Fire destroys home. family rebuilds with community aid
Four months after a January 30 blaze at Rt 1 the Kramer family faces a new start in a rebuilt home on the same site. Relatives neighbors and strangers provided clothes food and support as Jim 18 Ed 14 Greg 10 and parents rebuilt after losing all belongings in the fire caused by a faulty furnace. Community generosity followed the early morning incident and helped pull the family through the hardship.
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Kramer
Jim
Greg
Steve
Kansas State University
Mrs. Kramer Sr
Kramers
Ron Smith
Frank Kramer Jr
Freckles
Tonganoxie
Kramer Sr
Junior
Bennett Sees Michigan Win as Key to Ford Nomination
Kansas Governor Bennett warned Tuesday’s Michigan primary could be a substantial setback for President Ford’s GOP bid. He cautioned the impact is hard to gauge and unlikely to boost Ford.
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Topeka
Kan
Michigan
Ford
Kan‘sas
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
KC pair voted to top offices in VFW region
Arthur Bal lance and Margaret Bal lance of Kansas City Kansas were elected commander and president of the Second District VFW and Ladies Auxiliary at a weekend convention. Lawrence resident Mary Frances Krull was chosen chaplain of the auxiliary. About 300 attendees from nine area counties. Elected officers include Robert Whipple Overland Park senior vice commander William Funk Greeley junior vice commander Roger Sellers DeSoto chaplain Charles Yaw Greeley Mary Whipple Overland Park senior vice president Edith Fisher Olathe junior vice president Evelyn Hinkle Kansas City Kansas treasurer. Officers assume duties in June.
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Margaret Ballance
Kansas City
Kan
the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary
Lawrence
Mary Frances Krull
Ladies Auxiliary
Robert Whipple
Overland Park
William Funk
Greeley
Roger Sellers
DeSoto
Charles Yaw
Mary Whipple
Edith Fisher
Olathe
Evelyn Hinkle
El Salvador military chief held in Tommy gun plot
El Salvador's military chief of staff Col Manuel Alfonso Rodriguez faced $3 million bail after arrest in a plot to sell 10,000 Tommy guns for $2.55 million to alleged mobsters including a U.S. Treasury agent. The scheme involved a $100,000 down payment at Mt. Kisco New York with others arrested in Westchester County and New York City.
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el Salvador
U.S. Treasury
Manuel Alfonso Rodriguez
Central American Republic
Westchester County
Washington
Francisco Bertrand Galindo
Rodriguez
Galindo
U.S
Fiske
State Department
Bronx
United States
Holiday Inn
Mt. Kisco
Treasury Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Frank G. Alva
Miguel D. Celis
Celis
Geraldo
Dominick Cagianese
Long Island
Lawrence Planning Commission backs PUD rule changes
Lawrence Planning Commission approved a city code amendment to allow modifications of Planned Unit Developments from single family to multi family uses with protest rights. The move, prompted by housing needs and a Country Club West request, sets three modification methods and 20 percent protest rights.
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Lawrence City Commission
Commission
Ted
Country Club West
PUC
Lawrence Proclaims Mental Health Week in May
City designates May 16 through 22 as Mental Health Week in Lawrence. Commission reviews bids for public improvements in Pioneer Ridge Nos. 4 and 5 and for sanitary sewer work. Also on agenda are demolitions at 6th and Vermont, plat reviews, rezonings, annexations, and various ordinances and authorizations including temporary notes for Fairway Eleven and Heatherwood Heights projects.
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Vermont
Hobbs
Sunflower Cablevision
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Planning Commission
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North Lawrence Addition
West 23Rd
Naismith Drive
Glenn Street
Bullene Avenue
Country Club West
PUD
Armstrong Subdivision
Turner Chevrolet
27Th Street
Crestline
Fairway
Heatherwood Heights
Mark I
Deerfield No. 2
Alvamar Estates
John and
Lorraine Michel
Concord
Lawrence Tire and Wheel
Don Scott
Armstrong
Armstrong’s
Salvation Army plans kickoff for new gym facility
The Salvation Army announces a $250000 capital fund drive kickoff breakfast at 7 30 a m Wednesday in the Kansas Union Kansas Room. General chair Bill Easton outlines plans to expand Lawrence facilities with a gym and youth elder care spaces as the city grows. The project site is 946 N H Street east of the current building. The advisory board includes Lynn Anderson D Monti Belot Arden Booth and others. Chancellor Archie Dykes is honorary chair. Dutton Brookfield will speak at the breakfast. The note on the 18th Amendment references Prohibition implemented January 29 1919.
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Buford Watson
Judy Lemon
Far East Lawrence Improvement Assn
Salvation Army
Kansas Union
Kansas Room
Bill Easton
Lawrence
Easton
N.H
Lynn Anderson
D. Monti Belot
Arden Booth
Maurice Clarkson
J. Don Crane
Lisle Eby
Kelvin Hoover
Glenn Kappelman
Morris A. Kay
Chris Kraft
Molly Laflin
Keith Lawton
Warren Lesh
Irene McNary
Richard Raney
Robert Shmalberg
Arkie Vaughn
Kansas University
Archie Dykes
Dutton Brookfield
Kansas City
Will Corer
Spirit of
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Washington, DC
East Coast
Canada
Nature
Lake Michigan
Holland - MacKinac Island
Sault Ste. Marie - Green Bay
Opreyland
U.S.A
Grand Ole Oprey
America
Maupintour
Siren test shows possible failure reported in Douglas County
A noon test of the Douglas County Disaster Siren Warning System yielded a single report of a possible siren failure at 23rd and Kasold. Sheriff's officers said they would investigate the potential malfunction and determine next steps.
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Douglas County
23Rd and
Kasold
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