South Africans reportedly to pull out of Angola
U S intelligence reports indicate South African military units have been ordered to withdraw from Angola. The move weakens Western-backed forces in Southern Angola against stronger MPLA Cuban-aligned troops, while Russian navy units retreat from the Angolan coast and the Little Rock makes a goodwill visit to Casablanca.
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Washington
U.S
Angola
Pentagon
Little Rock
Casablanca
Morocco
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Kansas committee passes 10 percent protest measure on charter votes
The Local Government Committee approved Senate Bill 616 to raise the protest threshold to 10 percent for county charter resolutions to trigger a county election, aligning with city rules and addressing recording confusion across counties. The bill moves to the Senate floor for debate with supporters calling it a key reform.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Senate
Committee
Elwaine Pomeroy
Anle
Labette
Franklin
Jackson
Fred Allen
Kansas Association of Counties
Arden Booth
Lawrence
Booth
Secretary of State
Allen
Car flips. one injured near 19th and Iowa
Theodore Bruce 27 of 702 Ariz suffered shoulder injuries when his car flipped off the road near 19th and Iowa and landed upside down in a ditch. He said loss of control after glancing off the median while traveling on Iowa. Damages about 2,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Bruce
Ariz
19Th
Iowa
Bruce
KU police recover gun in Shelton shooting case
Kansas University police recovered the gun allegedly used in the January 11 shooting of KU basketball player Reuben Shelton. The weapon was found locally and is held as evidence. police seek the gunman’s orange Mercury Capri. Shelton was shot in the left knee after being ordered from a car near 15th and Iowa. his sister was not hospitalized as claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Reuben Shelton
Mike Thomas
Shelton
Kansas City
15Th
Iowa
Tree and cars struck by errant vehicle in midnight crash
Charles I. Feild 20 lost control on Naismith near 2000 block around midnight. His car struck a parked Brinkerhoff vehicle shoved into a wall, injuring Feild and a passenger. Brinkerhoff cars incurred about 2200 in damage. garage door and tree damage undetermined.
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Charles I. Feild
Ridge Ct
Feild
Naismith
William Brinkerhoff
Brinkerhoff
Lawrence District 497 teacher contract talks delayed to Tuesday
Negotiations between the Lawrence Education Assn. and district negotiators are stalled to 4:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Administration Center 2017 La due to last minute personal schedule conflicts. Talks will be open to the public and planned to occur weekly with dates to be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Lawrence Education Assn
Ford II Hospitalized With Heart Ailment in Michigan
Ann Arbor report states Ford Motor Chairman Henry Ford II, hospitalized earlier in the week, is suffering from a heart ailment as doctors monitor his condition.
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Henry Ford II
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ford Motor Co
Newspaper names CIA employees in London report
The Socialist Worker published the names and addresses of five men it said were CIA employees in London. It claimed one was the station chief and urged action against these alleged agents of big business. Philip Agee, a former CIA agent, was said to be in Britain working on an antiCIA book.
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London
The
Socialist Worker
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Daily Telegraph
Philip Agee
Britain
Agee
Lucas elected Lawrence United Fund president for 1976
Lucas a KU assistant to the chancellor was chosen UF president for 1976 by UF directors at a meeting in Lawrence. He succeeds Suzanne Coil and leads an executive slate including Henry Snyder and Sue Bratton. The 1975 drive exceeded its $199,900 goal by about $5,500 and budget actions were outlined.
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W. Max Lucas
Kansas University
Lawrence United Fund
Douglas County State Bank
Lucas
Bardith
Suzanne Coil
Jane
Jennifer
Lawrence High School
Sarah
Amy
Henry Snyder
Strong
Sue Bratton
Tom O’shanter
Shirley Reese
Princeton
Ronald D. Hamilton
Boulder
Kansas may lose seat in Congress
The Wichita Sun reports a computer study from Wichita State University projects 1980 census reapportionment. New York could lose four seats while Pennsylvania Ohio and Illinois lose two each and Michigan Indiana Missouri Kansas and South Dakota lose one each. Florida could gain five. Texas two. several western states one. The center of population would move west of the Mississippi.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita Sun
Wichita State University Center For Business and Economic Research
New York State
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
South Dakota
Florida
Texas
Tennessee
Arkansas
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Utah
California
Oregon
Ron White
University Center
Mississippi River
Sigma Chi Fraternity Burglary Totaled 1875 Dollars
Police report a holiday break-in at the Sigma Chi fraternity at 1439 Tenn. with a grandfather clock and a stereo set stolen. Intruders entered from the back. time of burglary is unknown. Total value of stolen items is 1875 dollars.
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Sigma Chi
Tenn
KU Historian to Speak on The American Revolution
W Stitt Robinson, chairman of the Kansas University Bicentennial Committee and history professor, will lecture at 8 p.m. February 3 in Woodruff Auditorium Kansas Union. His talk titled The American Revolution Individual Challenges and National Precedents is free and public.
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W. Stitt Robinson
Kansas University
Woodruff
Kansas Union
Robinson
Thieves Damage and Steal Golf Carts at Lawrence Country Club
A group of thieves broke into the Lawrence Country Club Tuesday night and damaged four of five golf carts while one cart valued at 1700 dollars was stolen. They pried a lock to enter the maintenance building and moved between carts using seized keys before fleeing. police are seeking the stolen cart and estimating unknown number of suspects.
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Lawrence Country Club
Record Attendance at Lawrence Park Recreation Centers
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department reports record attendance across three centers in 1975. Community Building use doubled since 1973, with 71 546 residents served in 1975 and 35 030 in 1973 after a $250 000 remodel shortened 1974.
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Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department
South Park Recreation Center
East Lawrence Center
Smith named regional photographer of year
Ron Smith Journal-World chief photographer has been named photographer of the year for NPPA Region VII in the 1975 clip contest. He joined the Journal-World in May and finished in the top three each month June through December except October, securing the overall title amid about 240 monthly entries from Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Ron Smith
Journal-World
National Press Photographers Assn
NPPA
Smith
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
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David Chartrand
Mass
United Fund
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Butch Henderson
Kenn Ragland
Roger Hill
Thomas Greene
Betty Pearson
Executive Committee
Sigma Chi Theft
Campbell
Massachusetts
Leavenworth Plaza
LCC
Fred DeVictor
Parks and Recreation
Council
Citizens’ Advisory Council
City Hall
Lawrence-Douglas County
Lux
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