City Proposes Art Center Plan for Old Library
Lawrence City Commission seeks a concrete 30 day proposal to convert the 1904 library building into an art center and asks the Community Arts Council the Lawrence Art Guild and school district officials to join talks. Brook Street drainage work eyed with cleaning and minor realignment and a $520000 cost deemed excessive.
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Martyn Brown
Community Arts Council
The
Lawrence Art Guild
City Parks and Recreation Department
Brook Street
Football guessing contest fuels Lawrence readers
Lawrence readers respond quickly to the Journal weekly game guessing contest with feverish interest. A schedule mixup removes the Arizona at Southern Cal game from counting, as Arkansas at Southern Cal is the actual matchup. Skylab plans radar antenna tests with Kansas University scientists weather permitting today and tomorrow, observing Milford and Turtle Creek reservoirs.
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Journal‘World
Arizona
Southern Cal
Arkansas
Skylab
Kansas University
Milford
Turtle Creek
Appeal Planned For Pay Issue By Local Union
Dennis Stone of Fire Fighters Local Union 1596 says an appeal is planned after Judge James Paddock ruled the pay parity petition is administrative and not suitable for a referendum. Stone asserts the union will win, while city officials anticipate success on appeal.
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Dennis Stone
Fire Fighters Local Union
Stone
Dean Burkhead
James Paddock
Paddock
Crane topples on school bus injuring youths
In Baytown Kansas City area a crane at a construction site toppled onto a school bus, injuring five junior high students with minor injuries. Fourteen children rode the bus when the crane fell into its midsection. Operator Norman Robinson said the crane toppled while he was turning with a load of cement, without warning.
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Kansas City
Baytown
Norman Robinson
Social Security Benefit Increase Gains House Backing
About 85 House members sponsor legislation to move the 5.9 percent Social Security benefit hike up to immediate effect. The Senate approved a bill to start the increase now, but House rules may block quick action. Rep. Ben Rosenthal announces broad bipartisanship backing.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Three Men Charged In Douglas County Drug Case
Three men arrested Tuesday night face arraignment in Douglas County Court. Eugene Clark Land and Mark Kevin Cory both 20 and listed as 2008 University juniors posted 3500 bond for 4 p.m. Tuesday arraignment, charged with sale or aiding in cocaine and illegal possession of marijuana. Thomas Dale Phillips 24 of 516 West Sixth posted 3000 bond for 11 a.m. Friday arraignment on cocaine sale charges. Law enforcement agencies coordinated the arrests.
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Douglas County
Eugene Clark Land
Mark Kevin Cory
University
Cory
Thomas Dale Phillips
Phillips
Land
Kansas University
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Tate and Stuart Will Go to Session
Two Lawrence School District 497 members will attend a one day teacher evaluation seminar in Topeka. Bradford Tate Lawrence High School principal and committee chairman, and H C Stuart director of secondary education represent the joint committee responsible for aligning the district’s certified personnel evaluation with a new state law. The committee will meet Sept 20 with a personnel evaluation adviser from Kansas University.
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Lawrence School District 497
Topeka
Bradford Tate
Lawrence
H. C. Stuart
Kansas University
Kansas Astronaut to Speak at State Fair Dedication
Col. Joe Engle, Abilene native and astronaut, will attend the 1973 Kansas state fair in Hutchinson to dedicate an above-ground time capsule honoring a sergeant missile. Engle will be the featured speaker at the dedication ceremony on September 15.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Joe Engle
Abilene
Nixon Receives Cabinet Housing Recommendations
President Nixon reviewed final housing study recommendations with Housing Secretary James T. Lynn. Proposals include federal cash assistance for low income families to access private market housing and variable mortgages allowing lower early payments for young families. The package, delayed for review, was to be sent to Congress next week.
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Washington
Nixon
James T. Lynn
Lynn
White House
Congress
Allende Death Reported In Chile Coup Turmoil
Reports say President Allende died by his own action as military forces seized control in Santiago. Curfew and martial law tightened across the capital, with streets closed, shops shut, and residents ordered indoors while officials described a clean up operation near the presidential palace to silence snipers.
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Allende
Santiago
Argentina
Watergate Attorney Nea l May Be Ousted
Washington AP report says Archibald Cox may face conflict of interest rules as James Neal, a Nashville lawyer on Cox payroll, is questioned by Atty. Gen. Richardson about continuing private practice while serving on the Watergate investigation. Neal has split time between Nashville and Washington and has been on the federal payroll about 50 days. If forced to resign, delay could push Watergate grand jury proceedings beyond December 5.
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Watergate
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Elliot L. Richardson
James F.neal
Cox
Nashville, Tenn
Neal
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
U.S
Middle District
Tennessee
Nashville
Richardson
Department
Office of Legal Counsel
Criminal Division
Ex KU coach Vere Wellman dies at 43
Vere Wellman 43 former Kansas University football assistant died Tuesday in Memorial Hospital Kansas City from a heart attack. He lived in Lawrence 2106 Owens Lane and was general manager for Adams Transfer and Storage in Kansas City. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Friday Rumsey Funeral Home burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include wife Clara four sons Ron Mike Roger Scott two daughters Susan Linda mother Rose Wellman two brothers Carroll Walter sister Ernestine Troftgården.
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Adams
Rumsey Funeral Home
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Ron
Mike
Roger
Scott
Susan
Linda
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Rose Wellman
Edinbury
N.D
Carroll
DeSmith
S.D
Walter
Ernestine Troftgarden
Ron Wellman
Lawrence High
LHS
Flandreau
S.C
Newton
Kan
Wichita State
Wellington High
Hutchinson High
Jack Mitchell
Crop optimistic Kansas report predicts record yields for 1973
Kansas crop and livestock officials forecast 1973 as a banner year with a record corn per acre yield of 110 in Kansas and total 158.40 million bushels, a second largest grain sorghum crop at 231 million bushels, and a soybean crop of 28.87 million bushels. Wheat remains forecast at 381.10 million, and sugar beets seen at 578000 tons as pasture range stands at 80 percent of normal.
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Kauffman to Speak at Lawrence Chamber Meeting Thursday
Ewing Kauffman owner president of the Kansas City Royals will address 230 attendees at a Lawrence Chamber of Commerce general membership meeting Thursday. The noon buffet is at the Kansas Union Ballroom, KU, with free parking in zones X and I behind the Union. Kauffman, 56, bought the Royals in 1968 and founded a ball Academy in Sarasota. He is president and founder of Marion Laboratories, a $60 million yearly pharmaceutical firm.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
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Kansas University
Mississippi Street
The
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Kauffman
Royals
Sarasota, Fla
Marion Laboratories
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