Light at 31st and Louisiana intersection proposed
County Engineer Frank Hempen notes no county practice of installing street lighting at county-maintained intersections and cites limited interest. Pedestrian and vehicle collision data from KU show about one pedestrian incident per month on campus, with six bicycle-pedestrian and six motor vehicle-pedestrian crashes in 1994, few at crosswalks, and limited planned improvements.
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31St
Louisiana
Douglas County Public Works Department
Frank Hempen
Hempen
Kansas University
John Mullens
Mullens
Naismith Drive
Irving Hill Road
Sound Off Viewer Line Instructions
Call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 to leave your Sound Off question. Enter category 7478 when prompted and listen for the recording guiding you to record your message.
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Journal-World Access
Women veterans meet in Wichita seminar promoted by VA
The Wichita VA Medical and Regional Office Center hosts the second annual seminar Celebrating Women Veterans Promoting Wellness at 8 30 a m to 4 15 p m in the center auditorium. Women veterans active duty National Guard and Reserves invited. For information call 1 800 827 1000.
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Wichita
Wellsville City Council to Issue Notes for Park Expansion
The Wellsville City Council held a public hearing Wednesday night on issuing 53000 in temporary bank notes to buy six acres of land next to Saddleclub Park for expansion into baseball and soccer facilities. City Clerk Donna Reed said the notes will be issued as a financing alternative to bonds.
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Wellsville
Donna Reed
Saddleclub Park
Reed
Lawrence Library to Close for Catalog Upgrade
The Lawrence Public Library at 707 Vt will close Monday as staff prepare to computerize the catalog and circulation system for public use in early 1996. Normal hours resume Tuesday.
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Lawrence Public Library
NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet Planned in Lawrence
The Lawrence Branch of the NAACP will host its annual Freedom Fund Banquet Saturday at the Ramada Inn on West Sixth Street. Social hour starts at 6 p.m. followed by the banquet at 7 p.m. Dr. Jessie Milan, a former Lawrence teacher, will speak on “A dream yet to fulfill.” For tickets call Marian M. Brown at 842-3348.
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Lawrence
The
NAACP
Freedom Fund
Ramada Inn
W. Sixth
Jessie Milan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ala
United Veterans Organizations of
Douglas County
American Legion Post
Disabled American Veterans
Lawrence Naacp Freedom Fund
Lawrence Daybook events mark community service and veterans
A Friday schedule lists a flu shot clinic at Baldwin Senior Center and a public transportation symposium at Lawrence Public Library. After school immunization and story time sessions follow at East Heights School and the library. Veterans Day ceremonies, a Hazardous Waste exchange, and a Lawrence NAACP banquet are planned at city sites and venues.
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East Heights
Haskell Ave
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Children’s Department
Lawrence Public Library
City Hall
Sixth
Massachusetts
Marine Corps
Lawrence-Douglas County
Douglas County Public Works
Riverside School
Route 1
U S Troops Confessions Stir Okinawa Rape Case
John Wake surveys public reaction to the confessions of three American service members accused of raping an Okinawan schoolgirl. The disclosures intensify tensions over the incident and its implications for base relations and justice.
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U.S
Lawrence police log details vandalism and assaults in city
A Lawrence couple reported that between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. Wednesday vandals kicked in their front door and sprayed a swastika and the word Nazie on walls and a vehicle. Total damage was about 100 dollars. Additional reports include alleged sodomy of a 4-year-old by an acquaintance and multiple assault and robbery investigations with several suspects. Fire calls and ambulance reports follow with various incidents and a list of marriage licenses issued.
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West 14Th
Lawrence
Pit
Pinnacle Court
Lawrence Hann
Tennmessee
Vellithar
Births at Princeton and Lawrence Areas
Bill and Kay Mitchell of Princeton welcomed a boy Tuesday. Wayne and Jennifer Kennedy of Lawrence welcomed a boy Wednesday. Patti and David Lutz, Monty and Cindy Miller of Lawrence welcomed a girl Wednesday.
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Bill
Kay Mitchell
Princeton
Wayne
Jennifer Kennedy
Lawrence
Patti
David Lutz
Monty
Cindy Miller
Baldwin City Council debates nursing home sale and grants
A Tuesday Baldwin City Council meeting debated possibly selling Orchard Lane Nursing Home, operated by a private firm under contract. The council approved a $176,506 bid from Pyramid Contractors Inc. to improve four drainage culverts and accepted a Black and Veatch proposal to study electric utility rates. The executive director of Douglas County Senior Services attended to discuss program enhancements for the Baldwin City Senior Center.
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Baldwin City
Orchard Lane Nursing Home
Douglas County Senior Services Inc
Baldwin City Senior Center
Pyramid Contractors Inc
Kansas City
Black and Veatch
KU Football Players Plead Innocent In Theft Case
Two KU red shirt freshmen Elliott Shaffer and Dion Johnson pleaded not guilty in Douglas County District Court to theft of services charges. Trial setting was set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police say they obtained services from Ron & Fe's Cab Service by deception after a $20 theft report following a trip from Kansas City to Lawrence. Both were released after initial custody and later suspended indefinitely by coach Glen Mason. The players are Detroit natives on scholarship.
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Kansas University
Elliott G. Shaffer
Dion C. Johnson
Douglas County
Ron & Fe’s
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kansas City International
Glen Mason
Detroit
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Lola K. Brumley
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