Riverside and Grant Schools Face Possible 1974 Closure
Lawrence District 497 Board weighs closing Riverside and Grant Schools after a grace year. A committee proposed Pinckney and Riverside share a principal. Pinckney parents demand a full-time principal next year. Trustees plan to keep Grant open through PTA groups and community observers.
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Riverside
Grant
Lawrence District 497 Board of Education
Pinckney School
Pinckney
June Walker
PTA
Woodlawn Pta
Woodlawn
Vivian King
KU to decide on Skylab Radscat team deployment
KU officials weigh sending 14 researchers and two receiving stations to Tucson if the Radscat instrument malfunctions during Skylab earth resources tests. The plan hinges on the Skylab operation today and may require immediate field work from Kansas University and NASA observers in Arizona or California.
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Kansas University
Arizona
William Spencer
KU _ Space Technology Center
Radscat
Tucson
Spencer
NASA
California
Irish Republic picks English born Protestant as president
Ireland names Erskine Childers, born in England, as president to ease Northern Ireland religious feuding. Belfast violence flares as Ulster Protestants and Catholics face elections amid IRA boycott calls. Childers pledges to push North toward peace, though presidency is largely ceremonial. Eamon de Valera departs after long tenure.
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Irish Republic
Erskine Childers
Northern Ireland
Childers
Unionist Party
Ulster
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Republic
George V
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
HIC Construction Contracts Approved at Haskell College
The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved two contracts for Haskell Indian Junior College construction. Hankamer Asphalt Co. Inc. of Topeka won $9,925 for resurfacing three parking lots and N. R. Hamm Construction Co. of Perry won $14,876 for a storage yard and street work. Announcement came via U.S. Rep. Larry Winn Jr. office.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
Haskell Indian Junior College
Hankamer Asphalt Co. Inc
Topeka
N. R. Hamm Construction Co
Perry
U.S
Larry Winn Jr
Malone Named Full Time Assistant in County Attorney Office
Douglas County announces Michael J. Malone as a full time assistant in the County Attorney Office. Malone, 25, will take the Kansas Bar exam next month after earning a law degree from Kansas University and a political science BA from Kansas State University.
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Michael Malone
Michael J. Malone
Douglas County
David Berkowitz
Malone
Tim Degginger
Berkowitz
Douglas J. Walker
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas University Law School
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Chase
Tough Decision Ahead on Mud Creek Flood Project
Army officials in Washington expect about two more weeks to decide on the Mud Creek flood protection project. Donald Duncan says the decision is tough and neutral as a meeting in D.C. reviewed the environmental impact statement and the basis for the Corps of Engineers’ forthcoming ruling.
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Mud Creek
Army
Washington, D.C
Donald Duncan
Duncan
Kansas City
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Washington
Paul Barber
Boy Narrowly Survives Tractor-Trailer Swerve Near Lawrence
At 10:15 a.m. on Monterey Way in Western Hills near Lawrence, a tractor trailer veered into the yard to avoid a boy about to cross. The driver Ray L. Boyd 46 of Omaha said he swerved after seeing the boy fall. No damage to the truck owned by A. R. Leasing Co. of Waterloo Iowa was reported. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Department investigated.
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Lawrence
Kansas River
Kansas Highway Patrol
Donald Kearns
Joseph
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Monterey Way
West Lawrence
U.S. 40
Ray L. Boyd
Omaha
Neb
Paris talks explore new Atlantic charter amid EU negotiations
Nixonger and Foreign Minister Mich el Jobert hold talks in Paris as aides propose a deputy level meeting to draft a statement of principles. Officials say a summit of European leaders with the President will be decided after negotiating results are evaluated.
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Ger
Michel Jobert
Paris
Kissinger
Hijackers take control of Colombian airliner to Peru
An Electra four engine airliner hijacked Wednesday by two armed men continued in flight across South America with 22 passengers and seven crew. The pilot was ordered toward Aruba after ransom talks but the plane moved to Lima and then back toward Aruba amid propeller issues.
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South America
Aruba
Venezuela
SAM
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Lima
Peru
Santiago
Chile
el Salvador
Crusade for Christ scheduled in fall in Lawrence
Evangelist Bill Glass leads an eight day Crusade for Christ in Lawrence at Allen Fieldhouse Kansas University campus from September 22 to 29. Local ministers meet Thursday to finalize details with Glass and advisers leading nightly 7 30 p m services.
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Crusade For Christ
Bill Glass
Lawrence
Greater Lawrence
Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas University
STEP funds boosted by Douglas County variety show
The Summer Teen Employment Program STEP received generous donations at a Thursday night variety show at the Community Building. Rev. Carl Johnson, STEP coordinator, said about 165 people attended and roughly 185 was raised for the program run by the Douglas County Ministerial Alliance.
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Douglas County Ministerial Alliance
Carl Johnson
Johnson
STEP
LHS Student Earns Rensselaer Medal honors
Paul Draper son of Mr and Mrs Laurence R Draper 3517 W 10th has been named to receive the Rensselaer Medal from RPI for outstanding achievement in math and science. Draper is a Lawrence High School junior. The medal established in 1916 honors math and science careers and winners compete for scholarships at Rensselaer. Selection rests with teachers and the principal and all winners are juniors.
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Paul Draper
Laurence R. Draper
W. 10Th
Rensselaer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Draper
Lawrence High School
RPI
United States
Canada
Kansas highway death log May 61 1973 222
Kansas traffic death log summarizes yearly figures with May and total counts. The May figure shows sixty one, while the year 1973 totals two hundred twenty two deaths. Details imply state highway fatality tracking by May and year.
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Topeka
Kan
White House aides dispute roles in Watergate probe
Walters says White House officials sent him to tell FBI Director Gray the Watergate tied investigation of a Mexican money deal could threaten CIA operations. Ehrlichman and Haldeman give conflicting accounts with Helms and Gray on meetings and the Gray Walters encounter. Senator McClellan notes major parts of the stories align internally but clash across versions.
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Walters
White House
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Gray
D. Ark
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Helms, Walters
Arraignment Delayed for Two In Murder Case
In Leavenworth County District Court the arraignment of two Tonganoxie youths charged with the April 8 murder of 83 year old Violet Franks was postponed to allow competency mental examinations. Richard Lee and Richard Roush, bound over May 10, will undergo tests at the Menninger Foundation Topeka.
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Leavenworth
Richard Lee
Richard Roush
Kenneth Harmon
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
Leavenworth County Magistrate Court
Violet Franks
Fireworks Permits Issued for Douglas County Ahead of Fourth
Douglas County Zoning Office begins issuing permits for fireworks stands. Wayne Kellum, zoning administrator, says sales allowed July 2 3 and 4 with use permitted 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. in unincorporated areas as city limits prohibit sales.
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Douglas County
Wayne Kellum
Lawrence
Kellum
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