Talking to plants gains curious popularity in homes
A KU graduate student from Cleveland says he talks to about 20 houseplants and many others collect them for color and life. Garden Center reports a plant boom tied to Earth Day and a back to nature trend, while readers weigh in with varied opinions on plant speech.
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Tim Sippola
Kansas University
Cleveland
Ohio
Jim Freeman
Garden Center
15Th
New York
Frances Jones
Lawrence
Ms. Jones
Peter Tompkins
Christ
Freeman
Sally McGee
Home Growthg 904
John Cross
Staffing Cuts Strain KU Medical Center Nursing Shifts
Kansas University Medical Center officials say budget cuts by the Kansas Board of Regents will keep evening and weekend nursing shifts understaffed through fiscal year 1977. Nurses work 16 hour days to meet minimum staffing, with clerical duties consuming time that should serve patients.
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Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas Board of Regents
Mary Ann Eisenbise
Eisenbise
Russell Miller
Medical Center Administration
Regent
Argentine general strike paralyzes Buenos Aires economy
The CGT to 48 hour strike against Jose Lopez Rega and conservative policy began at midnight. Resignations by Peronist cabinet members did not halt the walkout, which closed public venues and delayed reopening until Thursday amid fears of economic damage and political maneuvering.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
General Labor Confederation
CGT
Cecilio Conditi
Peron
la Opinion
Lopez Rega
Mrs. Peron
Baldwin Youth Dies In Rural Road Crash
A 17 year old Baldwin youth Michael R McDonnell died after his car overturned on County Road 1039 near Worden. Two witnesses reported the northbound crash occurred while he was passing another vehicle. He was a Baldwin High School graduate. Services will be at Wilson and Son Chapel Wellsville at 10 30 a m Tuesday with burial in Wellsville Cemetery. He is survived by his parents two sisters and multiple grandparents and great grandparents.
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Baldwin
Douglas County
Worden
Michael R. McDonnell
Baldwin High School
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Douglas Cooper
W. 20Th Terr
Charles Jehle
McConnell
U.S. 56
Wilson and Son
Wellsville
Kenneth Been
Wellsville Cemetery
Raymond McConnell
Rt. 1
Diane
Rhonda
Barbara Scurrah
Boston
Mass
Marybell McConnell
Charles Sluder
Rt. 3
Ottawa
Eunice Morrison
Bonner Springs
Lawrence
Holiday Inn
James R. Meisner
Coventry Manor
John Lungstrum
Langstrum
Lawrence JA
Adult Advisers
Senate to probe gasoline price hikes by oil firms
Senate leaders Henry M. Jackson and Adlai Stevenson announced a special investigation into recent gasoline price increases. Hearings by the permanent subcommittee on investigations and the commerce subcommittee on oil and gas production will explore whether refineries reduced output to push prices higher. FEA officials said prices would vary by region and peak during the vacation driving season. Ralph Nader criticized the rises as windfall profits and urged price controls.
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Washington
Senate
Henry M. Jackson
D Wash
Adlai E. Stevenson
D-Ni
Permanent
Jackson
Commerce
Stevenson
Federal
John Hill
Federal Energy Administration
Eric Causner
FEA
Ralph Nader
Nader
Winn Plans Second Effort for Prairie Park National Park
U S Congressman Larry Winn of Kansas plans to introduce a bill in Congress this week or next to authorize a tallgrass prairie national park in Kansas. The measure would not specify a site, relies on a House sub committee, and seeks cosponsors including Rep Morris Udall if possible. Kansas studies at seven sites and border areas inform the effort. cost and development plans would wait for a congressional hearing.
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U.S
Larry Winn
R-Kan
Congress
Kansas
Winn
The
Journal-World
House of Representatives
House
Kansas-Oklahoma
John Kyl
Interior
Park Service
Lawrence City Commission to hear Ling house repair decision
The Lawrence City Commission plans a 7 p.m. Tuesday hearing on repairing or demolishing Daniel Ling property at 1301 Ohio. The board of appeals recommended razing the site and delaying action on a second Ling property at 1321 Tenn. Repairs were ordered on three other Ling properties. The meeting also covers a $595000 revenue sharing payment for the county city judicial building and several zoning, site plan, and board minutes items.
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Lawrence City Commission
Daniel Ling
Rt. 1
City Lall
Ohio
Minimum Housing Code Board of Appeals
Tenn
Judicial Law Enforcement
Douglas County Judicial Building
New York
10Th Street
St. Luke’s A.M.E. Church
Housing Code Board of Appeals
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Opher Bird
Tompkins
Bird
KUMC
Miller
Howard Feldmann
Feldmann
Board of Regents
Michael McConnell
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Kyl
Carey
Zenith-Amana-Westinghouse
Kelvinator
Hoover
Massachusetts
Leavenworth Plaza
23Rd
Louisiana
Walt Hicks
Ben Barteldes
Delaware
Local Housing Authority Board
Frye Shoes
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