KU faces scrutiny over football players academic eligibility
Saturday column laments ongoing grade eligibility issues at Kansas University for football players. It calls for stricter academic oversight, fair treatment of student athletes, and immediate disclosure of ineligible status, praising reforms after 1984 but criticizing last minute actions and the effect on university integrity.
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Nakhey
Prade
Gene Budig
Mike Gottfried
Pame
Gottfried
Guinual
Puessingepane Oon
Mount Oread
Lance cited by comptroller for check kiting and faulty loans
Lance, former budget director and Creorpin Democratic leader, faces a comptroller suit alleging check kiting and risky loans at Calhoun First National Bank. The Georgia Democrat, who recently stepped down from party roles, is named with related loan transactions and funds usage.
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Bert Lance
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Calhoun First National Bank
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Coroplaint
Coroplaint Closely Tracks Allegations Onadeam On Federal Donkin Examiner
Lamnee
Jimmy Carter
Creorpin Democratic Party
Comptroller
Tennessee
Jake
Clu Butcher
Butcher
Trains Collide in France Killing Dozens in Derailment
A speeding passenger train derailed near Argenton sur Creuse in central France, derailing two cars onto a northbound mail train. At least 49 dead and 85 wounded, with many seriously, as daylight revealed rescue workers cutting through wreckage. Officials cited excessive speed and possible signal confusion on a 20 mph zone. The Paris Austerlitz to Limoges line was in use after August vacation travel.
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France
Andre Guicharnaud
Guicharnaud
Jean-Michel Roulet
Paris
Austerlitz
Limoges
Toulouse
Port Bou
Argenton
Roulet
Military to screen all recruits for AIDS exposure
The Defense Department will subject prospective servicemen to two separate blood tests to detect possible AIDS exposure. Those testing positive for exposure will be rejected from service to protect recruits from vaccination risks and potential transmission via battlefield blood. The plan drew criticism from some homosexual groups for stigmatizing individuals.
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Washington
Defense Department
William S. Mayer
Defense For Health Affairs
Mayer
Phyllis George resigns from CBS Morn News show
Phyllis George leaves CBS Morning News after a ratings slump and as Maria Shriver and Forrest Sawyer are named permanent co anchors. George says the move reflects shifting priorities. Her husband former Kentucky Governor John Y Brown plans to run for governor in 1987.
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CBS Morning News
Forrest Sawyer
Dan Rather
Maria Shriver
NBC
ABC
Miss George
Kentucky
John Y. Brown
Brown
CBS
Youngest Jarvik heart recipient shows progress in Tucson
Michael Drummond, 25, the world’s youngest recipient of a Jarvik-7 artificial heart, remained in critical but stable condition at University Medical Center. Officials said his fever subsided, temperature reached 99 degrees, cardiac output rose, circulation improved, and he sat up to speak with family and a doctor.
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Tucson
Ariz
Michael Drummond
University Medical Center
Nina Trasoff
Trasoff
Drummond
Soviet to Buy 1.1 Million Metric Tons U.S. Wheat
Agriculture Secretary John R. Block, visiting Leningrad, said the Soviet Union will purchase 1.1 million metric tons of U.S. wheat in the coming month to fulfill the yearlong contract. He noted total U.S. grain sales to the Soviets this year should reach about 20 million tons.
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Soviet Union
U.S
John R. Block
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Leningrad
USDA
Soviet Agriculture Ministry
Moscow
Carson divorce seals 2.2 million and properties
Joanna Carson receives 2.2 million dollars over five years plus a Bel Air home two New York apartments a Rolls Royce and a Mercedes in a divorce from Johnny Carson in a Superior Court agreement reached Friday. She will pay him 35 000 a month for 64 months.
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Joanna Carson
Bel-Air
New York
Johnny Carson
Carson
Malibu
Scottsdale, Ariz
Carson Tonight
Associated Press
Jim Mahoney
Toll in South Africa climbs to twenty nine dead
Police said three days of rioting left at least 29 people dead in black and mixed race townships around Cape Town. A mixed-race youth was shot during clashes in Mitchell's Plain as mine workers prepared for a Sunday night strike at six mines, with talks stalled. European ministers met President Botha to discuss peaceful sanctions as internal protest grows.
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South Africa
Cape Town
Mitchell’s Plain
Pretoria
National Union of Mineworkers
Manoko Nechwe
Anglo Vaal Ltd
Gold Fields of South Africa
General Mining Corp
P.W. Botha
Desmond Tutu
Beyers Naude
Engine breakup probed after 737 fire in England
British authorities tie engine breakup and fire on a Boeing 737 in England to routinely high power settings, a U S aviation official says. FAA stresses no claim of unsafe or improper power use or rule violations by British carriers.
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Washington
England
U.S
Federal Aviation Administration
Weather forecast for Kansas University observers summary
Kansas weather observers report a mix of sun and heat today with south winds 10 to 20 mph and highs near 97. Tonight should be mostly clear with south winds around 10 mph and a low near 70. Sunday turns sunny with light to moderate winds and a high around 98. Monday’s outlook shows a high near 42? and low 70? with overnight temperatures around 72.
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