Street improvements gain momentum after tax setback
Lawrence moves toward street upgrades as new state gasoline tax revenue of about 105 000 dollars annually will fund major thoroughfares. City Manager Ray Wells notes the funds are insufficient for a full program, urging additional income such as property tax increases and intergovernmental agreements with county and state for phased projects.
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Kansas League of Municipalities
Lawrence
Ray Wells
Wells
City Commission
23Rd Street
Co-op
Douglas County
Kansas River
Lawrence highway work eyed to widen K-10 segment
Highway Commission crews surveyed traffic along the K-10 stretch between the overpass and the Co-op refinery in preparation for a four lane widening. Contracts for the project are to be let this summer.
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Highway Commission
Co-op
Industry as Target In Panther Program
Washington AP CAPTAIN testifies Black Panthers call for destruction of U S industry. He cites statements from George Mason Murray and Joudon Ford in Cuba and a radio interview with Huey Newton in jail. He estimates party membership under 4 000 with about 2 000 identified members and 350 arrest records. Two defectors to follow in testimony as Senate probes urban and campus violence.
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Washington
Senate
John E. Drass
Washington, D.C
Senate Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations
Cuba
George Mason Murray
Party
Joudon Ford
Panther
New York
Huey P. Newton
Black Panther
Oakland
Calif
Black Panther Party
U.S
Capt
Cass
Black Panthers
United States
Baker Frats Ransacked in Baldwin City Weekend
Three fraternity houses at Baker University were entered during the June 8 9 period. Items taken include two typewriters and personal belongings from Delta Tau Delta at 604 Fifth St. Damages exceed $500 overall with $300 at the DTD house. Sigma Phi Epsilon at 813 Monroe St reported $100 damage and a $150 camera and $125 watch taken. Zeta Chi at 903 Eighth St ransacked with $50 damage. no items reported missing.
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Baldwin
Baldwin City Marshall
Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
Baker University
Delta Tau Delta
Fifth St
Jim Selzer
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Monroe St
Zeta Chi
Eighth St
Three Sites Named For Proposed City Library
The City Commission voted to consider three sites for the new library. Locations include Lith and Kentucky, the north side of 9th Street between Kentucky and Vermont, and the south side of 7th Street between Kentucky and Vermont. After appraisal, the library board will be asked for recommendations ahead of a fall referendum.
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Ray Wells
Lith
Kentucky
9Th Street
Vermont
7Th Street
Wells
Library
Deck Officers End Two Day Ship Strike With Tentative Pact
New York AP reports striking deck officers reached a tentative settlement with major shipowners ending a two day tieup at East and Gulf Coast ports. Agreements affect more than 400 freighters and liners, with bargaining resuming on 150 tankers.
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New York
Gulf Coast
International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots
Afl-Cio
Thomas W. Gleason
International Longshoremen’s Association
Yeoman Service
Maritime Service Committee
American Maritime Association
Israeli Jets Bomb Jordan Front in Major Strike
Israeli aircraft pounded Jordanian positions across the Jordan River north of the Dead Sea in what reporters called one of the largest air assaults in months. The strike began at 1 30 p m and continued three hours later, with targets near Kallia and in the northern Jordan Valley. No casualties were reported from the Jordanian side.
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Jerusalem
Jordan River
Dead Sea
Kallia
Amman
Wadi Alyabis
Jordan Valley
Tiberias
Tirat Sin
Beisan
Sea of Galilee
Wrecked barge spills 400000 gallons of oil on Mississippi
An oil slick covering up to 25 miles of the upper Mississippi from a wrecked barge near Alma Wisconsin spread 400000 gallons of diesel oil into bayous and waterways. Authorities warned of long term impacts on fish and waterfowl as currents and winds carried the slick.
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Alma
Wis
Mississippi
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Wing Dam
Chester Forkum
Alma Dam
Man Breaks Jaw In Pike Crash West of Lawrence
One man injured with a fractured jaw in a rear end collision on the Kansas Turnpike west of the Lawrence service area. Glen D. Masters 52 of Liberty Missouri treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Two trucks damaged totaling 12500 dollars after Masters’ truck jackknifed crossing the median following a fire in an engine compartment.
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Lawrence
Glen D. Masters
Liberty
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kenneth P. Gibler
Baldwin
Masters
Gibler
First Battalion To Leave Viet Nam Named Today
The US Command announced the 3rd Battalion 6th Infantry of the 2nd Brigade 9th Infantry Division will depart Vietnam by air around July 8 for inactivation. Other elements of the 2nd Brigade and nondivisional units will follow to the United States or Hawaii for demobilization or inactivation.
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US ‘Command
South Vietnam
6Th Infantry
9Th Infantry Division
United States
47Th Infantry
9Th Division
Vietnam
U.S
Mekong Delta
86Th Engineer
56Th Artillery
1097Th
Army Reserve
Army National Guard
Hawaii
Pacific Command
Marine
Okinawa
Japan
Ranch Purchase Aids Public Recreation In Kansas
Pratt Kansas WP The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission buys the Betsy T ranch a 4820 acre tract in northwest Pratt County for wildlife management and public hunting. George C Moore says the purchase supports a long range program. Doug Wildin handled sale for Gene Watson Land and Livestock Co of Hutchinson. The land remains on tax rolls.
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Pratt, Kan
Pratt County
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
George C. Moore
Commission
Doug Wildin
Gene Watson Land and Livestock Co
Hutchinson
Moore
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J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
SDS
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Associated Press
Baker Frats
West 9Th St
Michigan Street
Journal-World Photo
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Ohio
Jordan
James Everson
Rumsey Funeral Home
Everson
Lodge
Acacia Lodge
AF & AM
Arthur W. Keefer
C. E. Kerns
Shelter News
Chi Chi
Spade
Beagle
Lawrence Humane Society
Cash & Carry
Alexander
Lowa
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TNT
Westinghouse
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Carey
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