Boundary Debates Leave 1969-70 Plans Unsettled
Lawrence district schools keep 497 capacity and 1969-70 boundaries but transfer and combination room policies stay unsettled after a 45 minute discussion. Overnight transfers face opposition from Dr Bradley with calls for 3 to 5 days notice. Portable classrooms approved if needed and South High homeroom options discussed alongside locker removals. The Brooks transfer request was denied. surplus portable buildings awarded to Coltrane for three temporary structures.
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J. Brooks
New York
Brooks
Lawrence
Robert Ramsey
Ralph W. Coltrane
Baldwin
St.325
Central Junior High School
Mass, St
McAllaster School
R. T.st
Extension of Surtax Urged as Budget Plan Faces Congress
Washington AP The Nixon administration told Congress extending the 10 percent surtax through 1969 and 5 percent to mid-1970 is needed to avoid inflation and a possible recession. Treasury Secretary Kennedy said without the extension the surplus would turn to a deficit, while the plan aims for a 6.3 billion dollar surplus starting July 1.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Robert P. Mayo
Paul W. McCracken
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Apollo 10 Wives Praise Televised Team Show
Houston AP reports Apollo 10 wives praise the 24 minute TV segment featuring Tom Stafford John Young and Gene Cernan. They described the broadcast as clear and entertaining with a finale of Fly Me to the Moon and affectionate remarks about their husbands. Tracey Cernan enjoyed horse riding and rocket drawings as a child observer on the Moon mission day.
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Barbara Cernan
Mrs. Cernan
Barbara Young
Manned Spacecraft Center
Venus
Tracey
Snoopy
National Shut-In Day Observed in Lawrence
Police investigated two minor non-injury accidents on Monday and reports of two earlier campus mishaps on Friday and Saturday. Damages totaled under $90 in each case. Sunday, June 1, was designated National Shut-In Day with encouragement for cards visits and calls to remember those confined to homes or beds. Geraldine McDonald of Kansas City serves as the Kansas area representative for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Geraldine McDonald
Kansas City
Fire damages at Rocky Flats plant may total 50 million
AEC says May 11 blaze in a Dow operated Rocky Flats production building near Golden may cost 40 to 50 million to restore. One firefighter exposed to radioactive material treated and released. Contamination limited to the plant site. reprocessing costs not included. Damaged areas to be repaired within months to years.
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Golden
Colo
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Rocky Flat
Dow Chemical Co
KU Seeks Host Families for Incoming Foreign Students
Lawrence committee seeks host families to assist KU foreign students enrolling next fall. Duties include summer letter writing and fall follow ups. hosts offer friendship, not room and board. Mrs. R. H. Beamer reviews registration, asks interested persons to contact her.
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Lawrence
R. H. Beamer
Mo. St
Fire damages home of Frank Martin on Lawrence Avenue
An estimated 500 damage occurred at Frank Martin's home 926 Lawrence Ave about 7 p.m. Monday when an overheated pan of grease burst into flames. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and Martin reported he carries fire insurance.
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Frank Martin
Lawrence Ave
Martin
Leary to Run for California Governor in 1970
Dr Timothy Leary former Harvard professor and LSD advocate says he will campaign for California governor in 1970 after the Supreme Court overturned his marijuana conviction. He plans to visit cities for a campaign kickoff in Los Angeles and to focus on reforming marijuana laws.
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Tim Leary
Cal
Mountain Center
Calif
Timothy Leary
U.S. Supreme Court
California
High Court
Texas
Mexico
Leary
Harvard
Los Angeles
Abigail Leary
Indian Orchard
Mass
Kansas University students to gain summer newsroom jobs
Four Kansas University journalism students from this area join 36 peers across KU to work this summer in national newsrooms advertising offices and media studios. Kit Gunn of Salina Journal will work at the Salina Journal Steve Nafus of Tonganoxie goes to the Hutchinson News June Tongish of Oberlin will join the Oberlin Herald and Jim Anderson of Kansas City will work with John Deere and Company in Kansas City.
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Kansas University
Radiotelevision
Kit Gunn
Miss. St
Salina Journal
Steve Nafus
Tonganoxie
Hutchinson News
June Tongish
W. 9Th St
Oberlin Herald
Jim Anderson
Vt. St
John Deere and Company
Kansas City
Knox Salary Continued and Staff Resignations Noted
The board accepted resignations of several administrators and teachers including Robert D. Ramsey and Mrs. Marilyn Brooks while authorizing rehiring of 51 clerical staff six teacher aides 75 food service workers 41 operation and maintenance personnel and 13 building grounds staff. Non teaching workers receive merit based pay under minimum wage limits from 1.30 to 1.45 per hour with some increases.
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Robert D. Ramsey
Marilyn Brooks
Sally S. Church
Charles Dickerson
J. Olivia Feltner
West Junior
Barbara Axton
Kennedy
Margaret Brisch
Nancy Harrison
Kathryn Pollard
Pinckney
Knox
Army defaults Lockheed contract for new Cheyenne helicopter
The Army canceled a potential 1 billion contract with Lockheed for the Cheyenne rotor gunship after legal experts ruled the company failed to meet specifications. Lockheed vows legal action while acknowledging development and stability problems. A March crash of one prototype underscored design flaws and delays in Vietnam timelines.
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Washington
Lockheed Aircraft
Army
Stanley R. Resor
Lockheed
Lockheed Board
D. J. Haughton
Vietnam
Resor
Haughton
van Nuys
Calif
Pentagon
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log Sparks May 1969 Reading
Kansas traffic death log shows 206 fatalities for the May period ending May 25 1969, with one previously unreported death added. The report covers 24 hours to 9 a.m. Tuesday and compares with the 1968 period, noting 228 deaths for comparison.
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Topeka
Kansas
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