East Lawrence NDP Plans Outlined to Commission
East Lawrence Improvement Assn. plans 50 000 from federal revenue sharing for street and sidewalk work as part of the Neighborhood Development Program. The commission approved the plan and noted 5116 already spent on alleys cleaning and brick sidewalk cleanup.
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East Lawrence
NDP
Lawrence
Don Schaake
Schaake
Oblinger Smith Hope
North Lawrence
Public Library
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Douglas County Public Health Department
Council On the Aging
Lawrence Housing Authority
City to Review Library Proposal in Lawrence
Lawrence City Commission weighed a plan to use the vacant Ninth and Vermont library building for arts and crafts through Kaw Valley School of Crafts and Meade Hall Players. They urged more study while also evaluating a proposed Haskell loop to connect Haskell Avenue to downtown, with costs around 500 thousand dollars and limited interest from commissioners.
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Vermont
Haskell Loop
Lawrence
Rick Averall
Betty Dutton
Maine
Kaw Valley School of Crafts
Performing Arts
Performing Arts and the “Meade Hall Players, Mayor Nancy Hambleton
Barkley Clark
Averill
Seventh
Hambleton
Jack Rose
Meade “Hall
Arts and Crafts School
Lawrence-Douglas County
Municipal Ballpark
Stokley-Van Camp Inc
Delaware
Pennsylvania Street
Eighth Street
Seventh Street
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence Fibreboard, Inc
Watson
Haskell
Barbara Willits
East Lawrence
Congress Returns to Work as Budget Battles Restart
Congress ends month long recess and tackles budget fights with the White House. The House deletes a 1.5 million presidential fund and imposes rules on security spending for private properties. Senate reports on spending are debated while a State Department authorization bill is dropped from the week’s agenda. Mansfield calls for stricter wage price controls but says Phase 1 to 4 are not needed to curb inflation.
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House
Washington
White House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Nixon
California
Florida
State Department
Mike Mansfield
Montand
Crops in Good Condition Across Kansas Report
Raw crops statewide show generally good condition with some stress from dry weather. Sorghum acres are 90 percent headed, corn stages lag averages, soybeans set pods but none harvested, winter wheat seeding underway, alfalfa third cut 85 percent done, pastures and ranges in good shape but needing moisture.
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Topeka
Kan
State
Kansas
State Board Rejects Plan For Statewide Teacher Contracts
Kansas state Board of Education unanimously rejected a proposal for statewide professional negotiations for teachers. The board indicated staff should halt further work on the plan while staff outlined due process ideas for all school district employees.
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Peka, Kan
State Board of Education
Kansas
State Education Department
Grievance Filed Over Promotions At Haskell Junior College
The HJC Local 45 of the National Federation of Federal Employes filed a class action grievance with Supt. Wallace Galluzzi accusing Haskell Indian Junior College of denying equal promotion opportunities. The union charges bypassed normal hiring practices and lack of employee counseling and training programs. Galluzzi has five days to respond before the union may escalate to the area BIA office and possibly the Civil Rights Commission.
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National Federation of Federal Employes
Haskell Indian Junior College
Wallace Galluzzi
Civil Rights Commission
Haskell Emoges
Department of ‘Labor
Galluzzi
Labor Department
James W. Luther
Cecil Dibble
Kenneth Beal
Haskell
Luther
Area Bia
Anadarko
Oklo
Lawrence High School Dismissed After Power Failure
Lawrence High School students were dismissed at 1 p m due to a power failure. Supt Carl Knox said the main power line broke this morning and repairs were to be completed this afternoon. The administration center nearby was not affected. Kansas Power and Light official Austin Stedham noted the underground cable failed and would be pulled and replaced.
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Lawrence High School
Carl Knox
Austin Stedham
Kansas Power and Light Co
Sebelius Office Burglarized. Washington Apartment Looted
The Salina office of Rep. Keith Sebelius was burglarized while his Washington apartment was ransacked. Items stolen totaling several thousand dollars included a color television, clock radio, stereo, silverware, adding machine, and clothing. the burglary was found by Sebelius' son Gary.
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Salina
Kan
Keith Sebelius
R-Kan
Washington
Sebelius
Gary
County Approves Zoning Change Procedure Shift
Douglas County Commission approves new rules making withdrawals a denial for 12 months. Reapplication blocked unless planning commission finds substantive plan changes. Move follows a rock quarry permit withdrawal and resubmission controversy prompting protests and litigation.
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Planning Commission
Gary Montague
Montague
Lawrence-Douglas County
U S Plans Withdrawal of 70 More Planes from Thai Bases
Bangkok reports that 70 additional U S planes will be pulled from Thai air bases starting Thursday along with 1 510 service members in this first stage of a broader pullout. The move follows last weeks Marines departure and precedes plans for 80 B52 aircraft remaining in country. Thanom Ki tikachorn announced the decision at a news conference.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Thanom Kitikachorn
United States
Thanom
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Watergate Talks Halted in Court Ruling on Travel
The Circuit Court of Appeal set September 11 for oral arguments in Watergate cases. Magruder won unlimited travel to pursue his consulting business, with McCord allowed similar liberty while prohibited from public remarks about Watergate. Magruder canceled a West Virginia University speech. Cox won a key ruling on Nixon tape recordings, with appeals likely to the Supreme Court.
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Circuit Court of Appeal
Magruder
Sirica
Nixon
West Virginia University
McCord
Cox
Archibald Cox
Supreme Court
Service at home or away Rumsey Funeral Home Adv
Service at home or away advertised by Rumsey Funeral Home with contact number 843-5111.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
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