School Board approves 2.14 mill levy in Lawrence district
Lawrence School District 497 board votes unanimously to raise 2.14 per thousand assessed value for special capital improvements with 2 mills for new construction and 0.14 mills for capital improvements and maintenance. The levy aims to generate about 250000 annually, tied to a projected 125 million district valuation for 1973-74.
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Lawrence School District
Board of Education
Kenneth Fisher
Businss and Facilities
Fisher
State Board of Tax Appeals
Knox
Topeka
Six arrested after DeSoto street fight in downtown
A Saturday dawn brawl in DeSoto involved eight nonresidents, six jailed on disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges. Five came from Lawrence, one from Sunflower Village, and one from Topeka. two others fled but warrants remain. No serious injuries reported.
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Lawrence
Topeka
DeSoto
Debra D. White
Michael K. Knockstedt
Barbara Huggins
John A. Rhodes
Sunflower Village
Martha &E. Knackstedt
Storm Victim Steven Johnson In Satisfactory Condition
Steven Johnson age 15 of Rt 1 Le acompton is listed in satisfactory condition at Stormont Vail Hospital Topeka with neck injuries after his trailer home was struck by high winds Saturday. Officials say the family is housed in Topeka by the Red Cross while another son Kenneth Jr 10 recovers from surgery at the hospital. Red Cross will aid in finding a permanent home.
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Steven Johnson
Rt. 1
Leacompton
Stormont
Kenneth Jr
Johnson
Red Cross
Saas
Limb Pickup Crews Get Added
Sanitation, street, and parks crews join about 30 men and nine trucks to haul away limbs left by the windstorm. Parks crews cleared South Park then moved along Massachusetts Street. street department worked there and toward Tennessee. George Williams, public works director, said three sanitation trucks will cover areas north of Sixth and east of Iowa, north of the Kansas University stadium between Arkansas and Tennessee, and East Lawrence.
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Parks and Recreation
Massachusetts Street
South Park
Massachusetts
Tennessee
George Williams
Sixth
Iowa
Kansas University Stadium
Arkansas
Lawrence
Williams
Stilwell Named Commander of 8th Army in Korea
Commander Richard G. Stilwell promoted to full general and named head of the 8th U S Army in Korea. He succeeds Gen Donald V. Bennett who moves to command U S Army forces in the Pacific. Stilwell was serving as commanding general of the U S 6th Army.
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Washington
Richard G. Stilwell
Storm damages 50 60 trees on KU campus and repairs underway
KU officials report 35 trees heavily damaged or removed after the weekend storm. Crews will continue clearing debris and repairing roofs at Museum of Natural History Allen Fieldhouse Moore Hall with repairs due in days.
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Buchholz
Board of Regents
Blitch
Museum of Natural History
Allen Fieldhouse
Moore Hall
Fieldhouse
Young Protector Is Buried Today
A 14 year old David Faucett from Cheney Kan died while protecting his brother s fiancée from an attempted rape in Wichita. Police charged Roland Pitchford 24 and Charles Wey 22 with first degree murder and kidnapping and they await preliminary hearing in Reno County Jail.
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Hutchinson
Kan
David Faucett
Cheney
Wichita
Steven Faucett
Roland Pitchford
Charles Wey
Reno
Fleming Likely Named UNL Public Relations Director
Richard L. Fleming appears set to succeed George Round as UNL public relations director. The Lincoln Star reports Chancellor James Zumberge will recommend Fleming at a Board of Regents meeting in Lincoln on Saturday. Fleming has served as assistant director since 1963.
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Lincoln, Neb
Richard L. Fleming
George Round
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln Star
UNL
James Zumberge
Fleming
Board of Regents
Lincoln
Lawrence growth study weighs developer role in city improvements
The report notes delinquency in special assessments rose to 17.6 percent in 1972 and $87,797 in 1972. It projects certified collections for 1973 at $634,344 and 1974 at $676,891 amid pending 3,002 mills. It compares Lawrence with national studies and Kansas trends, and lists undeveloped lots with and without city improvements. It also projects housing capacity from current lot availability and permit data.
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International City Managers’ Association
Kallsen
Lawrence
Kansen
League of Kansas Municipalities
Johnson County
Kansas Cities
Budget Busting 19 Billion Dollar Bill Sent to House Floor
The Appropriations Committee sent a 19 billion dollar funding measure to the House floor covering HUD space and science agencies the Veterans Administration and other independent bodies for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The package totals 461 million above Nixon's request and 1.78 billion below last year. It would boost community development programs by 682.5 million and convert some funds to a revenue sharing plan, with an attempt to prohibit impounding the money possibly triggering a veto.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Space and Science Agencies
Veterans Administration
Nixon
Congress
Runaway Clan Arrests Linked to Indictments in Liberty
A 46 year old woman three teen brothers and three other men were arrested by Clay County deputies on grand jury indictments charging aiding harboring juvenile runaways. In all 15 people were indicted as the probe into a loose-knit group sheltering runaways continued after the grand jury session ended June 8.
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Liberty
Clay County
Sheriff's Deputies
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William F. Bradley
Bradley
Gary Condra
Max Stalcup
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Capitol Stage Equipment Co
Oklahoma City
Myrtle Mitchell
Wakarusa Valley
Gary Marcy
Centennial
Marlyn Robinson
East Heights
Carmen Rosser
Pinckney
George Puckett
Denise Stronger
West Junior High Common Learnings
Janet Ross
LHS
Carol Abrahamson
Barbara Kelly
Kaw Valley
Mary Ashby
Riverside
Linda Sullivan
Cynthia Finney
Gladys Sanders
Judith Wisler
William E. Gray
Mary Lee
Health Office
Chad Roberts
Thomas W. Kreider
Karl Todd
Charles ‘Schmidt
Ken Paulis
Pauls
Kenneth Bryant
Schmidt
Tom Atkinson
Atkinson
13Th and
Journal-World
Kansas University
Harry Buchholz
Gen. Blitch
Strong Hall
Campus
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Bob and Lee Zimmerman
Mass
U.S. House
Bill Warren
the Warren Mortuary
Warre
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