Planners Urge Enforcing Nonconforming Use Rule in Lawrence
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission unanimously urged the City Commission to enforce a nonconforming use provision in the city zoning ordinance dating to 1966. The rule targets open land uses like salvage yards and contractor yards, with enforcement details and staff limitations noted, and further planning discussions scheduled for July 25.
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Lawrence-Douglas County
McClanathan
Dennis Kallsen
Kallsen
Building Inspection Department
Planning Commission
Lawrence City Commission
United Nations debate heats over Arab-Israeli settlement committee
U N Security Council members discuss creating a special Arab-Israeli settlement committee, with the United States and Israel opposing new machinery. Egypt requests the debate citing deadlock, while Waldheim and Jarring offer to help, and Egypt seeks actions beyond the 1967 resolution on withdrawal and recognition.
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United Nations, N.Y (Ap
U.N. Security Council
United States
East
Israel
U. N
Kurt Waldheim
Middle East
Gunnar V. Jarring
Moscow
Jarring
Waldheim
Egypt
Fake Collector Reported Here
Rex Johnson the Douglas County sheriff warns that a man posing as a Corps of Engineers agent is trying to collect cats in the Clinton Reservoir area. He urges area residents and lessees to report any rent collector with license numbers vehicle descriptions and person descriptions to the sheriff’s office promptly to ensure payments go to an approved Corps agent.
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McClanathan
Ron Jones
Lenexa
Jones
Clinton Lake
Martha Munczek
Corps of Engineers
Clinton Reservoir
Rex Johnson
Douglas County
Sheriff's Office
Corps
Johnson
Reno Services Set Memorial at Reno Cemetery
Memorial services for Reno will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Reno Cemetery with the Rev. Clair Hester delivering the commemorative address.
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Reno — Memorial
Reno
Clair Hester
U S envoy Sullivan meets Thieu on cease fire plan
U S envoy William H. Sullivan held talks with President Thieu for an hour in Saigon on a draft proposal created with Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. Sullivan then met Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam to discuss the cease-fire terms as Kissinger reported progress and planned further Paris talks. The cease-fire has seen numerous violations and slow gains, with 55 Communist truce violations logged in the last 24 hours.
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Saigon
U.S
William H. Sullivan
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Tran van Lam
Sullivan
Thieu
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Tho
Nguyen Co Thach
Kissinger
Skylab Salvage Underway Ahead of Friday Launch
Skylab salvage ship loaded with sunshades and tools to repair the crippled orbiting lab. Apollo spacecraft to ferry three astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz to rendezvous 272 miles above Earth for a 28 day mission pending sun shield deployment.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Orbiting Laboratory
Space Agency
Skylab
U S Posts First Trade Surplus in 18 Months
Washington AP report shows April exports at record levels for three straight months while imports fell for the second consecutive month creating a $196.3 million trade surplus. Secretary Frederick Dent cautioned that permanence of the surplus is not assured.
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Washington
United States
Frederick Dent
Dent
Commerce Department
Canaa
Fifth Tip Letter Arrives in Triple Homicide Case Near Ottawa
The fifth letter seeking the $1,000 reward was received by Douglas County Sheriff Rex Johnson regarding the March slayings of Steven Avery, his mother Hazel Avery, and Gary Longfellow near Ottawa. Johnson declined to comment, noting data is being checked.
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Ottawa
Douglas County
Rex Johnson
Johnson
Steven Avery
Iola
Hazel Avery
Lawrence
Gary Longfellow
County Votes How to Use Federal Funds
Douglas County Commission finalizes revenue sharing allocations for 1972 and 1973. A 2 to 1 vote directs 320000 of 338123 for a judicial law enforcement building, with 18123 for ambulance service. Other 1973 funds cover mental health, youth, aging services, legal aid, nursing, and career programs. Commissioner I J Stone opposed the building allotment.
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Douglas County Commission
I. J. Stoneback
Bert Nash Mental Health Center
Lawrence Boys Club
Douglas County Council On Services
the Aging, Inc
Douglas County Legal Aid Society
State education aid changes detailed in budget notes
Bibb outlines impacts of proposed budget on district aid and higher education. The package increases credit hour aid to community colleges and Washburn University of Topeka adding 3.3 million from the general fund. State covers half of out of district tuition for junior college students totaling 2.1 million. Increased teacher retirement benefits raise general fund drains by 4.7 million and tuition grant expenditures grow by 1.5 million.
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Ad Valoremm
Bibb
Washburn University of Topeka
General Revenue Fund
Kean to Leave Baker University Post July First
Eugene Kean will resign as director of public relations and deputy for development at Baker University effective July 1 to work as a consultant with small schools on developing programs. He and his family will continue to reside in Lawrence.
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Eugene Kean
Haskell
Baker University
Lawrence
Lakes prepare for Memorial Day crowds across Douglas County
Lake managers expect 3 000 to 5 000 visitors at Lone Star and Douglas County State Lake over the Memorial Day weekend. Leavenworth County Fishing Lake also anticipates 3 000 to 5 000 visitors with good fishing and growing crowds as spawning begins. Non developed camping is free at some areas while others use roving rangers or drop box honor fees.
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Perry Lake
Perry Lake Park
James Edmonds
Perry
Edmonds
Thompsonville
Old Military Trail
Grasshopper Point
Tonganoxie State Lake
Leavenworth County
Gertus Jones
Jones
Douglas County
Harry Winters, Jr
Lone Star Lake
Douglas County State Lake
Lone Star
Winters
Cox to Lead Watergate Probe After Richardson Senate OK
Archibald Cox is to begin the Watergate investigation after the Senate confirmed Elliot Richardson as attorney general by a 62 to 4 vote. The confirmation came as the committee continued hearings on the 1972 break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters with testimony on McCord and alleged White House pressure. Caulfield and Alch disputed McCord, but Caulfield said he carried a clemency offer message from President Nixon to McCord.
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Haskell
Washington
Senate
Elliot L. Richardson
Archibald Cox
Richardson
Cox
Harvard
Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
Watergate Investigation Committee
James
W. McCord Jr
White House
McCord
John J. Caulfield
Caulfield
Gerald Alch
Nixon
Alch
CIA
Lawrence looks at crime funds and bike sidewalk rule
The Kansas Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration announced 1 399677 in crime fighting funds with no Douglas County agencies listed. In April a 14610 grant to Volunteers in Court tied to Douglas County Juvenile Court.
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Kansas
New LHS Principal Will Visit Here
Lawrence High School appoints a new principal Brad Tate who plans a city visit on Saturday. He will miss the 99th LHS Commencement Friday night and may bring his wife Judy and three children. Tate earned a doctorate in education from the University of Nebraska Teachers College last week.
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Lawrence High School
Brad Tate
Lawrence
LHS
Tate
Judy
Troy
Shana
Melissa
University of Nebraska Teachers College
Lincoln
Two Hurt in One-Car Crash in Leavenworth
Lawrence police report two people injured in a one car crash at 12 59 a.m. at 26th and Crossgate Drive. Joseph D. Lorenz 23 and Pam Reidinger 18, both of Leavenworth, were treated for cuts and bruises after the driver lost control and rode into a ditch. Police noted two other Wednesday wrecks with no injuries.
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Joseph D. Lorenz
Pam Reidinger
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Crossga
Lorenz
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