Shelters of 10 Years Ago-No Longer Needed
In the early 1960s, amid renewed nuclear testing and Cold War tensions, Americans built fallout shelters to prep for atomic threats. Many kept shelters for storm protection or storage, with costs from 200 to 5000 dollars, and some families, like the Mitchells, used them for decades for tornado safety and storage rather than as emergency refuges.
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Berlin
John Kennedy
U.S
Khrushchev
Lawrence
Mitchells
Dr. Mitchell
Solons Create Two State Agencies In Reorganization Plan
Republican Sen. H. E. Healy of Wichita says new Department of Administration and Department of Revenue would save Kansas up to 100 million dollars a year. Bills, approved by the legislature, would take effect July 1, 1973 with Cabinet style secretaries. Docking is urged to sign, with Healy arguing consolidation could cut 206 agencies to streamline state government.
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Topeka
Kan
Ellis
Department of Administration
Department of Revenue
Robert Docking
H.E. Healy
Wichita
Senate Executive Reorganization Committee
Robert F. Brandt
James T. McDonald
Revenue
Healy
Topeka Officials Seek Apology Over Police Remarks
Topeka leaders apologized for statements by Police Chief Dana Hummer claiming five warrants against legislators existed. Mayor McCormick and others defended lawmakers while noting immunity during sessions. A State Journal review cited two speeding charges and one for running a traffic light this session.
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Topeka
Kan
Dana Hummer
Hummer
Bill McCormick
Finance
Kenneth P. Kern
Park
Lauren Nash
McCormick
Nash
Topeka State Journal
John Hayes
Hartley Show Highlights 1920s and 1930s Lithographs
The Kansas University Museum of Art dates a Marsden Hartley display March 19 to April 16 featuring 38 works across lithographs paintings and drawings from 1923 and 1933 34. A Hartley pencil drawing Still Life With Vase of 1927 bought with Letha Churchill Walker funds will accompany the show.
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Marsden Hartley
Kansas University Museum of Art
Hartley
Museum
Charles Eldredge
Two men plead guilty in Douglas County court
Daniel Ramirez and Charles Lindenberg pleaded guilty on Friday afternoon in Douglas County District Court. Ramirez faces one to five years for attempted burglary with a possible $5,000 fine, Lindenberg for sale of marijuana with a 1 to 10 year range and up to $5,000 fine. Harry Vann received one to five years for involuntary manslaughter in Ruth Glovers death after a Feb. 28 plea.
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Douglas County
Harry G. Vann
Ruth Glover
R.I
East Llth
Vann
Daniel S., Ramirez
N.J
Charles L. Lindenberg
Ramirez
Lawrence
Patchen Electric Co
E. Ninth
Frank Gray
Lindenberg
Community Arts Calendar Highlights A Week Of University Events
A week of arts and performances at the University includes carillon recitals by Albert Gerken, Hamlet and Rosencrantz plays in University Theater, and Recital Hall concerts. Also listed are lectures at Fraser Hall and Union venues, plus exhibitions at the Museum of Art and Kansas Union galleries.
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Albert Gerken
Swarthout Recital Hall
Sigma Alpha Iota
University Theater
Carol McAmis
Central Junior High School
Lawrence Art Guild
Margarite Baumgarter
Medical Arts
Connie Stouse
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Harry Morgan
Lawrence Banks
Kansas Union Gallery
SUA
Godfather Opening Prompts Ticket Buyout by Kansas City Group
The Italian American Unification Council of Greater Kansas City says The Godfather opens March 22 at two theaters. They bought all Empire Theater opening day tickets for about 2500 dollars and will monitor showings to ensure the film runs despite an expected empty house. Trozzolo said they also attempted to buy out the Glenwood Theater but opening-night tickets were already sold.
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Kansas City
Empire Theater
IAAC
Marion ‘Trozzolo
Glenwood Theater
New Site for Lawrence Indian Center
The Lawrence Indian Center will move to 1912 Mass in about two weeks. President Francis Skenandore said the five room house leased for six months must be cleaned and repaired before moving. A Thursday lease announcement preceded a meeting with Kansas centers to discuss funding. Additional centers in Kansas City Topeka and Wichita will participate. An Indian Concerns Sunday is planned for April 9 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
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Lawrence Indian Center
1912
Mass
Francis Skenandore
Lawrence Center
Haskell Indian Junior College
Kansas
Skenandore
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Bayh to Speak at KU On Political Future
U S Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana will discuss The Future of the American Political System at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Kansas Union Ballroom. He is a former presidential candidate and an advocate of constitutional amendments including equal rights and direct presidential elections.
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Bayh
U.S
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Kansas Union
Kansas University
House of Representatives
Senate
Academic Dean Quits at Sterling College
Joel Strandberg resigns as academic dean after two years at Sterling College in Sterling Kansas. President William McCreery forms a committee of board members faculty and students to pick a successor.
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William McCreery
Trichinosis Risk From Undercooked Pork
The article explains trichinosis a preventable disease linked to undercooked pork. It notes high infection estimates, common symptoms from muscle pain to fever, and advises prevention by fully cooking meat or freezing pork products to kill larvae. There is no specific cure beyond rest and pain relief.
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Raymond Schwegler
KU Student Health Service
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Forbes Air Force Base
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Grandview
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Mitchell
Solons
Paul Cezanne
Letha Churchill Walker
EU Endowment Association
Eldredge
Cezanne
Maine
Paris
Blue Rider School of Artists
Mt. Klahdin
Pauline Harvey
India Building
Sherry Diehl
Kim Norris
Sherry Torneden
Mar
Garet McCrary
Linda McMeehan
Elizabeth Bryant
Jane Strub
Jan Demby
Scott Farmer
Jerry Torneden
Journal-World Photo
Staffordshire
Museum of Art
John Anderson
Jayhawk Room
Merezhkovsky
C. Harold Bedford
University of Toronto
Fraser Hall
Germany
St. Thomas
Forum Room
Oliver Hall
Louis H. Forman
Big Eight Room
Rod Serling
Gary Snyder
Kansas Citions
Indian Center
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