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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1972
Page
13
Mostly cloudy and cool tonight with a low in the 60s. Saturday partly cloudy with a high in the upper 70s. Chance of precipitation 10 percent tonight and Saturday. Official readings show Thursday high 71, low 66. morning low 62. Record highs and lows listed for the date. Sunrise 6 28 a.m. Sunset 8 28 p.m.
A brief weather item notes temperatures listed as high 83, 89, 62, 82, 92 across unspecified locations. The fragment implies regional readings without clear dates or places.
The Senate, 89 to 0, backs a GI Bill rise for veterans to attend school. The plan would pay single veterans 250 dollars monthly, married 297 dollars, and with a child 339 dollars, up from 175 265 and 305. The measure, chaired by Sen. Vance Hartke, aims to offset inflation for veterans released since January 1955.
Federal officials said bodies from LaHay Cemetery will be transferred to Clinton Cemetery by December 1 to avoid rising waters from the Clinton Reservoir. The move, authorized by a U S District Court order after no one appeared in court, will be done by a private contractor following invitations for bids.
In Mansfield Ohio the 595 acre Malabar Farm once built by Louis Bromfield becomes state property as Gov. John Gilligan accepts the deed. The Ohio Department of Agriculture will run farming operations while the Department of Natural Resources will operate other areas including the 31 room Bromfield home.
Harrisburg officials said registration records for all 173 000 qualified voters in Luzerne County were destroyed by recent floods. Commonwealth Secretary C DeLores Tucker assigned a deputy to coordinate with county officials on the problem.
The Desoto city council approved the 1973 budget of 516 888 with a 36.366 mill levy. both figures rise from 1972. A PRIDE program resolution was approved outlining eight focus areas including planning, economic development, and education. Streets will be improved with 3 748 71 from the highway fund, costing property owners about 75 cents.
Francis Michael Goodell, 21, AWOL from Fort Riley Kansas, ordered to a 30 day psychiatric examination after hijacking a Pacific Southwest Airlines jet on July 6. He surrendered at Oakland International Airport July 7 and collected a $450,000 ransom in San Diego.
Lawrence police report four break-ins over the weekend were cleared. Three youths aged 14 to 16 admitted breaking into Kuhn Truck and Tractor Co Deems Farm Equipment Johanning Brothers Implement Co and McConnell Machinery Co. Two firms reported small thefts including pencils and change. a pickup was taken for a joyride and later returned.
Traffic fatalities in Kansas by 9 a.m. Friday show 2 in August and 6 for 1971. compared with 373 for the comparable 1971 period and 398 total.
Tulsa AP report details Dr. John R. Rice urging Christian revival at the 14th Christian Crusade convention. He warns moral decline could yield a U. S. dictator, cites rising baptisms and church growth as positive currents, and labels Communism and modernism as threats, advocating a return to Jesus and the Bible.
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