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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1966
Page
8
Rioting by hundreds of African Americans in Watts escalates as bricks fly and cars burn. A delivery driver Gomez is shot and killed as police mobilize over 600 rioters, barricades are set on 103rd Street and Wilmington Avenue, and by seven p.m. the streets are cleared.
Rep. John B. Unruh of Montezuma filed for re election in Topeka under the new House apportionment law. His district now covers all of Gray and Hodgeman counties and parts of Ford and Finney.
Three steel erectors abandoned a 250 foot crane sitdown Tuesday night after climbing to protest layoffs and cut bonuses on a $25.2 million project in London’s financial district. One man descended exhausted, the union-facilitated exit followed as they were fired for industrial misconduct.
Kansas Lt. Gov. John Crutcher proposed a study of the lieutenant governor’s duties as part of nine new proposals opened at the Kansas Legislative Council session. The panel will assess proper assignment of duties for the office starting with the 1969 term.
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