Lawrence Public Schools Grants Pay Increases for 185 Staff
Lawrence Public Schools approved salary increases for about 185 employees including two new assistant superintendents and 173 non teaching staff. Increases range from four to ten percent and hinge on district valuation, with new salaries listed for high school principals and key administrators. The board also updated sick leave and vacation policies for custodians and secretaries and set May 24 as the final date for returning teacher contracts.
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Lawrence Public Schools
Crime Alert Follow Lawrence Police for Details
Readily available notice appeals for information in Lawrence. Authorities urge the public to contact the police with any tips to help solve or prevent crimes, offering channels to reach investigators.
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Lawrence
Victims spelled on phone keypad hint in notice
A brief item notes the telephone spellout V I C T I M S on the dial 842 8467 and mentions that giving a name is not required. The concise public notice signals a nonidentifying reference to victims in a dial code context.
Revenue Sharing Debate Becomes National Affair
Washington reports that the $5 billion revenue sharing plan has become a national issue driven by Vice President Agnew and House Ways and Means Chair Wilbur Mills. Agnew touts the plan in legislatures from Nashville to Raleigh, while Mills criticizes it in Illinois Kentucky and Florida tours.
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Nashville
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Congress
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Lawrence News Briefs Touch On Trash Pickup And Rail Delays
The Lawrence trash crew will run Wednesday in area 2 west of Louisiana and south of 15th Street. A Kansas University commencement featured similar Chancellor Laurence Chalmers talks as last year. Rail strikes slow parcel post locally though first class mail moves by truck under 200 miles. Perry Lake level rose to 892.6 feet with fair fishing and clear waters at the dam.
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Kansas University
Laurence Chalmers
Chalmers
Kansas City
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Lawrence
Kansas City Regent Participates in Commencement Exercises
Smiling seniors graduate as Jackson, a Kansas City regent, joins in the ceremonies. Teaching award winners are John Bremner, Robert McColl, Elizabeth Schultz, and Flora Wyatt. Distinguished service citations go to Howard E. Crawford, Harry Darby, Ned N. Fleming. Fleming and Darby named honorary alumni. The program ends with Rock Chalk chants and final student crosses.
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Kansas City
Francis Heller
Lawrence Heeb
John Bremner
Robert McColl
Elizabeth Schultz
Flora Wyatt
Howard E. Crawford
Atchison
General Motors Corp
Harry Darby
U.S
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Topeka
Fleming Co
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Eitees
Fire causes estimated $200 damage at sorority house
Firefighters report a blaze at 2 p.m. Monday in trash boxes in the kitchen of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house located at 1433 Tennessee Street in Lawrence. The incident caused about $200 in damage.
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Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Tenn
Lawrence
New Plates Go on Sale Next Month
Douglas County announces new license plates available to A through L last name owners starting June 15. 1971 tags expire July 31 and 50 cent handling per tag applies. Mail orders are accepted with 1970 personal property taxes paid in full for order validation.
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Douglas County
Bessie Bennett
State Motor Vehicle Department
Bennett
North Vietnamese Attacks Wipe Out Ban Dong Hene Village
AP reports a heavy rocket assault virtually destroyed Ban Dong Hene in Laos on the Ho Chi Minh trail. Polling observers say the Laos surge aims to pressure Premier Souvanna Phouma to halt U S bombing of supply routes.
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Laotian Panhandle
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U.S
Laos
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Ban Houei Sai
Bolovens Plateau
Panhandle
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Savannakhet
Muong Phalane
Deere to Offer Safety Patents
Deere & Co. announced it will offer its patents on tractor overturn protection to competitors at no charge. The move, rooted in the 1960s safety work, aims to improve farm operator safety and increase protective roll frame use, sharing research on tractor upsets.
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Ill
SAP
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Egypt arrests Sadat foes in dawn jail transfer
Former Vice President Aly Sabry and six cabinet ministers were moved to jail at dawn amid a widening purge. Reports say several officials and media staff were arrested as the government alleged a plot to remove President Sadat, with plans to install Sabry as figurehead and to control the Arab Socialist Union.
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Cairo
Sabib Shukair
National Assembly
Sabry
Moscow
Arab Socialist Union
Sharawi Gomaa
Sadat
Minnesota House Votes Stamps for 2-Centers After Postal Hike
In St Paul Minnesota the House passed 134 to 0 a resolution giving each member a roll of 2-cent stamps to use on left over 6-centers after the federal postal rate increase.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
House
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