Ohio Victory Eyed By Demo Hopefuls
Sen Hubert H Humphrey and George McGovern campaign in Ohio and neighboring states on the eve of Tuesday’s Democratic primaries. McGovern seeks momentum with an upset bid amid 153 Ohio delegates while Humphrey targets the northern industrial belt.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
George 5
McGovern
Ohio
Humphrey
Toledo
Canton
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
Indiana
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
District of Columbia
Edmund S. Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Lawrence KPL Franchise On City Agenda Tuesday
Lawrence commission will vote on a 20 year KPL franchise with a 10 year arbitration option and a three person panel. A new lease for Lawrence Municipal Airport and a pipe replacement bid for North Lawrence are also on the agenda plus a bicycle safety parade request.
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Lawrence City Commission
Kansas Power and Light Co
KPL
Topeka
Balfour Jeffrey
City Commission Agenda Items and Proposals
City commission outlines new business including bids for Indian Avenue paving near Haskell Indian Junior College and a 9 am May 6 bicycle parade request from the Optimist Club. It covers land sales, leases for Lawrence and Delbert Erhardt, bid recaps, and multiple ordinances on zoning, parking, and be kind to animal week.
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Indian Avenue
Haskell Indian Junior College
Optimist Club
Kansas Power and Light Co
Santa Fe
James H
Connie C. Schwartzburg
Lawrence Aviation Inc
Lawrence
Delbert Erhardt
Lawrence Municipal
Public Works Department
Ousdahl Road
Ridge Court
Shafer, Kline and Warren
West 15Th Street
Westchester
Kingston
Yorkshire
Ousdahl
26Th Street
Wakarusa Manor Inc
Manor Terrace
18Th
19Th
Kentucky
Tennessee
Crestline
23Rd Street
City Commission
City Hall
First National Bank
Ninth and
Massachusetts
Scouts Brave Bad Weather For Cleanup
Fifty six Boy Scouts braved rain to clean litter from Douglas County State Lake as part of a Save Our American Resources project. Scouts used canoes for pickups with support from the 325th General Army Hospital Reserve and an Olathe helicopter unit.
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Baldwin
Boy Scouts
Douglas County
Save Our American Resources
Boy Scouts of America
Girls Scouts of the USA
Keep’ America Beautiful, Inc
325Th General Army Hospital Reserve
Kansas City
Olathe
State Lake
Roberts
Larry R. Stephenson
Southwest
Kaw Council
Zone 2 bulk trash pickup schedule in Lawrence
Zone 2 bulk trash pickup will occur Wednesday for the area south of 15th and west of Louisiana. Residents must place all trash at the curb by 7 a.m. A transformer outage on the 1200 and 1300 blocks of New Jersey and Delaware was caused by a squirrel, which was killed.
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15Th
Louisiana
Lawrence Police and
Kansas Power and Light Co
New Jersey
Delaware
KPL
Four Die in Fulton House Fire Victim Names Given
A mother Mrs. Virginia Scott age 53 and her three daughters Elaine 24 Anete 21 and Debbie 12 were killed when a two story wood frame home on Fulton north side burned early Sunday. Fire investigators ruled the blaze accidental. Local firefighters battled the flames but could not reach the occupants. The tragedy occurred in Fulton Missouri according to AP reports.
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Fulton, Mo
Fulton’s
Virginia Scott
Elaine
Anete
Debie
Black Team Wins 17th Lawrence High Girls Sport Show
The Black team defeated the Red team 88 to 88 in the 17th annual Lawrence High School Girls Sport Show as tug of war decided the title. Kerry Kapfer led the Blacks in multiple events while Nancy Culver captained the Reds in several wins. An injury to Beth Boozer occurred during soccer.
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Lawrence High
Reds
Lawrence High School
LHS
Kerry Kapfer
John Kapfer
Nancy Culver
Kenneth Culver
Blacks
Beth Boozer
June Bacharach
Joanie Lundstrom
Journal-World Photo
Mixed results on voter registration booths at Kansas colleges
County officials report varying success establishing campus voter outposts under the 1972 registration law. At Kansas State University enrollment 13,000, 350 students registered during a single visit with 600 applications from other counties. Fort Hays State College 5,600 students saw about 210 registered on campus and 200 via the county office. Ottawa University will have no outpost, five blocks from the courthouse.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Crawford County
Pittsburg State College
Douglas County
Riley
Wanda Coder
Kanss State University
League of Women Voters
Fort Hays State College
Ellis County
Richard Schmidt
Kansas
Schmidt
Attorneys and Officials Eye New Second District Courtroom
Douglas County Bar Assn representatives will meet with county commissioners in two to three weeks to discuss facilities for a second district courtroom. Commissioner Heck stated location ideas are under review and a final site is not yet chosen. Filing for the post closed June 20 with candidates James W. Paddock and Judge Charles C. Rankin. The second judgeship was ordered by the Kansas Supreme Court after case overload. The new courtroom would be usable January 8, 1973, when the second judge takes office.
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Douglas County Bar Assn
Richard Zinn
Bar Association
County Commission
Arthur Heck
Walter Cragan
City Commission
City Hall
Watkins
11Th
Massachusetts
Heck
James W
Bill Paddock
Charles C. Rankin
Weather, farming outlook as rivers rise near Lawrence
Farley says fields recover if weather stays normal with planting possible by week end. Upland plots may take longer due to terracing. Some corn replanting needed where topsoil eroded. Wakarusa River at 20.8 feet with flood risk in low areas near Lawrence. flood stage 23 to 27 feet. Rumsey Funeral Home contact listed.
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Farley
Weather Service
Wakarusa
U.S. 59
Lawrence
March of Dimes Campaign Seeks Fast Closure
The Douglas County Chapter of the National Foundation hopes to end the 1972 March of Dimes drive quickly. The mail campaign may have missed some contributors. Contributions can be sent to Kenneth Rehmer, Treasurer, c/o Lawrence National Bank.
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Douglas County
The
National Foundation
Kenneth Rehmer
c/o
Lawrence National Bank
County awaits grant for warning sirens in four cities
Douglas County officials await a federal matching grant to cover half of 57 000 needed for new community warning sirens in Lawrence Baldwin Eudora and Lecompton sparked by Sundays tornado warning. If approved the plan calls for 12 sirens in Lawrence and one each for Baldwin Eudora and Lecompton with installation delays of about 45 days after receipt.
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Lawrence
Baldwin
Lecompton
Eudora
Douglas County
Civil Defense
Chuck Belote
Belote
Anderson Says Hoover Memos Sent Johnson
Washington AP Columnist Jack Anderson testified at a House subcommittee hearing that FBI Director Hoover prepared secret memos detailing the personal lives of prominent Americans for Johnsons bedtime reading. He urged legislation to end mass classification and proposed automatic declassification after two years.
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Washington
Jack Anderson
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
High and
Lyndon B. Johnson
Anderson
House Government Information Subcommittee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nixon
The Man from Equitable Promotes Insurance Help
The Man from Equitable offers living insurance aimed at protecting families from major financial hazards. He emphasizes tailored plans that fit pocketbooks and life prospects and invites a call to discuss coverage.
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Equitable
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Beore
Washington, D.C
Maine
Oklahoma
Wendell Ford
Muskie
Nevada
Delbert Erhart
Rapid Air Co
Robert Wilson
Erhart
North Lawrence
Walnut
Elm Streets
Optimists Club
Commission
Charlie Roberts
the Lake
Intrepid
Worden
Fulton
Journal- World Photo
Franklin County
Ottawa University
Bruce Spears
Kansas Supreme Court
Frank Gray
District Court
Dave
Dave Michael
Rumsey Funeral Home
Ady
Grant
Hoover
Johnson
Buddy Bowles
Buddy B. Bowles
Bellcrest Drive
Lawrence, Kansas
Equitable Life Assurance Seci
United States
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