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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1973
Page
11
Mostly cloudy and cold with a chance of showers tonight. Lows in the mid 30s. Sunday will be cloudy and colder with a chance of rain or snow, highs in the upper 30s. Precipitation probability 50 percent tonight and Sunday. Official readings show Friday high 58 low 39. Sunrise 7 37 a.m. Sunset 5 32 p.m.
Ga len Rasmussen of Jetmore Kansas was sworn in as Justice of the Peace for Center Township and soon performed his first marriage. The couple Shirley Fitzsimmons of Dodge City and Lanny Noggle of Dodge City paid him a $10 donation for his official stamp and he plans more ceremonies. Rasmussen, elected last November, said he did not intend to seek the office until seeing no ballot candidate.
Mrs. Spiro T. Agnew held the Bible for her husband’s second swearing in as vice president making the ceremony resemble Nixon’s. She chose the same Bible used for his first inauguration and the oath was to be administered by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger.
Edward J. Zeller of the Kansas University Space Technology Center has been granted 2500 by NASA Plane tology Division to study possible simultaneous climatic changes on Earth and Mars using Mariner 9 Mars photos. He will attend a planetology program meeting at Ames Research Center near San Francisco.
Kansas University freshmen and sophomores host a Red and Blue Party after the basketball game at the Red Dog Inn. The Penetrations provide music and free beer. admission is free for class card holders and party runs until midnight.
Gov. Robert Docking told Democratic leaders in Washington that the energy crisis demands congressional attention. He noted state plans to curb exports to conserve resources, called for federal action, and announced a January 25 meeting in Topeka with business and community leaders to discuss what he calls the federal highway crisis.
Sen. George McGovern and wife Eleanor arrive in London for a week long visit and will rest in their hotel as President Nixon takes the oath to begin his second term in Washington. The trip places McGovern about 4000 miles from the Capitol during the inauguration day.
Charles Eldredge of the Kansas University Museum of Art will lead a Sunday gallery tour at 2 p.m. in the lower level gallery. He will discuss the 14 contemporary works acquired with a 10000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and matching funds from Friends of the Museum.
Twelve speeders were fined $140 last week in Lawrence Municipal Court. Total fines were $720 with 43 convictions. A petty larceny case suspended a three day jail sentence. Week ending Jan 12 saw speeding fines of $320 for 25 people and various traffic violations totaling $105 for signal convictions and other charges.
KU hosts a week of arts including carillon recitals by Albert Gerken and organ recital by Marilyn Mason in Swarthout Hall. Film nights feature classics and modern titles at Woodruff Auditorium and the Kansas Union. Saturday's free children's film series runs at KU Museum of Natural History and nearby galleries.
Duke Ellington, 73, was released from a Los Angeles hospital after treatment for the London flu. A hospital spokesman said he was admitted last week after falling ill following a TV taping and was discharged Friday.
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