Man offers to sell eye to fund operation
Herbert Gibboney, 58, advertises to sell one eye for 35000 cash plus surgery to transfer the cornea to pay for his wife’s operation. Mrs. Gibboney, 54, needs a second bone graft after a previous UCLA center operation failed. they owe about 20000 on the first, and he earns 210 monthly with a heart condition. Flu deaths rise above epidemic levels for a third straight week with 759 deaths in 121 cities, but experts caution against alarm.
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Grass Valley
Calif
Herbert Gibboney
Gibboney
Ucla Medical Center
Grass Valley Union
Atlanta
Center For Disease Control
U.S
Lawrence Corey
Center
Hong Kong
Groundhog Day Forecast Sets Pace for Spring or Winter
Groundhog Day predictions center on a 50 50 chance of spring or six more weeks of winter. Forecasters expect partly cloudy skies with a possible shadow tells a short winter while milder temperatures are projected ahead. Lawrence's January moisture totals 2.17 inches, exceeding the 1.17 inch average.
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National Weather Service
Lawrence
Ford presents 1976 budget with 52 billion deficit
President Ford unveiled a 349 billion federal budget for fiscal 1976 showing a 52 billion deficit. He warned the shortfall could climb toward 70 billion without Congress adopting his spending cuts including Social Security, food stamps, and nutrition programs.
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Ford
Washington
Congress
Administration
Partly cloudy details on page 3
Partial weather blurb notes partly cloudy conditions with no further specifics on timing or temperatures. Source references continuation on page 3 for full details.
Judge Frees Charles Colson From Prison
U S District Judge Gerhard Gesell reduced Charles W Colsons one to three year obstruction of justice term to seven months. Colson plans to devote time to religious work and family, with writing on religious topics and Watergate experiences. He will not join the lecture circuit and began serving July 8.
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Washington
Charles W. Colson
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Gesell
Colson
McLean
Gardening costs rise as seeds double in price
Garden seeds now cost more across the board with corn seeds up from 1.50 to 2.15 per pound and lettuce seed jumping 75 percent. Dealers report smaller bulk discounts and wholesale lists already outdated, while some local florists see little change in stock. Fenceposts aside, prices for other garden staples have climbed in the past year.
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Everthing
Hank North
Garden Center
North
Lawrence Florists
Northrup King and Co
Northrup
Plane crash near Houston kills four on foggy approach
A private DC3 operated by Horizon Land Development Co. crashed while approaching Houston Intercontinental Airport in fog and rain. Police report four dead including the pilot and copilot, 10 injured, with 14 hospitalized due to fumes. witnesses heard an explosion as the plane flipped in a field off Hardy Road.
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Houston, Tex
Houston Intercontinental
Department of Public Safety
Horizon Land Development Co
Houston
Paul Carr
Carr
Tulsa
Okla
Lawton
Steve Burt
Fire Department
Sheriff's
Burt
Hardy Road
U S and Soviet Open Talks on Vladivostok Accord
In Geneva, U S and Soviet negotiators began substantive talks to flesh out the Vladivostok accord limiting ICBMs missiles and heavy bombers to 2400 and MIRV equipped weapons to 1320. The session follows an 80 minute Friday start and aims toward SALT II with Brezhnev and Nixon having sealed SALT I.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Soviet Union
Vladivostok
U.S
A. Alexis Johnson
Vladimir Semenov
Johnson
Semonov
Sched
Uled
Ford
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Washington
Air Force
Minuteman
Brezhnev
Richard M. Nixon
Commissioners briefed on hospital expansion
Emergency drive access and a proposed routing for emergency vehicles around the future Lawrence Memorial Hospital drew close attention at a meeting of city and hospital officials Friday. The plan for the estimated 17.295 million expansion prompted concerns over curb cuts and traffic flow. City officials questioned the master site plan and how they would affect visitor parking and emergency access.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Buford Watson
Dick McClanathan
Brian Kubota
Arkansas
Nancy Hambleton
Fourth
Maine
Restraining order blocks city garage site in Lawrence
A restraining order halted action on locating a city maintenance garage at Second and Indiana Lawrence after Edward G. Collister Jr. filed an injunction. The petition challenges the Nov. 12 city commission designation, cites prior planning decisions, and seeks a referendum on the garage site. A hearing on permanence is set for next week.
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Second and
Indiana
James W. Paddock
Edward G. Collister Jr
Old West Lawrence and Pinckney
Lawrence City
Collister
Richard Spear
Old West
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Jean Gibboney
State Department
Harry Truman
Truman
Harry
Journal-World- Index
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Peewee
Sree
Charles Colson
Russia
Ralph Reed
Rich Vandegrift
McBro Planning
St. Louis
Kenneth Thompson
White, Weld and Co. Inc
Kansas City
Norman Gaar
Stinson, May, Thomson, McEvers and Fizzell
Lawrence Neighborhood Defense Fund
Raney Drugs
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