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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1969
Page
12
Fragmentary OCR report indicates tonight preparation with 30 percent precipitation on a Saturday fragment. Five day forecast lists uncertain values and temperatures with garbled terms and numbers.
The Senate considers new and conflicting reform plans. Mansfield and Aiken propose abolishing the Electoral College for a popular vote, lowering voting age to 18, limiting presidents to one six year term, and a direct presidential primary. Mundt seeks a constitutional amendment for direct electors. Ervin and Bayh back proportional or popular vote plans. A Judiciary subcommittee will study and recommend.
Two teams working separately and nearly simultaneously created in a test tube a master enzyme ribonuclease that governs cellular chemistry. The work by Rockefeller University researchers and Merck Sharp & Dohme scientists promises medical applications. L asparaginase shows leukemia promise. dextranase may aid dental plaque removal.
The Civil Aeronautics Board tentatively approves a 3.8 percent rise in domestic passenger fares. Final approval will follow tariff analysis. six major airlines sought 5 to 7 percent increases. First class fares for any distance would rise $3 one way, with some East-West routes 800 miles or more seeing $1 to $7 increases.
Lawrence High School Wind Ensemble and Orchestra present their annual Mid Winter concert at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. The 60 member orchestra is directed by Larry Williams with Dave Catron leading the Wind Ensemble. Admission is free. The program includes Haydn Symphony No 9 Westminster Meditation by Eric Coates Danse Russe from Petrouchka and works by Claude T Smith Vaclav Nelhybel and selections from I Do I Do. The groups will perform for West Junior High students and at the Kansas Music Educators convention February 14 15 at Kansas University.
Washington Senator William Proxmire exposes an Air Force memo detailing three ways to remove efficiency expert A. Fitzgerald after he disclosed a $2 billion cost overrun in the C 5A program. Air Force officials deny planned retaliation and stress no action is planned.
At the University State Bank second annual stockholders meeting stockholders re elected the board of directors and officers. Directors re elected include Ben A Barteldes Robert G Billings John W Brand Jr C N Cushing Robert P Harrison Dr H Penfield Jones William G Parrott Jr Kenn L Ragland Richard H Raney Richard M Raney and W C Springer. Officers re elected are Barteldes chairman Ragland president Harold Sweeney vice president and cashier and Brand Jr secretary. The bank opened Dec 8 1967 and after 13 months of operation assets totaled 3746795 01. The growth is considerably above that projected in the application for charter said President Ragland who thanked the city for a record breaking first year operation.
The Internal Revenue Service has filed a $10 660 income tax claim against Joseph M Valachi the Cosa Nostra canary for taxes allegedly unpaid from 1950 to 1956 A court lien accompanies the claim Valachi was imprisoned in 1959 on narcotics charges and later given a life sentence for assaulting a fellow inmate He exposed Cosa Nostra secrets in a 1963 Senate committee hearing
Former Yankee pitching star Ed Lopat is scouting for the Montreal Expos as the new National League team prepares to join the majors in 1996.
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