KU researchers propose biological control of cockroaches
KU graduate students presented a National Science Foundation backed report on pheromones and hormones to trap, misdirect, and reduce cockroach populations. They tested aggregation and sex pheromones for trapping, studied reproductive hormones, and conducted in situ trap experiments in an abandoned building near campus. The team notes hormones are environmentally friendly and species specific, offering a long term alternative to conventional insecticides.
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Kansas University
National Science Foundation
NSF
Washington, D.C
Gary Sams
Lawrence
Sams
Mike Breed
Shawnee Mission
Breed
Mike Rust
Rust
No Penalty for Out-of-State Firms That Do Not Register
An out of state firm doing work in Kansas can avoid penalties for not registering with the secretary of state if it does not seek damages in a Kansas court. McBro Planning and Development Co. registered only after starting work on the Lawrence Memorial Hospital expansion. Attorneys note possible unintentional oversight and difficulty tracking all corporations doing business in Kansas.
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Kansas
Secretary of State
McBro Planning and Development Co
St. Louis
Attorney General
Max Moses
McBro
Moses
McBro Corporation
Emergency tax cut target for low and middle incomes
House Ways and Means Chair-designate Rep. Al Ullman said a one-year emergency tax measure to shift revenues into spending would reach a House vote by early March. The plan prioritizes low and middle incomes, with possible oil depletion and corporate relief.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
al Altman
D-Ore
Ullman
Ford
House Democratic
Oil Union Leader Warns Of Nationwide Strike
A F Grospiron president of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Worker International Union says a strike will be called by tonight if a new contract with oil companies is not reached. The nationwide action would follow a 24 hour deadline with talks continuing and union demands for 1.20 per hour raises over three years plus 50 cents immediately and a cost of living escalator clause.
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Denver
A.F. Grospiron
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Worker International Union
Grospiron
Richardson Named for London Post
President Ford nominated Elliot L Richardson to be ambassador to Great Britain. Ford praised Richardson's public service and noted his 1973 resignation as attorney general rather than obey Nixon to fire Archibald Cox. If confirmed, Richardson would succeed Walter Annenberg.
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Washington
Ford
Elliot L. Richardson
Great Britain
Richardson
Richard M. Nixon
Archibald Cox
Elliot Richardson
Walter H. Annenberg
Senate
Saudi Arabia signs $756 million jet fighter deal with U S
Saudi Arabia concludes a $756 million purchase of several squadrons of U S made jets to bolster defense. The deal includes Northrop F5E Tiger jets and follows a recent $860 million France arms package. Signings occurred in Riyadh amid broader Middle East diplomacy and weather outlooks note rain and snow.
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Saudi Arabia
France
Riyadh
Egypt
United States
Middle East
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Syria
Jordan
Hussein
Israel
Jordanian
Yigal Allon
Britain
Charles H. Percy
Senate
Persian Gulf
Dubai
Journal-World Index Colder Full Details
The Journal-World Index lists weather details and page 9 note directions. It references colder conditions and full details available on the specified page.
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Journal-World Index
Colder
Linwood teachers slain in apparent murder suicide
Autopsy confirms double shooting deaths of Donald Leuszler and wife Jeanette Leuszler at their Linwood home. Sheriff Hawes says no motive yet. school and town shaken as officers investigate.
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Linwood
Leavenworth County
Dan Hawes
Donald Leuszler
Jeanette
Linwood High School
Lawrence
Leuszler
Guy Casey
Walter Meyer
Basehor High School
Meyer
Leavenworth
Leuszlers
Almena
F. J. Kelly
Hawes
Richard Langan
Sumpter Funeral Home
Nuclear disaster sirens again ring. cause uncertain
A cluster of 12 Lawrence sirens sounded for minutes around 5:15 p.m. and sparked a flood of calls. Officials floated prank activation, encoder malfunction, weather harmonics, or cross‑transmission as causes. Investigators planned Kansas City inspection and a county meeting to review the incident.
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Lawrence
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