From war POW to teacher to commissioner Binns
The second profile in a Lawrence series follows Don Binns from prisoner of war in Japan to Navy Chief Bosun's Mate, then to an education degree at KU and a Lawrence High School extension director role. Now 59, he serves on the City Commission and may become mayor while advocating modest campaign spending limits.
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Don Binns
Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence High School
Binns
Kansas University
Eunice
E. Glenn Drive
Lawrence
Japan
Navy
Kansas City
Shawnee Mission North High
Far East
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Bosun
San Diego
Calif
Kansas
Donald V
Donald A
Central Junior High
JoAnn Winkler
IBM
P.O.W
Bill Brinson
Holcom Park
Plutonium Shipments Reported Via Denver Area Routes
Federal officials acknowledge regular air shipments of plutonium to and from Rocky Flats near Denver. Small quantities move four times yearly from New Mexico and California to Rocky Flats and on to Los Alamos and Livermore labs. Colorado Health Department seeks halt due to public health risks from wind and overflight of residential areas.
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Denver
United States
Rocky Flats
Colorado Health Department
Rockwell International
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Jim Nicks
New Mexico
California
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Livermore
Calif
Nicks
Informa
Health Department
Jefferson County
Rocky Mountain
Surplus delays postal hike in 1978 spring
Postmaster General Benjamin Bailor announced a 45.5 million dollar six month surplus for the U S Postal Service, a result of attrition reducing staff from 740000 to 653000. He said rate increases could be postponed until spring 1978 with possible 16 cent first class stamps and cuts to uneconomic services.
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Miami Beach
U.S. Postal Service
Benjamin Bailor
Bailar
National Postal Forum
Bailor
Election loser acquitted in Leavenworth assault case
Clyde Conaway of Leavenworth, 43, was acquitted in Leavenworth County District Court of an assault charge filed by rival challenger James Cook, 28, who defeated him by one vote in the April 5 city election. Conaway denied the accusation.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Baselor
Clyde Conaway
Leavenworth County District Court
James Cook
Conaway
Wichita editor to visit Kansas journalism classes
Wichita Eagle and Beacon executive editor W. Davis Buzz Merritt Jr will spend Thursday and Friday as editor in residence at the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism. He will visit seven classes in reporting editing and editorial writing and meet with students outside class.
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W. Davis
Buzz
Senate keeps standard deduction boost in Carter stimulus plan
The Senate scrapped the $10 billion tax rebate but retains a fixed standard deduction of 2200 for singles and 3200 for couples, aiding about 45 million taxpayers. House and Senate differ on amounts and business tax breaks, with debate continuing as Carter plans energy tax proposals.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
House
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
ISAs unhappy with KU probe into SAVAK activities
Two ISA representatives at Kansas University voiced dissatisfaction with the campus investigation into an alleged SAVAK agent on campus. They urged expulsion of the identified student, cited threatening calls from self-described Iranian government representatives, and criticized police questioning of the beaten student. Del Shankel said no student was expelled and defended the Buckley Amendment limits.
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ISA
Potter Lake
SAVAK
del Shankel
Shankel
Shanker
Leftists threaten to kill official in El Salvador
In El Salvador Foreign Minister Mauricio Borgonovo was reportedly kidnapped by the Farabundo Marti Popular Liberation Front. The group demanded the release of 36 political prisoners and their evacuation abroad, while government officials declined to comment. Borgonovo, 37, a MIT engineering graduate, heads a steel company and coffee export business. The notices linked the arrest to broader protests over alleged vote fraud that preceded a state of siege and deadly clashes in the capital.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Mauricio Borgonovo
Borgonovo
Farabundo Marti Popular Liberation Front
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marti Front
Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez
Carlos Humberto Romero
Ernesto Claramount Rozeville
Alumni Association Session For KU Seniors
The Kansas University Alumni Association hosts a get acquainted session for KU seniors today and Thursday from 2 to 5 PM in the Kansas Union. Seniors receive KU souvenirs and information about the alumni group, with refreshments provided to introduce graduates to alumni activities.
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Kansas University Alumni Association
Kansas Union
George Carlin Performs in KU Hoch Auditorium
Tickets remain for the George Carlin concert at 8 p.m. Sunday in Hoch Auditorium Kansas University. Box office at the Student Union Activities in the Kansas Union sells seats for this first semester counter culture satire event.
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George Carlin
Hoch Auditorium
Kansas University
Kansas Union
Carlin
Arson Suspected In Galveston Central Hotel Fire
Firemen dig through debris at the Central Hotel in Galveston as 20 guests remain missing. Police report arson suspected after a blaze that killed eight people including five children and injured thirteen.
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Galveston
Tex
John Sealy Hospital
Gulf Port
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Allen Torrey
Anthony Robbins
Wichita
Seormance
Evision
Cormance
Front
Mexico
Venezuela
Cuba
Costa Rica
National Conciliation Party
John Jennings
Jennings
WGK
Ion
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