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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1969
Page
17
Cold with little precipitation on New Year’s Day. Clearing this afternoon, clouds return tonight. Slight flurries possible with little to no accumulation. Lows in the teens, highs Thursday in the upper 20s to low 30s. Today’s high near 25, low around 14. Sunrise 7:40, sunset 5:08.
President Nixon arrives in California for a holiday stay with wife Pat and daughter Tricia and announces one public appearance. He will register as a California voter while in the state, leaving New York absentee voting behind, and prepares for the State of the Union address with Kissinger and Ehrlichman aboard.
The Agriculture Department estimates U S maple syrup output at 1,032,000 gallons for 1969, up seven percent from last year, though Canada still dominates with about 1.5 million gallons. New York leads U S states with 248,000 gallons, followed by Vermont at 290,000 gallons.
Louis Henry Jourdan, 18, son of actor Louis Jourdan, is scheduled for arraignment in Municipal Court on January 7 on a marijuana possession charge. He was released on bond of 1250 dollars after sheriff's officers stopped his car and allegedly found a plastic bag containing marijuana.
Milton C. Moss reports Harold J. Evans 24 passed a lie detector test claiming Frederick J. Malchow 40 boasted of killing Valerie Percy. Illinois police say Evans may be truthful on the lead among 1,281 in the unsolved 1966 Kenilworth murder.
Topeka AP Rick Harman and Atty. Gen. Kent Frizzell remained noncommittal after Sen. Glenn Smith announced he would not seek the Republican nomination for governor. Smith of Larned, president pro tem of the state senate, said he will devote time to the legislative session and would have to give up his private law practice if he spent more time in public service. Harman said Smith would have been a worthy entry and acted from party concern. Frizzell noted he would not discuss politics during the holiday season and wished a happy new year.
Torrents of rain melted snow and flooding forced hundreds to flee in Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. Three deaths reported in Tennessee. National Guardsmen evacuated about 200 along the Cumberland River in Kentucky and rescued motorists atop cars amid rising waters.
About 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Paul R. Schowalter's home at 1146 Tenn. was burgled while he and three roommates were away. Items missing include a $1000 set of silver dust drums a $400 stereo phonograph and a $100 portable television. Police noted the house left unlocked and other tenants out of town.
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