FAA funds airport expansion at Memorial Airport
Lawrence receives 300000 dollars from the Federal Aviation Administration to finish land purchases for Memorial Airport growth. First stage adds 900 feet to the current 3000-foot runway this summer, then a second 5000-foot runway will run northwest-southeast. Garnett Baker and Catering Service relocates to the courthouse square to open a bakery cafe with sandwiches salads bakers and drinks run by Ron and Roberta Romig. Burlington plans a Sally Jo Sanford Memorial in the new upper elementary library with a reading corner and a possible five percent of annual library book purchases donated to the Sally Jo Sanford Collection. Mental Health Association of Kansas announces May campaign area chairmen for Mental Health Month.
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Lawrence
Federal Aviation Administration
Memorial Airport
Garnett
Garnett Baker and Catering Service
Courthouse Square
Ron
Roberta Romig
Burlington
Sally Jo Sanford
Unified School District
Johnny Cash delight marks Prague concerts in Communist bloc
Johnny Cash packed 44,000 fans into Prague's Winter Sports Hall for four sold out concerts, two days into his first visit to a Communist country. Fans from Pilsen and Olomouc traveled by special buses as Cash spoke Czech phrases between hits like Ring of Fire and encores.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Johnny Cash
Soviet Bloc
Cash
John
June Carter
U.S
Thomas R. Byrne
Pilsen
Olomouc
Ring of Fire
Roseanne
Johnny
Mir
Dekuff
West Berlin
Hamburg
Hungary
East Germany
John Robin
Compliance With 55 MPH Becomes Serious Matter
Kansas and other states may lose 5 percent federal highway funds for three years and 10 percent after 1981 if drivers do not meet the 55 mph limit compliance standards. Kansas faces $2.4 million in potential cuts. state patrol officials emphasize tougher enforcement and greater voluntary compliance while noting a drop in highway deaths since 55 mph began.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Allen C. Rush
Kansas Highway Patrol
State Department of Transportation
Rush
DOT
Bush
Howard Docker
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Decker
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Williamsburg
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Richmond
Ike White
Lane
Benner Williams
DeConcini
Washington
Carter
Senate
Dennis DeConcini
Dariz
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