Art in the Park draws crowd for rerun exhibit in South Park
The iith annual Art in the Park show in South Park drew about 9,000 attendees with sales around 1,568. Rain shifted the event to the Community Building where about 9,000 more viewers attended. May 7 was the original date. 100 of 140 exhibitors returned for the Sunday rerun featuring artists such as Susan Sheldon Connie Spitz Charles Lameroux Gary Linde Doreen Riedel Bettina Armstrong Joan Heggan Susan Wall Ric Fairchild Richard Fletcher and John Garcia.
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Ann Payne
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Gary Linde
Doreen Riedel
Bettina Armstrong
Joan Heggan
Susan Wall
Ric Fairchild
Richard Fletcher
John Garcia
Fire crews respond to two calls in Lawrence
Firefighters answered two calls on Saturday with no damage reported. A trash blaze near 10th Street owned by Park Hetzel Jr. was extinguished at 12:20 p.m. A later 5:50 p.m. false alarm cited a fire at 1001 Del.
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Few Control Changes Scheduled
Washington AP reports the Pay Board and Price Commission have survived a shakeout and anticipate few major policy changes. Officials expect to wind down controls next year as inflation trends toward Nixon’s 2 to 3 percent target, with prices easing but grievances lingering from the freeze.
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Tonga Boy 12 Dies. Death Ruled Accidental
The death of Jesse Patrick Brown, 12, of Tonganoxie was ruled accidental by Dr. David Parker. No autopsy was performed. he was found dead after hanging with a rope at home. He was born Feb 3 1960 in Lawrence and attended Tonganoxie Grade School. He played in Boy Scouts and local sports teams. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Tonganoxie Junior High School gym. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery. He is survived by parents, three sisters, a brother, and two grandmothers.
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Maple Grove
Quisenberry Funeral Chapel
City Commission Agenda Seeks Public Hearings and Bids
The commission plans a public hearing on special assessments for paving sidewalks and sewers. It invites bids for PVC pipes, a van chassis for ambulance use, and ambulance conversion equipment. It weighs sign variance for Karnate American Jeep and site plans for a mobile home lot and mall portion. It includes traffic, finance, and planning items and old business on library levy rates.
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Court Acts After Protests At Kansas University
Kenneth Bryant, 18, of 1406 Prairie, pleaded guilty in Douglas County Court to breaking a window Thursday in Strong Hall at KU. He faces sentencing by Judge Charles Rankin at 4:30 p.m. May 22. Twelve others pleaded guilty or no contest to disobeying police directives and were fined. Trial dates were set for five more on May 30 and June 8. 14 others remain arraignment pending.
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Keith A. Youngblood
Freeport
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Neil Ruesch
Janet Nebel
St. Louis
James Doher
Ambulance and Pipe Bids on Lawrence Commission Agenda
Lawrence city commission will consider bids on plastic pipe and an ambulance and discuss storm sewer projects near Fourth and Maine. A public hearing on special assessments for these improvements is slated, with owners in the benefit district told of their shares. A site plan for a Mall Shopping Center access drive on 23rd Street is recommended for denial. The Traffic Safety Commission proposal to remove parking on the west side of North Second Street is also on the agenda.
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Amish Win Supreme Court Exemption From Schooling Law
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Amish people are exempt from compulsory schooling beyond the eighth grade, citing that high school education threatens the free exercise of their religious beliefs. The decision references Wisconsin and notes prosecutions in nine states including Wisconsin. Apple Valley Boats open till 7 30 seven days a week Adv.
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Rumsey Funeral Home Ad by Ired and Oscar Rumsey
Ired and Oscar Rumsey, owners of Rumsey Funeral Home, advertise funeral services. Contact 843-5111 for arrangements and inquiries.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Lawrence bulk trash zone four pickup and circus tickets
Bulk trash pickup in Lawrence is set for Zone Four north of 15th Street to the river and east of Mississippi with curb placement by 7 a.m. Optimist Club members sell tickets for the King Brothers Circus performances at 4 and 8 p.m. Friday at the Douglas County Fairgrounds to fund local youth projects. Tickets also available at the gate.
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Three injured in Lawrence two vehicle crash near Kansas River Bridge
Three people were treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a 6:59 a.m. two vehicle collision near the Kansas River Bridge. The injured were Donald D. Plummer 37 DeSoto Edna E. Morgan Rt. 1 Tonganoxie and Mildred Pryor 54 Tonganoxie passengers in the stopped car. A prior collision involved Brown A. Pryor 62 Tonganoxie and William D. Conner 22 Eldon Mo. Police logged over 20 weekend incidents including a mobile home struck in a trailer park.
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DeSoto
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Finals Open at Haskell Indian Junior College
Final examinations for the spring semester began today at Haskell Indian Junior College and will continue through Friday.
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