31 Dec 1976
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1976
Page
1
The AP editors select James Earl Carter's victory over Gerald Ford as 1976's top story. The piece outlines Carter's unlikely rise from Georgia governor to president, Ford's challenges, and the nation’s crowding debates and polls during a pivotal year.
Sculptor Frazier plans to finish a marble sculpture by September using a 1 4 scale model from his father. He outlines the challenge of turning the eight ton block, moving pieces into a building, and drilling holes for dowels to join sections. He expects the surface to be uneven and relies on cranes to flip the block.
The Year of the Snake begins in Japan and parts of Korea at midnight, with Asia’s lunar calendars marking Feb 18 as the start elsewhere. Soothsayers describe snake year people as intelligent and capable, with strong concentration and judgment, yet prideful and prone to conflicts, and note a famed beauty called the mibi jin in Japan.
In Douglas County District Court, Santos and Mercy Jaimez claim Richard G. Petrovits drove drunk and at unsafe speed on U.S. 24 last summer, seeking 127609 dollars in damages. They seek 1209.74 funeral costs, 100000 exemplary damages, and 25000 actual damages for the deaths of Richard Jaimez and another victim.
Bell Telephone Co seeks a new rate increase from the Kansas Corporation Commission. Vice president Stanley Crow said the request could be from 17 million to more than 30 million and would be filed immediately, despite a recent 5.7 million grant of a 26 million request.
Kansas Power and Light Co. projects its 1977 capital expenditures at about 112 million dollars, with the Energy Center driving spending. The 1977 center costs are 76 million or 68 percent of the year’s total construction budget, while 1976 center costs were 90 million or 74 percent. The Energy Center dominates long term plans, with 1976 public additions at 157 million from 1971 to 1975 and projected construction outlays of 561 million through 1980, largely for Jeffrey Energy Center.
President Ford defends launching the 135 million swine flu inoculation program while acknowledging halting it was probably wise. He notes about 50 million Americans were inoculated before suspension to explore a possible link to Guillain Barré syndrome. He says the decision was cautious and that lessons were learned.
The article outlines a plan for a section eight housing project in Lawrence that collapsed earlier due to financing. It notes 41 section eight projects active in 39 Kansas communities and doubts about 1977 funding unless Congress acts. Kitchen argues relonging should precede HUD funding and cites other federal programs.
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