Condemnation Moves On Vermont Street Parking Lot Sites
Condemnation actions may begin within two months against five east Vermont Street land owners for a proposed city parking facility. Appraisers set fair values. offers ranged from 15 000 to 30 000 dollars with several acceptances and rejections. A second potential round targets 9th and St Streets and 8th and Vermont, while the Wren Building and former laundry site on 8th and Vermont have sold. Cost shared by city and local merchants through a parking benefit district.
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Vermont Street
Vt. St
Julius and
Josephine Driscoll
Avalon Rd
8Th and
Vt. Sts
Wren
Independent Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Haverty and Hedges Real Estate and Insurance, Inc
Mass. St
ED Elam
Orchard Lane
45 000 Grant To KU Students
A bequest of 45000 from the estate of Miss Bessie Wilder of Lawrence is received by the Kansas University Endowment Association. The income funds scholarships for School of Medicine students or Medical Center research. Wilder was KU documents librarian for 32 years born February 2 1887. she died March 17 1968 aged 81.
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Bessie Wilder
Lawrence
Kansas University Endowment Association
School of Medicine
Medical
Kansas City
Miss Wilder
KU Library
Colorado
War Department
Washington, D.C
New York State Library School
KU Endowment Association
Don's Speed Shop Robbed of Items Worth 867
Don Baxter reports theft at Don's Speed Shop on Route 3. Weekend burglary left six tires worth 330, one wheel set 75, two carburetors and manifolds 237, drag chute 120, total value 867. Pry marks on a door indicated entry. Douglas County sheriff's department investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Rt. 3
Don Baxter
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Baxter
Fire Safety Program Set Thursday Night at Fairgrounds
A fire safety demonstration and films sponsored by the Douglas County Farm Bureau will be shown at 7 p.m. today at the 4-H Fairgrounds. James Dodds, assistant safety director of the Kansas Farm Bureau Inc., will supervise. Student safety posters will be displayed and awards given. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Farm Bureau
James Dodds
Kansas Farm Bureau Inc
Casualties Rise in 69th Brigade Mobilization
The 69th Infantry Brigade of the Kansas National Guard has 10 members killed and about 10 seriously wounded since mobilization in May. At least three deaths occurred stateside, with two from a military vehicle crash and one from a private plane crash. Demobilization could occur as early as December.
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Topeka
Kansas National Guard
Lawrence
Vietnam
Public Information Office
Ft. Carson
Colo
State Adjutant General’s
United States
Adjutant General’s Office
Bicycle Rider Hurt In Wednesday Mishap
Lawrence police report says Alan E. Zarley aged 12 of 3026 Harvard Rd suffered minor bruises after his bicycle and a motorcycle driven by Robert H. Ellis aged 22 of 2345 Ridge Ct brushed near 2933 Harvard Rd at 6 45 p.m. on Wednesday. Ellis tried to pass and Zarley fell but no damage resulted. Police also investigated two other Wednesday wrecks with the largest property damage estimated at 100 dollars.
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Alan E. Zarley
Harvard Rd
Robert H. Ellis
Ridge Ct
Lawrence
Ellis
Zarley
Fire at Holiday Inn traces to overheated television set
Fire crews investigated an odor of smoke at 9 15 p m Wednesday at the Holiday Inn at 23rd and Iowa Streets and found a television set overheated. Damage was confined to the set.
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Holiday Inn
23Rd
Iowa Sts
Gary Aderson
Navy ROTC relocates color ceremony and ring dance
KU Naval ROTC moves color ceremony from Allen Fieldhouse to Naval Air Station in Olathe at 5 30 p m and ring dance shifts from Kansas Union Ballroom to National Guard Armory for 8 p m Saturday amid security concerns. Margaret McCoy named 1969 Color Girl to be crowned Friday. Pensacola NAS Band to perform.
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Navy Rotc
Olathe
Kansas University Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Allen Fieldhouse
Naval Air Station
National Guard Armory
Kansas Union Ballroom
KU Naval Rotc
Naval Rotc
Margaret McCoy
Hiawatha
Pensacola, Fla
Unmarried mother of seven seeks child support in Phoenix
A young mother of seven appeared before a Superior Court judge in Phoenix seeking child support for her latest baby. The judge questioned paternity noting the same man fathered all seven children. The woman replied the father is not ready to marry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
Superior Court
Edward Hughes
First National Site Struck Tuesday by Vandals Arson
Vandalism and arson damaged the First National Bank construction site in Massachusetts with $300 in losses. Police report include thefts, a car recovered, and multiple property damages across several local businesses and homes.
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First National
First National Bank
Lawrence
Bill Smith
Liberty
Alfred Lundgren Construction Co
Topeka
Soldier Wins One Vote Edge To Lead Northern Ireland
Maj. James Chichester Clark, 46, former soldier with limited politics, wins the Unionist caucus to become Northern Ireland prime minister by 17-16 over Brian Faulkner. He pledges universal local suffrage and delays municipal elections from 1970 to 1971 amid Catholic fears of gerrymandering.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
James Chichester- Clark
Unionist
Chichester- Clark
Terence O'Neill
Chichester-Clark
O'Neill
Brian Faulkner
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log For 24 Hours To 9 A M
Kansas traffic death log shows zero fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 am Thursday. For 1969 the count is 179 deaths compared with 198 in the comparable 1968 period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
May Day Fetes Go Subdued Across Europe
Europe marks May Day with restrained displays in communist capitals as Moscow drops military parades and Czechoslovak authorities reinforce Prague with troops. West Europe braces for unrest as Britain faces a 24 hour strike potentially involving up to a million workers amid labor government curbs.
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London
Europe
Soviet Union
Lenin
Moscow
Red Square
East Germany
Soviet Bloc
Prague
Athens
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Donald C. Phelps
Park Hill Ter
E. Rice Phelps
Lawrence Loan and Finance Co
Mildred F. Hutchison
Greener Ter
Arthur R. Colburn
Colburns
9Th and St. Sts
Lee Hartong
Baldwin
Herbert J. O’bryon
Cecil Bradley
Wilmette, Ill
Charles O’bryan
Kansas University Observatory
Lindley Hall
Lawrence High School
Herta Galton
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Art Guild
Lawrence Cham
Ber of Commerce
Keith Winter
Winter
E. Uth St
Achievement Place, Inc
Douglas County Commissioners
Kansas University
Helen Randolph
William Randolph
Jim Harper
Wayne Harper
Jon Moorhead
William Moorhead
Greener
Stacy Potter
Don Potter
N.H
Brad Smith
Paul Erhart
Miss. St
Journal- World Photo
Ian O Leeo
New World Life
Huus-Band
Aes Praia
Lupester
Don G. McDow
West 9Th St
Gary W. Beasley
R. L
Bob" Stewart
Melvin Kaufman
Ridge Cr
Don Frandie Perry
Lundgren
Norris Brothers, Inc
W. 6Th St
Leroy Long
W. 4Th St
N.H. St
Charles B. Combs Jr
Ala. St
Jim Bagley
Murphy
Soldier
Hopkins Kleen Air Service
Wn.h. Vi
Barker
Kentucky
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