Local Committee seeks funds for Lawrence levee Perry Clinton projects
A seven member local group from Lawrence Kansas traveled to Washington DC to request 7 8 million dollars from the Senate and House Appropriations Sub Committee on Water Conservation for completing the Lawrence levee and Perry Reservoir and for constructing a Clinton Reservoir The delegation includes Mayor Clark Morton City Manager Ray Wells and other city officials plus Kaw Valley Drainage District and County Commission members They plan to appear today and Tuesday and return to Lawrence Tuesday night with each group seeking specific allocations for the levee Perry Reservoir and Clinton Reservoir projects.
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Douglas County
Kaw Valley
U.S. Senate
House Appropriations
Washington, D. C
Lawrence Levee
Perry
Clinton
Lawrence
Clark Morton
Ray Wells
Robert Hughes
J. R. Pulliam
Jim Black
Wesley Brune
Arthur Heck
County Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Eah Person
Perry Reservoir
Eagles Confab Orated Here In Lawrence Kansas
Mount Oread Aerie No 309 hosts the 51st Kansas State Aerie and 19th Kansas State Auxiliary convention in Lawrence. About 500 delegates attend from across the state with sessions Wednesday to Saturday at the Lawrence Eagles clubhouse. Alfred Skeet presides. C R McBratney and Lorraine Vokach lead state bodies. Registration and dinner mark Wednesday’s events. business sessions run through Saturday noon.
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Mount Oread Aerie No. 309
Order of Eagles
Kansas State Aerie
Kansas State Auxiliary
Lawrence Eagles
W. 6Th St
Alfred Skeet
C. R. McBratney
Kansas City
State Eagles
Lorraine Vokach
Lawrence
Picasso Denounced as Communist in South Korea
Hankook Ilbo reported that Pablo Picasso has been denounced as a Communist by the South Korean government. The law bans acts praising Communists or Communist abuses, with potential jail for those using his name commercially or publicly.
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Seoul
Pablo Picasso
Hankook Ilbo
South Korea
Clinic Wednesday On Youth Drugs Workshop Update
The Douglas County Association for Mental Health hosts a youth drugs workshop from 7 30 to 9 30 p m at Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic 342 Mo Highlights include Dr Raymond Schwegler of KU Dr James Stachowiak KU psychologist Austin Shute Pepperland sponsor Tom Johnson of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and other drugs with organizers Newell Razak Rosanna Hurwitz Jesse Milan Charles DiCapo Dorene Hilenstine and Gary Condra association president.
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Douglas County Association For Mental Health
Bert Nash
Raymond Schwegler
Kansas University Health Services
Austin Shute
Kansas City
Pepperland, Inc
Tom Johnson
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Other Drugs
James Stachowiak
Kansas University
Newell Razak
Rosanna Hurwitz
Jesse Milan
Charles DiCapo
Dorene Hilenstine
Gary Condra
Association
UAW Pickets Bell Helicopter Amid Vietnam War Strikes
About 10,000 workers from UAW Local 218 picketed Bell Helicopter Co after rejecting a contract offering wage increases up to 70 cents an hour over three years. Bell announced a midnight shutdown of 13 Dallas Fort Worth area plants as a result. Local 218 has 6,500 members and Bell remains a leading Huey helicopter producer for Vietnam war forces.
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Hurst, Tex
United Auto Workers
Bell Helicopter Co
U.S
Vietnam
UAW
Bell
Dallas-Fort Worth
Local 218
Tubb Featured For Show Here
Ernest Tubb headlines two western music shows at Lawrence High School Auditorium this Friday presented by the Lawrence Fraternal Order of Police. The 6:30 and 8:45 p.m. performances feature Billy Parker and the Cates Sisters with the Nashville Sound, with proceeds supporting FOP activities.
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Ernest Tubb
Grand Ole Opry
Lawrence High School
Lawrence Fraternal Order of Police
Charles Greer
FOP
Nashville
Tubb
Billy Parker
Cates
Marcy
Margie
Minnesota Star Opts for Law School Over Pro Football
Bob Stein a three season defensive regular at the University of Minnesota said he will pass up pro football to attend Harvard Law School. Stein was drafted fifth by the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League.
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Minneapolis
Bob Stein
University of Minnesota
Law School of
Harvard
Stein
Kansas City Chiefs
Freed oilmen praise Biafrans despite danger
In Rome 18 survivors including 14 Italians 3 West Germans and a Lebanese were freed after Biafran pardon following capture near Kwale Nigeria. Vittorio Lucarelli said Biafra’s soldiers knew little of the world and killed 11 of 29 including victims and captors. Survivors later flown to Rome met by Pope Paul VI and reports of trials and abandonment followed. Funeral rites in Milan honored 10 Italians killed in the Biafran raid.
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Rome
Nigeria
Italy
Vittorio Lucarelli
Kwale
Midwest
Lucarelli
Odumegu Ojukwu
France
Portugal
Paul VI
Biafra
Gabon
Metanopoli
Milan
Giovanni Cardinal Colombo
Mariano Rumor
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Picasso
N.H
Lawrence Glass and Mirror CO
Joan
Jean McNab
Clifford E. McNab
St. Louis
Lutheran Hospital
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Leonard Woodcock
UAW _ international
Country Music Hall of Fame
Eddy Arnold
Gene S Salon
Ridge Court
24Th
Lowa
Westinghouse
CAREY
Massachusetts
Gillette
Sally Hansen
Lorraine
Famed Embassy
Bath Soap
Colgate
Oz. Alberto
Woolworth’s
Elizabeth Hartley
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