City commission race results show Clark and Carter lead
Clark won the top spot with 1 532 votes while Carter trailed. Precincts showed Clark dominant downtown and south district, with Rose finishing fourth in the field. Turner, Mallonee, Hann and Brun also placed, as turnout reached 7 064 of 29 748 registered voters.
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Carter
Bette Mallonee
Rose
North Lawrence
Albertson
David Hann
Margaret Brun
Phillip Perry
Jerald Riling
Floyd Cobler
Commission
Pine Leads School Board Vote In Lawrence Race
Pine led with 3 404 votes winning 18 of 24 polling places including Grant Township. Davis Vaughn Hopkins trailed, with Davis at 1 638 votes, Vaughn 2 475 and Hopkins 2 354. The slate finished with Wolfe 2 016 and Crews 1 780 as seven candidates lost out.
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Pine
Grant Township
Davis
Vaughn
Hopkins
W. Fifth
Jane Frydman
Homestead
Waugh
The
Lawrence Savings Assn
W. 27Th
Kansas University
Wolfe
Crews
Lawrence Education Assn
South Junior High School
Lea
H.C. Stuart
Ottis Vann
Peggy Barlow
Georgann Villee
Ola Faucher
Willis Dukelow
Afro Arab summit ends with pledges for unity and aid
The Cairo Afro Arab summit concluded with declarations of economic cooperation and political solidarity. Leaders from 60 nations pledged about 1.5 billion dollars in Arab oil backing for African development and specified funds for liberation movements. The documents stress noninterference and support for Palestinians, Namibians, and Rhodesian nationalists in their fight against apartheid regimes.
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Cairo
Israel
South Africa
Rhodesia
Kansans for Improvement of Nursing Homes to Meet Governor
Members of KINH may learn if a statewide nursing home probe will proceed after a Thursday meeting with Governor Bennett at 11 30 a m in the statehouse Topeka They submitted a petition requesting a special committee with subpoena power Bennett has not decided and press access to the session is uncertain A House committee is finishing major revisions to nursing home rules and regulations with a 4 15 p m meeting.
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Kansans For Improvement of Nursing Homes
KINH
Robert Bennett
Statehouse
Topeka
Bennett
Investi
Lawrence
House
Public Health and Welfare Committee
Scheduling committee at KU dormant so far
The Allen Fieldhouse Utilization Committee to approve non athletic events at KU has not met this year and its duties are unofficially held by Floyd Temple. Thornton Mason and other students say scheduling needs full committee approval, while changes in athletic department roles have dispersed control and delayed decisions.
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Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas University
Ting
Jerry Waugh
Williams Athletic Fund
KU Athletic Corp
Floyd Temple
Thornton Mason
Lawrence
Temple
Mason
Waugh
Clyde Walker
Walker
Williams Fund
Doug Messer
Messer
AIM Leaders Plan Demonstrations Over Haskell Tension
Local AIM organizers plan a protest floor action at Long Branch tavern and urge witnesses from the tavern to testify. Mike Kitchkommie denounces Lawrence Police Department harassment tied to the Picotte incident and warns of demonstrations led by national AIM figures including Russell Means arriving soon.
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Mike Kitchkommie
Haskell Aim
Picotte
Haskell
Chiefstick
AIM
Russell Means
Rescue team continues search for five missing miners
In Tower City Pennsylvania rescuers bore a second hole into Big Lick Mountain after an electronic probe failed to detect life. They lowered listening devices and a television camera down 432 feet but saw only debris. Drilling moved 55 feet to a new site.
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Tower City
Big Lick Mountain
Gunmen seize hostages at D C building near White House
In Washington a group of gunmen armed with rifles held about 20 people hostage on the seventh floor of the B N A I B R I International Headquarters seven blocks north of the White House after injuring three during their hold up. Shots were exchanged and the attackers blocked windows with rollers to hamper a police response.
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Washington
White House
B’nai B’rith International
D.C
A.W. Bell
Bell
Kansas Senate OKs income tax reform bill
The Kansas Senate approved 26 to 13 a tax reform bill raising the personal exemption to 750 for 1977 and boosting upper income brackets. The House version delays the exemption and differs on brackets. compromises are expected with Gov. Bennett pressed to take a stand.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
House
Senate
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
John Chandler
Holton
Ron Hein
Paul Hess
Wichita
Fred Kerr
Pratt
Elwaine Pomeroy
John Simpson
Salina
John Vermillion
Independence
Water plant bond issue approved and evacuations at KU
The city approved general water bonds for an 8.8 million dollar plant on Dragstrip Road to supplement the Kansas River plant. The new facility links to the city system with 14.9 million gallon daily lake allotment and 2 million from Baldwin. Two KU residence halls were evacuated after anonymous bomb threats, later found safe.
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Dragstrip Road
Kansas River
State Water Resources Board
Baldwin
Watson
Kansas University
Naismith Hall
Ellsworth Hall
Lawrence lawmaker denies parts of marijuana story
Kansas Rep. Mike Glover disputed a Sunday Kansas City Star report about his past marijuana use. He said the article misquoted him and that the claimed dealer and degree details were incorrect. An inquisition and immunity questions were set for Shawnee County District Court with lawyers from both sides present.
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Lawrence
Mike Glover
Kansas University
Glover
Shawnee County
Kansas City Star
Terry Bullock
Douglas County
Mike Malone
Topeka
Star
Ray Morgan
Morgan
John Hampage
Thomas Regan
William Albott
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
David Berkowitz
Berkowitz
Malone
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Zambia
Kenneth Kaunda
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Qatar
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Nue
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Kansas House
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John McKinstry
John T. Stewart
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