Reward Fund tops 5100 in Lawrence for major crimes
The Douglas County Reward Fund has accumulated 5100 in savings across four Lawrence banks funded by donors. It has offered rewards for the Summerfield bombing four months after the incident and for arson at KU Union and bombing attempts at two judges’ homes. The fund is run by three officials from the county commission, city commission, and KU administration, who publish a post office box for tips.
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Douglas County
Reward Fund
Summerfield Hall
Lawrence
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence City Commission
Kansas University Administration
Summerfield
KU Union
Frank Gray
Charles Rankin
Heavy Fighting Around Fire Base Fuller Near DMZ
Reports say heavy fighting raged around abandoned Fire Base Fuller as U S B 52 strikes backed South Vietnamese troops hunting mortar teams in the hills below the DMZ. Eight Americans reportedly escaped to a rear HQ. Sarge and Alpha 4 and Charlie 2 bases suffered shelling with wounded but no fatalities.
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Saigon
Fuller
Demilitarized Zone
le Trung Hien
Dmz
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
U.S. Command
Sarge
Putzel
Hoang Xuan Lam
Widow of Galt Sues Teamsters Over Truck Explosion
The widow of John Galt files a $50,000 damage suit in Greene County Circuit Court against Teamsters leaders and Local 823 officials. The petition alleges union officers’ actions led drivers to decline jobs at Tri State Motors during a 1970 strike. Shuler and Bowden faces long prison terms for related murder.
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Springfield
John Galt
Tri State Motors
Greene County
Joplin
Bobby Lee Shuler
Gerald Bowden
Tri State
Dutch Elm Rush May Be Ending
Delaware Ohio AP reports USDA researchers after 40 years may have halted Dutch Elm disease by creating a tree resistant to the fungus. Dr. Charles Wilson of the Delaware laboratory says he is optimistic after many false hopes. Elm disease appeared in Ohio in 1930 and spread to 30 states, killing about 400 000 elms yearly at over 100 million dollars in annual costs.
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Delaware, Ohio
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Charles Wilson
Usda Laboratory
Delaware
Ohio
Lawrence Charity Horse Show arena action pieces and grooming
The Lawrence Charity Horse Show at the county fairground drew 250 to 300 spectators with 14 classes on Thursday. Riders and owners prepped todos with grooming including sprays, shampoos and tail braids as events like Western horsemanship and pony classes led to winners such as Peaches ridden by Kelly McGlashan and Empire Rex ridden by Debbie Conkey.
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Gramps
Shelly Parrish
Belton
Lawrence
Ozzie Osborn
Journal-World
Will Hess
County Fairground
Debbie Riggins
Kansas City
Jamelett
Kelly McGlashan
Rt. 2
Wellsville
Surrey
Stig Utz
F. Cahal
Raytown
Empire Rex
Debbie Conkey
Heroin detection test praised for speed and sensitivity
Washington laboratory officials describe FRAT as a revolutionary mass screening technique for narcotics detection used to screen over 2,500 urine samples daily. The test, 100 times more sensitive than earlier methods, detects heroin up to five days after use and has been adopted by U S forces in Vietnam.
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Washington
Vietnam
Washington Reference Laboratory
WRL
Bette Hamman
Lawrence H. Vineburgh
Five youths held after walkaways from Topeka hospital
In Lawrence five runaways from the Topeka State Hospital are in custody at Lawrence Municipal Jail. An 18 year old was arrested at Gas Light Tavern at 11 34 p m Thursday and four others selected this morning from a Lawrence home. The four are a 16 year old girl and boys aged 14 15 and 17. Progress on the Jobs for Veterans program in Lawrence includes publicity plans by Erv Hodges city personnel director and a forthcoming veterans job fair.
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Topeka State Hospital
Lawrence Municipal
Gaslight Tavern
13Th
Oread
Lawrence
Erv Hodges
Courtroom Too Hot Postpones Jur y Trials in Denver
District Court Judge Mitchel B. Johns will adjourn all 43 jury trials this summer until September unless the heat problem is fixed. Jurors fainted in the windowless, airless jury room and in an adjacent courtroom, prompting the action.
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Denver
Mitchel B. Johns
Johns
KU Requests 1.9 Million for Capital, Programs and Staff
The KU budget seeks 1.923 million for capital improvements including Strong Hall remodels and attic space air conditioning, plus 262,702 in supplemental 72 fiscal year funds. Items cover disability and life insurance, defense loan matching, faculty computing ops, and staff additions across departments.
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Strong Hall
Microbiology
Snow Hall
Lindley Hall
Geological Survey
Flint Hall
Malott Hall
Scholarship Hall
Radio Amateurs Plan Field Day Emergency Net
About 25 Douglas County Amateur Radio Club operators set up on a farm between Lawrence and Baldwin for the ARRL Field Day exercise. They start at 1 p m Saturday testing emergency stations with portable generators and contact with FCC licensed hams, two stations one voice one morse code, 27 hours.
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Lawrence
Baldwin
Douglas County Amateur Radio Club
Amateur Radio Relay League
Federal Communications Commission
David Fayman
502 Pioneer
Red Cross
Baldwin Junction
Pig yelled in court leads to youth jail term in Great Bend
Great Bend youth Richard Burgett received 30 days in jail after shouting pigs outside the Barton County district courtroom. He had just witnessed Craig Foraker’s LSD and marijuana trial and later turned himself in after the incident.
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Great Bend
Kan
Barton County
Richard Burgett
Frederick Woleslager
Burgett
Craig Foraker
Otto Rohleder
Senator Hughes chased from Harlem basement shooting gallery
Senator Harold E. Hughes was threatened with harm and chased from a Harlem basement believed to be used as a shooting gallery by narcotics addicts. He said he knew he was in a dangerous situation after leaving the five story building on West 137th Street opposite Harlem Hospital.
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New York
Harold E. Hughes
Lowa
Harlem
Hughes
West 137Th Street
Harlem Hospital
Paved and Mehited parking facilities at Rumsey Funeral Home
Advy advertises improved parking areas at Rumsey Funeral Home located at 843-5111. The note indicates updated facilities for visitors and mourners.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
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