Schweiker defends job referrals amid Nixon unit scrutiny
Senator Richard Schweiker said his case work explains why he referred more people for General Services Administration jobs than any other member of Congress, while denying involvement in Nixon era political job placement. He said referrals were routine and not aware of a special GSA unit until reports emerged.
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Washington
Richard Schweiker
General Service Administration
Congress
Schweiker
Richard M. Nixon
General Services Administration
Special Unit
White House
Kansas City
Troy Gustafson
Gustafson
GSA
City to weigh alarms and junkyard screening measures
City commissioners will consider proposed ordinances regulating burglar alarm systems and junkyard screening at Tuesday's 7 p.m. meeting. The panel will also vote on the 1977 budget and discuss rezoning requests, sewers, stop signs, parking restrictions, and board appointments.
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Mike Wilden
Wildgen
Green Pepper Pizza
Southtown
Iowa Street
26Th
Homewood Gardens
12Th Street
Haskell
28Th Street Terrace
Rawhide
19Th Street
Haskell Avenue
Edgelea Road
Harper Street
Registration Opens for KU Fall Semester on Campus
KU registration and enrollment for fall term begin this week at the Lawrence campus Hoch Auditorium and KU Medical Center. Undergraduate and graduate students follow a scheduled timetable with hours from morning to afternoon and nondegree access on Sunday in the Kansas Union. Classes start August 23 and Chancellor Archie Dykes will speak at Hoch Auditorium at 9 a.m. on convocation day.
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Kansas University
KU Medical Center
College of Health Sciences
Lawrence
Hoch Auditorium
School of Education
Kansas Union
Archie Dykes
Kansas University New
del Shankel
Yippie Leader Ben Masel Arrested in Kansas City
AP reports Yippie leader Ben Masel from Madison Wisconsin was arrested in Kansas City for creating a public disturbance with an ultra loud public address system Thomas Geromimi from Green Bay Wisconsin was arrested as well Both men aged 21 were released on personal recognizance Police said the crowd refused to lower the volume at Washington Square Park opposite the Center Hotel where President Ford stayed
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Kansas City
Ben Masel
Masel
Thomas Geromimi
Madison
Wis
Geronimi
Green Bay
Washington Square Ark
Town Center Hotel
Ford
State to run elderly homemaker program after bid fail
Kansas SRS will operate the Homemakers Services for the elderly after a private contract expired. More than 1,200 seniors, including 75 in Douglas County, have lacked assistance since the lapse over six weeks ago. Officials say no restart date or method is known.
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Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Homemakers
SRS
Kansas
Douglas County
Homemakers Services
San Francisco
Robert C. Harder
Tammy O'Rourke
Juvenile Jail Fire Suspect Held In Douglas County
A 12 year old girl in Douglas County Juvenile Court custody is suspected of setting a fire in her jail cell Sunday night causing minor damage to a mattress and papers. She was uninjured and moved to another cell. Authorities had not decided on formal action.
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Douglas County Juvenile Court
Furnace filter sale supports KU perceptual motor clinic
Lawrence Kiwanis Club will run a furnace filter sale Sept 20 28 in Lawrence to raise funds for Kansas University's perceptual motor clinic. About half the proceeds benefit the clinic with the rest supporting Boys' Club and other charitable projects.
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Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Kansas University
Jean Pyfer
Lawrence
Bob Kirkhma
Sale
Boys’ Club
Catastrophic eruption feared at La Soufriere volcano
French scientist Charles Brousse warned La Soufriere near Pointe a Pitre could explode within a week to 15 days in a catastrophic eruption. He said 72 000 residents were evacuated with no loss of life expected, comparing the event to Mt Pelee 1902. Evacuation of the danger zone expanded as ash and gas were detected.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
la Soufriere
Charles Brousse
University of Paris
Dents
Brousse
Mt. Pelee
Martinique
St. Pierre
Estrogen cancer link suspected in long term study
A 12 year Harvard National Cancer Institute and University of Louisville study following 1891 women found no early link between estrogen use and breast cancer, but after 15 years of use detection risk rose to twice the normal rate. The report notes no conclusive risk for short term users.
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Washington
Harvard School of Public Health
National Cancer Institute
University of Louisville
School of Medicine
American Cancer Society
Bennett favors national primary
Kansas Governor Bennett backs a national preferential primary as superior to the current delegate system and says district and state conventions are a better interim method. He chairs the Kansas delegation at the Republican National Convention and supports Ford and Reagan, calling for fair handling of caucus discussions.
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Schweiker
Pennsylvania
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Kansas City
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Kansas
Ford
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