KU trash power plant may get engineer soon
KU plans to hire an engineering consultant in January for a trash powered steam plant. Warren Corman said 12-15 firms were invited and interviews will follow in Topeka ahead of the regents’ January meeting. William P. Smith champions using Lawrence trash to fuel a steam system, saving fuel and reducing landfill costs.
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William P. Smith
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Kansans split between Ford and Reagan in state poll
A Topeka Capital Journal poll of 1,000 statewide voters shows 19 percent back both Ford and Reagan, with 7 percent Kennedy, 5 percent Humphrey and 5 percent Wallace. Forty-four percent have no preference. independents lean Reagan while Democrats split among Kennedy, Humphrey and Wallace.
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Ronald Reagan
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Capital Journal
Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Alabama
George Wallace
Don Hardesty
Central Research
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Reagan
Kennedy
Humphrey
Wallace
Hardesty
Coat drive donations lag but pick up in Lawrence
Lawrence firefighters report the annual coat drive is improving but still behind last year. About 200 coats and outdoor wear have been donated and handed to Penn House in small batches. Donations accepted through Christmas at three city fire stations.
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Lawrence
Phil Leonard
Penn House
Catholic order aided Muskie fundraising in 1971
The Baltimore Sun reports a Catholic Pallottine order used its direct mail system to support a 1971 Muskie fundraising appeal before he announced his presidential bid. Former workers say the letters were prepared by Pallottine staff and mailed from their warehouse with prepaid postage, though the order’s pay status is unclear.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Baltimore Sun
The
Pallottine Fathers
Lillian Goralski
Doris Simpson
Muskie
Mrs. Goralski
Sun
Sock overheats causing small Sunday house fire
A sock left on a lamp overheated and started a $1 fire at the home of Harvey Doomland at 1005 Sunset. Firefighters said the sock was the only loss reported.
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Harvey Doomland
AIM leader Russell Means found guilty in 1974 Sioux Falls riot
American Indian Movement figure Russell Means was convicted of riot for the 1974 Minnehaha County courthouse clash with police. He remains free on 2000 dollar bond awaiting sentencing December 31 as Judge Richard Jathnvalte, without a jury, found him not guilty of the separate charge of entering a public building.
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Russell Means
Minnehaha County
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Means
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Richard Jathnvalte
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