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100 years ago: City council discusses movie-house licenses, speed limits, South Park
May 18, 2013
“Following the session of the council the members, city officials and the press adjourned to Councilman Rocklund’s hostelry.”
40 years ago: Teenager suffers accident at local industrial plant
May 18, 2013
The injury had involved a box-folding machine at E and E Specialties.
25 years ago: Linwood High School celebrates final graduation
May 18, 2013
The next class would graduate from the newly named Basehor-Linwood High School.
100 years ago: Kidnapping theories abound in wake of child’s disappearance
May 17, 2013
“According to the rules of the river, the body should have risen yesterday.”
40 years ago: Liquor-by-the-drink banned on trains passing through Kansas
May 17, 2013
A federal court ruled today that liquor by the drink was not to be sold on Amtrak trains passing through the state.
25 years ago: Penn House overflows with donations
May 17, 2013
Donors had gotten into the habit of dropping off items outside of business hours.
100 years ago: City cracks down on unleashed dogs
May 16, 2013
“Now they’re after Fido again.”
40 years ago: Commissioners disagree on schedule, argue for open meetings
May 16, 2013
One commissioner wanted to discontinue the practice of unofficial “lunch meetings.”
25 years ago: Semi tips over in busy Lawrence intersection
May 16, 2013
The accident had slowed traffic for about an hour.
100 years ago: Search continues for missing Lawrence child
May 15, 2013
“Mrs. S. W. Atkinson, mother of the lost child, is prostrated with grief.”
40 years ago: Pinckney parents discuss ‘shared principal’ proposal
May 15, 2013
Parents had recently been told that the school could no longer afford a full-time principal.
25 years ago: Developer sues for losses in Lawrence mall case
May 15, 2013
The firm was seeking $250,000 in damages in a federal suit.
100 years ago: Little boy disappears from Lawrence neighborhood
May 14, 2013
“It is feared that the Kaw River has claimed this little life.”
40 years ago: Commissioners to discuss site plans, IRBs, and Bicentennial committee
May 14, 2013
The Lawrence City Commission was to discuss IRBs for the Lawrence Paper Company.
25 years ago: County corrections can absorb some state inmates, official says
May 14, 2013
On April 1, a U.S. District judge had ordered corrections officials to release 400 inmates from the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing.