Lawrence Board approves amended Title I funds plan
After over 90 minutes and six split votes the Lawrence board of education approved an amended federal Title I funds application totaling 67 770 for five target schools. Six directors supported the plan with Rees Jackman casting the lone no vote.
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Lawrence Board of Education
Rees ‘Jackman
W. F. Bradley
Helen Gilles
Larry Hatfield
Gladys Six
John Spearman Sr
James W. Paddock
Trial Resumes But Defendant Still Absent
Ronald E. Jackson 24 of Kansas City Kansas failed to appear as his jury trial resumed in Douglas County District Court. The judge warned of possible bond forfeiture and bench warrant while stating the absence was voluntary. Jackson faces four felonies including aggravated robbery burglary attempted rape and kidnapping plus a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge. The Sheriff could not locate him. bond was $14,500.
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Ronald E. Jackson
Kansas City, Kan
Douglas County District Court
Jackson
Frank Gray
Gray
Michael Martin
Hitchhiker Donald Kelly Robbed North of Lawrence
A hitchhiker identified as 45 year old Donald Edward Kelly of Mission said he was assaulted and robbed near Lawrence at about 7 p.m. Monday. He reported $80 stolen by three or four men. The Douglas County Sheriff and Kansas Highway Patrol continued the investigation.
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Donald Edward Kelly
Mission
Lawrence
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Kelley
Sheriff's Office
Kansas Highway Patrol
Freedom Set In Death Row Case
Federal judge ordered Edgar H. Smith Jr. released on $5,000 bail within 24 hours after a new trial order for the 1957 slaying of Victoria Zielinski, 15, of Mahwah. Buckley aided Smith's defense amid arguments over coerced confession and rehabilitation. Bergen prosecutors aim to retry, but key witnesses are unavailable.
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Newark
Edgar H. Smith Jr
New Jersey
U.S
Smith
Bergen County
Prison Term for Transfer of Drugs In Kansas Case
Lance E. Hill 20 of 1307 N H was sentenced by the U S District Court Kansas City Kansas to an indefinite term under the federal youth corrections act. The term runs concurrently with a Douglas County sentence for illegal drug transfer. Hill and James Spillman pleaded guilty March 17. Spillman also received an indeterminate federal term. Hill had pleaded guilty May 28 to conspiring to commit a crime and received one to five years.
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Lance Hill
Lance E. Hill
N.H
U.S. District Court
Kansas City
Kan
Douglas County
Spillman
Hill
Assassination shocks Santiago Chile minister Perez Zukovic
Edmundo Perez Zukovic, former interior minister and hard line antileftist, was killed today in Santiago by gunmen with submachine guns. Christian Democrats call it a political crime with wide implications.
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Santiago
Chile
Edmundo Perez Zukovic
Christian Democratic
Perez Zukovic
Christian Democratic Politi
Man Arrested In Threat Case
Jack Lee Green of Kansas City Kansas, 40, was arrested by the Douglas County Sheriff on a charge of obtaining control of stolen property by threat. He posted 1500 bond for a preliminary hearing June 16. The case stems from a threat against Rudy Larsen in Baldwin to aid a $581 robbery at Ballew's Service Station. Larsen, who reported the May 14 armed robbery, faces grand theft and falsely reporting a crime and is free on 2000 bond with July 2 arraignment.
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Jack Lee Green
Kansas City
Kan
Douglas County
Green
Rudy Larsen
Baldwin
Larsen
Ballew’s
Burger undergoes routine physical at Naval Hospital
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger was admitted Monday evening to the U S Naval Hospital in Bethesda Maryland for a routine physical examination, according to the Supreme Court press office.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
U.S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Supreme Court
Fires Cause Minor Damage at Hope Plaza Trash Bins and Car
Lawrence firefighters reported two deliberate trash-bin fires at Hope Plaza 255 N Mich with no damage. A car owned by Robert Patterson at 1423 Maple Lane caught fire at 1227 Pa with no damage. investigators say a backfiring carburetor caused the blaze.
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Hope Plaza
N. Mich
Lawrence
Robert Patterson
Maple la
Lawrence summer school enrollment and programs
A total of 772 students are enrolled in Lawrence summer school programs this year with 67 in junior and senior high, 240 in elementary classes, 240 in driver education, and 465 in music from elementary through secondary. Classes opened Monday for a six week term, while adult education registration also continues. The Lawrence Human Relations Commission meets 8 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall to discuss employment problems, focusing on the Summer Teen Employment Program STEP.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Human Relations Commission
Commission
City Hall
Joanne Hurst
Mitchell Links Securities Theft to Market Confidence Erosion
Attorney General John N. Mitchell told the Senate Subcommittee that spiraling securities theft by organized crime has harmed the financial community and could erode public confidence in securities as investments. He cited counterfeit government securities and a $2.8 million IBM stock seizure as indicators, noting nearly $400 million in unrecovered losses in 1979 and 1970 and a 146 percent rise in trading.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Wall Street
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Philadelphia
IBM
Sewage Workers Walkout Complicates New York Strike
About 2,000 sewage treatment workers walked off, closing 11 of 13 facilities and hampering operations at 35 sites. The protest stems from a pension dispute as the EPA notes untreated sewage flowing into rivers with no immediate resident impact. The action follows a prior 6,000-worker walkout affecting drawbridges and city services including incinerators and landfills.
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New York
Jerome Kretchmer
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Sion
Union
EPA
New York City
Pelham Bay
Bronx
Department of Sanitation
Sex Discrimination Case Filed Against Iowa State
Ames NOW charges sex discrimination at Iowa State University and calls to cut federal funding until inequities are corrected. Acting president Judy Ritts cites widespread disparity in recruiting, promotion, funding and salaries with 80 percent of female faculty in lower ranks and only three female professors overall vs 540 male. The Ames NOW group formed three weeks ago with about 12 members.
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Ames, Iowa
Iowa State University
Ames
National Organization For Women (Now
Judy Ritts
NOW
Aspec
ISU
College of Home Economics
Department of Physical Education
Two Are Treated In Cycle Mishap
Two motorcycle riders were injured when a pickup struck them from behind at North Third and Elm in Lawrence at 10 07 p m Monday. The rider Gary M Vantuyl 20 and passenger Cindy A Kauffman 18 were treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
North Third and
Elm
Lawrence
Gary M. Vantuyl
Cindy A. Kauffman
Missouri Senate OKs pari mutuel betting measure
A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize pari mutuel betting on horse races passed the Missouri Senate on Monday with an 18 to 15 vote. The measure now returns to the House for action.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Senate
House
Reds and Allies clash anew along DMZ front
U S and South Vietnamese troops fought North Vietnamese forces along the DMZ for a third day. In one engagement two Americans were killed and four wounded. South Vietnamese infantry backed by air and artillery claimed 22 enemy dead with four weapons captured. Casualties for South Vietnamese were reported as none. US bases near Charlie 2 under sporadic shelling with limited damage. A helicopter was downed on Phu Quoc island, wounding one US crewman.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Charlie 2
Phu Quoc
Methodists Give 65 Each For Use in 1970
Kansas East Conference of the United Methodist Church reports average giving of 65.11 per member in 1969, totaling 7.2 million dollars despite enrollment decline from 113,373 to 109,914. Rev. M. Max Wright notes a 6.24 percent rise in churchwide giving and urges focus on local ministry.
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Kansas City
Kan
Independence
Kansas East
United Methodist Church
M. Max Wright
Kansas
Family prescription records kept at Ftaney Uillerest Drug
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate prescription records for a family, traced for insurance purposes, held at a drugstore with address 920 Jowa and phone 8413 9012, possibly an advertisement placeholder.
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Ftaney Uillerest Drug
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