Downtown Lawrence plan aims to reshape Massachusetts Street
Local businessmen and city officials pushed a broad plan to grade and surface Massachusetts Street from Seventh to Eleventh, add wider sidewalks, and redesign Sixth and Massachusetts areas funded by a HUD program of about 1 million dollars. Eight of twenty PAC members attended, sparking concerns over parking and merchant participation as work could begin after June with a September completion target.
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Eleventh
North Park
Sixth
Massachusetts
Project Action Committee
PAC Committee
East Lawrence
North Lawrence
Open Meeting Laws Enactment Promises Transparency
Governor Docking praises two open meeting bills as guarantees that public bodies funded by taxpayers must conduct business openly. He argues no public matter should be decided by secret ballot and calls for government to be as visible as a fish bowl.
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Petiton
Senate
Kansas
Docking
Trial Starts On March 27 For Angela Davis Case
After a long jury-selection process in San Jose California opening testimony in the Angela Davis murder kidnap conspiracy trial begins March 27. One regular juror was excused and four alternates were chosen filling the panel with two students and two other alternates.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Superior Court
Richard E. Arnason
Mary W. Titcomb
Michelle Savage
Mrs. Titcomb
Miss Savage
Roosevelt Cable Signals Tougher Stand Against Stalin
Chicago Tribune reports that six days before his death President Roosevelt cabled with Churchill agreeing the United States and Britain must oppose Stalin more firmly. The top secret message, found in Roosevelt Library archives, quotes a resolve not to show fear and to act tougher than previously seen.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
United States
Britain
Joseph Stalin
the Tribune
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Tribune
Willard Edwards
Washington
Edwards
Churchill
Stalin
Poland
Beard Memo Sparks Senate Probe Hearings
ITT Washington office defends memo dispute as Sen Kennedy presses for Beard to be questioned. A seven member subcommittee planned bedside testimony in Denver to avoid further Senate votes, but the trip was delayed indefinitely amid looming votes.
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Hume
ITT
Washington
Fouryearold girl calls for help as mother collapses
In Somerville Massachusetts a 4 year old girl called 0 after her mother Patricia Polleys collapsed from diabetic shock. Telephone operator Evelyn Bergantino traced the call and connected police. Patricia Polleys was found unconscious and rushed to hospital in satisfactory condition. Julie Polleys explained she learned to dial 0 from her mother.
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Patricia Polleys
Julie
Douglas County Considers 250 Tons Daily Trash Plan
The Douglas County Solid Waste Management Committee will outline a county plan this summer to handle about 250 tons of daily waste. It will cover financing, collection methods, and potential impacts on rural residents and cities including Lawrence, with a public hearing set for June or July.
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Douglas County
Douglas County Solid Waste Management Committee
State Board of Health
Watson
Ross McKinney
Kansas University
Planned Trinity Church to become day care center
An announcement is expected next week detailing plans to convert Trinity United Methodist Church at 2141 Maple Lane into a day care and pre school run by a local nursery school. Church spokesmen decline to discuss specifics until arrangements are complete.
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Trinity United Methodist Church
Maple la
Hearing Set for Price on Forgery Charges
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 4 30 p m March 27 for Ronald Clifford Price 29 of 2608 Hillcrest Dr on forgery charges. Price was arrested Friday by the Douglas County Sheriff s Department and is charged with using the name of William G Crow on a 440 check passed Feb 26 at Radio Shack drawn on Southwest State Bank of Topeka. He is free on 1500 bond.
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Ronald Clifford Price
Hillcrest Dr
Price
Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
William G. Crow
Radio Shack
Southwest State Bank of
Topeka
Ad Gains Made By Newspapers Rise In January
New York AP reports Advertising revenues for daily newspapers rose 13.5 percent in January. Classified ads led with an 18.8 percent gain, national ads up 1.1 percent, and retail ads increasing 11.3 percent. Measurements draw from 64 cities via Media Records Inc.
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New York
Bureau of Advertising
Media Records, Inc
Pay Cut Grumblings Prompt Labor Leaders Meeting
AFL-CIO President George Meany invites executive council members and leaders such as Leonard Woodcock and Frank Fitzsimmons to a Washington meeting on the Pay Board wage cut. The discussion may trigger a coastwide longshore strike and possible resignations from labor board members as unions weigh their next move.
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Aflcio
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamsters
Los Angeles Times
Council of War
U.S
Times
Harry Bernstein
Pay Board
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILMU
Harry Bridges
Wichita Jobless Rate Improves in February
Wichita area unemployment fell to 6.1 percent in February the lowest since February 1970 with 9,850 jobless. Statewide unemployment dropped to 4.9 percent as 818,000 Kansans were employed, up 5,200 from January and 13,000 from a year ago.
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Wichita Area
Kansas State Employment Service Office
Sedgwick County
Butler County
Kansas
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Simmons
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Sey
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Fred Rumsey
Oscar Rumsey
Hmsey Funeral Home
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