Geese chased from lake end big battle wins for biologists
Biologists at Brown Lake near Hiawatha Kansas declare victory after a three month effort to keep more than 60 000 Canadian blue geese from roosting on the lake The mass redirect occurred as Squaw Creek refuge froze prompting the birds to move toward Brown Lake where a night time push using sky rockets propane cannons cracker shells and flags failed to prevent the geese from settling on the shore and eventually freezing the lake
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Hiawatha
Kansas
Fish and Game
Bill Scott
Northeast
State Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Brown State Fishing
Brown Lake
Scott
Squaw Creek
Missouri
Brown
Wayne Vassar
Ronel Finley
Bob Bergquist
Finley
Bergquist
Vassar
Gulf of Mexico
Four-State
Kan
Ford defends skiing image as poll impact unlikely
President Ford, on vacation at Vail, argues his ski tumble will not hurt votes and defends his athletic image. Press secretary Ron Nessen calls critics and impressionists misrepresentative while noting Ford's strong skiing and health. He plans final runs before returning to the White House.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Ron Nessen
Nessen
White House
Vail Mountain
Salzburg
Austria
Algeria May Free Terrorists Tied to OPEC Ministers
Tehran reports Algerian authorities plan to release six hostage takers who abducted ministers at the Vienna OPEC conference. Kayhan cites Algerian sources saying Foreign Minister Bouteflika promised freedom if hostages are released and plans to execute Yamani and Amuzegar are dropped. Leader Carlos reportedly sought asylum. negotiations not finalized. The group may be held under house arrest near Algiers pending release.
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Teheran
Iran
Organization of Oil Exporting Countries
Kayhan
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Zaki Yamani
OPEC
Jamshid Amuzegar
Bouteflika
Brettle charged in fatal Christmas Day crash
Frank J. Brettle 44 of Overland Park faces vehicular homicide charges for a collision on U S 40 west of Lawrence that killed John C. Huyett of Lawson. Huyett died at the scene after Brettle crossed a double yellow line to pass a vehicle. Huyett’s wife Linda and daughter Joann were injured.
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Frank J. Brettle
Overland Park
John C. Huyett
Lawson
Brettle
Kansas Highway Patrol
Huyett
U.S. 40
Lawrence
Linda
Joann
City to Hear Park Proposals
The Lawrence City Commission will hear three bicentennial park proposals at its last meeting of the year Tuesday. Alan Weichert, chairman of the horizon's committee, will present plans including a recycled materials playground at Clinton Park costing 5000, a bicentennial trail at Riverfront Park about 2000, and a city arboretum near 500. All three projects have funding approved by the bicentennial commission and require no city funds.
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Lawrence City Commission
City Hall
Alan Weichert
Bicentennial Commission
Horizon
Clinton Park
Riverfront
Services Held Here for Walter A. H. Johns
Funeral services for Walter A. H. Johns 89 were conducted at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. A Lawrence native, he lived in Amarillo near his son Donald H. Johns after retiring from Armour & Company in 1950 and held roles as U.S. Marshal deputy and federal court bailiff. He had two sisters and two brothers. survived by daughters Mary Hally and Mrs. Jack Nichols and son Donald. Memorial services were held in Amarillo.
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Rumsey
Walter A.H. Johns
Amarillo
Tex
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Johns
Lawrence
Donald H. Johns
B.F. Goodrich
Johns
Armour & Company
U.S
U.S. Federal District Court
Kansas City
Twilight Baseball League
South Park
Mason, Shriner
United Commercial Travelers
Will Johns
Douglas County
Topeka
Mary Hally
Whittier
Cal
Jack Nichols
Tucson
Ariz
Bowersock Dam history corrected by historian Dary
Historian David Dary, associate professor at Kansas University, revises dating for the Bowersock Dam. He cites J D Bowersock taking over in 1879, not 1873, after O Darling built under contract 1872 1877 and the dam’s 1879 reconstruction across the Kansas River.
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David Dary
Kansas University
Bowersock Dam
State of
Kansas
Dary
J.D. Bowersock
Journal-World
O. Darling
Darling
Lawrence Land and Water Power Co
Bowersock
Kansas River
Indira Gandhi urged to stall election in India
Leaders of India's Congress urged Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to postpone the March election for a year to protect constitutional changes and sustain emergency rule. The move, backed by the party convention in Chandigarh, hints at a shift to presidential authority amid external and internal destabilization concerns.
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New Delhi
India
Congress Party
Indira Gandhi
Chandigarh
Gandhi
Party
Congress
United States
Pakistan
Ford
Mrs. Gandhi
Fire forces mass evacuation after pesticide shed blaze in Ivanhoe
A blaze engulfed a packing shed containing pesticides in Ivanhoe California early Monday. Toxic fumes prompted authorities to evacuate about 350 residents from a 28 block area.
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Ivanhoe
Calif
National Guard launches drive to fill openings
Kansas Army National Guard begins a statewide recruiting push to enlist 750 new personnel to staff 86 units in 62 communities by February. Officials note current strength is near authorized levels, with turnover expected as personnel complete terms. the Lawrence unit may grow and mechanization could expand local strength.
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National Guard
Kansas
Kansas Army National Guard
Edward R. Fry
Michael T. Kennedy
2Nd Batallion
137Th Infantry
69Th Infantry
Lawrence
Kennedy
69Th Batallion
Fry
Traffic toll hits 397 during holiday period
The Christmas travel toll reached 397, far under the National Safety Council's four day estimate of 440 to 500 deaths. Snow slowed drivers across central states from the Great Lakes to Indiana, West Virginia, and into Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico.
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National Safety Council
Central States
Great Lakes
Indiana
West Virginia
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
Search begins for planes missing in Arkansas weather
Ground searches started today for three single engine airplanes missing on separate flights through Arkansas after bad weather grounded Civil Air Patrol planes. CAP official Capt. Max Reynolds named missing pilots and routes from Springfield Missouri to Tampa James town North Carolina from Chicago to Acapulco and a Fort Worth Texas to Booneville flight. An Air Force C130 was tracking a beacon near Marshall area as conditions remained poor.
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Batesville, Ark
Arkansas
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Max Reynolds
Springfield
Tampa
Fla
Jamestown
N.C
Chicago
Acapulco
Mexico
Fort Worth
Tex
Booneville
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Perry Lake
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Brown State Fishing Lake
Human Relations Commission
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Richard West
Cedarwood
Haskell Indian Junior College
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
West
Philbrook Arts Center and Museum
Tulsa
Okla
Equitable
Indira
M&m Office Supply
New Hampshire
Korea
Vietnam
Associated Press
North Dakota
Allen Hoffman
Lynette
Karl Stoddard
Kenneth Herk
Moorhead
Minn
Reynolds
Chicago Area
Michael Hurt
Jacquline
Chad
Todd
Kaw River
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