Building permits reflect remodeling trend in Lawrence area
Douglas County shows total building activity rising 19 percent year to date, but local officials dispute the New York firm figures. Lawrence volume remains uneven with a 27 percent drop in total 1981 nonresidential contracts while residential contracts rise 73 percent through July. August permits total 25 remodels, seven new homes, two duplexes, plus two business structures including an office at 2200 W. 25th and a Rax Roast Beef at 707 W. 23rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
New York
Russell Ward
Lawrence Building and Trades Council
Ward
Texas
Houston
Colorado
F.W. Dodge
McGraw-Hill
Lawrence
Kansas University Physics Students win national chapter honor
The KU Society of Physics Students chapter ranked among the nation’s top 36 of 500 for 1980-81 activities. A certificate for display in Malott Hall honors the group’s efforts to promote physics through films, lectures, and events led by about 50 members under advisor Francis W. Prosser Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Society of Physics Students
Malott Hall
Karen Roth
Bonner Springs
State switch in license tags to be gradual
Kansas will not promptly replace old license plates with redesigned land of ads plates. County treasurer Ruth Vervynck says replacement occurs as old supply runs out or by Jan 1 for lost or new plates. Existing motorists keep current tags and renewal stickers. new design features silver white reflective background, blue state county and number, and a decorative sunflower with wheat stalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
Kansas
Ruth Vervynck
Douglas County youth to stand trial in July armed robberies
A 19-year-old Lawrence man, Marion L. Lockett, has been ordered to stand trial Monday in Douglas County District Court on two July armed robbery charges. He is linked to Burns Retail Liquor at 1917 W. 24th and Taco Tico at 2340 Iowa. Lockett is jailed on $50,000 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Lawrence
Marion L. Lockett
W. 24Th
Burns
Iowa
Cancer theory questioned after data alleged falsified
Cornell University scientists challenge Mark Spector's cancer cell development theory amid claims some data were falsified. Spector denies wrongdoing and says replication will prove his results. Vogt and McCarty voiced concern as review and retrenchment proceed, with funding temporarily halted and further testing expected over months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cornell University
Mark Spector
Also Mentioned on This Page
Francis W. Prosser Jr
Nuremberg
Don's
von Ar
Volker M. Vogt
Biochemistry
Cornell
Spector
Vogt
Chemical and Engineering News
McCarty
Richard McCarty
Massachusetts
Visa
Cinemax
Cable TV
Raintree County
Elizabeth Taylor
Ellen Burstyn
Blood Brothers
Richard Gere
Second Avenue
Neil Simon Delight Starr
Jack Lemmon
Anne Bancroft
Sylvester Stallone
HBO
Extended
Hell
Joseph Andrews
Ann-Margret
Peter Firth
Missouri
Lark Gable
Prince and the Pauper
Raquel Welch
George C. Scott
Rex Harrison
Mark Twain
Barracuda
Italy
Bernardo Bertolucci
Leoke Tony Curtis Stars
Murder, Inc
Dustin Hoffman
Les Girls
Gene Kelly
Cole Porter
Julie Harris
Claire Bloom
Bodyguard
Liv Ullmann
Smal Circle of Friends
Stardust Memories
the New Land
Phantasm
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!