Prairie View A&M to reopen after student screening
Prairie View A&M College plans to reopen within a week once screening of students is finished after three days of demonstrations and violence. President Alvin T. Thomas suspended classes following damage to buildings and a largely black student body of four thousand. he said only those serious about education will be admitted. Demands included dress code liberalization and dormitory improvements, with a promise of student participation in policy making.
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Prairie View
Tex
Prairie View A&m College
Alvin T. Thomas
Thomas
Sunday College
Resident Plans End War Trip to Paris Conference
Mrs. J. R. Pulliam and 169 other U S citizens will fly to Paris for a Citizens Conference on Ending the War. They will meet peace talks principals to learn requirements for ending the Indochina conflict and then mobilize local support for real peace. The week-long program is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam and Fellowship Reconciliation.
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J. R. Pulliam
Tenn
U.S
Paris
American Friends Service Committee
Vietnam
Fellowship Reconciliation
Heart Fund Drive Underway With KU Dorm Canvass
About 600 residents of Kansas University women’s dormitories plan to canvass Lawrence residents tonight and Tuesday to solicit contributions for the Douglas County Heart Fund. The drive, postponed due to snow, marks the third year EU dorm residents participate with coordinators Dianne Hockman Gerry Sooby Hashinger Hall Cheryl Betrum Lewis Memphis Burson Ellsworth Linda McDougall Gertrude Sell ards Pearson Kate Thornton Oliver Lynn Von Arnweith Susan Alderson Corbin.
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Kansas University Women
Lawrence
Douglas County Heart Fund
Dianne Hockman
Gerry Sooby
Hashinger Hall
Cheryl Betrum
Lewis
Memphis Burson
Ellsworth
Linda McDougall
Gertrude Sellards
Pearson
Kate Thornton
Oliver
Lynn von Arnweith
Susan Alderson
Corbin
Cigarette Makers Say Connivance to Ban Has Little Effect
Cigarette manufacturers report strength despite antismoking campaigns and a federal ban on TV and radio ads. Production rose to 97.5 billion in 1970 from 80.1 in 1969, exports climbed to 29 billion, and surveys indicate modest sales gains aided by higher prices. The Cancer Society notes more nonsmokers but acknowledges more teens smoke. It cites reduced tar and nicotine over 15 years.
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Durham
N.C
United States
Liggett & Myers, Inc
John Palmer
Washington
Tobacco Associ
Ates
Torbes
Barron's
Palmer
American Cancer Society
U.S. Public Health Service
The
Cancer Society
Hospital Names Attendee List of Residents and Families
A long OCR list records names and addresses of patients and visitors across multiple towns. Entries include Agnes Selig, 2130 Vi, and numerous others with addresses in Baldwin, Eudora, La, Wellsville, Oskaloosa, Perry, and Tonganoxie. New births noted: Evelyn Wellman baby boy, Joyce Cheek baby girl, Amye Scott baby girl, Barbara Mueller baby girl, and others. Several entries mention residents at Sh hospital and in surrounding communities. The list concludes with multiple families announcing newborns and gatherings.
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Evelyn Wellman
Maple la
Joyce Cheek
Del
Patricia Coatney
Linwood
Ellis Hayden
Evan Fergus
Ithel Mellor
Sadie Reynolds
Baldwin
Lorenza Rodriguez
Harold Herschell
Kansas City
Gloria Land
Ohio
Lavon Duncan
Perry
Ruth Smith
Princeton
Florence Jamison
Amye Scott
Eudora
Alvin Rausch
Jackie Butterman
Regency
Heather Owen
Schwarz Rd
Sharon Thibodeau
Harper
Helen Skilling
Wellsville
Mabel O’brien
Elm
Donald Walker
Sally Sykes
Sunset Dr
Sielen Wulfkuhle
Richard Freeman
W. 26Th
Alice McClanahan
Christine Warner
W. Third
Steven McMillen
Arthur Roberts Jr
Oskaloosa
Barbara Muiller
Martha White
Smith
Edwina Hoffman
Charles Stewart
Linda Brady
Iirst
Michigan
Alberta Shepard
Dan Dedrick
Lecompton
Leila Wiley
Jenna Wapstall
Westwood Rd
Blanche Gorton
Ella Thompson
Carolina
Evelyn Allen
Tonganozie
Stroup
John McCormick
Hiawatha
Man 37 Cited In Larceny Case
Robin Lee Faulconer 37 posted $2,000 bond to appear for arraignment in the Douglas County Court on grand larceny charges. He is accused of taking $157 from a safe at the Fisca Service Station 740 N Second where he worked. Lawrence Police arrested Faulconer Saturday night after a station employee reported the theft.
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Robin Lee Faulconer
Douglas County
Fisca
N. Second
Lawrence
Faulconer
Agnew says no purge like Goodell in 1972
Vice President Spiro Agnew tells the Buffalo Evening News he sees no GOP purge of senators in 1972. He notes Hatfield would not be opposed if his disagreements are sincere and proceed with cooperation, and explains his earlier stance against Goodell arose from tactics to embarrass the party.
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Gop
Spiro
Buffalo
N.Y
Spiro T. Agnew
New York
Charles Goodell
Buffalo Ivening News
Washington
Lucien Warren
Agnew
Oregon
Goodell
Nixon
Sen. Goodell
Sen. Hatfield
Two Radios and Motorcycle Stolen in Lawrence Weekend
Police report thefts including a black 1965 motorcycle owned by Thomas Oliver Chenoweth Jr. taken from a driveway between 5 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. Sunday. A radio valued at 125 dollars was stolen from QO C Van Ness's home after a break in, and a window was broken at Woodlawn School with several rooms ransacked and a radio stolen.
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Lawrence
Thomas Oliver Chenoweth Jr
Avalon Rd
QO. C. van Ness
W. 21St Ter
Woodlawn School
Kim
Berlin to speak at KU on liberalism dilemma
Distinguished philosopher Professor Isaiah Berlin will visit Kansas University March 15 as a guest of the philosophy department. He will lecture on Turgency and the Liberal Dilemma at 8 p.m. in the Forum Room, Kansas Union, with public attendance welcome. Berlin has led Wolfson College Oxford since 1966 and taught at Oxford Bryn Mawr Princeton and CUNY.
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Wolfson Colege
Oxford
Kansas University
Department of Philosophy
Isaiah Berlin
Kansas Union
Berlin
Wolfson College
Bryn Mawr
Princeton
City University of New York
North
Recital Tonight by KU Violin Professor Howard Boyajian
Howard Boyajian professor of violin and head of the department of stringed instrument at Kansas University appears in a faculty recital at Swarthout Recital Hall at 8 p.m. tonight. The program features Bach Partita in G minor Beethoven Sonata Op. 30 and works by Badings Brahms and Schumann.
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Howard Boyajian
Kansas University
Swarthout Recital Hall
Bach
Beethoven
Sonata
Badings
Brahms
Schumann
Preparation H Provides Quick Relief For Hemorrhoidal Itch
Doctors tested on hundreds of patients found Preparation H gives prompt temporary relief from pain and itching and helps shrink swelling of hemorrhoidal tissues. Many doctors use or recommend it for their families.
Deaths Funerals Mrs Virginia Jella Salinas Calf.
Mrs. Virginia Joyce Jella 64 died after an asthma attack and was dead on arrival at a Salinas hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Healey Funeral Home with burial to follow. She lived previously at 2201 Barker Lawrence Kansas and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Survived by son Jack of Salinas, brother James Joyce of Lawrence, granddaughter Joe Cobb and Thurman Cobb of Eudora, Hurman Cobb of Lawrence, three stepchildren and two grandchildren.
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Salinas
Calif
Virginia Joyce Jella
Healey Funeral Home
Mrs Mary L Gilbert Found Dead In Mission Hills Home
Mrs Mary L Gilbert 45 wife of Joseph W Gilbert Jr a Kansas City area restaurant owner was found dead Sunday by police in an upstairs bedroom at the family home in Mission Hills Tests are being made to determine the cause of death The husband was away on business and returned Sunday night Two sons survive Funeral services today were uncertain
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Mary L. Gilbert
Joseph W. Gilbert Jr
Kansas City
Mission Hills
Iwo
Mrs Margareta Billings Dies in Russell After Illness
Mrs Margareta Billings mother of Lawrence businessman Robert Billings died Sunday in Russell after a period of poor health due to cancer Funeral services are planned for Wednesday and burial will be in Russell She is survived by a second son Richard Billings a Kansas University graduate living in Denver Robert Billings former KU director of aids and awards and now president of Alvamar Inc Lawrence left KU last September to focus on his private business interests in the area.
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Margareta Billings
Robert Billings
Lawrence
Russell
Richard Billings
Kansas University
Denver
Alvamar Inc
Funeral for Mrs Lena Opal Silvers in Cypress California
Funeral services for Lena Opal Silvers 50 of Cypress California are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Rumsey Funeral Home. She will be buried at Maple Grove Cemetery after dying last Thursday in a Cypress hospital. She was born October 5 1920 in Ava Missouri and lived in Lawrence until the 1940s. Survived by widower Charley of Cypress two sons Karl of Sunflower and Gerald of Tracey her parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Cobb of Eudora four sisters Irene Zook Clathe Pearl Easter Reba Falk and Wanda Thomas and three brothers Billy.
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Lena Opal Silvers
Cypress
Calif
Rumsey
Maple Grove Cemetery
Silvers
Ava
Lawrence
Charley
Karl
Sunflower
Gerald
Tracey
Lewis Cobb
Eudora
Irene Zook
Clathe
Pearl Easter
Topeka
Reba Falk
Lincoln
Wanda Thomas
Lyons
Billy
Funeral arrangements set for Mrs Ethel Pearl Kelley
Mrs Ethel Pearl Kelley 79 died this morning at Lawrence Manor nursing home. Rumsey Funeral Home to announce pending services. Survivors: daughter Opal Scott Hill City. five sons Olen Eudora Clarence Trenton Mo Ivan Kansas City Kan Warren Albuquerque NM Vernon Fredonia. sisters Vada Rainey Jamesport Mo Nona Hudson Kansas City Mo.
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Ethel Pearl Kelley
Lawrence Manor
Opal Scott
Hill City
Olen
Eudora
Clarence
Trenton
Ivan
Kansas City
Kan
Warren
Albuquerque
N.M
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Fredonia
Vada Rainey
Jamesport
Nona Hudson
Funeral set for Alvin L. Rausch of Linwood
Alvin L. Rausch 43 of Linwood dies Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 9 a.m. Thursday Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. Edward Marley, burial Veterans Cemetery Fort Leavenworth. Survived by wife Mary Ellen four daughters Frances Vickie Dorothy Mary Kay and son David his parents and siblings. Born March 4 1927 in Muncie he lived in Linwood since 1947 and worked for Reno Township roads. World War II veteran.
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Alvin L. Rausch
Linwood
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey
Edward Marley
Veterans’ Cemetery
Ft. Leavenworth
Mary Ellen
Frances
Vickie
Dorothy
Mary Kay
David
Fred Rausch
Kansas City
Kan
Gloria Kaserman
Shirley Johnson
Harrison
N.Y
Fred
Bryan
Rausch
Muncie
Reno
Meeting Postponed By Lawrence School Board
The Lawrence School District board postpones tonight’s meeting to 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Administration Center 2017 La due to the death of Deal Six husband of board member Mrs Gladys Six The delay affects the local school governance schedule.
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Lawrence School District Board
Deal Six
Gladys Six
United Fund Reaches Record. Falls Short of Goal
The United Fund raised a record 834 million in over 2,000 American cities in 1970, but trails the 8 percent growth goal. Despite a 2.1 percent rise from 1969, big-city slumps reduced corporate giving in Boston Seattle and Los Angeles by up to 16 percent. Local UF officials will distribute the funds to Red Cross Salvation Army Boy and Girl Scouts and public agencies.
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Howard Studd
United Way of America
Boston
Seattle
Los Angeles
New York City
Chicago
Miami
Washington
Studd
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Plea of Guilty Settles Theft Case for Downs
Earl M. Downs 49 of 1237 Prospect pled guilty to grand theft and was returned to Douglas County jail for a pre sentence investigation. Sentencing set for March 12. prior jury trial canceled as burglary and assault counts were dismissed. Downs was arrested December 30 at Flamingo Club with two others. Howard Lee Allen 28 and Benn Grewing 52 also jailed with trial dates in April and ongoing assault charges.
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Earl M. Downs
Prospect
Douglas County
Downs
Flamingo Club
Howard Lee Allen
Conn
Benn Grewing
Schneider Cited In Art Exhibition
Leonard Schneider of 945 Lawrence Ave in Lawrence is cited in the Third National Washington and Jefferson Painting Show at Washington Jefferson College in Washington PA. He won a jurors award for Seated Man II submitted to the show. The juror was Larry Calcagno of New York. The show opened Feb 21 and runs to March 13.
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Leonard Schneider
Lawrence Ave
Lawrence
Washington and Jefferson
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington, Pa
Schneider
Larry Calcagno
New York City
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log Shows February Toll
Kansas highway death log reports 28 days in February with 0 deaths in March and a 1971 total of 87 compared to 93 in the 1970 period. The Topeka AP dispatch notes 48 hours ending 9 a.m. Monday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Swedish Man Kills Four at Closed Court Hearing
A man in his sixties allegedly killed four people at a magistrates court in Soederhamn Sweden during a closed hearing. He surrendered three hours later in a department store. The death toll includes the woman Justice Yangve Carlsson and two lawyers. A three year dispute with a former partner is cited as motive. Avalanche-like blizzard delayed the manhunt amid police strikes and a national alert. The High Court had ordered damages of 2310 and court costs of 2360 and restitution of jewelry.
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Soederhamn
Sweden
Yangve Carlsson
High Court
Public notices and probate filings in Douglas County Kansas
A compilation of notices from the Probate Court of Douglas County Kansas includes petitions for descent of real property in Baldwin and Lawrence, final settlements for Mary Palmer and Mae Edmonds estates, and notices of executors and administrators. Also listed are zoning appeals hearings, sewer ordinances, and a special election in Kanwaka Township with March filing deadlines.
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Tallvrence Daily Journal-World
State of Kansas
Douglas County
Said
Willian W. Amos
Susan Amos
Wilbur S. Amos
Margaret Amos Coaham
Wilfred Gi. Anos
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Kansas
Louie Holcom
Public Auction of 140 Acre Farm Near Lawrence Kansas
Public sale announces a 140 acre farm south of Lecompton to Lawrence with residence and outbuildings. Auction Sunday March 7 1971 at 11 00 am with 10 percent down held in escrow at Lawrence National Bank. Terms include 19 percent of sale price on title, rest in 8 years at 7 percent interest or payoff after year 3.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Kanwaka Township
Douglas County
Kansas
Kanchaka Hall
Lloyd. A. Wulfkuhle
Carl J. Silvers
Ralph J. Leonhard
Lecompton
Glendale Rd
Big Springs
Lawrence
Clendale Rd
Range
Houglas County
Lawrence National Bank
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