Casual Rush Atmosphere Planned for KU Sororities and Fraternities
KU announces a casual fall rush August 18 to 21 for men and women. 107 sorority rushees sign up with 110 expected. open house begins August 19 at 9 am with six invitational parties Sunday. Fraternities pledge about 300 this summer. fall rush, housing for 150 men, and three geographic visiting areas with mutual selection on August 19.
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Stewart Avenue
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McGovern Eagleton affair spurs Missouri political dispute
Missouri figures debate why the McGovern campaign did not fully check Eagleton's background before the Democratic Convention. Jackson County Judge George Lehr said Eagleton was under consideration for weeks, while others confirm rumors of hospitalizations and nerves were widely discussed among Missouri politicians and staff.
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Thomas Eagleton
Jackson County
George Lehr
Miami Beach
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Lehr
Boston
Roger Dowd
California
Dowd
Lilly
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Jack Flack
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Rick Inderfurth
Inderfurth
Oskaloosa Youth Steer Grand Champion at Jefferson County Fair
Kevin Reed, nine, son of Ronald and, Reed of Oskaloosa, sold the grand champion Hereford steer for 61 dollars per hundredweight at the Jefferson County 4H Fair livestock auction. The 1,200 pound steer brought 732 dollars from O'Trimble Farm Supply of Perry. Additional top prices went to other 4H winners including reserve champion steer Larry Burns Valley Falls and grand champion hog Susan Lobb McLouth. Public Style Revue crowned grand champion best dressed girl Janet Noll Winchester and 4-H Queen Beth Bigham Topeka with attendants Candy Griffitts and Brenda Johnson.
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Jamie Turner
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Lawrence
Bruce Tillery
Janet Noll
Mary Jo Noll
Atchison
Ronnie Kendall
Grantville
Daryl Sales
Beth Bigham
Topeka
Candy Griffitts
Brenda Johnson
Meriden
Visitors Question Election Security At Lawrence Polling Site
Foreign students touring the Allen Fieldhouse polling site last Tuesday questioned why armed guards were not posted at the election. Workers noted voters moving in and out freely, contrasting with security seen in other countries. The Aug 16 Kansas University Twilight Track Meet schedule lists a two mile race featuring Olympians Jim Ryun and George Young, with events from 7:20 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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George Young
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Douglas County Fair Opens With Demolition Derby and Livestock Shows
The Douglas County Fair runs Wednesday through Saturday at the Lawrence fairgrounds. Highlights include a auto demolition derby billed as the greatest show on wheels, exotic hot rod tractors, a new tractor pulling contest, livestock judging, 4-H and FFA exhibits, and the 4-H livestock auction sponsored by local businesses. Gates open 8 a.m. with steer weigh-ins at 8:30.
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Pledged changes planned for two Iowa Street hazards
Lawrence city engineer Leonard Hoover announced a Keep Right sign will mark a new median on Iowa Street between 15th and 19th to aid southbound drivers. The city will follow state sign guidance, and manhole covers will be flush with the road after an asphalt overlay, time depending on dry weather.
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Asian Language Device patent for Chinese typewriter by Leban
Prof Carl Leban of the University of Kansas claims a patent for a Chinese typewriter using 36 elements to form all characters in SINCO Synthetic Index Nomenclature. The system adapts to Japanese Korean and pre colonial Vietnamese and seeks to improve data processing indexing of Chinese texts. Leban filed for the U S patent in July 1968 and seeks protection in Japan Canada and Britain.
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Oriental Languages and Literature Department
Kansas University
Leban
Columbia History
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Canada
Britain
Budget Hearing Sets Agenda for Lawrence Board of Education
Lawrence Board of Education will hold a 7 30 p m public hearing on a 7 448 792 budget at the administration center 20th and Louisiana The levy of 36 68 mills is down .78 from last year The meeting will review summer school reports contracts for a postage machine replacement bus a dishwasher for Centennial School cafe teria and lunch milk and discuss next year’s superintendent Carl Knox salary.
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School Administration
20Th
Louisiana
Kansas Department of Education
Supt
Carl Knox
Demon Rum Blamed In Spy Case At Tyndall Air Base
Defense attorney Henry Rothblatt argues alcohol drove M. Sgt. Walter T. Perkins to steal secret defense documents for Soviet agents. He will call medical experts to claim temporary insanity due to acute alcoholism, as Perkins faces a court martial after waiving the tribunal.
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Fla
Henry Rothblatt
Walter T. Perkins
Air Force
Air Weapons Defense Center
Rothblatt
Perkins
Mexico City
Col
Joe Peck
Farmer Takes Reward For Finding Skyjacker's Ransom
Peru Indiana dated AP reports Lowell Elliott who found the 500000 ransom from a skyjacking accepted a 10000 award from American Airlines after initial rejection. An informant said Elliott agreed when the offer was renewed. Elliott had sought 25000. Two Michigan men were arrested related to the skyjacking and are under psychiatric evaluation at a federal medical center.
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Ind
Lowell Elliott
American Airlines
Elliott
Michigan
Federal Medical Center
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