UFOs spook area sky watchers in Kansas light show
An assistant astronomy professor at Wichita State says a meteor shower likely triggered a string of UFO reports across six southeast Kansas towns. Police and dispatchers described red, green, gold and white lights moving in circles and flashing at distances from Chanute to Fredonia, with witnesses noting rapid motion and brief brightening.
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United Press International
the Tribune
Wichita State University
Kansas
Allen County Sheriff's Department
Iola Police Department
Rita Githens
Fredonia
David Alexander
Bennett orders tighter Kansas 1977 budget planning
Gov. Robert Bennett directs state agencies to prepare fiscal 1977 budgets from zero base to hold spending near this year’s $1.48 billion. He urges limiting new hires, avoiding across the board raises, reviewing programs, reducing travel and dues, and prioritizing maintenance over new construction to keep finances in check.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Kansas
Caney residents report UFO like sky lights and strange radio signals
Caney and nearby towns report a sky display described as large star and rotating ball lights with red green and white flashes. Witnesses including June Stephens and ham radio operators heard odd radio sounds, while astronomers suggest a meteor shower could explain the lights.
Federal court rules against administration oil tariffs
A federal appeals court ruled the administration's program to reduce oil imports by imposing license fees unconstitutional. The three judge panel said the President and the Federal Energy Administration lacked authority to set the fees, noting Congress' explicit controls over foreign trade and tariffs. Eight states, their governors, and ten utility firms filed the suit challenging Ford's Jan 23 1975 order raising crude oil and petroleum product license fees. The ruling underscored action to lessen dependence on foreign oil amid rising costs and past embargo impacts.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Energy Administration
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Little says she left jailer alive
Joan Little testified in her murder trial that the slain jailer Clarence Alligood remained alive when she left the jail after he held an icepick to her face and forced sex. She described a struggle in which the icepick caused injuries and the jailer appeared to grin as she escaped with a key ring.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Joan Little
Miss Little
Clarence Alligood
Alligood
Allsgood
LSD experiments end at Topeka VA hospital
Topeka VA hospital director Dr. Mark Ardis says human LSD trials ended about three months ago and likely won't resume before 1970. Up to 1,200 patients were treated for alcoholism, now replaced by a biofeedback program begun in 1974 that trains patients to raise skin temperature and control brain waves.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Topeka
Mark Ardis
Ardis
Area Forecast Sunny and hot into Tuesday
Weather area forecast calls for sunny and hot conditions this afternoon and Tuesday. Mostly cloudy and warm tonight with highs in the mid 90s to around 100 and tonight's lows in the upper 60s. Winds southerly 5 to 15 mph this afternoon and tonight.
Viking Mars mission aims to probe life despite high cost
Cape Canaveral reports the Viking program, costing about 1 billion dollars, launches two unmanned ships to Mars to test soil and atmosphere over a year long voyage. Project scientists debate the value while predicting possible discoveries could reshape thoughts on life and space travel.
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Fla
UPI
Mars
Florida
Red
Gerald Soffen
Viking
Soffen
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Robert Kraemer
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