City developers clash with commissioners over street policy
Eight land developers urged the city to keep current growth incentives, arguing change would raise housing costs. Officials and staff debated compromise changes, with no conclusions. A public hearing is set for July 10 at city hall to discuss financing, delinquency, and liability in street developments.
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Lawrence City Commission
City Hall
First National Bank
Ninth
Massachusetts
Nancy Hambleton
Gene Haley
Schwarz Rd
Missioner
Barkley Clark
Lawrence
Hambleton
Haley
Buford Watson
Kallsen
Kalsen
Howard Conkey
W. Ninth Ter
Bob Elder
Ark
Norman Thiessen
W. 2Th St
Bob Billings
Quail Creek Dr
Brezhnev and Pompidou End Friendly Talks in France
Brezhnev and Pompidou wrapped two days of discussions in Rambouillet and Paris with notes of close, friendly ties. They reviewed bilateral issues after seven hours of world affairs talks and Brezhnev urged moderating France on nuclear control, a point Pompidou did not address.
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Paris
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Georges Pompidou
France
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Pompidou
Nixon
Europe
Economist Sees Continued American Expansion in 1973
A. G. Matamoros vice president and chief economist for Armstrong Cork Co. Lancaster predicts continued U S growth through 1973 with a slowdown in 1974 due to tighter fiscal policy and potential federal surplus. He cites inflationary buying, a weaker dollar boosting exports, and unresolved domestic policy concerns from Budget deficits to Watergate.
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Economist
A. G. Matamoros
Armstrong Cork Co
Lancaster
America
White House Enemies List Recounted By Dean
The Washington Star-News reports John W. Dean III's testimony and documents reveal a compiled Opponents List with names across politics and media. Dated figures include Senators Bayh Fulbright Kennedy Muskie Mondale plus Lindsay Wallace and McCarthy, plus journalists Anderson Braden Evans Wicker Reston Guthman.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
White House
Washington Star-News
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Harold Hughes
Iowa
George McGovern
D-S.d
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Gaylord. Nelson
D-Wis
William Prox‘mire
Fred Harris
D-Okla
Eugene McCarthy
New York
John V. Lindsay
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Robert F. Drinan
Dmass
Wright Patman
Dtex
Jack Anderson
Mary McGrory
Tom Braden
Rowland Evans
Tom Wicker
James Reston
New York Times
CBS
Daniel Schorr
Edwin O. Gut
Dean Testimony on Watergate Fits Campaign Focus
Dean testified in the Senate committee that he helped raise funds to pay silence to Watergate burglars to prevent a direct link to the President. He also claimed the White House kept an enemies list including politicians, newsmen, union officials and businessmen.
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Dean
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
United States
Senate Committee
Independence Day Observance Again Falls on July Fourth
Lawrence residents are urged to note that Fourth of July falls on a Wednesday this year. The federal holiday will not be moved to create a long weekend.
Iron Gates Locate Third Time For Watkins Museum
The missing iron gates from the Watkins Bank entrance have been found in the yard of Mrs. Ruth Hamm in Nebraska Street. John Andrews and Charles Stough praised Mrs. Hamm for allowing restoration of the gates and the museum plans at 11th and Massachusetts. The find follows a lightning ruined spire and a sought chair, with brass hinge pieces and stairway timber also uncovered. Andrews aims to recover more iron grillework from teller cages.
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Watkins Bank
Watkins
11Th and
Massachusetts
Elizabeth M. Watkins
Ruth Hamm
John Andrews
Capital Gifts
Charles Stough
Douglas County
Andrews
California Driver Killed in Kansas Turnpike Crash
A semitrailer loaded with produce struck a bridge on the Kansas Turnpike about four miles south of Emporia. Everett Downs of Narco California died at the scene. Co driver Raylene Deck, 38, Narco, was hospitalized.
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Emporia
Kan
California
Kansas Turnpike
Everett Downs
Narco
Calif
Raylene Deck 38
Service day of night at Rumsey Funeral Home Ady
A service is scheduled at Rumsey Funeral Home, with contact number 843-5111, for Ady. The notice provides the location and day of the service.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Ady
Rain Doesn’t Hurt State s Wheat Crops
Kansas wheat harvest advances across the state with storms largely sparing crops. The Harvest Labor Control Office reported hot dry conditions in central and northern Kansas as cutting continues. Calls for 619 combines were issued to various towns. Elevator space tightness and a Great Bend elevator looming closure were noted due to rail car shortages. Storage remains available on many farms.
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Kansas
Kansas Harvest Labor Control Office
Great Bend
Harvest Office
Crosse
Lyons
Ness City
Minneola
Bill Medley
Medley
Killed in Collision Near 10th Street Overpass
Albert E Kilgore 27 of Edgerton Missouri died in a truck car crash west of the 10th Street overpass. Police said Kilgore struck the rear of a truck driven by Robert L Pine 34 of Platte City Missouri who reported placing warning flares around the vehicle. Kilgore died at St Margaret Hospital.
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Kansas City
Kan
Albert E. Kilgore
Edgerton
10Th Street
Kilgore
Robert L. Pine
Platte City
St. Margaret Hospital
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Lynn Redenour
Bob Willis
Journal-World Photo
Moscow
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge House
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