Lawrence Residents Plan to Attend Carter Inauguration
Lawrence residents Jairus Marzluff and Dan Watkins announced plans to travel to Washington for President-elect Jimmy Carters January 20 inauguration. Others including Marilyn Ainsworth Lillian Ritter and local officials say invitations arrived or are expected, with some inviting family members or saving invitations as keepsakes.
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Lawrence
Jimmy Carter
J.O. Marzluff
Abilene
Dan Watkins
Ohio
Watkins
Carter
Kansas
Marilyn Ainsworth
Kansas University
Kansas Carter Campaign
Verdeanna Zeller
County
Democratic Central Committee
Washington
Dean Ward
Perry Middle School
Delbert Bailey
Rt. 5
Andy Anderson
Sinatra matriarch aboard missing private jet
Natalie Dolly Sinatra 82 was among four aboard a Lear jet flying from Palm Springs to Las Vegas that disappeared near Mt. San Gorgonio in the San Bernardino Mountains. Ground rescue delayed by snow. Sinatra learned of the crash before performing but continued the show with a standing ovation.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Frank Sinatra
Palm Springs
Calif
Natalie
Dolly” Sinatra
Caesars Palace
Las Vegas Strip
Lee Solters
Sinatra
Solters
San Bernardino County
Federal Aviation Administration
Mt. San Gorgonio
Jet Avia Inc
McCarran International
Palmdale
Bacteria Tied to Legionnaires Disease Linked by Researchers
Researchers connected chlamydiae bacteria to Legionnaires' disease based on serologic tests in four patients and a pathologist. Findings are tentative but suggest further study after the Philadelphia outbreak. Parrot fever and ornithosis are noted as related diseases in animals.
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Ames
Iowa
Philadelphia
Leslie Page
National Animal Disease Laboratory
Page
American Legion
Philip O’berry
Turkeys
Link Between Swine Flu Vaccine and Guillain Barré Grows
CDC officials report mounting evidence that Guillain Barré syndrome is a reaction to the swine flu vaccine. Since October, 571 cases have been reported with 21 deaths. 287 victims had vaccine, 261 were unvaccinated, four had B Hong Kong vaccine, and 19 unknown. Blood samples will be sent to labs nationwide for study.
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Atlanta
National Center For Disease Control
CDC
Philip Brachman
Bureau of Epidemiology
Guillain-Barre
Brachman
Kansas Economy Sound Despite Farm Slump Says Bennett
Governor Bennett announced Kansas had the lowest unemployment rate among neighbors from July to September 1976 and showed the largest non-agricultural employment gain. He cited Department of Labor figures, noting veteran placement ranks, high entry into $3 per hour jobs in the four-state region, and a fall in unemployment insurance recipients to 16,101 in September 1976.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Department of Labor
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Two men rob Jayhawk Oil clerk for over $200
Two white men wearing ski masks robbed the clerk at Jayhawk Oil Co. at 902 W. 23rd around 8 15 p m. One carried a handgun and the other a switch blade. They took the clerk s billfold and cash, then fled on foot toward the north. evidence suggested they later entered a car. Police questioned two suspects but released them. Both men are described as about six feet tall and 150 to 160 pounds.
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Jayhawk Oil Co
Student appointed to legislature in Kansas
Belva J. Ott, a pre-nursing student at Wichita, was appointed by Gov. Robert F. Bennett as state representative of the 92nd District to fill the unexpired term of J. H. Reeves who resigned to become judicial administrator in Sedgwick County. The appointment is effective Tuesday.
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Topeka
Kan
Wichita
Robert F. Bennett
Belva J. Ott
J. H. Reeves
Sedgwick County
Ford closes his era with final agenda of recommendations
Ford uses his last days to push a tax cut energy conservation and Puerto Rico statehood, while acknowledging little chance of passage. He may sign limited amnesty for Vietnam era draftees as Carter prepares to take office. Pay raises for top officials and Congress loom as a political flashpoint.
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Washington
Ford
Carter
White House
Congress
Puerto Rico
Ron Nessen
Philip A. Hart
Nessen
Chance Ford
Congressional
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Maraluff
Lawrence Realtor
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
James Earl Carter
Marzluff
Georgia
Washington D.C
Lillian
Lillian Ritter
Samaritan Lodge
Mrs. Ritter
Plains
Ms. Ritter
Hal Keltz
Douglas County
Democratic Party Central Committee
Keltz
Paul Daggs
Legion Disease
Jan and
Fred Pence
Kaw
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence Bank
Charles E. Haverty
the Lawrence
Walter R. Mears
Pendleton Byford
Pendleton
Gant
Corbin
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