Lawrence Chamber Sees Record Membership and Growth
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce reports an all time high in membership and hints at an even better 1969-70 year. Plans include a $5 million S S Kresge Co distribution center and ongoing plant site inquiries as the city faces downtown revitalization and transportation needs.
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Lawrence Chamber of ‘Commerce
S.S. Kresge Co
Lawrence
Lawrencedustry
Frank Sales Jr
Robert Payne
Raley Salas
Gakayne
Lawrence High Cappella and Orchestra to Perform Sunday Evening
Lawrence High School chorus and orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday in the school cafeteria under directors Charles Olson and Larry Williams. The two groups returned Friday from a two day tour of several high schools. The Charles Ise Animal Shelter will be closed all day Sunday for inventory with regular hours Monday. The 16th annual Kansas University International Festival is set for March 23 in the Kansas Union with exhibits at 6 p.m. and a variety show at 8 p.m. Sponsored by about 700 foreign students at Mount Oread. South Junior High moves eyed for next week as officials tour the new building and weigh readiness for a possible early move. Kansas University shot putter Karl Salb posted a 66-84 NCAA mark in Detroit Friday while worried about his ill wife back in Lawrence. The couple later confirmed she was fine.
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Lawrence
Associaton
Topeka
Twenty-Third Street
Kaw River
Chamber
Raley
Bob Payne
Lawrence High School
Charles Olson
Larry Williams
Charles Ise Animal Shelter
Kansas University
South Junior High
Karl Salb
Karl
Detroit
Awards Planned Monday for Fallen Lawrence Sailor
The mother of Vietnam casualty Seaman Richard Eugene Boyd will receive posthumous honors at 2 p.m. Monday in KU Naval ROTC. Mrs. June B. Boyd of 1527 Md. St. will accept the Vietnamese Military Merit Medal and the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm from Marine Col. John P. Lanigan. Boyd was 24 when he died last March 25.
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Lawrence
Vietnam
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Kansas University
June B. Boyd
MD. St
Marine
John P. Lanigan
Naval Rotc
Richard Eugene Boyd
Kansans Debate Liquor By The Drink And Highway Bills
The Kansas Legislature approved a liquor by the drink resolution and a highway bill amid partisan dispute. The liquor measure heads to a 1970 general election vote after Senate and House passage, while the highway plan would raise the gasoline tax to seven cents and authorize 300 million in bonds over ten years, with Governor Docking likely to veto.
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Topeka
Kansas
Robert Docking
Wint Winter
Ottawa
Docking
Disturbance at Lawrence High School sparks multiple incidents
A Friday disturbance at Lawrence High School, sparked after a morning assembly, involved about seven fights among black and white students. Teachers dealt with the melee. Principal Medley cited racially charged tensions and ongoing issues from prior events. Police later broke up incidents at local spots including Sandy's Drive-In and East Heights School.
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LHS
William C. Medley
Sandy’s
9Th
Iowa Sts
East Heights
15Th St
Topeka Grid Star Chosen by Nixon
Art Fletcher, 43, a former Washburn football standout and legislative liaison, was named assistant secretary of labor by President Nixon. He will oversee wage and labor standards and manpower development while engaging with mayors and local governments. Fletcher's appointment makes him one of the highest ranking African Americans in the Republican administration.
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Olympia. Wash
Art Fletcher
Washington
Dan Evans
Richard Nixon
Fletcher
Evans
Kansas
Fred Hall
Topeka
Hall
Sacramento
Calif
Aerojet General
Nixon
Olympia
Hospital Names and Dismissals Are Listed in Local Notice
Dismissals include Marguita Cross and baby, Agnes Bray, Catherine Wicky, Allie Collins, Julie Cohee, Fred Alford, Pearl Stinson, Patrick Dehaan, and Lester Schwartz. Birth: William Chinn and spouse announce a fourth son born Friday in Perry.
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Walter Johns
Barker
Judy Cronister
Lecompton
Jesse O. Remby
William R. Palmer
Miss
Kendra Elizabeth Crow
Mae Gane
Regency Pl
Betty Corman
Maple Lane
William Young
Kansas City
George Schloetzer
N.Y
Rebecca Harper
Ash
Nellie Lobingier
Baldwin
Ester Horr
Maine
Marguita Cross
Baby Boy
Agnes Bray
Ill
Catherine Wicky
Lester Schwartz
William Chinn
Perry
Sunday Opener for Hill Festival of Arts at KU
The third annual Kansas University Festival of the Arts opens Sunday at 8 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium with No Exit by Contempo Players. The festival features Kael on Monday, Brubeck on Wednesday, and Mekas Kramer talks, plus a tribute card from hospital visitors.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Carl Latcham
Celia Stetson
Jean Gordon
Contempo Players of
New York City
Hoch Auditorium
Pauline Kael
National Pantomime Theatre of New York
Dave Brubeck
Gerry Mulligan
Jonas
Citizens discuss city needs for library airport and convention center
Candidates debate funding and priorities for a new library a county city convention hall or center and a potential airport. They urge user pays principles street upgrades five year plans and new revenue sources while stressing public education and voter involvement. Sperry pitches a combined city hall complex with an annex library near the police station.
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Cooper
Lawrence
Commission
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State Board of Regents
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