Dual Bid on State Pay Hike Prompts Tax Shift
Gov. Rob Docking and lawmakers unveiled a plan to raise state employee pay by 27 a month for about 19 000 workers at a 6.8 million cost funded by ending sales tax exemptions for religious and charitable groups and by taxing tobacco products. The package totals 16.4 million with a minimum wage rise to 1.60 an hour by Feb. 1 1971.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Calvin Strowig
Abilene
Docking Adid
Docking
Kansas Council of Churches
Kansas Catholic Conference
Imaginary Invalid opens at Murphy Hall in Lawrence
Kansas University Theatre presents Heard in Lawrence production opening at 8 20 tonight in Murphy Hall with nightly performances through Saturday.
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Kansas University Theatre
Murphy Hall
Dave Brubeck
Gerry Mulligan
Hoch Auditorium
Kansas University Festival
Offshore oil slick threatens coast as wind shifts
Morgan City Louisiana reports a wild offshore oil well near the Gulf of Mexico spreading sheen toward the coast. A north wind and 10 foot waves push the slick seaward while crews await calmer seas to cap the well 18 miles offshore.
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Morgan City
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Robert Lafleur
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Division of Water Pollution Control
High Seas
Walker Copper Tramps Across U S on Highway Forty
Santa Monica man Peter Copper travels from New York toward San Francisco along a highway route claiming an education of the road. He began Aug 15 and aims for Feb 15 in Kansas City before a year end, facing few legal run ins and planning a book titled From Sea to Shining Sea.
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Peter Copper
Kansas River
New York City
San Francisco
Journal-World Photo
Santa Monica
Calif
Peter Cooper
Lawrence
Statue of Liberty
Golden Gate Bridge
Copper
California
Boonville
Wheeling
W.va
Kinsley
Kan
New York
Plane Landing on Road Disturbs Wells Family
A fertilizer spreading plane landed briefly on a county road near Baldwin fueling fertilizer supplies before continuing its spread run. Owner Delbert Chaney said the maneuver was routine and not blocking traffic, while Douglas County officials said they would review legality.
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Chaney
Douglas County
Daniel Young
Lawrence Aims for NDP Funds to Modernize City Districts
City officials state the Neighborhood Development Program will not raise city property taxes to cover its share and that federal funds come from federal income taxes. The initial NDP plan covers all of North Lawrence and areas north of 15th Street, with downtown renewal updated from the 1966 proposal.
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North Lawrence
15Th Street
Tennessee and
Ohio Streets
Lawrence
HUD
Robertson, Peters, Ericson, Harrison and Williams
Oblinger and Smith
Wichita
Kansas City
Emperor of Rome Nero's Succession Note
The Emperor of Rome from A.D. 68 to A.D. Galba was Nero's successor. Service, day or night. Rumsey Funeral Home VI 3-5111 Adv.
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Rome
Galba
Nero
Rumsey Funeral Home
City moves on off street parking plan in downtown
City Manager Ray Wells presented a 792 500 parking lot improvement program to the City Commission for four new lots adding 215 spaces and improvements to four existing sites. A Vermont Street lot in the 600 block was deferred pending petition validity while staff was authorized to acquire property for three other lots and prepare bids.
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Lawrence
Ray Wells
City Commission
Vermont Street
New Hampshire Street
Youths Vandalize Trucks and Tractor at Concrete Company
Lawrence police report not yet estimating damage from Sunday incident at Penny Ready-Mix Concrete Co. where about 10 youths aged 8 to 12 entered the lot, broke a window, stole keys, and drove a forklift into a wire gate, garage door, and a truck near 730 Del Street.
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Lawrence
Penny Ready-Mix Concrete Co
del. -St
Fires Burn At Fraternity House And Local Homes
A fire at Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity house 1625 Edgehill Rd caused minor damage with origin not determined after 1 24 a m run by Lawrence fire department. A washer belt smoking at J T Bogin home 802 W 7th St caused no damage at 2 27 p m Tuesday. A car driven by Jim Smith Shawnee Mission caught fire at 18th and Ala Sts causing about 200 damage. Grass fires extinguished at 1168 Avalon Rd vacant lot 1 54 p m Tuesday and along Santa Fe tracks north of 19th St at 5 37 p m.
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Phi Kappa Sigma
Edgehill Rd
Lawrence Fire Department
J. T. Bogin
W. 7Th St
Jim Smith
Shawnee Mission
18Th
Ala. Sts
Avalon Rd
Santa Fe
19Th St
GM expands recalls to 1.1 million more vehicles
General Motors orders a new recall affecting 1.1 million Pontiac cars Chevrolet and GMC trucks and buses for potential brake hose failures. The action follows a fatal Alabama bus crash and reports of multiple accidents linked to brake issues. Including this and prior recalls, about 6 million GM vehicles are involved.
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Detroit
General Motors
Huntsville
Ala
Pontiac
Chevrolet
GMC
Alabama
National Highway Safety Bureau
Fireman Dies in Douglas County Crash Answering Call
The fireman identified as Mr. Riggs, born May 19 1946 in Lawrence, died in a traffic crash while responding to a fire at the Don Omer residence Rt 4. The blaze began in the yard and spread to brush. Riggs was the second traffic death in Douglas County this year.
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Lawrence
Paula
Charles
Boulevard
Calif
Norma B. Belles
Ala. St
Bertha Owens
N. 3Rd St
Barbara Belles
Sharon Taber
W. 7Th St
Stephen Belles
Ala
Hazel Riggs
N. 4Th St
Riggs
Don Omer
Rt. 4
Douglas County
Alan R. Dringenberg
Engel Rd
Kansas University
Iowa
25Th Sts
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