County Narrowly Divides Revenue Sharing Funds
Douglas County commissioners outline tentative revenue sharing guidelines and discuss them with Lawrence to fund people programs and immediate capital needs. They propose 103000 for people programs and 620000 for a county judicial law enforcement building, with a swapping system to share programs with the city.
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Douglas County Commission
Lawrence
Commission
County Commission
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Area Lawmakers Named to Posts
The legislative coordinating council named area lawmakers to chair or vice chair several special committees for state study between the 1973 and 1974 sessions. Wim Winter chairs social rehabilitation and penal institutions. John Bower heads juveniles and juvenile rehabilitation. Paul Hess leads consumer protection. John Vogel heads agricultural and livestock. West is vice chair of education and special education. Arden Booth chairs elections. Lloyd Buzzi chairs transportation and utilities. Hess also has vice chair duties on claims and accounts.
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Legislative Coordinating Council
Wint Winter
R-Ottawa
John Bower
R-Mclouth
Paul Hess
Wichita
Kansas University Law
Consumer Protection Committee
John Vogel
R-Lawrence
Agricultural and Livestock Committee
Tom West
R-Topeka
Arden Booth
R Lawrence
Lloyd Buzzi
Hess
Four candidates miss personal expense filings in county
Clerk Delbert Mathia revealed a clerical error listed three losing primary candidates among general election filers. Barkley Clark plans to file by Wednesday. others lacking reports include Robert Haralick Stanley Byrne and Russell Hoffer. The filing deadline passed with a 10 day grace period, risking misdemeanor prosecution. Peter Almond filed late last week claiming no expenses.
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Barkley Clark
Lawrence
Peter Almond
Baldwin
Hughes Sees CIA Role in Elisberg Break-In
Senator Harold Hughes asserts CIA involvement in a break in at Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office without top officials’ knowledge. He says agency director James Schlesinger and former chief Richard Helms denied CIA participation in domestic intelligence operations in testimony to a Senate subcommittee.
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Washington
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Central Intelligence Agency
Daniel Elisberg
Hughes
Senate
CIA
James Schlesinger
Richard Helms
State Official Probes Fatal Tonganoxie Fire
The state fire marshal investigates a Monday house fire in Tonganoxie that killed eight year old Shelly Umbenhower and critically injured her 13 year old brother William, with two other siblings treated and released. Donations are being solicited at Lawrence National Bank. The home is a total loss after the blaze discovered at 1 15 a m. Firefighters fought for about three hours.
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Tonganoxie
Topeka
Shelly Kay Umbenhower
Karen
Clyde Umbenhower
William
Kansas University Medical Center
James
Umbenhowers
Tim
Umbenhower
Lawrence National Bank
Lawrence
Sid Mitchell
Mitchell
Banks Planning Detached Units In Kansas Legislature Move
Douglas County State Bank and First National Bank of Lawrence plan detached facilities after a Kansas law, effective July 1, allows new branches. Douglas County State Bank purchased land at 28th and Iowa and may move soon, while First National and University State Bank announce general expansion plans with no specifics yet.
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Douglas County State Bank
First National Bank of
Lawrence
Kansas
Max Falkenstien
28Th
Iowa
Falkenstien
Warren Rhodes
First National
University State Bank
Nixon Proposes Disaster Reforms
President Nixon urged Congress to create a single federal disaster agency to speed aid and push states to take more responsibility. The Disaster Preparedness and Assistance Act would standardize benefits, improve program execution, curb misuse, and centralize loans and housing aid under HUD, with a $250,000 first year grant to each state.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Woman Hurt In Collision In Lawrence
Teresa Jackson twenty four of Eudora injured in a three vehicle crash in Lawrence. She is in fairly good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with rib stomach and facial injuries. The 9 am crash on North Second and North streets involved August Miller and Joseph Sabol. Sabol's pickup collided as he left a private driveway then with Miller's car. Jackson's son Robert Wayne two months old was held overnight for observation. Police logged seven other crashes with no injuries.
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Teresa Jackson
Eudora
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
North Second
North
Jackson
Robert Wayne
LMH
August J. Miller
Rt. 3
Miller
Joseph Sabol
Sabol
City Fireman Fired Over Residency Rule
Wayne Dusdahl a city fireman was terminated for not living within city limits under a January ordinance requiring residency. Dusdahl had challenged the rule in district court arguing Fire Chief Sanders lacked authority to enforce it. He plans to consult a private attorney.
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Wayne Dusdahl
Rt. 3
Lawrence
F. C. Sanders
Dusdahl
Ousdahl
Department of Public Safety
Fire Department
Douglas County
Sanders
Police Report Two Thefts Here In Overnight Period
Lawrence police received reports of two thefts overnight. Robert Rose Jr. said a stereo set valued at 623.50 was stolen from his bedroom between 7 p.m. Monday and 1 20 a.m. today with no forced entry. Herbert W Dungans reported his gray 1968 Chevy II missing from a lot near 10th and Delaware between 11 p.m. and midnight Monday valued at 1000 with 1973 license JFC 591.
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Lawrence
Robert Rose Jr
Herbert W. Dungans
Oskaloosa
10Th
Delaware
Jefferson County Eligible for Aid
Jefferson County is among 54 Kansas counties declared eligible for federal assistance under a major disaster declaration by President Nixon due to floods and storms in March and April. The Farmers Home Administration office said it does not know how the OPE determined the counties to receive aid.
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Jefferson County
Kansas
Office of Emergency Planning
Nixon
Kansas’ Farmers Home Administration Office
OPE
KU Meteorology Professor Leads Cross-Check Skylab Mission
KU professor Joe Eagleman guides a NASA Langley contract studying soil moisture in Texas Oklahoma and southwest Kansas with winter snow and freeze thaw line effects to aid flood forecasting. An aircraft will carry another Skylab as cross check during Radscat instrument tests. Signals expected 5 to 25 days into flight, allowing preparation time.
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Joe Eagleman
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
NASA
Langley Research Center
Kansas Citizens Council on Aging Opens 23rd Annual Meeting
The Kansas Citizens Council on Aging Inc. opened its 23rd annual meeting on the University of Kansas campus with the theme Meeting the Needs of Older Kansans. About 75 attendees heard keynote Dr. James A. Peterson of USC Gerontology Center. a Distinguished Older Citizens Award will be presented at tonight's Kansas Union banquet including a consumer protection skit.
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Kansas Citizens Council On Aging Inc
Kansas University
Kansas Union
James A. Peterson
University of Southern California
Gerontology Center
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