Ball Will Feature Black Jack Music At Bicentennial Ball
A bicentennial ball at the Free State Opera House includes excerpts from the Ballad of Black Jack and Stars and Stripes Revue. Charles Oldfather as John Brown opens with Kansas, followed by performances by Steve Weldon, Mark Swezey, and others. The event, after a colonial dinner, runs to midnight with dancing to Paul Gray's orchestra.
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Free State Opera House
Baldwin
Charles Oldfather
John Brown
Branson
Don
Steve Weldon
Mark Swezey
Nick George
Weldon
Paul Gray
Wheat crop outlook slips slightly for 1975
USDA raises total wheat prospects to over 2.1 billion bushels with winter crop near 1.62 billion. Kansas winter wheat trimmed to 377.6 million bushels while Texas harvest lags behind last year. Spring wheat forecast placed around 525 million, pending normal yields.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
USDA
Central
Plains
Kansas
Department’s Crop Reporting Board
U.S
Lawrence concert features ventriloquist and band
Kansas University student Cliff Rakerd will perform ventriloquism and magic at 7 p.m. in South Park. The Lawrence City Band directed by Bill Kelly plays at 8 p.m. with a varied program. Free admission, sponsored by the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Dept and AFM Local 512. Willow Springs road levy election in Douglas County selects continued levy. Twenty four voters approve keeping the five mill levy for two more years.
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Cliff Rakerd
Kansas University
Lawrence City
Bill Kelly
Lawrence Parks and Recreation Dept
American Federation of Musicians Local 512
Willow Springs
Douglas County
Delbert Mathia
FTC should force 30 day delivery for mail order items
Topeka attorney general Curt Schneider backs an FTC rule requiring mail order firms to deliver goods within 30 days after payment. He cites rising consumer complaints about long delays and says advertisers should not promise prompt delivery unless they can meet it.
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Topeka
Kan
Curt Schneider
Federal Trade Commission
Schneider
Federal aid to state refugee costs announced
The federal government will reimburse states for welfare medical and social services for Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees after resettlement. HEW Secretary Weinberger says refugees may be aided by voluntary agencies or state and local governments with sponsor help while ensuring states are not overburdened. The Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act provides 405 million dollars for refugee costs including 100 million for initial medical and screening, education and welfare. Welfare payments hinge on sponsorship stability with emergency first payments possible.
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Washington
Caspar W. Weinberger
Weinberger
Indochina
Ford
HEW
KU Campus 15th Street Closed for Utility Tunnel Project
KU announces 15th Street between Emery Road and Naismith Drive will close Thursday morning and stay shut for six to eight weeks to enable a new utility tunnel to the Law Building. Detours route westbound traffic via Emery Road and Crescent Road. pedestrian underpass on Naismith is already closed.
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Kansas University
KU Said
15Th Street
Emery Road
Naismith Drive
KU Lawrence
Iowa Street
U.S. 59
Law
Allen Fieldhouse
Learned Hall
Law Building
Sunnyside
Irving Hill
15Th
Jayhawk Boulevard
Crescent Road
Naismith Road
A Little Scary. Love Is Blind Yet Marriage Awakes Truth
A lighthearted note on love and marriage contrasts blind romance with clearer insight after vows. The piece playfully suggests matrimony reveals realities lovers overlook before saying I do.
KU reviews damage claim policy at residence halls
KU reconsiders how to pursue damage charges after is shows average collection around 30 percent. Oliver Hall council claims 60 percent, proposing SARB listing for spring finalization. opponents argue this punishes students with small fines. A $15 vandalism fee this year cut damage by about 80 percent.
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Kansas University
Oliver Hall
William M. Balfour
Administrative Housing Board
Wilson
Blood drive planned by Ton ganoxie clubs
Ton ganoxie Kiwanis Club and Ton ganoxie Jaycees will host an annual blood drive from 3 to 8 pm on June 30 in the First Methodist Church community room. Leaflets with contact numbers for appointments were sent to School District 464 families. If quota is met, the Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City will guarantee emergency blood for district patrons and students. Donors must be in good health and aged 18 to 65.
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Tonganoxie
Tonganoxie Kiwanis Club
Tonganoxie Jaycees
First Methodist Church
Kiwanis
Jaycee
Community Blood Center of
Greater
Kansas City
City cancels VFW land deal and tightens smoking rules
Lawrence city commissioners voted to rescind a $37,000 land purchase contract with the Veterans of Foreign Wars for the Second and Indiana garage site. A 3-2 vote approved posting no smoking signs in the commission room under a state law, while Daniel Ling faced a 30 day deadline to fix three housing code violations at Ohio addresses 1228 1131 and 1128.
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Lawrence
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Second
Indiana
Commission
Daniel Ling
VFW
Buford Watson
Watson
Barkley Clark
Mibeck
Robert Bennett
Fred Pence
Fel
Ohio
Binns
Ling
Health budget debate leaves Lawrence dept short of request
Lawrence Douglas County Health Department faces a reduced combined city and county share next year. The county would levy about half a mill plus revenue sharing to reach 95 000, while the city would add 45 000, totaling 168 000. The department sought 187 000 including building costs, leaving a 19 000 gap and forcing budget readjustments.
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Douglas County
Clinton Parkway
State Highway Department
Lawrence-Douglas County
City Commission
Heck receives Sertoma award in Lawrence banquet honor
Arthur A. Heck of Lawrence is named Sertoman of the Year by the Lawrence Sertoma Club at its 46th annual banquet held Tuesday night at the Holiday Inn. Max Rife presented the award, with William E. Wall of Kansas Power and Light as featured speaker.
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Arthur A. Heck
Rt. 4
Lawrence
Douglas County
Heck
Lawrence Sertoma Club
Holiday Inn
Max Rife
Lawrence High School
Sertoma Club
Kansas
William E. Wall
Kansas Power and Light Co
Wall
Austin Stedham
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John Cross
Kevin Henderson
Randy Heikkiner
Madison Heights
Mich
Lawrence High
Black Jack
Nancy Gibbons
Baker University
Don Mueller
Keith Murray
Ric Averill
Stars and Stripes
Jeanne Averill
Lawrence Arts Center
George Utter
Larry Winn
South Park
South Park Recreation Center
Texas
Lawrence Unified School District
Millard Denny
Lawrence Education Assn
LEA
Denny
South Park Bandstand
My Hero
Alford
Journal-World
Torbay
England
Tor Bay
Shell
Coast Guard
Hemitrochus
Shell Bermuda Ltd
Royal Navy
Bob Kent
Moscow
Andrei Sakharov
Sakharov
J.J. Wilson
City
Bob Marcotte
J-W
Corps of Engineers
Donald Binns
Ling’s Houses
Ernest Coleman
Federal Funds
The
Capital Area Council On Aging
Far East
Sertoma Award
KPL
Sertoma
Clint Hutton
Hutton
Midwest
Bernard Judge
Ervin Hodges
Roy Cropp
Emil Heck Jr
C.E
Judy
AGS Food
USA
Pendleton
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