General Motors Plans Major Employee Layoffs
In Detroit AP report GM aims to cut about 38 000 workers indefinitely and 48 000 for up to 10 days due to plunging car sales. Second shifts end Jan 21 at five plants and Jan 28 at two more, with 7 plants affected initially and 3 more to pause for 10 days. Additional cuts at Kansas City area plants furlough about 2 200 indefinitely.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Fairfax
Kan
Linden
N.J
South Gate
Calif
St. Louis
Janesville
Wis
Tarrytown
N.Y
Pontiac
Mich
Gerstenberg
Kansas City
General Motors Corp
Jim Hughes
Hunt Barker to Be Freed Pending Appeal
Two Watergate figures E Howard Hunt and Bernard Barker will be released from prison next week to await appeals. The U S Court of Appeals ordered their release and withheld decisions for three other conspirators pending a parole hearing January 7. The court cited a New Year holiday delay.
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Washington
E. Howard Hunt
Bernard L. Barker
U.S. Court of Appeals
Barker
Clara
Miami
Fla
Hunt
Allenwood
Eglin Afb
Pensacola
Fila
U.S
Nixon
Kevin
Florida
John J. Sirica
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Sirica
Congress
Daniel Schultz
Frank A. Sturgis
Virgile R. Gonzalez
Eugenio Martinez
Britain Saudi Oil Pact Reported in Beirut Magazine
A Beirut magazine Al Diyar claims Britain and Saudi Arabia plan a 10 year oil for arms deal exchanging 30 million tons of crude per year. London offered no immediate comment. A British delegation would visit Saudi Arabia in about two weeks to finalize the pact.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut
Britain
Saudi Arabia
al -Diyar
France
Faisal
Snow Dusts Lawrence Ahead Of Cold Weekend
Snow dusted Lawrence this morning as a cold weekend arrives. Cloudy, colder conditions expected this afternoon with highs in the upper 20s and teens at night. Little chance of flurries Sunday, then a colder pattern with rain or snow possible Tuesday or Wednesday and highs near 40 then dropping to the low 30s.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Venezuela Raises Oil Reference Price to Record $14.08
Venezuela nearly doubles its tax reference price for crude to a world record of 14.08 dollars per barrel. The hike, announced Friday, will affect royalties and income taxes for foreign firms and takes effect January 1.
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Venezuela
Caracas
United States
Health Bill Signed Aims at New Health Plans
President Nixon signed a $375 million measure to promote health maintenance organizations in California and nationwide. Caspar Weinberger said prepaid plans would offer continuing and preventive care at far lower costs than current arrangements.
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San Clemente, Calif
Nixon
Washington
Caspar Weinberger
Heroic Act Fatal to Youth
A 14 year old William M. Kent died in a North Lawrence house fire while rescuing his younger twin brothers Donnie and Ronnie. Donnie survived with first and second degree burns. Ronnie escaped unharmed. The family, including seven others, received Red Cross aid and temporary housing at Wood Creek Apartments. Funeral arrangements set for William at Rumsey Funeral Home.
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William M. Kent
Elm
North Lawrence
Young Kent
Donnie
Ronnie
William
Loyd Kent
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Red Cross
Ballard Community Center
Wood to Burn And a Furnace for It
Two Tonganoxie men test a prototype forced air wood burning furnace after six weeks of work. If it endures, they plan patent rights and production as a cheaper heating option using wood, with potential to connect to existing ducts for full or standby heat.
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Tonganoxie
Buster Quisenberry
Harold Clark
Quisenberry
Honeywell, Inc
Robert A. Quisenberry
Journal-World Photo
KU and KUMC to form group for closer ties
Chancellor Archie Dykes plans to appoint a faculty group from KU Lawrence and KU Medical Center to study cooperative programs and resource sharing between the campuses. The move follows elevating William O. Rieke to executive vice chancellor and signals a broader unity effort.
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Archie Dykes
Kansas University
Lawrence
Kansas City Medical Center
Tse
William O. Rieke
Medical
Kansas City
Rieke
University of Oregon
Ady Prescription Ad Prompts Cold Cloudy Weather
Weather note mentions cold and cloudy conditions with details on Page 34. Retail ad lists Raney Drug prescriptions and Ady in the context of the entry.
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Raney Drug
Ady
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Richard C. Gerstenberg
Corporation
Ford
C. Dickerman Williams
New York
London
South Park
Journal- World Photo
Cynthia Turner
Ballard
Kent Home
Wood Creek
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Freddie Marks
Norman Steffen
By Cathy Sherman
Ambrose Saricks
Pro
Robert Docking
Docking
Saricks
School of Business
John Conard
David Dary
Conard
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