KU's Cora Downs to be honored for health protection work
Cora Downs professor emerita of microbiology at Kansas University will receive the Federal Regional Council International Women's Year Award for Health Protection at a April 28 luncheon in the Kansas Union. She led work on tularemia and rickettsiae and innovated fluorescent antibody staining.
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Kansas University
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kansas Union
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KU ‘Department of Microbiology
Miss Downs
Three New Faces Join Lawrence City Commission
In Lawrence the city commission welcomed three new members Marnie Argersinger Donald Binns and Carl Mibeck as the outgoing board conducted a first reading condemning land for a Second and Indiana garage site. Barkley Clark was elected mayor and presented keys to former Mayor Jack Rose and others.
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Rose
Nancy Hambleton
John Emick
KUMC Faces Staffing Woes Without Service Cuts Yet
Kansas University Medical Center personnel problems have not yet reduced services but could lead to temporary closings if critical staff depart. A hiring freeze was ordered after the legislature failed to lift KUMC expenditure ceilings, with resignations averaging one to three daily in early April.
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William Rieke
KUMC
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KU debaters to compete at National Tournament in California
Four Kansas University debaters will represent KU at the National Debate Tournament April 18 to 21 at the University of the Pacific in Stockton California. Robin Rowland Frank Cross Jim Prentice Tyron Snow and Phil Snow lead KU with bids based on season records and district eliminations.
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Lawrence
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Tyron
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Sugarland
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Cross
United States
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University of Kentucky
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Prentice
Parson
Lawrence High School
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Frank
Marie Cross
Stratford
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Hillcrest Rd
Soviets assure US joint Apollo Soyuz linkup still on
A NASA delegation reports Soviet officials told them the July Apollo Soyuz linkup remains on despite the Soyuz 18 failure. The Russians cited a different booster and stricter tests but emphasized the mission schedule and confidence.
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Seminar Attracts 150 City Executives At KU
More than 150 city managers from across the nation gathered at the Kansas Union to start the 28th annual city managers seminar. KU officials welcomed attendees as discussions covered issues in turbulent times, long range planning, and government relations guided by state and local policy.
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Georgia mother leads bid to move orphans to United States
Betty Tisdale of Columbus travels from America after raising 123000 dollars in two days to relocate nearly 400 orphans from the Anzac Haven in Saigon to the United States to escape Communism. The effort follows support since 1961 for Dr. Tom Dooley's orphanage. Learjet hits milestone with 500th delivery in Wichita as fleet grows.
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Wichita
Court hearing details cash link to Connally gifts
Prosecutors in the John Connally bribery trial laid out circumstantial evidence through witnesses who described recording serial numbers on two $10,000 stacks of currency said to be cover cash. Hotel staff and bank clerks supported Jacobsen story while the judge cautioned Lilly’s testimony did not prove final use of the money.
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FBI
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U.S
George L. Hart
Lilly
Miners Lead Massive Truck Protest in Washington
In Washington over 500 coal trucks paraded past the White House and Capitol to denounce strip mining legislation now in conference committee. About 2,000 miners and drivers from Appalachian states traveled in a 30 mile caravan to press Congress to sustain President Ford's veto or risk job losses.
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Appalachian Organization of Surface Miners and Truckers
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KU sports funds debated as allocation gap widens
Kansas University students debate the 147000 plus dollar allocation for KU Athletic Corp against smaller grants as a 446879 budget looms. Clyde Walker defends spending while critics push for changes. final decisions await full senate action and a vote on April 16.
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Magruder attacks prison system after Watergate disclosure
Jeb Stuart Magruder told about 500 students at Missouri Southern University that U.S. prisons are inhumane and the Nixon era was marked by an impe rial mindset. He said families suffer and that loyalty to the leader fueled Watergate, while insisting he paid his penalty.
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Fire at The Lounge blamed on furnace filter
A fire at The Lounge at Ninth and Iowa started by a furnace filter. It occurred at 1 26 p m Friday with damage estimate of 50 dollars. The scene involved a magazine subscription service at Adventure A Book Store Hillcrest Shopping Center 843 6424.
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