KU Commencement Sees Joyful Dignity at Memorial Stadium
Kansas University's 99th annual Commencement at Memorial Stadium honors 1,500 graduates in a ceremonious night. Chancellor Chalmers reads citations for distinguished service to three alumni while Gov. Docking sends wishes for bold futures.
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Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
James Basham
Fort Scott
Kansas Board of Regents
Laurence Chalmers
Robert Docking
Supreme Court backs right to distribute protest leaflets
The Supreme Court 8 to 1 upheld freedom of speech allowing citizens to disseminate leaflets denouncing a businessman’s conduct, even if the messages offend. The case involved a Chicago suburb real estate man accused of block busting and protesters from Organization for a Better Austin aiming to stabilize racial migration.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Chicago
Organization For A Better
Austin
Street Plan Phase One Complete in Topeka
City completes Phase One street maintenance with summer overlay work by Hankomer Asphalt Co. Touch ups remain. Budget outlook suggests unlikely Phase Two due to Kansas Legislature tax rebate funding changes affecting city improvement plans.
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Leonard Hoover
Hankomer Asphalt Co
Topeka
Hoover
Kansas
Gifts to KU campaign surpasses goal by over a million
The Program for Progress raised 19.6 million dollars against an 18.6 million goal, with gifts and pledges totaling 18,759,741 and 929,000 pledged. Expenditures reached 337,000, leaving about 1,434,000 in unrestricted funds. Major projects included the Spencer Memorial Library and campus land purchases, while art museum and new law building funding fell short.
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Stanley Learned
Bartlesville
Okla
Clark Wescoe
John Nelson
Law
Kenneth and Helen Spencer
Museum of
Law School
Seven Injured in County During Weekend Mishaps
Deputies investigated five accidents over the weekend in Douglas County sending several people to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment. Michael Bahnmaier, 19, suffered a severely fractured leg in a motorcycle car collision near Lecompton. Steven Rothwell, 21, reported minor injuries as his car overturned. David Blevins, 14, was treated for cuts after losing control on a rural stretch. Merlin Sipe, 27, received a severe facial cut in a one car crash near Lone Star Lake. A separate collision near Eudora involved Karl Spellman Jr. and Roger Stanley II at an intersection early Sunday.
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Douglas County
Michael R. Bahnmaier
Rt. 1
Lecompton
Rothwell
Bahnmaier
Daange
David A. Blevins
Michael ‘Merlin Sipe
Murphy
Weekend Lawrence crashes injure two. multiple wrecks logged
Two people suffered minor injuries from nine Lawrence weekend collisions. Major property damage reported in two cases. A raised dump truck damaged an overpass and injured the driver Oscar L. Mayhugh. Additional crashes included a motorcycle collision with a car injuring Jon L. Mixer and two cars colliding near 23rd and Massachusetts.
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Rt. 3
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Egyptian Purge May Slow Nile Peace Talks
Israeli analysts expect a lull in Egyptian Israeli talks as Cairo faces a purge of rivals after President Sadat charges to remove internal threats. Meir and Eban travel this month delaying diplomacy while Dayan and Yariv brief the cabinet on the turmoil. Sadat defends pursuing peace, firing ministers and reshuffling top generals in a bid to balance power.
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Tornado Watch Issued Across parts of Iowa Nebraska Missouri and Kansas
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for portions of Iowa extreme southeast Nebraska extreme northwest Missouri and a small part of northeast Kansas. The window runs 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. CDT with a threat of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. The greatest risk lies along a line from St. Joseph Missouri to about 20 miles east of Mason City Iowa.
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National Weather Service Today
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Missouri
Kansas
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Mason City
Pritchard Guilty In Grand Theft
Danny Joseph Pritchard aged 20 of Linwood pleaded guilty in Douglas County District Court to grand theft for taking a tape deck from Gary Lynn Miles’s car on January 16. He was returned to the county jail for a pre sentence investigation and faces 1 to 10 years with a minimum of one to three years. Sentencing set for 1 30 p.m. May 28.
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Linwood
Douglas County
Pritchard
Gary Lynn Miles
City Commission weighs bus subsidy and street projects
Lawrence City Commission meeting agenda centered on streets sidewalks and sewers with a planned subsidized North Lawrence bus trial proposed at 3900 for 13 weeks plus several paving sidewalk and sewer bids. The agenda also includes Kasold Drive extension 15th Street widening and zoning changes affecting Naismith and East Yankee Tank drainage areas.
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Kasold Drive
Sixth
Pioneer Ridge No. 4
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Family prescription records at Raney Hillcrest Drug
Prescription records for family medicine and insurance held at Raney Hillcrest Drug located at 925 Iowa with contact 843-9012 Adv.
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Raney Hillcrest Drug
Iowa
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