Remains Found After Baldwin Home Fire
Officials cannot identify the bones found in the ashes of a rural Baldwin house fire that destroyed the home of Ruth Lefholz, 84. KU anthropologists say bones are elder female remains and may be hard to positively identify without medical records. Police investigations stall after a 1966 dentist record lead proved inconclusive.
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Baldwin
Ruth Lefholz
Douglas County
Rex Johnson
Kansas University
William Stini
Stini
Michael Crawford
Johnson
Lefholz
Woods Lands Big Eight Letter From Ottawa Star
Kansas coach Bud Moore announces the signing of Ottawa High School lineman Greg Woods a 6 3 230 pound prospect with a 3 5 GPA who plans pre med study and is a track shot putter and discus thrower. Woods signed the conference letter Monday night ahead of Daylight Saving Time change this weekend when clocks move back to 2 a.m. Sunday.
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Kansas
Bud Moore
Greg Woods
Ottawa
Woods
Kansas State
Ottawa High
Panel backs moves to increase money supply this week
The House Banking Committee faces subcommittee action today on proposals to expand the money supply and to empower the Fed and the president to allocate credit. Chairman Henry S. Reuss says approval is likely, despite Ford administration opposition, with full committee action Thursday and a House vote next week. The bill amending the Fed mandate focuses on lowering long term rates to cut unemployment, a plan opposed by Fed Chairman Arthur Burns as undermining independence and hindering recovery.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
House Banking Committee
Henry S. Reuss
Ford
House
Wisconsin
Federal Reserve
Arthur F. Burns
ARC lay off 35 may be permanent in Lawrence
Agency Records Control cut 35 positions in a shift to become a print site. The Lawrence office, previously a regional hub for the Houston parent company, now transfers data control to Bryan Texas and maintains seven staff to service 700 accounts. Other processing moves to Texas.
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Agency Records Control
First National Bank
Ninth
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Houston
Tex
Nadiya Raab
Ms. Raab
Bryan
Jerry Wall
Texas
McClain Given Life Sentence for Murder and Robbery
Terry McClain, 24, was sentenced by Shawnee County District Court Judge Kay McFarland to life imprisonment for the July murder of Gene R. Scott a Seven Eleven supervisor. He also received 15 years to life for aggravated robbery to run consecutively.
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Terry McClain
Shawnee County
Kay McFarland
Gene R. Scott
McClain
Golf course chiefs to speak at turfgrass conference
Douglas H. Fender and William E. Knoop of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America will headline at the world’s largest turfgrass conference this week at The Rivergate in New Orleans. Fender will discuss writing a newsletter for clubs.
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Douglas H. Fender
William E. Knoop
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Lawrence
Rivergate
New Orleans
Fender
Campaign finance law stalls as Ford and Congress delay
The Watergate era campaign law lacks an enforcement commission staff and regulations four months after signing. Congress has not funded enforcement and Ford has asked for far less than planned. Nominees await confirmation as $5 million first-year authorization shrinks to $500000 in Ford’s budget.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Ate
House
Commission
Long-lived Khfaf La suria dies at 139 in Caucasus
Tass reports Khfaf La suria one of the oldest women in the world has died at 139 in the Caucasus mountains. She lived in Kutol Georgia and is survived by more than 100 descendants. The region is noted for longevity.
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Moscow
Khfaf Lasuria
Caucasus
Tass
Kutol
Black and
Caspian Seas
KU English Center director Edward Erazmus resigns
Edward Erazmus director of Kansas University's Intensive English Center resigns effective June 30. He cites personal reasons and says the move is not due to pressure from students or staff. He has led the center since 1964 and will remain at KU pending future arrangements. The advisory board will meet next week to discuss a successor or search committee.
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New York
American Heart Association
Association
Edward Erazmus
Kansas University
Intensive English Center
IEC
Erazmus
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Spencer Research Library
Foster Hall
SEC
Carruth-O'Leary
Robert Cobb
J.H. Stuart Smith
J.C. Sproule and Associates Ltd
Calgary
Alberta
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Ku’s
Geology Department
Lindley Hall
Smith
Geological Exploration
Lawmakers push to bar college students from food stamps
U S Rep Larry Winn Jr co sponsors a bill to ban students over 18 who are dependents of ineligible families from receiving food stamps. The USDA regulation to forbid such students runs Jan 10 to June 30 and would become permanent if law passes.
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U.S
Larry Winn Jr
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jerry Litton
D-Mo
Cyprus Invaders Citizenship Claim Prompts UN Meeting
Greek Cypriots accuse the northern Turkish Cypriot state of granting citizenship to about 40 000 Turkish invasion troops and families. The letter seeks a UN Security Council session and renewed talks, while Waldheim meets Turkish and Greek leaders in Ankara and Athens.
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Cyprus
United Nations Security Council
Huang Hua
Council
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Ankara
Athens
New York
Turkey
Priots
Security Council
Bank lowers prime rate to 8.5 percent first major lender
Chemical Bank reduces its prime lending rate for creditworthy business borrowers by 0.5 point to 8.5 percent effective immediately. The move signals possible shifts in consumer and mortgage rates as a response to a recession and slowing business borrowing demand.
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New York
Chemical Bank
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