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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1977
Page
9
City youth is being held in Finhey County jail after burglaries at several homes and a school in Garden City. Police recovered between 1000 and 1500 dollars worth of merchandise including firearms, reloading gear, an elk hide and elk antlers. Additional charges are pending.
KANSAS CITY AP. Bess Truman widow of former President Harry S. Truman has been admitted to Research Medical Center for observation and tests after a fall at her Independence home. She remains under medical supervision as doctors assess her condition.
Former White House aide H R Haldeman and ex Attorney General John Mitchell press petitions to the Supreme Court to hear their Watergate cover-up appeals. They ask the high court to reconsider May ruling while Sirica already ordered prison terms.
Kansas City and Wichita livestock markets show mixed results with cattle and hogs trading lower to higher across classes. Slaughter steers and cows declined modestly while feeder cattle ranged. sheep and hogs posted varied gains. A separate report notes Watergate figures Haldeman and Mitchell facing prison terms amid litigation and a Garden City prescription drug theft spike.
Leon Younger resigned as Garden City Reecreation Commission director effective July 15. Appointed May 1, 1974, he will become superintendent of recreation in Johnson County Parks and Recreation Commission, overseeing programs in Olathe Overland Park Lenexa and others. He plans to start July 18 in Johnson County.
Rep. John Carlin, Kansas House speaker, leans toward a 1978 Democratic gubernatorial bid. Atty. Gen. Curt Schneider is viewed as a strong potential candidate. Carlin cites his House record and 1977 78 sessions as campaign pillars while noting the race is months away.
FDA says a Canadian study linking saccharin to bladder cancer in men reinforces its bid to ban saccharin and cyclamate in bulk. The unpublished study cites a 60 percent higher cancer risk for men using artificial sweeteners, with TM tobacco users showing higher incidence and no added risk found for women.
Midwest Radio Co. will rename KUPK AM and FM to KBUF within weeks after buying from KAKE. Kim Throneberry leads the group with Van Smith and Gene LeClerc, aiming for local control and unchanged formats, with FM to be separately programmed soon. KUPK serves 37 western Kansas counties with 5000 watts AM and 25000 watts FM.
In Mountain California a three ton meteorite named Old Woman becomes a tug of war as miners David Friberg Mike Jendruczak and Jack Harwood claim ownership after filing a San Bernardino claim last September. Scientists from UCLA and Smithsonian officials view the iron nickel rock as vital scientific material with the Antiquities Act guiding public ownership. The meteorite will be displayed in Riverside for two weeks before a trip to Washington DC for slicing and study.
DETROIT AP A schoolteacher Bettye McCaster was killed as 15 pupils testified. her estranged husband Al Lewis 47 was found guilty of second degree murder and will appeal. Sentencing set for June 24 with possible life imprisonment.
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