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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1975
Page
2
The Journal-World corrects that Howard Heck of 2810 Trail Rd. is not a brother of Douglas County Commission Chairman Arthur Heck but his cousin.
Firefighter Clifford Smith twenty five was run over by an eleven ton truck while attempting to climb onto a moving fire engine. He suffered only bruises and is listed in fairly good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after the 10 05 p m incident at Curtis 1000 Inc. without further complications.
Kansas University's Student Senate approved a measure to raise the spring allocation for men's intercollegiate athletics while cutting the women's program. The bill sets the percent of the Student Activity Fee for next year, with actual allocations to be decided later. The men's subsidy rises to 147001 from 93519 and 1973 levels, the women's falls to 47819 from 63860 and 1973 levels, with ticket prices projected to drop to 13 for football and 10 for basketball.
Marian Washington leads KU's new women's intercollegiate program as it gains momentum from a 1991 state funding shift. The program doubled participation to 150 200 with nine sports and new activities such as cross country and golf. KU hosted invitational events and plans clinics while seeking scholarships and wider high school partnerships.
An Amtrak passenger train with about 180 aboard derailed early today in Huntington West Virginia injuring two people slightly and tearing up a quarter mile of track. Other briefs note Kansas Heart Month proclamation with Gale Sayers present and a Turkish Airlines crash near Istanbul with 41 aboard yielding no survivors.
Kansas University School of Fine Arts schedules an 8 p.m. Monday faculty recital in Swarthout Recital Hall. Assistant Professor Phyllis Brill sings with Carole Ross on piano. The hour-long program includes Handel arias Berlioz songs Hebrew folk songs and a Bellini opera aria.
Pan American World Airways tours toward an accord with Iran to keep Pan Am afloat as an independent entity, while Iran gains a major transport role. concurrently Pan Am and TWA win government approval to swap routes and cut costs to reduce losses.
Thousands donate to a police fund for Frank Walker and his six children Raymond 12 Linda 11 Frank 10 Theresa 8 Danny 6 and Kelly nearly 4. Relatives say the children will stay together as offers of adoption are declined.
Former Montana governor Tim Babcock, 55, was sentenced to four months in prison for illegally concealing a $54,000 political contribution to Nixon’s 1972 campaign. He pleaded guilty to evading law against using another’s name. Babcock faces prison March 3 in Lompoc with two years of probation.
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