Nebraska gag orders spark debate over press freedom
Saturday column notes six Sutherland murders and Erwin Simonts's six first degree murder charges. It reports on a Lincoln County preliminary hearing, judges' gag orders, and press restrictions across Nebraska Georgia and Ohio. The piece warns of censorship harming public knowledge and highlights Supreme Court involvement and broader implications.
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Sutherland
Neb
Erwin Charles Simonts
Lincoln County
North Platte
Nebraska
Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Harry Blackmun
Nebraska Court
Senate backs $9.548 billion public works bill
The Senate approved a 9.548 billion dollar public works appropriation for 15 months ending September 30, 1976. The measure, 81 to 5, funds flood control nav and irrigation projects by ERDA energy programs and TVA Interior power marketing activities. Conference with the House will reconcile differences.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
House
Army Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Interior Department
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
MIA probes report progress in talks with Hanoi in Paris
In Paris the House Select Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast Asia said after 314 hours of talks with Vietnamese officials that progress is being made on the missing in action issue. A second meeting was planned this afternoon as both sides discuss cross-border matters and the fate of about 850 U.S. MIAs.
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Paris
House Select Committee On
Southeast Asia
G. V. Montgomery
Mak
Ing
Montgomery
D.miss
U.S
Vo van Sung
Hanoi
Far East
Pentagon
Kenneth Pugh
Lancaster
Calif
Navy
China
Leicho Peninsula
Phillipines
Gulf of Tonkin
United States
Cmdr
Jimmy, Buckley
Sac City
Iowa
Buckley
South China
North Vietnam
Norm Schwartz
Lexington
Bob Snoddy
Roseburg
Ore
Lawrence High School art show draws big crowd
Large crowds filled the Lawrence High School cafeteria for the annual art show and sale. About 500 artworks were exhibited by around 200 students. The show, judged Friday afternoon by Gary Kroeger, awarded Debbie Morris for a two dimensional piece and Laura Torres for sculpture with $75 school purchase prizes.
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Lawrence High School
Pat Nemchock
Gary Kroeger
State Department of Education
Debbie Morris
Laura Torres
Paul Daggs
Lawrence High
Christine Kerr
Hoffa murder case deepens with landfill theory
FBI sources say James R. Hoffa may be buried in a Jersey City landfill after being shipped from Detroit in a barrel. Grand jury witnesses name three New Jersey Teamsters tied to Local 560 Union City as suspects, with a second witness claiming to have seen the abduction.
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Detroit
FBI
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
New Jersey
Jersey City
Hoffa
Union City
N.J
Anthony
Tony
Provenzano
Jayhawk Banquet Starts Early Before Sun Bowl trip
KU fans are reminded of a 4 45 p m start at the Kansas Union for a dinner honoring Sun Bowl bound Jayhawks. The meal ends by 7 p m to allow attendance at the 7 30 KU versus St Louis basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse. The Clinton Lake area is off limits to hunters due to construction at a dam and circumference road project, with Vic Counts noting possible danger from hunting.
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Kansas University
Kansas Union
Jayhawk
Ku-St. Louis
Allen Fieldhouse
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Clinton Lake
Vic Counts
Corps
Students Plan Centennial Tree Dedication at School
Students at Broken Arrow School will dedicate a bicentennial tree a pin oak seedling in a 2 30 p m ceremony on the school grounds. The tree was purchased by the school PTA. Fifth grader Nancy Dickinson will deliver the dedication speech, daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Dickinson Jr.
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Broken Arrow
Nancy Dickinson
Martin Dickinson Jr
W. 27Th
Ter
Health system agency slated for 26 Kansas counties by June
A federal official in Kansas City said the health systems agency covering 26 counties in Northeast Kansas, including Douglas, is expected to be designated no later than June 30, 1976.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Douglas
Charles Jones
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
HSA
Health
Hsas
National Health Planning and Resources Development Act
Northeast Kansas
Jones
HEW
Violent crime climbs in Kansas in 1974
Kansas violent crime rose 30.2 percent from 1973 to 1974, totaling 3 232 cases. Murders jumped 15.6 percent, rapes 12.3 percent, with declines in 1972 73 earlier. Atty Gen Curt Schneider urged steps including reinstating the death penalty for certain offenses and mandatory life sentences.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Atty
Curt Schneider
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Schneider
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Georgia
William A. H. Williams
Atlanta Constitution
Reg Murphy
Murphy
Williams
Florida
Miami Herald
Ohio
Dayton
Cleaning Service
Lawrence Area
SE Asia Mia
Gateway Transportation Co
Hoffa Grand Jury
Edwin Streicher
Gateway
Streicher
Shauna Gilbert
Lisa Belliotti
Janet Chicks
Connie Jacobs
William Woody
Kevin Boyd
Ben Sehon
Julie Barnes
Sharna Gilbert
Jeff Riner
Rusty Roberts
Rick Julian
Judy Lewis
Penny Parker
Dan Shaw
Sue Sommerville
Leo Souders
Ken Ashby
Lawrence
David Chartrand
BRS
FDIC
New Mexico State
Gallup
Pueblo
Isleta
Ted Charveze
Massachusetts
Coats
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