The Kansan Discusses Motorcycle Parking Space Use
The Kansan questions whether marking off motorcycle parking spots would conserve space and improve lot efficiency. City officials and readers weigh pros and cons, citing safety and access concerns.
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Newspaper
Newton Kansan
Location
Newton, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1975
Page
1
The Kansan questions whether marking off motorcycle parking spots would conserve space and improve lot efficiency. City officials and readers weigh pros and cons, citing safety and access concerns.
President Ford signed a 405 million dollar aid package for Indochinese refugees. State Department handles 305 million for relocation and settlement of 100000 plus refugees. 100 million funds education, health and job services via HEW. Authorization requires awareness of options to return home and repayment of eligible aid.
The Kansan will not publish Monday due to Memorial Day. Banks and government offices will be closed, as will many businesses. Post office operations follow holiday schedule with box pickups and lobby access for boxholders.
U S Marines met fierce resistance during the Koh Tang assault in the Mayaguez operation. S Sgt Ronald A Gross 30 of Baltimore said intel warned an easy landing, but a helicopter was shot down and another stranded 12 hours in a ravine before rescue. He and S Sgt Jesus Perez de Jesus 25 received Purple Hearts after the incident at Clark Air Base.
Leland Voth and his wife Joanne arriving Thursday at the Buhler home in Bluffton Ohio after leaving the US AID compound in Vientiane. They planned to return to Laos after a summer furlough and will visit Newton in June to see family.
The first total lunar eclipse seen from North America in over three years will darken the moon tonight as it passes through Earth's umbra. Totality starts about 1 03 a m EDT Sunday and ends at 2 33 a m with exit by 3 36 a m, under clear skies for observers from coast to coast.
Jessie Nye Warren 87 first woman graduate of Washburn University School of Law died at Presbyterian Manor in Newton. Survived by her widower M George Warren. Born Holton June 23 1887 she began practicing law in 1912 and graduated that year. Funeral Monday at Draper Cannon Chapel with burial at Garnett. Memorials to Presbyterian Manor.
In Vientiane Laotian workers halted operations at a U S security firm providing guards for embassies and the Royal Air Lao. Demonstrators gathered outside the U S Embassy as nonessential documents were burned. The U S planned additional daily evacuations to Bangkok with about 80 people per flight.
Partly cloudy through Sunday with a few showers and thunderstorms today and isolated thunderstorms tonight and Sunday. High today mid 80s, low tonight mid 50s. High Sunday in the 80s. Winds southerly 10 to 20 mph and gusty today and 10 to 15 mph tonight. Arpt KIRG high humidity around 76 percent, low about 59, barometer near 29.95 inches. Wind from SW at 16 to 10 mph.
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