Clinton Project in Kansas City Slow Start for Clinton Lake
Clinton Lake project near Lawrence slow to move, says Col. W R Needham of the Army Corps. First contracts to be for access roads and facilities with 1.8 million budgeted for 1972. Perry Lake near Lawrence 97 percent complete. Clinton total cost 48 million, flood protection 18 million saved since 1967. Navigation study for Kansas River to Turner Bridge reviewed. initial improvements estimated at 2.1 million with 2.6 to 1 benefit ratio and 160 thousand annual federal costs.
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Kansas City
Clinton Lake
Lawrence
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
McArk Basin Assn
Col. W. R. Needham
Clinton
Wakarusa
Perry
Needham
Corps of Engineers
Kansas River
Washington
Turner Bridge
Baw
Attica Riots Highlight Hindsight and Prison Policy
The piece argues against quick judgment of Governor Rockefeller and prison officials after the Attica riot, urging thorough study to improve prison conditions nationwide. It notes the difficulty of evaluating decisions during the crisis and stresses rehabilitation alongside public safety.
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Attica
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Notable events in history on September 18
Highlights include Khrushchev addressing the United Nations in 1959 calling for worldwide disarmament within four years. Other dates mark Quebec’s 1759 surrender, Washington laying the Capitol cornerstone in 1793, Chile’s independence in 1810, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, the New York Times debut in 1851, Japan’s 1931 Manchuria occupation, Dag Hammarskjold’s 1961 death, and a 1961 crime involving Sen Charles Percy’s daughter.
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Nikita Khrushchev
U.N. General Assembly
Quebec
George Washington
Capitol
Washington
Chile
Spain
Congress
New York Times
Japan
Manchuria
Dag Hammerskjold
U.N
Harriman Expected to Wed Mrs Hayward in Rumor
New York Daily News reports widow Mrs Leland Hayward and veteran diplomat W Averell Harriman may marry. No wedding date seen. they have been acquainted for years.
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New York
New York Daily News
Leland Hayward
W. Averell Harriman
Rain Dampens Some KU Plans Amid Big Blue Spirit
Cold rain reshuffled a Kansas University Parents' Day luncheon at Potter Lake. Max Lucas notes activities moved to Marvin Hall with student work on display while many campus houses and departments remained open for visits and pre game meals. Signs warn against alcohol on state property, likely to appear at all home games. Parking at Mt Oread filled despite the weather.
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Kansas University
School of Architecture and Urban Design
Potter Lake
Max Lucas
Marvin Hall
Vern Miller
Mt. Oread
Plane Makes Forced Landing on Vacant Lot Near Overland Park
A single engine aircraft from Municipal Airport to Olathe, Kansas, forced to land on a vacant lot in suburban Overland Park after mechanical failure. All five aboard escaped injury.
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Kansas City
Overland Park
Kan
Municipal
Olathe
Justice Hugo Black Resigns from Supreme Court at 85
Justice Hugo L. Black, 85, in frail health, retires from the Supreme Court after a 34 year tenure. President Nixon accepts the resignation with regret and asks for the most qualified successor, likely a conservative Southerner as discussions center on Rep. Richard H. Poff. Black is treated at Bethesda Naval Hospital for inflamed blood vessels.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Black
White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Richard H. Poff
Virginia
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dallas Student Struck by Car in Lawrence
A Dallas student Glenn Alan Watson 22 of Haskell Indian Junior College was hit by a car at 1 09 a m in the 800 block of Town Lawrence. He was admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in poor condition for observation with no broken bones reported.
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Haskell
Mike Blitch
Ark
Watson
Ninth
Iowa
Blitch
Mark P. Devaney
Mich
Great Bend
Devaney
Ken Cravens Dies in New York Bank Leader KU Alumnus
Memorial services will be held at St Michael and St George Episcopal Church for Kenton R. Cravens of St. Louis a 1925 KU graduate and former chairman of Merchants Trust Co who died Thursday in Sloan Ketting Hospital New York after a recent illness. Survived by widow Vivain Crouch KU graduate. Cravens led Reconstruction Finance Corp and served as national KU Alumni Assn president. He was a KU Endowment board member and a former Federal Reserve consultant.
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ST. Louis
St. Micheal and St. George Episcopal Church
Kenton R. Cravens
Kansas University
Sloan- Ketting
Vivain Crouch
Cravens
Merchantile Trust Co
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corp
Kansas University Alumni Assn
KU Endowment Association
Salina
Federal Reserve Board
Hospital list of names and addresses with births noted
A roster of individuals and locations accompanies birth notices. It lists many names and addresses with a few birth announcements including a boy born Friday to Carl Herd and Linwood, a girl to Louis Sturns, a boy to Marvin Gibbs, and a girl to Garreld Kline.
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Carl Herd
Linwood
Louis Sturns
Stouffer Pl
Marvin Gibbs
Maverick la
Garreld Kline
Baldwin
Baby 4 Months Old Bucks Odds to Survive Disease
In Westminster California Ty White four months old survived a life threatening bout with colitis and blood clotting failure after multiple surgeries transfusions and long hospital care. His mother Pat White 28 supported by doctors nurses and his grandfather helped him recover. By Labor Day he weighed over four pounds and soon home he is expected to grow stronger with football in his future.
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Westminster
Calif
Ty White
Selden C. Beebe
Pat White
Frank White Sr
Pat
Fire causes $5000 damage to Lawrence home
Firemen report a Friday afternoon blaze at 1522 Lindenwood in Lawrence caused an estimated $5000 in damage. A defective ceiling heater sparked the fire, with $2000 to the building and $3000 to contents. No one was home, and a neighbor notified responders around 12:30 p.m.
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Aileen Hubbell
Lindenwood
Lawrence
Hubbell
19Th
Tennessee
Verner Newman Jr
N.Y
Kansas traffic deaths log for September 29 1971
In Topeka AP reports a 24 hour traffic death log ending at 9 am Saturday. For September 29 1971 the year to date totals show 482 deaths compared with 460 in the comparable 1970 period.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Woman on Probation for Misapplying Bank Funds
Barbara Jean Abernathy 33 of Columbia Missouri was placed on two years probation after pleading guilty in U S District Court to misapplying about 21000 of bank funds while a former employee of the Columbia National Bank in Missouri.
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Kansas City
Barbara Jean Abernathy
Columbia
U.S. District Court
Abernathy
Columbia National Bank
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Charles Dover Sr
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Emery
Glenn Watson
Haskell Jaco
Marty Martin
Seventh Ct
John King
Ella Knight
R.I
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Harper
Esther Adams
Rantoul
John Walker
Lois Diel
Crestline Dr
Thomas Cole
Erna House
Floyd Grant
Rt. 2
Marian Warriner
Walter Johns
Barker
Venita Trusler
Sunflower
Jim Pilch
Farmers Insurance Group
Visut Kanchanapoom
National
Fred Rumsey
Oscar Rumsey
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