13 Dec 1975
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1975
Page
1
Journal-World columnist Dolph C Simons Jr argues a coordinated county city government could benefit Douglas County as Clinton Lake nears opening. He notes nonpartisan boards and shared services, the need for a county manager, and potential jurisdiction questions over the reservoir and law enforcement.
Viola McGrew 68 native of Abilene and KU graduate died after cancer treatment in Rochester Minnesota. She moved to Lawrence in 1912 and ran McGrew Investment Co later. Survived by son John McGrew daughter Patricia Williams two sisters and two grandchildren. Burial at Memorial Park. memorials to Cancer Fund or Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Fund.
About 250 white youths gathered at South Boston High School after a white boycott over a federal judge order placing the school in receivership. Police reported no injuries or arrests as teens vandalized a few trash containers and cars stalled on highways.
In San Francisco Sara Jane Moore faces a court decision on whether to plead guilty to the Ford shooting attempt. Judge Samuel Conti ordered a psychiatric examination this weekend to determine her mental competence to waive trial rights, amid questions about her motive and past mental health.
In a diverse classroom a Vietnamese and an Arabian student mingle with Mexican classmates as they learn about Christmas. Martha Garnica 6 helps explain the season while plans unfold for pinatas, caroling, and gift exchanges across cultural lines.
Pharmacologist Bing Hart reports speed use rises among college students during finals. He cautions dosage and task complexity affect learning, warns against overreliance, notes state dependency, and says light use poses fewer immediate dangers though habitual use is risky.
Newport Beach California AP Andy Devine 70 is in Hoag Memorial Hospital with pneumonia described as luth a hospital spokesman said he was admitted Thursday as a precautionary measure Devine who has leukemia is best known as sidekick to Wild Bill Hickok on a TV Western series He started in silent films in the 1920s moving to comic roles because of his gravelly voice He earlier said doctors told him not to worry about his leukemia.
The Douglas County disaster siren warning system will be tested at noon on Monday. If weather is inclement the test moves to the following Monday.
Republican Rep. Charles A. Mosher of Columbus says he will retire when his term ends in January 1977 citing a wish for privacy after eight years of opposing Vietnam war funding.
The Kansas Supreme Court unanimously up held the 1974 first degree murder conviction of Nellie Schoonover for killing her elderly husband in 1973. It ruled contingency fee arrangements do not by themselves render counsel ineffective, though they are a factor in assessing total representation.
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