SenEx weighs KU football game site move to Kansas City
The SenEx committee adopts a resolution urging student input on relocating the annual Kansas Missouri football game to Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. The discussion highlights university revenue and broader campus impact, with dissent from Frances Horowitz who questions SenEx’s role in Athletic Corp matters.
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SenEx
Kansas Missouri
Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City
Senen
del Shankel
Frances Horowitz
Liberal Arts
KU Athletic Corporation
Joel Goal
World grain stocks to rebound after five-year drought
The Agriculture Department forecasts 1976 77 world grain and rice production near 1.3 billion metric tons an uptick of about 1.2 percent from September estimates. The forecast implies a stock buildup of about 25 million tons by June 30 next year and marks the first surplus against demand in five years.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
Canada
Australia
Woman eludes arrest after credit card fraud attempt
Police narrowly missed arresting two women suspected of credit card fraud at a clothing store on Mass Avenue. An officer confronted a woman attempting to buy a skin jacket with a stolen card. she broke free, ran north, and fled with a possible accomplice seen earlier by witnesses.
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Mass
Planning Board Denies Commercial Zoning Near West Turnpike
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission votes 7-2 to recommend denying Elizabeth Weatherwax’s 4 acre rezoning request from multiple family to general commercial at Second and Wisconsin. City commission to decide November 9. Weatherwax cites nursery’s needs and interstate trucking firm ready to buy land for a terminal despite staff warning of traffic and impact on nearby residential development.
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Lawrence-Douglas County
Second
Wisconsin
All-Star
General Commercial
Weatherwax
Second Street
West 1St Street
Kasold Drive
City Commission
West Second Street
Wisconsin Street
West Turnpike
Westridge Heights
Trail Road
Yankee Tank Creek
Arson case dismissed for Lawrence firefighter Pringle
A Douglas County Court judge dismissed arson charges against Lawrence firefighter Lawrence D. Pringle Jr. aged 38 after finding insufficient evidence that he orchestrated the August 14 1974 fire at his Maine Avenue home. Two prosecution witnesses were not credible and Pringle testified on his own behalf. the case cites a potential insurance claim and a pending civil suit against the insurer.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Mike Elwell
Lawren D. Pringle Jr
Maine
Pringle
David Berkowitz
Halloween Trick or Treat Hours Set in Lawrence
Lawrence residents are advised of a spooky Sunday as ghosts and goblins are scheduled to arrive in the evening. The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department and the police designate 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday as trick or treat time.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department
Halloween Safety Drive Sets Tricks and Treat Times
Law rence fire departments announce Halloween activities from 6 30 to 8 30 pm at three stations with safety tips. Residents should light porches drive carefully cross at intersections accompany children and inspect unpackaged foods before eating apples should be sliced and costumes be fireproof and reflective. Benny Goodman performs in Prague in his 67th year for an enthusiastic crowd.
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Lawrence
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Benny Goodman
Acres Added for Commercial Zoning in City Plan
The planning commission voted 9 to 0 and 8 to 1 to rezone two tracts from residential to commercial totaling 42.9 acres at the Kasold and West 23rd intersection. Four Seasons Inc. seeks PCD zoning, while Alvamar tract owners push for C-2 zoning. hearings included opposition from local residents and an environmental group. Nine people were elected to three year terms on the Douglas County Extension Council.
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City-County Planning Commission
Kasold Drive
West 23Rd Street
Four Seasons Inc
Four Seasons Planned Unit Development
PUD
Sara Dunne
Martha Rose
Alvamar Pud
Planning Department
Dick Zinn
Four Seasons
Zinn
Clinton Parkway
Clinton Reservoir
Alvamar
Betty Lichtwardt
Douglas County
Dick McClanathan
Max Lucas
Jane Combest
Douglas County Extension Council
Douglas County Fairgrounds
Commission
Carl Schaake
Jane Beal
Home Economics
John Suder
John Gottstein
Dorothy Congreve
Home Ec
Nora Cleland
Charles Hornberger
Carol Anderson
Dorothy Schaake
Deadline for advance voting in Tuesday general election
Noon Monday sets the cutoff to obtain ballots for advance voting. Delbert Mathia notes this is the final chance for absentee sick and presidential ballots. New residents who did not register by October 12 may obtain a presidential ballot to vote for president and vice president only.
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Delbert Mathia
Mathia
Planners OK New Subdivision At Alvamar Golf Course
The city planning commission unanimously approved a 14 home development on the Alvamar golf course area within the Alvamar planned unit development, west of Kasold Drive between 15th and 23rd Streets. The decision keeps the course under PUD rules despite residents protests and a survey showing majority preference to keep the course intact.
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Kasold Drive
15Th
City Commission
PUD
Sam Dixon
Camelback
Dixon
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