River City Meet Shapes Community Action in Lawrence
More than 200 Lawrence residents gathered at Westminster Center to discuss positive alternatives to the street community. The forum rejected media labels, proposed a River City community garage and barter economy, and planned self help, legal defense, transportation, and auxiliary police discussion with city officials.
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River City
Lawrence
Westminster Center
Oread
Lawrence Street
City Commission
Miller
Negro migration shifts in the 1960s
Census Bureau report shows the South gained 500000 through migration in the 1960s while losing 140000 blacks annually. Whites moved heavily into the region as Florida Maryland Virginia Georgia and Texas attracted 1960s migrants.
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Washington
South
Census Bureau
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Florida
Maryland
Virginia
Dexas
Georgia
Carolinas
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tion
California
New York
Ohio
Ilinois
Death of Henry Westerhaus 88 of Eudora
Henry Edward Westerhaus 88 of Route 2 Eudora died today at Lawrence Manor nursing home. Funeral 3 p.m. Saturday at Warren Mortuary with Rev. Benton Roy Hanan officiating. Burial in Eudora Cemetery. He was born February 10 1883 near Eudora and was a retired farmer. Survived by widow Argie two daughters Mrs Ralph Whaley and Wilfred Eudaly a son Carl seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Memorials to Masonic badge of Eudora preferred.
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Henry Edward Westerhaus
Eudora
Lawrence Manor Nursing Home
Warren Mortuary
Benton Roy Hanan
Eudora Cemetery
Westerhaus
Masonic Lodge
Argie
Lawrence Manor
Ralph Whaley
Lawrence
Wilfred Eudaly
Ornard
Carl
Hospital Schedule Lists Visitors Across Floors
Patient and visitor timing noted for hospital first and third floors with two daily two hour windows. A long list of named residents and towns follows, ending with a transfer to Santa Fe Hospital and an expected birth on Wednesday.
KU Organization Launches Poison Prevention Plan
Kansas University fraternity Kappa Psi will spread poison prevention ideas to Lawrence third graders this month with a poster contest skits for third grade classes and PTA talks. The program, led by 26 members, features a melodrama style skit Poison Pete and Safety Sam in city schools during the last two weeks of March.
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Kappa Psi
Kansas University Pharmaceutical Fraternity
Lawrence
PTA
Jeanne Dicker
Richard
Barrows
Mark Barnett
Bill Hladik
Poison Pete
Safety Sam
National Center For Rent A Kid Moves HQ To Atlanta
The Rent A Kid program, funded by federal grants, will establish its national headquarters in Atlanta this month. Joy Royle, founder, said the Labor Department approved a one year grant of about $115000 to coordinate similar groups in about 50 cities. The program rents students for odd jobs to help them earn money.
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ACA Corporation
RCA
Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Joy Royle
U.S. Department of Labor
Laos Draft Lottery Report From Lao Army Recruiters
A former Kansas University student serving in Laos reports the Lao army uses a draft lottery and press gang tactics. He writes that eligibility is based on having two hands and two feet, with fast runners getting temporary exemptions, making local males anxious.
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Kansas University
Laos
Lawrence
Agnew Speaks At Indian Meet In Kansas City
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew addresses the American Indian five day conference in Kansas City as more than 500 delegates gather under the National Congress of American Indians. Key topics include Alaska Native land claims water and fishing rights and urban Indian discrimination amid the self determination debate sparked by President Nixon.
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Kansas City
Spiro T. Agnew
United States
Nixon
Arctic Slope
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Rock Chalk Cafe
Lenny Zero’s
Massachusetts
Blacks
Henry Westerhaus
Mildred Wilson
Barker Ave
Wilbur ‘Turner
Baldwin
Donna Courter
McLouth
Anne Lorimer
Patricia Scott
W. Sixth
Doris Kirby
Christina Bonham
Clifton Ct
Victoria Stockton
Ind
Phyllis Ruhlen
John Harper
Stanley Shirley
Haskell Jaco
Ted Crady
Flora
Altenbernd
Neb
Mary Lowell
Joseph Oberzan
Murrow
Birhts
Ricky Chambers
FORD
John Haddock Ford
East 23Rd Street
Grant
Dale's
Olor
ACA
Bell Music CO
National Center For Rent-A-Kid
Agnew
Ray Paddock
National Congress of American Indians
Paddock
Lou
Geo
Stuart
Oskaloosa
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