City urged to press Bowersock deal and clean up riverfront
Lawrence officials weigh Stephen Hill plan to close the Bowersock portion of the April agreement to start a six month clock for city offices. The proposal aims to accelerate cleanup of the dilapidated east riverfront including the Carpet building and grain elevators near the bridge. Meanwhile the council approved $53,500 for two concrete block buildings at Tommy Constant Park after appraisal.
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Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Stephen Hill
He Bowersock Mills & Powers
Hill
Bowersock
Kansas Fibreboard Inc
Kansas
Barkley Clark
Commission
Clark
Mike Wildgen
Wildgen
Buford Watson
Tommy Constant Park
Sixth Street
Vermont
Crude oil tax plan backed by House panel for $28 rebates
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a $28 federal payment to most adults financed by a crude oil tax. Rebates would extend through 1981 with amounts up to 80 dollars per adult, 440 dollars for a couple, and cover 1978 to 1981 including nine months of 1981. The vote faced Republican opposition and aims to cushion energy-tax impacts on the economy.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Carter
Congress
U.S
Senate Panel Urges Federal Funds for Abortions
A Senate Appropriations Committee vote backed using federal funds for abortions in special cases as part of a Labor HEW bill for 1978. It supports funding to save the mother, and in cases of rape incest ectopic pregnancy or illnesses that deform the fetus, amid a larger funding debate.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
House
Supreme Court
Congress
New York
High Court
Carter
Grenade Recovered After Fort Riley Theft
A hand grenade stolen Monday from Fort Riley at Junction City was found later the same day at a Lawrence home. Police recovered the fragmentation device in a garage on West 29th Terrace, still in its original container with detonating pin. The Army reported 10 grenades missing. the recovered device was linked to a man who allegedly contemplated self harm.
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Ft. Riley
Junction City
Lawrence
U.S. Army
Fort
France and Soviet Sign Detente and Nuclear Pact Declarations
Paris reports Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and French President Valery Giscard d Estaing signed declarations to pursue detente and nuclear nonproliferation. They endorsed respect for human rights, sovereignty, and non interference, and called for a world disarmament conference. Economic cooperation accords include a five year study on environmentally safe chemical development and transport integration, plus a 10 year extension of their cooperation pact.
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Paris
Leonid
Brezhnev
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Giscard d'Estaing
Gisccard d'Estaing
France
Europe
Russia
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Africa
Soviet Union
Murder trial moved in teens slayings case at Ft. Leonard Wood
The trial of Ft. Leonard Wood military policeman Johnny Lee Thornton 23 charged with three deaths on the base was moved to Council Bluffs Iowa. Jury selection halted in St. Joseph Missouri and July 18 set for start. Thornton pleads not guilty. The victims Wesley Hawkins 18 Anthony Bates 18 Linda Needham 16 Juanita Deckard 18.
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Kansas City
Ft. Leonard Wood
Council Bluffs
Iowa
U.S. District Court
Johnny Lee Thornton
St. Joseph
William R. Collinson
Collinson
U.S. District Attorney’s Office
Missouri Ozarks
Wesley Hawkins
Anthony Lee Bates
Linda Needham
Hawkins
Bates
Miss Needham
Juanita Deckard
Fraser Meets Carter on Nuclear Arms Restraint Efforts
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser arrives in Washington for two days of talks with President Carter and key officials on limiting nuclear weapons spread. Fraser backs safeguards on uranium exports and supports expanded U S nuclear power with protections against diversion.
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Washington
Malcolm Fraser
Carter
Fraser
Defense
Harold Brown
James R. Schlesinger
White House
Moscow
Australia
Indian Ocean
U.S
Diego Garcia
United States
Pinckney rezoning deferred amid planning concerns
Pinckney planners deferred Hiebert's office rezoning as residents urged further studies and cautioned against land speculation. Mayor Argesinger noted prior hospital-area refusals, while Mona McCoy urged hospital parcel approval to curb duplication of services. The commission froze the request 4 to 1, with Rose dissenting.
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Ing
Clark
Hiebert
Steve Gillian
Ind
Marnie Argersinger
Rose
Carter
Mona McCoy
Pinckney Association
Jane Eldredge
Ohio
Argersinger
Binns
Linwood OKs canine curbs ordinance and fees
Linwood city council approved a dog confinement ordinance with a five dollar fine for strays and added administrative and boarding charges of seventeen dollars and two dollars fifty cents per day. The measure takes effect after publication, likely next week.
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Linwood
Jackie Stark
Bushman
Wolf
Wood
Certified Public Accountants
Leavenworth
Funding decision due on Douglas County halfway house plan
Douglas County may receive about 54400 from the Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration for a proposed ex-offender halfway house. The Transitional House Assn plans 12 to 15 residents with stays under three months under parole or probation supervision.
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Douglas County
Governor's Committee On Criminal Administration
Elaine Vick
Kansas Council On Crime and Delinquency
KPL Insulation Drive Expands Home Energy Checks
Kansas Power and Light reports 445 Lawrence homes inspected since September with 56 percent adding insulation and 15 percent adequately insulated. Across Kansas 6 700 requests filled. 49 percent opted for more insulation. KP and L finances up to two years on bills. demand drives material shortages and rising prices.
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Kansas Power and Light Company
Lawrence
Fred Bryan
Lecompton
Kansas City
Kp&l
Kansas
Bryan
Eleven injured in pike car van wreck near Bonner Springs
A car crossed a median strip and struck a van on the Kansas Turnpike about three miles east of the Bonner Springs exit. Eleven people were hurt, including two from Lawrence. The car’s 19 year old driver Oliver C. Petter was in serious condition. 19 year old passenger Alex M. Davidoff was in fairly good condition. The van driver Ali Hasida, 34, Lawrence, was treated for injuries and eight van passengers received minor injuries. Damage estimated at 3500 to the van and 2500 to the car.
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Lawrence
Kansas Turnpike
Turnpike Patrol
Bonner Springs
Topeka
Bethany Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Oliver C. Petter
Alex M. Davidoff
Ali Hasida
Providence Health Center
Providence
Sonia L. Nazario
Lenexa
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Lee Bowersock
Paul Gray
Army Reserve Unit 312
Centennial Park
Edgewood Park
Lawrence City
Lawrence, Kan
Leroy Bates
Lebanon
Marjorie Spencer
Pinckney
Ed Hille
Elizabeth M. Watkins
KPL
Paul E. White
Dakota
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Patrice R. Cates
Judy L. Howard
East St. Louis
Ill
Vivien S. Spain
Derby
Lauri A. Winn
Jackie E. Humphrey
Carolyn F. Jones
Gerry Cain
Washington, D.C
Massachusetts
Everest
Jennings
Maine
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