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100 years ago: City council discusses movie-house licenses, speed limits, South Park
By Sarah St. John
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
By Sarah St. John
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
By Sarah St. John
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
By Sarah St. John
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
By Sarah St. John
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
By Sarah St. John
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
By Sarah St. John
May 16, 2013
“Now they’re after Fido again.”
40 years ago: Commissioners disagree on schedule, argue for open meetings
By Sarah St. John
May 16, 2013
One commissioner wanted to discontinue the practice of unofficial “lunch meetings.”
25 years ago: Semi tips over in busy Lawrence intersection
By Sarah St. John
May 16, 2013
The accident had slowed traffic for about an hour.
100 years ago: Search continues for missing Lawrence child
By Sarah St. John
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
By Sarah St. John
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
By Sarah St. John
May 15, 2013
The firm was seeking $250,000 in damages in a federal suit.
100 years ago: Little boy disappears from Lawrence neighborhood
By Sarah St. John
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
By Sarah St. John
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
By Sarah St. John
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.

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