University Daily Kansan. November 10, 1982
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No injuries in house fire
A one-alarm fire burned through the second story of a Lawrence home last night causing severe damage, but no injuries.
Lawrence firefighters responded to the fire about 9:20 p.m. at a house rented by Gary Rayton, 1025 Connecticut St. The house is owned by Rayton's father, Harry Rayton Sr., a relative of Rayton's said.
Rayton and several other men who lived in the house were not home at the time of the fire, fire officials said.
Fire Chief Jim McSwain said that the cause of the fire had not been determined. a fire investigator was called in to determine what started
McSwan said a closet on the first floor and a room on the second floor were burned extensively. The first floor also was damaged by water and the second floor and attic were damaged by smoke and heat.
Residents count pedestrians in traffic safety study
Firefighters used ladders to reach the roof and picks to break through the roof to fight the fire in the attic.
No estimate on the amount damage was available last night.
By MATTHEW SCHOFIELD Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
For two hours yesterday Nancy Richardson stood on the corner of Kentucky and 14th streets and watched people pass by.
Richardson is one of 20 Oread Neighborhood Association members who volunteered to count pedestrians as part of a traffic safety study being conducted by the City of Lawrence. She worked in the area where the study had been well worth the time.
“This has not been the most exciting thing to do,” she said, “but it has been
Having a private interest in the matter helps make the job a little easier.
"I have a child that walks to school along this strip," she said. "I can't let her cross this street alone. There's no real protection on this street."
pm, yesterday more than 140 pedestrians had crossed the streets. What she saw yesterday afternoon and has seen living on Kentucky Street for seven years convinced her that there were called for some action, she said.
THE TRAFFIC study, being conducted by Traf-Tran Engineering, 2500 W. 6th St., was approved by the Lawrence City Commission in June to make sure that protection would be available at the University crossways and street intersections.
"I hate to slow the traffic, but a stop sign is needed somewhere along here," she said.
Richardson said that between 2 and 4
THE VOLUME of traffic on the street is not as dangerous as the speed, she said.
"I have seen people going 80 or 90 mph down this street at night," she said. "I think the people of the neighborhood association have been aware that the crossing problem we have is tough and getting tougher."
Susan Davis, vice-president of the Oread Neighborhood Association, said it had been easy to get volunteers because the individuals who had been involved in the project through their associations would carry more weight as part of a group study.
"Twenty volunteers were all we needed," she said, then stiffened as a friend of her son darted across the street to traffic "oh my heart almost stopped."
RICHARDSON ADDED, "That's the way our children have to cross the street, dodging in and out of traffic."
Davis said the federal government had a law requiring citizens to match the time put in by the city.
"We were kind of expecting to be asked," she said. "We knew they would be needing volunteers when the city approved the study in June."
MAYOR MARCI Francisco will be a traffic observer today at 11th and Tennessee streets.
Davis said that was one of the city's trouble spots.
She said that in 1969 the city had changed Tennessee and Kentucky streets to one-way streets. Many people were affected by the cause of traffic problems, she said.
John Selk, engineer for Traf-Tran,
said the traffic study was going so well
that the company was waiting only for
accident reports.
"We're caught up with everything we had to do," he said. "As soon as the police get the accident reports to us, we can get started again."
Sikl said the reports should be delivered to the company soon, and the managers will see the report.
Claudia Tellegen, Amsterdam, Netherlands sophomore, counts pedestrians and cars passing through the intersection of 14th and Tennessee streets as part of the Oread Neighborhood Association's traffic watch.
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