Lawrence Historical Society honors Rice and opens city hall museum
The Douglas County Historical Society celebrated a new era with a dinner at the Eldridge House as attorney Raymond Rice received a surprise tribute for finalizing the deed to the Watkins Bank Building, designated as a museum with KU museum partners. Officers were elected and plans set to launch museum operations pending funds.
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Ralph Reed
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Ohio
KU Law School
Price thaw aims for 2.5 percent average rise after freeze
The Price Commission outlined guidelines to thaw prices just enough to offset higher business costs and keep the overall postfreeze price increases below 2.5 percent. Pay Board moves to end freeze with a 5.5 percent ceiling on raises and new disclosure rules for food prices. Ford will seek approval for increases. enforcement targets 10 million small firms via IRS checks and the 1,300 largest firms require advance approval.
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Henry Ford II
America
Internal Revenue Service
Package of 11400 Found at KU Bookstore
A brown paper wrapped package containing 11400 was found at the Kansas University Student Union Bookstore. Douglas County Attorney Mike Elwell charged a man named Stanley J Schaake with possession. Officials required proof of ownership, which was not provided, and the money was secured.
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Schaake
Frank Burge
Weather outlook hints at warm winds and possible record
Cloudy, warm weather continues through Tuesday with southwest winds 5 to 15 mph tonight. Lows in the upper 40s, Saturday highs in the upper 70s, a possible new area record. Thursday’s Kansas rainfall chance 10 percent tonight, 20 percent Saturday. rain may reach northwest Kansas by Tuesday.
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Lawrence
Kansas
KU Puzzles Over Prices Amid Post-Freeze Rules
Kansas University administrators wrestle with price increases for parking permits dormitory rates and student basketball tickets under Price Commission guidelines. Officials seek timing on permit costs and plan dorm rate hikes up to 950 dollars a year plus 15 dollar extra security charges for coed dorms. The Student Association backs the higher dorm fees as food and operation costs rise.
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Seven Bleary Suspects Held In Huge Theft
In London seven Americans appeared in Brixton today charged with conspiring to dispose of stolen securities from a Chicago theft. The court ordered continued detention for another hearing next Friday as FBI details link the August Chicago heist to a hijacked Mark IV Freight Co. truck carrying 18,000 blank stock certificates. Marine attorney list includes Rudolph Johnson and Frank Sardo among others.
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North Hollywood
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Runaway Car Kills Three In Downtown Ohio
In Youngstown Ohio a car jumped the curb and sped along a crowded downtown sidewalk killing three pedestrians and injuring fourteen. Witnesses described people being knocked down and store windows shattered as the vehicle traveled about 250 feet before stopping. Police detained the 30 year old male driver.
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Youngstown, Ohio
George Green
Index Fair Weather Brings Warm Day Across Regions
Unseasonably warm conditions with pleasant sunshine spread through multiple areas as residents enjoy a mild spring like day. Forecasters note a gentle breeze and above average temperatures for the date, with expectations of continued warmth into the evening.
Cars Enslave, Trap Owners
A reflective column notes Americans have owned cars for seven decades and questions the love affair. It argues vehicles often trap owners in congestion and pollution rather than freely connecting places.
Auto culture reshapes American life in Detroit feature
Detroit report traces how the automobile moved from luxury to necessity since 1906. It highlights Ford and other giants, the vast scale of car production, the shifting economy, and how driving reshaped cities, streets, schools, and politics across the United States.
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Senate votes to add 1.5 billion unemployment aid to tax bill
Senate approves an amendment by Sen. Magnuson to extend unemployment benefits by 26 weeks in states with 6 percent or more jobless. The plan targets areas with heavy jobless rolls and would expand aid as part of the tax cut package.
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Senate
Sen
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Nixon Nominates Butz to Lead Agricultural Prosperity
President Nixon selects former Eisenhower official Earl L. Butz to head the Agriculture Department after accepting the resignation of Clifford M. Hardin. Butz formerly served as assistant secretary of agriculture.
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Nixon
Clifford M. Hardin
Asst
Earl L. Butz
Mars Dust Storm Grinds On as Mariner 9 Falls in Orbit
Pasadena Calif AP reports Mariner 9 has sent back pictures of a dying dust storm raging over Mars as the probe speeds toward a Saturday rendezvous. Scientists hope to photograph the planet's surface closely and observe the storm's death during orbital approach.
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Chinese Delegation Leader Visits UN Headquarters
The head of Communist China's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly visited UN headquarters in New York for the first time, accompanied by five others in his party.
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Communist China
U.N. General Assembly
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Bomb destroys Entel line near Antofagasta before Castro visit
A powerful bomb exploding four miles outside Antofagasta damaged a government telecom line. No injuries were reported, according to Interior Ministry officials. The blast occurred as Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro was due to arrive.
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Chile
Entel
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Cuba
Interior Ministry
Daniel Vergara
North Carolina Mountains Supplying National Christmas Trees
Asheville reports two national Christmas trees are sourced from North Carolina mountains. One will stand on the White House lawn and the other in the Blue Room as President Nixon's personal tree.
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Asheville
N.C
White House
Nixon
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Aid Solicitation Probed Over East Pakistan Refugee Appeals
Topeka Kansas attorney general warns residents about a group calling itself Project Relief Inc and Ox fam America Inc soliciting aid for East Pakistan refugees. The division says the campaign violated charitable solicitation law by pressuring high schools and colleges to run fasts and fundraisers and routing money to post office boxes in Washington DC Providence RI and New York City. Schools are told to hold funds until the inquiry concludes.
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Vern Miller
Kansas Charitable
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R.I
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