Lawrence Election Campaigns Pick Up Pace Before City, School Board Votes
After a brief pause, Lawrence prepares for next Tuesday's city commission and school board elections. Eight school district candidates and six city hopefuls advance from primaries. Voters face two add ons: a state issue on 18 to 20 year old voting and a half cent sales tax to fund 26 police and 15 fire personnel.
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Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence School Board
Lawrence
Nixon Implements Flexible Wage Limits for Construction
President Nixon signed an executive order creating a flexible wage and price framework for the inflation plagued construction industry. The plan uses craft by craft labor management review boards to regulate pay increases, with average rises around 6 percent annually and enforcement through Davis Bacon Act measures on federal projects.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor
James D. Hodgson
Administration
Administration Officials Said the — Construction
Industry
T' Land
City Worker Hurt in Mishap On Duty in Lawrence
A Lawrence Sanitation Department employee was struck by a car at Seventh and Schwarz Road at 10 40 am and treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for a sprained knee. The driver Richard Pistorius 19 and the victim Louis Marshall 24 were cited. A 6 year old girl in a separate crash involving a mother and a pickup also received treatment.
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Lawrence
Richard D. Pistorius
Schwarz Rd
LMH
Louellyn L. Stephens
Luther L. Stephens
Virginia
Donald W. Funk
Rt. 4
21St
Vermont
Funk
KU students monitor East Pakistan unrest concerns at KU
Pakistani students at Kansas University voice concern over events in East Pakistan. Mohammad Iqbal declines comment on rebel moves toward independence while Wasi Ahmed disputes impressions of widespread separatism. Ahmed cites personal worry for relatives in Dacca and notes difficulty reaching them amid rising tensions.
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East Pakistan
Kansas University
Mohammad Iqbal
Pakistani Students Association
West Pakistan
KU Indians play draws big crowds in Washington festival
Kansas University theatre group returned from Ford Theatre after a successful three show stand as part of the American College Theatre Festival. Critics praised lead actor William Kuhlke and the production’s clarity. A final performance of Indians will be Sunday at 2:30 in the University Theatre.
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Ford Theatre
Kansas University
Lawrence
KU Theatre Department
American Educational Theatre Association
Washington Post
Jerry Freedman
New York City
William Kuhlke
Buffalo Bill
Cody
New York
Charles Lown
University
Kunstler Martin Debate Postponed to April 22
The Kunstler Martin debate is postponed and tentatively set for 8 30 p m April 22 in Hoch Auditorium. Organizer Ramona Curry and law student Jerry Bean note court obligations and scheduling uncertainties while noting Martin may have a flexible timetable due to his Wichita base.
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William Kunstler
Robert Martin
Hoch Auditorium
Jerry Bean
Rancho Cordova Law
Kunstler
Ramona Curry
Council Grove
Martin
Wichita
Kansas Bar Association
Moon Rock Exhibit Closes at KU Museum This Week
The lunar material display at Kansas University Museum of Natural History ends Wednesday after two months. The show runs 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 30 p.m. with pieces including a moon rock. Republicans Morris Kay and John Vogel, Lawrence representatives, voted against restoring budget cuts in the state welfare department in a 53 to 52 vote.
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Kansas University Museum of Natural History
Lawrence
Morris Kay
John Vogel
Vogel
Kay
Lawrence Wards See Rise in Voters for City Election
In Lawrence 14 510 persons will be eligible to cast ballots in the city commission school board election next Tuesday. That is the number registered to vote. This is an increase of 478 over the March primary. The gain comes despite only five days of registration between the primary and general election.
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Douglas County
Delbert Mathia
Mathia
Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence
City Commission School Board
Calley Trial Details and Sentencing Outlook
The article reports on the Calley case with remarks from his lawyer and remarks by Calley himself. It notes that a sentencing phase will consider extimation and mitigation, the potential for automatic review, and possible paths through military and federal courts up to the presidency.
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Associated Press
Calley
George Latimer
Salt Lake City
Rusty
Latimer
Gainesville
Fla
Supreme Court
United States
U.S
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
My Lai
Charlie Company
Two Men Enter Pleas of Guilty in Douglas County Court
Two men pled guilty in Douglas County District Court. James Beebe, 21, pleaded guilty to grand theft for taking three cases of beer valued over $50 from Loyd's Tavern and awaits sentencing at 1:30 p.m. on March 9. He remains jailed. Albert E. Crane, 24, pled guilty to a misdemeanor malicious destruction of private property under $50 and received a six month suspended sentence.
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Douglas County District Court
James Beebe
Ark
Loyd’s Tavern
Beebe
Albert E. Crane
N.Y
Solon Levels Broadside At Vern Miller
Kansas lawmakers clash over Attorney General Vern Miller after his Lawrence raid. Rep. Jack Euler assails news coverage and says the raid risks politicizing the GBI. Democrats defend the media role and Miller’s drug enforcement, noting national attention and public rights protections.
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Vern Miller
Miller
Jack Euler
R-Wathena
Lawrence
Euler
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Richard Loux
Wichita
House
Loux
National Television
Life Magazine
Paul Dugan
Dwichita
Missouri Quake Risk Cited in Nationwide Study
Washington AP reports the National Earthquake Center lists Missouri among 16 states with potential for a devastating quake similar to Southern California's February 9 event. The study also notes other U S regions may suffer minor to moderate damage, with Nevada Washington Utah Wyoming Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi South Carolina New York Maine Vermont Massachusetts and New Hampshire named. Alaska and Hawaii are excluded.
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Missouri
California
National Earthquake Center
United States
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
South Carolina
New York
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Alaska
Hawaii
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