Sertoma Award Presented to Rev. Price in 1972
The Rev. Edwin F. Price receives the Lawrence Sertoma Club Service to Mankind Award for 52 years of community service. The honor follows a speech by his son Dr. Edwin F. Price Jr. on children's mental health.
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Sertoma
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Edwin F. Price
The
Kansas School of Religion
Lawrence Sertoma Club
Eller
Price
Mr. Price
Kansas University
Wellington
YMCA
Methodist Church
Epworth League
OR. Price
Emporia
Joint Commission On Mental Health of
Lawrence
of Children’s Mental Health In
America
Challenge On ITT Merger Is Dismissed
A Hartford Superior Court judge dismissed Ralph Nader and three co Plaintiffs suit challenging the ITT Hartford Fire merger as lacking standing and proof of injury. The case, tied to a Justice Department antitrust settlement, was Nader’s third failed attempt to block the affiliation. CT official William Cotter testified he faced pressure while reviewing the merger.
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Hartford, Conn
Ralph Nader
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Justice Department
ITT
Walter J. Sider
Consumer Advocate
Nader
the Nations
William R. Cotter
Jack Anderson
U.S. Department of Justice
San Diego
Calif
Hartford Fire
Itt-Hartford
Hartford Superior Court
Cotter
City Officials Seek Long Term Sales Tax Solution
City commissioners faced stiff opposition to a sales tax from rural factions and advocates for state use of the revenue. Commissioner Nancy Hambleton said the panel exhausted internal options and turned to three local legislators. They sent a detailed letter and made personal contacts, seeking a lasting remedy beyond a one year extension.
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Nancy Hambleton
Lawrence
Lawrence News and Notes: Signups and Political Hints
About 100 youths age 12 to 15 signed up for a firearm safety course in Lawrence run by the Lawrence Chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police with registration via the Douglas County Extension Center. Kansas House members show plans for re election and Adolph Rupp hints at possible political run. Ambassador George Bush will speak at the Lawrence Chamber banquet with most tickets sold.
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Lawrence
The
Fraternal Order of Police
Ron Dalquest
Dalquest
Douglas County Extension Center
Journal-World
George Bush
U.S
United Nations
Kansas Union
Kansas University
Kentucky
Adolph Rupp
Elizabeth Lawson
Rupp
Phog Allen
Kay
Vogel
Robert Docking
Toll increase set for Kansas City 18th Street Expressway
Following traffic engineer recommendations and the trust agreement with bondholders, a new toll schedule will take effect April 1 on the five mile Kansas City 18th Street Expressway. This is the first toll rise in the expressway's 13 year operating history since it opened January 2, 1959. Coverdale Colpitts of New York City advised the changes.
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Kansas City
18Th Street
Hemp Chopper Pleads Guilty in Douglas County Case
Billy Dean Hooper 19 pleaded guilty in Douglas County District Court to attempted illegal possession of marijuana with intent to sell. His wife Katherine 19 had charges dismissed. Sentencing set for 10 30 a m April 7. Hooper jailed since Sept 15. Wife hospitalized for calf wound from incident.
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Douglas County District
Billy Dean Hooper
Rt. 1
Katherine
Hooper
Lawrence Lawmakers Praise Productive Kansas Session
Lawrence lawmakers laud a productive 1972 session with Arden Booth calling it a tremen dous session and Morris Kay and John Vogel highlighting penal reform and alcohol treatment as major progress. They note KU funding, new welfare workers, and reapportionment adding a Douglas County seat while highway improvements are not priorities.
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Kansas
Topeka
Arden Booth
Lawrence
Morris Kay
John Vogel
Vogel
Pancake Feed Moves to Legion Acres This Year
The 23rd annual pancake feed to fund Lawrence Legion baseball returns Saturday from 6 30 a m to 1 30 p m at Legion Acres 3409 W Sixth Ave replacing the community building venue hours shift from prior years Forty five to seventy volunteers including Legionnaires Auxiliary members and junior players will run the event proceeds support the Legion A and B teams scheduled for about 70 games this summer
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Legion
Legionacres
Sixth
Lawrence
Legionnaires
Legion Auxiliary
The
Term Suspended for Rudy Larson in Baldwin Case
Rudy Larson of Baldwin received a five year suspended sentence from Douglas County District Court after pleading guilty March 17 to attempted grand theft linked to an incident on May 14, 1971 at Ballew Service Station and Grocery in Baldwin.
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Rudy Larson
Baldwin
Douglas County
Ballew
Kansas House Cuts More Funding for Earlier Retirees in KAPERS Debate
Legislators and educators criticize expansion gaps in Kansas Public Employees Retirement System benefits. Lawrence and Douglas County teachers who retired before KAPERS merge say they receive lower benefits, while Opal Jayne Kennedy of the National Retired Teachers Assn. cites about 135 affected local retirees. Kansas House cut 1,804,705 from the omnibus bill aimed at boosting earlier retirees' benefits. Kennedy's Douglas County group and Carl Knox warn ongoing losses without inclusive action.
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Lawrence
Carl Knox
Kansas
Kansas House
Kapers
Knox
Opal Jayne Kennedy
National Retired Teachers Assn
Douglas County
Hearing Set for Randolph Gould in Douglas County Court
A preliminary hearing was scheduled for 2 p.m. on April 11 for Randolph Gould 22 of Overland Park charged with felonious assault bomb possession and property destruction in Douglas County Court. Gould is free on bond. His attorney requested an immediate preliminary and no further postponements.
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Randolph Gould
Overland Park
Douglas County
Gould
Commission Receives Notice Of Rezoning Lawsuit
Douglas County Commissioners were notified of a lawsuit filed by Homer Fickel and Jim Brass of Big Springs over the denial to rezone 33.5 acres from agricultural to general business. They seek reversal to allow an electrical contracting business.
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Douglas County
Homer Fickel
Jim Brass
Big Springs
District Court
Fickel and Brass
Commission
Fickel
EU Officials Weigh Vetoes on Final Bill Provisions
Docking noted the final bill version was not approved and a veto could target financing of alcoholism treatment from the general fund rather than the liquor tax. The conference committee removed the $1,804,705 for teacher retirement boosts, and he will review the final bill before deciding on vetoes.
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Docking
General Revenue Fund
Conference Committee
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Haskell Institute
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Connecticut
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Iowa
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Kallsen
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Coverdale & Colpitts
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New Directions
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Lawrence American Legion
Legionaires
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Bob Carlson
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