Action Deferred on Two Rezoning Requests in Lawrence
The Lawrence City Commission delayed decisions on three rezonings. A Sixth and Lawrence Street parcel seeks mixed use from residential to commercial, with a buffer compromise asked by residents. A Ousdahl duplex request for four lots was postponed at the applicant’s attorney’s request while debate continues. Final action on the Eighth and Canterbury Lane lot remains set for next week with five commissioners expected.
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Sixth and
Lawrence Streets
Lawence- Douglas County Planning Commission
Ousdahl
Planning Commission
City Commission
Eighth
Canterbury Lane
Sixth
Lawrence
Donald Rahmer
Rahmers
Naismith
Robert Elder
Ernest Angino
HJC Seeks to Build Leadership Potential
Haskell Indian Junior College plans a three year program to create a Center for Indian Leadership Training with 492 500 in funds to boost political awareness and leadership among Indians. The plan includes college transfer and non transfer tracks plus training for non students at Haskell or in their home areas.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
HJC
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Haskell
Fire damages in Lawrence jail cell injure youth
A fire set in bedding in a second floor cell at the Lawrence Municipal Jail caused $300 damage. The 16 year old from Kansas City Kansas occupied the cell. two mattresses and blankets burned with heavy smoke. He was moved to Douglas County Jail then to Kansas City for juvenile court action after a car theft investigation.
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Kansas City
Kan
Douglas County
Lawrence
Market Burglary Reported at Terry's Food Market
An overnight burglary at Terry's Food Market in Valley Falls led to an undetermined cash loss. Deputies say burglars entered around 3 a.m. and forced open a safe, with Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff Orin Turner noting the incident.
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Valley Falls
Terry’s
Jefferson County
Orin Turner
FMC Executive Is Reassigned From Lawrence Plant
G Maynard Stark longtime Lawrence FMC plant manager since 1958 will become purchasing manager at FMC in Modesto California. FMC names F Harvey Herbert of South Charleston West Virginia as Stark’s successor in Lawrence. Stark and his wife plan to move later this month. The Lawrence plant produces industrial phosphates for fertilizer and detergent industries. Stark a Monmouth Indiana native and UC Berkeley graduate joined FMC in 1933 and has held many administrative posts including a California plant manager post for 10 years. He has been active in Trinity Lutheran Church Lawrence Country Club Kiwanis and local civic bodies. His wife Rene and the couple’s two daughters Sally Dawson and Nancy are named. Construction of the Lawrence plant began in 1950 under Westvaco Mineral Products Division and became operational in 1951. Stark succeeded the late W E Yates as manager in winter 1958. The firm later became FMC. President Robert Malott of Chicago is a KU alumnus and former Lawrence resident.
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Lawrence
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Modesto
Calif
F. Harvey Herbert
South Charleston
W. Va
Stark
Monmouth
University of California At Berkeley
Corporation
California
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lawrence Country Club
Kiwanis
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Human Relations Commission
Westvaco Mineral Products
Food Machinery Chemical
W. E. Yates
Robert Malott
Chicago
Malott
Deane W. Malott
KU Students to Gather Haskell Campus Plans via Questionnaires
Fifth year KU architecture students will distribute forms at Haskell Indian Junior College to gauge campus concepts. The EU and Haskell teams work on a 10-year plan involving Indian leaders, staff, and students to guide living, layout, and town interaction. Results and a possible school-wide election will inform a package to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Albuquerque.
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Haskell
Kansas University
James Harley
Haskell Activities Board
Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Plant Design and Construction
Albuquerque
N.M
Purple State Seeks K State Themed Motto And Symbols
Kansas Senator Len Richard Rogers notes Kansas State Universitys Big Eight title and proposes changing state symbols to purple themes. He suggests motto Deep Purple and song Home on the Range replaced, meadowlark bird to purple martin. Senator Ben Foster questions naming the Jayhawk as state bird.
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Kan
Len Richard Rogers
Manhattan
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Kansas Senate
Rogers
Kansas
Kansas State
Ben Foster
Wichita
University of Kansas
Daylight Saving Time Considerations in Lawrence
Residents discuss DST start and end dates in Lawrence. DST begins the last Sunday in April with clocks moved forward one hour and ends the last Sunday in October when clocks go back. This year dates are April 30 for start and October 29 for end.
Man accidentally shoots self in Lawrence home
Melvin Reynolds Sr., 40, of 255 N. Mich., was treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a self inflicted wound from a small caliber revolver. Police say the incident occurred about 9 p.m. Monday while he was home alone.
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Melvin Reynolds Sr
N. Mich
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Reynolds
Rumsey Funeral Home Service Details
Service at home or away announced by Rumsey Funeral Home located at 843 5111.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Lawrence Riverfront Park plan urged to curb motorcycles
Lawrence officials and environmental groups discuss a riverfront park concept for Lawrence. The plan would close sections south of the Kansas River to restore wilderness and add 8 to 10 miles of hiking trails. A bicycle loop along the dike could reach 18 miles with a Mud Creek levee.
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Larry Winn
R-Kan
Philip Godwin
Douglas County Environmental Improvement Council
City Commission
Parks and Recreation Department
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
BIC
Sierra Club
Jayhawk Audubon Society
Douglas County Coon Hunters Assn
League of Women Voters
Palmquist
Kansas River
Airport Road
Mud Creek
Lawrence Dike
Kidnapped Girl Released After Ransom Attempt
In Visalia California a 9 year old girl named Michelle Wiebe was released unharmed after her captors demanded 300000 dollars. A stranger found the ransom money left by the family and turned it into police. The abduction occurred Monday night with three masked men.
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Visalia
Calif
Michelle Wiebe
Kingsbury
Wiebe
Ray Forsyth
Forsyth
Arnold
FBI
Los Angeles
Kansas Receives 14000 Grant for Reservoir Recreation Study
The Department of Interior approved a 14000 grant to Kansas for a study by the Kansas Park and Resources Authority on recreational needs at the state's reservoirs. The project will assess user demand and facility requirements to guide future development.
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Washington
Department of Interior
Kansas
The
Kansas Park and Resources Authority
Douglas County Plans Road Repairs At Fairgrounds And Park
Douglas County Commission directs County Engineer Dean Sanderson to start rock road recovery at the 4-H Fairgrounds and re sealing when weather allows. Parking at Broken Arrow Park to be marked with guard rails to protect grassy areas. Maintenance also to re rock and reseal county roads at the park.
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Douglas County
Dean Sanderson
Fairgrounds
Broken Arrow Park
Sanderson
Broken Arrow
Term Suspended For Gardenhire In Battery Case
Keith E. Gardenhire, 19, of Wichita, received a three year suspension of the balance of a two to 20 year prison term for aggravated battery. The 1971 sentence followed a November jury verdict and related to the Dec. 7, 1970 protest on the Kansas University campus that wounded Harry K. Snyder. Gardenhire must reside in Wichita as a condition of the suspension and cannot attend KU.
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Keith E. Gardenhire
Wichita
Douglas County
Frank Gray
Gardenhire
Lawrence
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Harry K. Snyder
Topeka
Kansas University
Gary Jackson
Gray
Vandalism Damages Lawrence Ready Mix Plant
A Lawrence Ready Mix plant at 430 Maple suffered an estimated 325 in vandalism over the weekend. Employee Jack Tatum reported to police that windshields on two trucks and seven building windows were broken.
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Lawrence Ready Mix. Co
Jack Tatum
Lawrence
Tatum
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