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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1976
Page
4
The Douglas County District Court granted a two party divorce in December. A Saturday Journal-World article incorrectly stated the divorce only involved James L Tingle as the plaintiff.
In Quito the new three man military regime bans any publication attacking government honor and dignity. The Civic Unity Front of Conservative Socialist and Social Christian parties called for return of power to the people. Civilian politicians remain largely sidelined after the February 1972 coup led by Gen. Guillermo Rodriguez Lara.
Weather map shows rain for the eastern Gulf and Atlantic Coast with snow in the Midwest Great Lakes and northern New England. The Northeast Kansas area expects partly cloudy skies cool tonight with a low in the mid to upper teens and light variable winds.
Baldwin High School faced frigid conditions as heat from two 32 ton and three 22 ton units proved insufficient. The board discussed adding a 75 000 80 000 BTU auxiliary unit for art and drafting rooms while reporting cold kitchens hallways and cafeterias.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield says U.S. intelligence manpower has fallen from 142000 in 1969 to 80000 today, but funding remains ample. He notes uncertainty over agency breakdowns and questions if further reductions are needed while a civil rights inquiry into the 1971 Fairfax break‑in looms. Ambassador Helms hires Edward Williams to defend potential charges as the statute of limitations nears.
Kansas University police say they have not determined a motive for the weekend shooting of Reuben Shelton a KU basketball player. Shelton 21 remains in good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a knee wound likely ends his season. Detective Watts will meet with surgeon Dr Bailey to assess entry angle and travel direction. Shelton says a tall black man offered to take him to Kansas City where his sister was hospitalized. The sister is reported well and has visited Shelton post incident.
Deaths and funeral notices report Dr. Ernest F. Getto of DuBois killed in January with a Requiem Mass at St. Catherine’s Church and burial in Twin Valley Mausoleum. Also listed are services for Mrs. Mary Kate Rake, William G. Edwards, and relations, with details on births, marriages, and survivors across Kansas and nearby areas.
U S Senator Herman Talmadge told about 500 at a Hutchinson dinner that a Soviet drought kept grain prices from collapsing, as he urged using agriculture as a diplomatic tool. He praised strong U S wheat exports and criticized Ford on ag policy and loan rates.
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