Road Design Completed for U.S. 59 South of City
Plans for U S 59 from 23rd Street Lawrence to near Pleasant Grove are finished with bridge work pending final corrections. The 3.1 miles from 28th Street to Shank Hill will be four laned. the final 2.1 miles will be two lanes with rights of way reserved for future expansion.
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U.S. 59
Topeka
23Rd Street
Lawrence
Pleasant Grove
Robert P Hagen
28Rd Street
Shank Hill
THE
Highway Commission
Federal Highway Administration
Hagen
Schlup
Eudora
Lawrence teachers to see pay hikes average $102
Lawrence School District plans salary increases for teachers averaging about 102 dollars annually, with base pay around 6 350 dollars and many teachers expected to exceed the average. Administrators and 98 non teaching staff will receive raises. cafeteria workers will not. A nine passenger wagon for the vocational dept was approved to be purchased from Turner Chevrolet.
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Lawrence
Kenneth Fisher
Fisher
David Kendall
Carl Knox
School board approves teacher aides at Pinckney and Wakarusa Valley
The board authorized hiring of teacher aides at Pinckney and Wakarusa Valley with five votes in favor and two against. Dr. Bradley and Larry Hatfield opposed, citing evolving views on aides. Aides expected in crowded classrooms, paid at 1.75 dollars or more, and assigned to non instructional tasks.
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Pinckney
Wakarusa Valley
Bradley
Larry Hatfield
John Spearman Ser
Alan Hack
Helen Gilles
Richard Holzmeister
Kenneth Anderson
Hatfield
Second Girl's Body Located In Outward Bound Tragedy
In central Oregon Three Sisters wilderness a second Outward Bound expedition member Lorene LaRhette age 17 from Sudbury Massachusetts was found dead. Earlier victim Glen Howden 21 from Fall Creek Oregon died of exposure. Survivor Pam Sullivan 18 from Seattle reported LaRhette wandered seeking help after a storm.
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Eugene
Ore
Three Sisters
Oregon
Lorene LaRhette
Sudbury
Mass
Glen Howden
Fall Creek
Pam Sullivan
Seattle
Miss Sullivan
Miss LaRhette
Bend. Ore
Deschutes County
Howden
Faculty Photos Set at Kansas University
Kansas University will photograph faculty and staff for identification cards next week. Monday shots in the Kansas Union, Tuesday in Strong Hall, Wednesday in Hoch Auditorium, Thursday in Summerfield Hall, and Friday in Murphy Hall.
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Kansas University
Kansas Union
Strong
Hoch
Summerfield
Murphy
Oskaloosa Board Approves New School Plans and Bond Vote
The Oskaloosa Board approved a floor plan and exterior renderings for a new grade school and set October 9 for a 650000 bond election at the American Legion Hall. The project would replace the four room building with added classrooms at the high school and via mobiles. Administration updates included special education cooperation with McLouth and Valley Falls, a district psychologist, and volunteers to aid lower grade reading levels.
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Oskaloosa
Board of Education
Oskaloosa High School
Oskaloosa American Legion Hall
Supt
Henry Streator
McLouth
Valley Falls
Betty Leech
Heavy voter turnout as Lawrence closes registration
City Clerk Vera Mercer notes a surge in the final four hours as 221 voters registered in Lawrence for the Sept 28 city county building election. Total registrations for the day reached 378 and 853 for the period, with 594 students and 405 aged 18 to 20. The election concerns a 5.6 million dollar bond for a city county government center housing administration courts and law enforcement.
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Vera Mercer
Lawrence
Mercer
Douglas County
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log For 24 Hours To 9 Am
Kansas highway death log reports 1 fatality in 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday. For September 7, 1971, the total fatalities reached 455, compared with 440 in the comparable 1970 period.
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Topeka
Kan
Nixon to Ask Congress To Okay New Economics
President Nixon moves to personally push Congress for approval of the new economic package. He will address a joint session at 12 30 p m Thursday while Congress reconvenes to tackle tax measures and inflation unemployment relief.
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Nixon
Congress
Washington
House
Senate
92Nd
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
House Ways and Means Committee
Harings
Canada weighs response to U S import surcharge
Ottawa introduced legislation to blunt the U S import levy and warned it could reshape Canada U S trade ties. Opposition parties questioned the bill’s sufficiency and motives as they fast tracked debate.
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Ottawa
U.S
Canada
United States
Army prosecutor reads My Lai witness in Me dina murder trial
In Fort McPherson Georgia an Army prosecutor presented a deposition from a South Vietnamese interpreter who said he saw bodies in My Lai while serving with a Spanish-looking American officer. The interpreter’s account emerged during Capt. Ernest L. Medina's murder trial as jurors heard details tied to the 1968 My Lai killings.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
Edith the major hurricane looms over Caribbean
Edith intensified into a dangerous storm as it churned through the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center warned she could become the storm of the year, with Dr. Robert H. Simpson predicting a real threat to land areas.
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Miami
Fla
Edith
Caribbean
National Hurricane Center
Robert H. Simpson
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DeSoto
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W. F. Bradley
Turner
Jim Clark Motors
Cordley School
Cordley
Tennessee
Kentucky
Lawrence-Douglas County
Candace W. Webker
South Junior
Pamela S. Genson
West Junior
Kennedy
Camille G. Dysart
Joan Quiring
Lawrence High
Janice L. Taylor
Donald Turner
New York
Weverly Ann Washington
Yvonne Hawkins
Bonnie J. Jugenheimer
Webker
Connie M. Gilliland
Genson
Marlene J. Novotny
Ruth E. Stone
Marilyn K. Julius
Sey Funeral Home
Oskaloosa Board
Warren Mortuary
New Hampshire
Lawrence, Kansas
Allen Fieldhouse
Lorene Godfrey
Ralph Krone
Dean Nesmith
Traffic and Security Office
Genell Commons
Shirley Pearson
Journal-World
Will Hess
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Ways and Means Committee
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
George McGovern
South Dakota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Indiana
FT. Meade, Md
Russell E. Doersam
Wharton, Ohio
Maupintour
USA
Kansas City
Berek Org
Maupintour Travel Service
Massachusetts
West
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