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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1971
Page
6
Southwestern Bell in Kansas launches a fraud fight using computers to flag 100 known fraud numbers. The program boosts staff and targets credit card and third-number billing fraud to cut losses, with a University of Kansas student case cited as imminent.
Kansas University may change the dean of men and dean of women titles to remove disciplinary connotations while preserving advisory roles. William Balfour explains that some function consolidation may occur, with continued focus on women and men specific issues within integrated student services.
Richard Chapman was elected president of Unified School District 464 at a Monday meeting. New board members Dr. Gordon Wasson Jeep Jeannin and Bob Soetaert took office, with two regular meetings monthly. Korb Electric will install two classroom air conditioners for 665.90, and an industrial arts shop remodel and tools upgrade projected at about 20 000.
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., prominent historian and former White House aide, married Alexandra Emmet Allan in his Manhattan apartment. Judge Harold Felix presided as the couple exchanged vows on Friday. The bride is the daughter of the late Lily Cushing and William Emmet. both Schlesinger and the bride had previous marriages that ended in divorce.
Prime Minister Fidel Castro spoke at a Camaguey sugarcane ceremony promising a short address and then finished after one hour and forty two minutes. He noted the hot day and many people collapsed from the heat while Radio Havana monitored the remarks from Havana. Specific crowd size and site temperature were not disclosed.
Douglas County Sheriff Rex Johnson said investigations into two deaths are delayed by slow lab reports from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the State Department of Health. One case involves an unidentified body found at the county lake in Baldwin, the other Miss Mary Jane Underwood 23 of Lecompton who died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The ruling on whether the wound was personal safety related awaits lab results.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that officers may confiscate evidence they observe while legally on a premises. The decision overturns a lower court ruling by Judge Phill L. Woodworth in Olathe that Overland Park police could not admit evidence taken from a residence.
County agricultural extension director E L Van Meter says the sorghum green bug infestation is widely spread in Douglas County. The bug has been present about a month and farmers are urged to check fields and seek guidance on identification and control sprays from Van Meter.
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