Court ruling on cockfights aids Miller
A Sedgwick County court convicted Jess Turner of cruelty to animals for cockfights but suspended the sentence if the Wichita Game Club stops fighting. Attorney General Vern Miller will use the decision to pursue promoters and plan a statewide interpretation of the cruelty law relating to cockfighting. Ottawa raid details cited gambling losses and the scale of fights observed.
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Topeka
Kan
Sedgwick County
Atty
Vern Miller
Robert T. Stephan
Jess Turner
Wichita Game Club
Turner
Miller
Wichita
Ottawa
Pollution Talks Open in Reykjavik Meeting
Officials from 30 countries started a week long session in Reykjavik to hammer out a plan to halt pollution of the seas and safeguard marine environments.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Public Defender Would Defend Poor Accused
Douglas County debates a county public defender replacing assigned private lawyers for indigents. Proponents say a full-time defender brings expertise and speed. critics warn quality depends on the individual appointee and ongoing criminal-law study.
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Bar Association
Douglas County Bar Assn Weighs Public Defender Options
In the American justice system every major criminal defendant has right to licensed counsel. The Douglas County Bar Association is considering methods to provide legal representation for those unable to pay.
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Public Defender
Douglas County Bar Assay
Louise Wheeler
Douglas County Legal Aid Society
Wes Norwood
County Bar Association
Kansas
Douglas County
Edgewood low rent housing applications open in June
The Edgewood low rent housing project near 17th and Haskell will accept applications starting Monday. Hugh Dunkum of the Lawrence Housing Authority plans to move his office into a 130 unit townhouse complex to interview in person. Selection uses a first come, first served system within defined preferences. Families must meet income and asset limits, with a four person family cap around 4700 dollars. Preferences favor displaced households and the elderly, and 26 one bed, 52 two bed, 36 three bed, and 12 four bed units are available. Appeals go to the housing authority board. Selections hoped for in June for July occupancy.
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Edgewood
17Th and
Haskell
Hugh Dunhum
Lawrence Housing Authority
City Hall
Housing and Urban Development Office
Kansas City
Kan
Dunkum
Housing Authority Board
Ecology Emphasized At Kansas Educators Conference 1972
The Kansas Association for the Education of Young Children will host a two day conference at Kansas University April 21 22 focusing on ecology. Opening speaker Philip Humphrey director of the Natural History Museum will discuss The Magic of a Name. Jim Davis editor of Ranger Rick s Nature Magazine will address This Land is Ours at the general session.
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Kansas Association For the Education of Young Children
Kansas University
Philip Humphrey
Natural History Museum
Centron, Inc
Kansas Union
Jim Davis
Rick
Nature Magazine
Davis
Association
Haworth Hall
KU Bureau of Child Research
Hstory
Elks Elect Beal as Exalted Ruler in Lawrence Lodge
Kermit M. Beal of 532 Lindley was elected the new exalted ruler of Elks Lodge 595 in Lawrence for the 1972-73 term. Beal, a local attorney, succeeds Ed Campbell and joins a slate including leading knight Dan Jaimes, loyal knight Bob King, lecturing knight William Seymour, esquire John Heitmeyer, chaplain Bob Jaeger, inner guard Harold Messer, tiler C. M. Brack, treasurer Bruce Yeakel, and secretary Ralph Hatfield. Trustees named are John Pierson, Eugene Haley, Frank Case, Bert Sapp and Austin Stedham.
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Kermit M. Beal
Lindley
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge
Lawrence
Beal
Ed Campbell
Dan Jaimes
Bob King
William Seymour
John Heitmeyer
Esquire
Bob Jaeger
Harold Messer
C. M. Brack
Bruce Yeakel
Ralph Hatfield
John Pierson
Eugene Haley
Frank Case
Bert Sapp
Austin Stedham
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Public
Mike Elwell
Elwell
Zinn
Mrs. Wheeler
Rancy McDowell
Kansas Univerity
By Bruce Erickson
Elks
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United States
Canada
Associates Financial Services
Wieners
Lipton
C&h
Hunt
Purina
Gal
Heinz
Itissue
Sugar Valley
Lifebuoy
Ibath
Niagara
Poly
Miser's
U.S.D.A
New Hampshire
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