Haskell Students Launch Nationwide Mail Campaign
Haskell Indian Junior College students launched a mass mail campaign to gain support for moving toward greater student self governance. They targeted 1 200 recipients including parents of 1 028 students and BIA officials to back a proposal ending mandatory dormitory closing hours and promoting student responsibility and self determination.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
HJC Supt
Wallace Galluzzi
Haskell
Galluzzi
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Planning ahead for Perry Reservoir roads and downtown upgrade
The Journal-World highlights two key futures. Washington reports Senate action to fund three Perry Reservoir access roads. Lawrence coverage urges Douglas County officials to coordinate Clinton Reservoir roads and area planning with the Corps of Engineers. The downtown plan seeks a wise use of $550,000 federal funds for lasting improvements, emphasizing careful study and expert advice over hurried fixes.
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Journal - World
Washington, D.C
Senate
Perry Reservoir
Lawrence
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Clinton Reservoir
Clinton
Kansas City
Clinton Water Recreation Facility
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Douglas County
Corps of Engineer
Indian Club Arts and Crafts Exhibit Saturday Surpasses Previous Show
Lawrence Indian Club hosts a full day Arts and Crafts Exhibit on December 11 in the Community Building. Items include beadwork buckskin ware ceramics silversmithing and turquoise jewelry with works by Dick West and Clinton Leon and students. Exhibitors from Kansas City Topeka Wichita Mayetta Oklahoma and Nebraska expected. Indian dancing and fry bread beans and corn soup served with entry charged for ages over 12. About 40 families active in the club and the event aims to top a 2000 attendance from two years ago.
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Lawrence Indian Club
Kansas City
Topeka
Wichita
Mayetta
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Driver Injured In Solo Wreck On Wellman Road
George E. William of Colorado Springs was treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a 7 15 p m Friday crash on Wellman Road north of Midland in Jefferson County. He had a left hand laceration and chest pains. Trooper Loren Bogart cited careless driving. Vehicle damage about 300 dollars. Hitchhiker Jerry Lee Woods of Seneca Missouri was uninjured. The car skidded on gravel in a left curve, left the road, and rolled once into the ditch.
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George E. William
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Wellman Road
Midland
Jefferson County
Highway Patrol
Loren Bogart
William
Bogart
Jerry Lee Woods
Seneca
Perry Well Repaired, Water Supply Restored in Perry
Perry Kansas residents faced a water emergency after one well was serviced and the second failed on Thanksgiving. A tank truck from the State Highway Commission delivered 20 000 gallons from a Grantville district well while crews repaired both wells, returning supply to normal by Friday afternoon.
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Perry
Kan
State Highway Commission
Grantville
New Homes Up Economic View
Washington AP reports a 1.2 percent October uptick in the Commerce Department indicators driven by a record 2.2 million housing permits a 15 percent rise. Despite declines in stock prices materials prices and orders the uptrend supports optimistic 1972 growth forecasts while construction wage controls proceed and postal rate changes loom under a Nixon freeze.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Asst
Commerce
Harold C. Passer
Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
Nixon
Pay Board
Postal Service
The
Price Commission
KC Electrician Crushed to Death
Kansas City, Kansas, electrician John P. Schwab, 53, died Friday after being caught in an electric die press machine he and coworker James Jackson, 49, were repairing. Jackson turned on the machine per Schwab’s cry, then found him crushed inside the huge paper shaping and cutting press.
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Kansas City
Kansas Cit, Kan
John P. Schwab
James Jackson
Jackson
Schwab
Unemployment Rises in Kansas City Area
Kansas City area unemployment rose .5 percent in October from a year earlier. James A Writesman of the Missouri Division of Employment Security reported October unemployment at 37 100 or 5.9 percent of the workforce, up from 33 800 or 5.4 percent in 1970. The November outlook shows seasonal gains in retail and wholesale trade jobs.
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Kansas City
James A. Writesman
Missouri Division of Employment Security
Writesman
Rose convicted in Laporte kidnapping case verdict reached
Paul Rose was found guilty Friday of kidnapping former Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte in October 1970. Laporte was slain. Justice Fernand Legault set sentencing for Tuesday after a 12 man jury deliberated for 3% hours. Maximum penalty for kidnapping is life imprisonment.
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Montreal
Paul Rose
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
Laporte
Fernand Legault
Fire damages none after overheated pan at Forsyth home
A frying pan overheated at 6 26 p m Friday in the apartment of Nancy Jo Forsyth 1529 West Ninth causing a Lawrence Fire Department run. No damage occurred.
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Nancy Jo Forsyth
Ninth
Lawrence
Crime alert seeks tips for Lawrence police investigation
Police urge residents of Lawrence to share any information that could aid solving or preventing crimes. Call the designated tip line or contact methods provided by the department for anonymity and safety, as authorities request public assistance.
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Lawrence
Victims Spelled Out by Telephone Dial Code
A telephone dial message reads 842 8467 spelling VICTIMS. The note says it isn’t required to give a name.
Cambodian Attack: Viet Cong Pullout Restricts Pursuit
Vietnamese forces say the enemy has withdrawn to eastern Cambodia, limiting pursuit by 10 000 troops. Thinh notes 25 000 troops are in the offensive along a 50 mile stretch of Highway 7 while U S helicopter sorties total 170 in 24 hours.
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Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Cambodia
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Thinh
Krek
Snuol
U.S
Glass vandalism damages new building at 929 Holiday Dr
Lawrence police report vandalism at a construction site 929 Holiday Dr since November 20. Damage includes two large sliding glass patio doors and about 23 smaller glass panes. Loss estimated at 250 to 300 dollars. Property owner Robert L. Stephens of 818 Mass. filed Friday report.
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Holiday Dr
Robert L. Stephens
Mass
Lawrence
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Oscar Rumsey
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