Northeast Kansas Weather Outlook With Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy warm and humid this afternoon and tonight with a chance of thunderstorms possibly severe. Saturday brings cooler, less humid conditions with highs in the 80s and morning low in the upper 60s to low 70s. Precipitation probability 40 percent tonight. Official readings show Thursday high 90 and low 86. today’s morning low 23. year ago today high 84 low 67. record for this date 111 in 1956 and 52 in 1950. Sunrise 6 09 a m Sunset 8 48 p m.
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Kansas
Gun battles in Belfast kill six as army advances
Belfast riots rage through Catholic districts after British troops abandoned a low profile stance and moved on IRA guerrillas. Six dead include three soldiers and three civilians, raising the toll to 16 since Wednesday and 432 in three years of Northern Ireland violence. Army claims 30 gunmen hit, no bodies found. Andersonstown district entered for first time, 700 troops in control early today.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
No Go
Andersonstown
Foreign Students Begin KU Orientation Week for 22nd Year
About 60 students from 25 countries arrive by bus on the Kansas University campus for the 22nd annual Foreign Student Orientation Center. The six week program, directed by J A Buzzle and funded by the State Department and Institute of International Education, features lectures by Baker University and KU faculty, classes in English and American life, and activities including a square dance and tours of the Nelson Gallery and Truman Library.
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Kansas University
United States
J. A. Buzzle
Ku’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
U.S. State Department
Institute of International Education
Larry Rose
Baker University
Austin Ledwith
Bernard
Ellsworth Hall
Ambrose Saricks
Nelson Art Gallery
Truman
Kansas City
Men Report Unidentified Flying Object Sighting
Two men on a fishing trip sighted a UFO west of Tonganoxie at 5 20 am reporting a jet fighter sized object moving north to south and resembling a hall of fire with sparks. The sighting lasted 5 to 10 seconds and prompted checks with regional sheriff departments and KU physics and astronomy.
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Tonganoxie
Here
Lawrence
John Patterson
Gary McCarty
Kansas City
Kan
Douglas, Jefferson and Leavenworth County
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Kansas University
Private Texas airfield ends hijack surrender
Two armed men who seized a jetliner and forced a landing on a Dow Chemical private airstrip in Lake Jackson Texas surrendered to an FBI agent. They face air piracy charges with bonds set at 1 million dollars. A second hijacking in Oklahoma city ended with a surrender after a ransom of 200000.
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Lake Jackson
Tex
FBI
Houston
Michael Stanley Green
Washington, D.C
Suseged Tesfa
Ethiopia
Green
Dow Chemical Co
Melvin M. Fisher
Norman
Okla
American Airlines
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Kansas Traffic Deaths Report July 21 1972
Fatalities record shows 329 deaths for July 21 1972 with a note one earlier fatality was unreported. Comparable 1971 period tallies reached 349 while July 21 1972 figures align with historical trends. Official release references statewide traffic tolls through 9 a.m. Friday.
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Ind
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Saiame
Army
Perry Lake
Private Texas Airfield
Fisher
National Airlines
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New York
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RADIO
Douglas County State Bank
Kentucky
FDIC
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