Parks projects face delays amid criticism in Lawrence
Lawrence parks director Fred DeVictor says limited staffing has slowed improvements at Deerfield Park with over 25 000 dollars spent on paving landscaping and equipment. He says work started in spring and should finish later this fall while Bur cham and Tommy Constant Parks remain underwhelming and unfinished.
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Lawrence
Fred DeVictor
DeVictor
Burcham Park
Kansas River
Tommy Constant
Sixth Street
Central Park
Carter balks on gas decontrols in energy talks
President Carter rejects any compromise energy bill containing natural gas deregulation. Senate energy chair Sen. Henry M. Jackson says there may be no natural gas legislation this year. House and Senate conferees begin hours of talks as the standoff over price controls and deregulation persists.
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Carter
Senate Energy Committee
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
House
Senate
Congress
Youths win prizes in Journal World Football Contest
Patty Reed wins first prize a 15 pound turkey for accurately guessing Kansas and Colorado outcomes. Tim Wenger and Chris Runyan share second prize 10 pound birds for close Kansas Colorado score guesses. KU tied CU 1 to all and winners were nearer final totals than other entrants.
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Journal-World
Lawrence Journal-World
Kansas
Kansas University
Turkey
Patty Reed
Central Junior High
Lawrence High
Tim Wenger
Marvonne
Chris Runyan
Tenn
Wenger
Runyan
Burn accident leaves teen burned in Lawrence garage
George R Polasek 15 suffered burns to both legs in a Sunday fire at his family home in Lawrence. He was admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in fair condition after the garage fire caused about 4000 in damage. Investigators believe gas fumes from a furnace ignited nearby wood and boxes as the boy spilled gasoline while moving a gas can. Police and fire officials say damage was confined largely to the garage. A KU student was listed in excellent condition at Watkins Memorial Hospital after an overdose, with authorities not releasing her identity.
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Hasold
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
George J. Polasek
Lawrence Fire Department
Kansas University
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Watkins
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Martin Wollmann
EU Health Service
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Pearson's decision reshapes Kansas political outlook
Pearson's move stuns state politicians as potential candidates weigh Senate and governor races. If Bennett seeks re election the field opens for Republicans with names like Hardage Owen Sebelius Simpson and McGill floated. Filing could come next June shaping the two races.
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Don Conheannon
Hugoton
Senate
Namesy Surfacin
Include Hardage
Lit
Dave Owen
Overland Park
U.S
Keith Sebelius
John Simpson
Salina
Carter urges ratification push for Panama Canal pact
President Carter appeals to a blue ribbon panel of treaty supporters to press for Senate approval of the Panama Canal treaty. He says the American people have not heard the full story and stresses the pact’s far reaching impact on the Western Hemisphere. Averil Harriman leads the committee with more than 100 volunteers.
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Carter
White House
Senate
Averil Harriman
Moscow
City to discuss Clinton filling at 4 p.m. meeting
Lawrence city commissioners meet to review the state water resources board staged filling plan for Clinton Reservoir and its impact. They learned of the plan after a Corps of Engineers official mentioned it, with some members unhappy about gradual filling to April 1981 while assurances say water could be drawn by 1979.
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Lawrence
State Water Resources Board
Clinton Reservoir
Corps of Engineers
Water Board
Lawrence faces rezoning clash and east-side center vote
Lawrence city commissioners will weigh a controversial 0.7 acre rezoning from RS-2 to C-5 on Louisiana Street near 23rd, amid resident traffic concerns and a 5–5 planning commission vote that blocks a recommendation. The east Lawrence neighborhood center debate rests in abeyance with no site decision yet.
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First National Bank
Mass
Louisiana Street
23Rd
City-County Planning Commission
Louisiana
Planning Commission
Mike Wildgen
East Lawrence
Wildgen
28Rd Street
Lth
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Scotchman Square
U.S. Army Reserve Building
21St
Iowa
Heatherwood Valley Apartments
Heatherwood Drive
21St Street
Westridge Heights
Commerce Park East
Cimarron Hills
Northwood Estates
Ward Avenue
Haskell
Parkmar Estates No. 6
Parkmar Estates No. 5
Charlotta Dickson
Medical Arts, Inc
Santa Fe Trailway
Burcham Park
Kasold Drive
Commerce Park
Parkmar Estates
Black & Veatch
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