Supreme Court Restrictions Tighten Private Libel Suits
The Supreme Court ruling limits private individuals from suing media for coverage of public events unless proving actual malice or calculated falsehoods. The decision, 5 4, bars a $275 000 award to a former nudist magazine distributor in Philadelphia and aligns private figures with public officials in libel liability.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Philadelphia
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Brennan
Hugo L. Black
Byron R. White
Rosenbloom
Thurgood Marshall
Potter Stewart
John M. Harlan
William O. Douglas
Meriden Girl 17 Crowned Miss Perry Lake
Meriden teen Betty Pardue, 17, was named Miss Perry Lake at Valley Falls High School Saturday night. Pardue also won the contest talent award for portraying a mother with a letter from her son serving in Vietnam. About 550 people attended, according to Perry Lake Association president Will Smith.
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Valley Falls
Betty Pardue
Meriden
Perry Lake
Slow Harvest Pace Reported in Great Bend Wheat Bulletin
Wheat harvest activity is described as very limited in the Great Bend bulletin issued by the harvest labor control office. The notice from Great Bend, Kansas notes minimal field work and slow progress on the crop.
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Great Bend, Kan
Harvest Labor Control Office
Great Bend
Harvard Law student lands summer U S Attorney job
Edward Finch Cox 24, new Harvard Law student, was named among 70 summer aides for the U S attorney's office in New York earning 60 dollars a week. He reports Monday for orientation after a two week honeymoon with Tricia Nixon.
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New York
Tricia Nixon
Edward Finch Cox
U.S
Cox
Harvard Law School
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Towe Bequest Listed for KU
The Kansas University Endowment Association received a 5000 gift from Mrs. Elizabeth L. Towe of Kansas City Missouri in memory of her sister Miss Jean Lueckert. The bequest supports the KU Medical Center children's rehabilitation unit and also aids the preschool for the deaf and the hearing and speech department. Mrs. Towe died June 28 1970 and long supported efforts for young children with hearing or speech impairments.
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Kansas University Endowment Association
Elizabeth L. Towe
Kansas City
Jean Lueckert
KU Medical Center
Towe
Light School Agenda Hints at Data Machines Purchase
The Lawrence School District considers buying two data processing machines for a total of 2636 dollars. The light agenda for the school board meeting begins at 7 30 p m today at the Administration Center 2017 La.
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Lawrence
Grant Awarded to Backus for Postdoctoral Research
Professor P. Backus of the Kansas University History and Slavic and Soviet area studies department received a post doctoral research grant from the American Council of Learned Societies.
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Oswald P. Backus
Kansas University Department of History
American Council of Learned Societies
Lighter City Commission Agenda Seen After Heavy Meetings
Lawrence City Commission prepares a lighter agenda for Tuesday in city offices. About a dozen items expected with non controversial matters dominating. Variance requests from the sign ordinance lead the agenda from Lawrence Pipe and Steel Co Auto Plaza Jim Clark Motors and Maupintour seeking outside regulation for signs.
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Lawrence
Weekend calm in Lawrence despite minor incidents
Lawrence police report no major events over the weekend with typical minor disturbances noted. The city prepares for large item pickup in area 5 North Lawrence and residents north of the Kansas River are asked to place bulky garbage at the curb. At Perry Reservoir, hundreds enjoyed a hot weekend with as many as 100 boats on peak days, water was choppy at times but conditions improved for beginners, and the lake was at normal level with water temperature good for swimming. The article also notes the solstice approaching and that the World Almanac lists three days of identical length June 19 to 21.
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Lawrence
North Lawrence
Kansas River
Memorial services set for Celia May Heaston Fullerton resident
Celia May Heaston 82 formerly of Kansas died Thursday in St. Jude Hospital Fullerton California Memorial services are at 11 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church Fullerton with Dr John A Zimmer presiding McAulay and Suters Mortuary handles arrangements Survivors include son Robert E Heaston Apple Valley California two daughters Frances Magnuson South Pasadena and Helen Mundy Balboa Island a brother George Boland Boulder Colorado and two sisters Esther Swimley El Monte and Hazel Moore Chino She was born September 25 1888 in Prairie View Kansas The Watkins Hospital Memorial Fund of the Kansas Endowment Assn is noted in connection with her obituary
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Fullerton
Calif
Celia May Heaston
Kansas
St. Jude Hospital
First United Methodist Church
John A. Zimmer
McAulay and Suters Mortuary
Robert E. Heaston
Apple Valley
Frances Magnuson
South Pasadena
Helen Mundy
Balboa Island
George Boland
Boulder
Colo
Esther Swimley
el Monte
Hazel Moore
Chino
Heaston
Prairie View
Kan
Mrs Alma Mills Hogan 61 Dies After Long Illness
Alma Mills Hogan of 704 Mo died Saturday at Watkins Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Rumsey Funeral Home with the Rev. Edwin F. Price officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family requests contributions in Mrs Hogan's name to a charity.
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Alma Mills Hogan
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
Edwin F. Price
Oak Hill Cemetery
Police Hunt Two Escapees From Kansas Penitentiary
Authorities pressed their search today for two prisoners who walked away Sunday from the Kansas State Penitentiary honor farm. Escapees are Henry Parker 41 of Gage Oklahoma serving life for first degree murder and Tom Kimble 29 of Colorado serving 1 to 10 years for robbery.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Henry Parker
Gage
Okla
Tom Kimble
Colorado
Widow Minnie Randall Rites Held in Lawrence
Mrs Minnie Ellen Randall 80 of Vinland died Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Funeral services were held at Rumsey Funeral Home Lawrence with Rev Robert Cooper officiating Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery Lawrence She was born April 18 1971 in Baldwin Survived by husband Walker of the home a daughter Opel Fowler Baldwin a son Donald Allis Baldwin two sisters Belle House Emporia Frances Macey Bakersfield Calif a brother Alfred Winters Wichita eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren
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Hogan
Shell Knob
Neodesha
Kan
Lawrence
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Bill
Vancouver
Wash
Richard
Ben
Rt. 2
Colleen Wilson
Lawrence Ave
Myrtle Harris
Auburndale
Fla
Zella Frazier
Grace Nooney
Minnie Ellen Randall
Vinland
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
Robert Cooper
Memorial Park Cemetery
Walker
Home
Opel Fowler
Baldwin
Donald Allis
Belle House
Emporia
Frances Macey
Bakersfield
Calif
Alfred Winters
Wichita
Pamela Murphy
Audie Murphy
Arlington
National
Murphy
Roanoke
Opal Lee Archer
Kansas University
Douglas County Board Crosses Valuation Complaints
The Douglas County commissioners as a board of equalization finished deciding 16 valuation complaints and will notify the complainants. Chairman Arthur Heck said totals of the changes were not yet available but expected later in the week.
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Douglas County
Board of Equalization
Commission
Arthur Heck
Heck
Kansas traffic deaths rise with June totals
Kansas highway death log shows 268 fatalities for the year up to 9 a.m. Monday in June 12 figures, compared with 249 in the comparable 1970 period.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Three Red Attacks Repulsed In South Vietnam Front
South Vietnamese forces repelled three infiltrator assaults along the northern frontier and battled a fourth. The weekend fighting left about 298 NVA killed in air and ground actions near the DMZ. Six South Vietnamese soldiers died with 53 wounded. Da Nang was shelled, three civilians killed, 10 wounded, missiles hit near the air base. U.S. air raids against the Ho Chi Minh trail continued from Da Nang.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Church unit opposes Davis fund in Presbyterian stance
Fourteen ruling elders of Lawrence Kansas First Presbyterian Church issued a statement disavowing grants by the national Council on Church and Race to defend Angela Davis and Black Panthers. They warned such funding makes the church appear to endorse the defendants and prejudges the judicial process.
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Lawrence
First Presbyterian Church
W. 23Rd
National Church Council
Angela Davis
Black Panther Party
Council On Church and Race
Presbyterian Church, USA
Miss Davis
Council On Church
WJHS Teacher to Attend Newspaper Use Workshop
Keith Wood a West Junior High School eighth grade common learnings and ninth grade social studies teacher will attend a newspaper use conference June 19 to 25 at the University of Iowa Iowa City. Sponsored by the American Newspaper Publishers Wood is the only Lawrence teacher attending. He currently uses Journal World newspapers as learning aids and aims to expand newspaper study across social studies reading and English.
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Keith Wood
E. 15Th
West Junior High School
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Assn
Wood
Lawrence
Journal- World
Journal-World
Water District Receives U S Loan for Upgraded System
Rural Water District No 1 in Douglas County has been approved for a 97200 loan by the Farmers Home Administration to fund an elevated reservoir and larger mains. The 40 year loan at 5 percent aims to upgrade facilities and allow future growth. George Alexander Jr. chairs the district and notes planning is still in preliminary stages.
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Farmers Home _ Administration
Rural Water District No. 1
Douglas County
George Alexander Jr
Rt 4
Lawrence
Family prescription records at Raney Hillcrest Drug
Tax and insurance related prescription records are kept at Raney Hillcrest Drug located at 925 Iowa. The listing notes a phone number 843-9012 and is attributed to Ady.
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Raney Hillcrest Drug
Iowa
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