douglas County Reward Fund
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Iola
Hazel Avery
Lawrence
Gary Longfellow
Avery
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City Agrees to Alter Lime Waste Disposal at Riverside
City water department will bury lime sludge periodically at the riverside dump near Indiana Street while continuing small dumps of buckets daily. Gate will be locked to deter others, and area will later be developed into a park two years away with Corps of Engineers funding.
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City Water Department
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Buford Watson
Watson
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Britain Accuses Icelandic Waters of Aggression
Reykjavik reports claim 10 to 20 British trawlers rammed an Icelandic coast guard tug in disputed waters east of Iceland, endangering the vessel Arvakur. Iceland accuses Britain of aggression while the British Trawler Federation says two British trawlers were rammed by an Icelandic gunboat in the continuing fishing rights dispute.
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Dalfur Johannesson
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Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Gunships Given To Cambodians
The United States has supplied Cambodia a small squadron of UH1 Huey gunships for close air support. Cambodian pilots trained in Thailand fly the aircraft, first used to escort convoys along the Mekong River supply route. In Vietnam, Viet Cong sappers attacked an ammunition dump near Saigon, killing one soldier and wounding 13 while destroying 3 000 tons of shells.
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South Vietnam
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International Commission of Control and Supervision
Bien Ho
Cat Lai
Police Hire One Patrolman as City Plans More Hires
Lawrence police announced the hiring of Greg Miner 24 of 2500 W Sixth as a patrolman. The department sought to hire six new officers by June 1 but only Miner was added today. Interviews continue and another review board may meet in 15 to 20 days. a dispatcher vacancy remains.
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Lawrence
Richard Stanwix
Stanwix
Dodge City
Minet
Kansas University
School of Journalism
Janice
Ami
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