Carter halts U S arms shipments to South Africa
President Carter orders a six month United States arms embargo on Pretoria citing human rights priorities. The move, while criticized as insufficient, aligns with a broader UN backed freeze and aims to pressure Pretoria toward reforms.
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Weather Area Forecast Partly Cloudy and Cooler
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Saturday with lows in the low 50s and highs around 70. Light and variable winds tonight.
Conservatives react angrily to marijuana leniency in Congress
In Washington the Senate Judiciary Committee backed decriminalizing small marijuana amounts but conservatives push back. Sen. Birch Bayh offered an amendment to decriminalize possession up to one ounce with a $100 fine, drawing support and a tentative 6-4 vote. Sen. Orrin Hatch plans a counterproposal to treat under 10 grams as a criminal infraction with a $100 fine, while more than 10 grams would remain a misdemeanor with a $500 fine and 30 days in jail.
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Kansas lawmakers push tax plan including child care credit
State lawmakers advance a package of income and inheritance tax changes. Proposals include a sliding scale child care credit, raising the spouse inheritance exemption to 250 000, and study to tax large pensions. Bills aim to preserve current state revenue while simplifying computations.
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Halloween Poem From Hutton Elementary Students
Jamie Leatherman, a sixth grader at Hutton Elementary, authored this eerie poem about monsters and creatures. Other USC 413 students also contributed stories and poems as part of Halloween spirit. their work appears in Saturday's Tribune.
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Humboldt Housing Authority shows remarkable occupancy gains
Humboldt Housing Authority, formed in 1969, highlighted six years of strong occupancy for 30 federal low income units at a Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission meeting in Erie. Plans to add 20 one bedroom units for 507 500 were funded from state aid, with four funding applications submitted for April 1 1978.
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Elevator rescue after Kiwanis parade scare
Two children, seventh grader Richard De La Torre and third grader Freddie Gurwell, were stuck between floors in Memorial Building during the Kiwanis parade. Fireman Fred Bright climbed the shaft to rescue them, handing them out through first floor doors opened by Kiwanis workers.
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Elvis Presley death under review again in Memphis
Two medical groups will again examine Shelby County Medical Examiner Dr. Jerry Francisco's ruling that Elvis Presley died of hypertensive heart disease with coronary disease as a factor. An autopsy by Baptist Hospital pathologists reportedly contradicted that finding, prompting society leaders to discuss next steps in November and January meetings.
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