Hearing loss sparks professor's life work in acoustics
Kansas University speech and drama professor and Bureau of Child Research associate John Brandt turned personal hearing loss into a career studying middle ear muscles. His work links ear muscle action to speech perception and potential new tests for stuttering and vocal-cord related feedback.
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John Brandt
Brandt
Kansas University
Ku’s
Bureau of Child Research
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Brand
Consumer Reports
Correction shifts meeting time for Community School forum
Monday night’s session between the Community School Issues Forum and the Department of Health Education and Welfare regarding alleged discrimination will begin at 7 30 p m at the ECEAN Community Action Center located at 1201 East 13th Street.
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Community School Issues Forum
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ecean Community Action Center
E. 13Th
Coast Guard halts search for Grand Zenith crew and missing seaman
The Coast Guard declared 38 Chinese crewmen from the oil tanker Grand Zenith and a Rhode Island seaman lost at sea as dead. The 644 foot Panamanian-flagged ship, last heard Dec 31, was 60 miles south of Yarmouth Nova Scotia en route to Somerset Massachusetts with 8 million gallons of fuel oil. Coast Guard spokesman Richard Griggs said there is no chance of survival after evaluating Dallas cutter reports.
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Boston
Rhode Island
Coast Guard
Yarmouth
Nova
Dallas
Richard Griggs
West Ridge Heights 30 Acre Subdivision Approved in Lawrence
Lawrence city commissioners approved a final plat for the 30 acre West Ridge Heights subdivision at Trail Road and Kasold Drive. The vote covered five land use items and related assessments, with staff outlining estimated street and utility costs for the hilly site.
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Allen Torrey
Lawrence
Marnie Argersinger
Don Binns
Barkley Clark
City County Planning Commission
Westridge Heights
Trail Road
Kasold Drive
City to hire private hauler for weekly trash rounds
City commissioners were told the sanitation department will use a private trash hauler to finish weekly rounds by Friday despite last week’s snow and cold. Public Works Director George Williams cited more frontline trucks and hired laborers, plus improved absenteeism, as reasons for optimism.
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George Williams
Public Works
Williams
Buford Watson
Department
Watson
North Lawrence
Callaway Won’t Be Prosecuted in Colorado Resort Case
The Justice Department will not prosecute Howard Callaway over a Colorado ski resort expansion. After six months the investigation was dropped. Atty. Gen. Thornburgh released the letter, and Callaway, traveling, had no comment.
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Justice Department
Ford
Howard
Bo” Callaway
Colorad
Department
Callaway
Asst. Atty
Richard Thornburgh
Mount Crested Butte
Colo
Brian Gettings
President Ford Committee
Army
Crested Butte Development Corp
U.S. Forest Service
Colorado
Forest Service
Pentagon
J. Phil Campbell
Richard Ashworth
Department of Agriculture
Rexford Resler
Resler
Ralph Walton
Campbell
Campbell Wrote To ex-Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz
Ashworth
Indoor pool and merit pay dominate PTA forum topics
About 50 attended the Lawrence PTA Council meeting at the district Administration Center. Merit pay for teachers sparked the most discussion while the case for an indoor swimming pool drew support and applause from several parents.
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Lawrence Pta Council
PTA
Ernest Angino
Judy Kroeger
Ralph King
Zaire Volcano Eruption Impacts Goma Evacuation
Reports from Brussels say the Nyragongo volcano near Goma in eastern Zaire erupted with five craters and lava flows. Initial death tolls were disputed with figures ranging up to 11,000, while Kinshasa radio and local sources described evacuations and road damage near Lake Kivu.
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Brussels
Belgium
Nyragongo
Zaire
Kinshasa
Goma
Lake Kivu
Rwanda
Grace Garment disappearance unsettles family in New York
Grace Garment 49 wife of former Nixon aide Leonard Garment remains missing six weeks after last seen December 3 at Pennsylvania Station New York. Police say they have no solid leads and check hospitals morgues and unknowns while coordinating with FBI and federal officials. Garment once worked on Edge of Night and is a U.N. Human Rights Commission delegate. family appeals for her to contact home.
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New York
Leonard Garment
Grace Garment
Pennsylvania Station
Manhattan
Max Sanders
Police Department
Sanders
Washington
FBI
Garment
Brooklyn Heights
Nixon
U.S
United Nations’ Human Rights Commission
Mudge Rose Guthrie & Alexander
Corps postpones opening of Lake Perry road bids
The U S Army Corps of Engineers postpones bid opening for nine miles of Lake Perry roads to Jan 27. Bids were to be opened today in Kansas City. Projects include a three mile stretch on U S 24 north of Perry and a six mile link from Jefferson State Park to K 92 west of the lake.
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Camelback Drive
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Fred Pence
Carl Mibeck
Dick McClanathan
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Clark
Mary Lou Wright
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Emporia
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General Electric
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