Marijuana report sparks mixed Kansas reaction from KU to lawmen
National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse findings draw praise from KU officials like Dean Howard Mossberg and critic from Douglas County law enforcement. They warn penalties on private use may fade, while enforcement and prosecution for sales or cultivation face new challenges and debates intensify.
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National Commission On Marijuana and Drug Abuse
Kansas University
Howard Mossberg
KU School of Pharmacy
Kansas
Mossberg
Lawrence
Nixon talks delegation heads to Finland for arms talks
The American delegation to strategic arms talks departs for Finland ahead of a potential major accord before the May Moscow summit. Hutchinson reports Cosmopolitan's April issue features Burt Reynolds and vanishes from local racks while Wichita stores show strong demand. EPA acts to ban remaining mercury pesticide uses and moves to cancel registrations for all 750 other uses.
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Washington
Finland
Nixon
Moscow
Hutchinson, Kan
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Kansas
Hutchinson
Wichita
Burt Reynolds
Environmental Protection Agency
Thunderstorm and hail hit Stafford Kansas local outage follows
A strong thunderstorm dumped 1.12 inches of rain in under an hour in Stafford with hail clogging storm sewers. Lightning set two power poles on fire and caused brief outages as police and fire crews cleared debris.
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Stafford
Kan
United States Gives 35.3 Million for UN Relief in Bangladesh
The United States announced a 35.3 million dollar grant to UN relief in Bangladesh to ease food delivery bottlenecks. Ambassador George Bush said the funding will help acquire cargo handling equipment and was communicated to Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.
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United Nations
United States
United Nations Relief For
Bangladesh
George Bush
U.S
Kurt Waldheim
Miller vows to press marijuana war despite safety doubt
Topeka Attorney General Vern Miller says there is no solid evidence that marijuana is safe to smoke and experts disagree on its effects. He states he will continue his war on marijuana amid the ongoing debate.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Vern Miller
Miller
Teachers donate raises to fund tuition aid at South Hills Catholic
South Hills Catholic High School staff pledge 4 160 to a scholarship fund to help students offset tuition increases after the state aid ban. Assistant principal James Palmer notes roughly all lay teachers participate and plan to cover part of a 150 to 200 dollar raise through donations.
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Pittsburgh
South Hills Catholic High School
James Palmer
Palmer
Haskell Students Named to Court
Three student members and three alternates appointed to the Haskell Indian Junior College Student Court. Members include Gary White Choctaw and Adam Fillmore Jr Chickasaw. Senate representative John Flynn Sac and Fox-Pottawatomie. Alternates are Joe Bryan Norman Drywater and Robert Daugherty.
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Haskell
Haskell Indian Junior College
Gary White
Choctaw
Yuma
Ariz
Adam Fillmore Jr
Chickasaw
Tishomingo
Okla
John Flynn
Sac and Fox-Pottawatomie
Oxnard
Calif
Joe Bryan
Carson City
Nev
Norman Drywater
Cherokee Creek
Eufala
Robert Daugherty
Jay
Lawrence Fireman Suspended Over Missing Home Phone
Lawrence fireman Robert J. Anderson was suspended until April 1 for not maintaining a telephone at his home as required by fire department regulations. Anderson has served about three years with the department, Fire Chief F. C. Sanders said today.
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Lawrence
Robert J. Anderson
F. C. Sanders
Anderson
Sanders
Fire Department
Deaths and funerals in Tonganoxie and area
Funeral services are scheduled for Hugh Philip Laughlin 59 of Chesterfield Mo on Monday at Sacred Heart Church Tonganoxie with burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery Atchison Visitation Sunday at Quisenberry Funeral Home Tonganoxie Laughlin died March 20 in Amsterdam Netherlands Also listed are services for Maurice F Heywood 58 Linwood and Dr Ira J Pierson 434 Neb with obituaries, survivors and service details from local churches and memorials.
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Tonganoxie
Hugh Philip Laughlin
Chesterfield
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Atchison
John Ryan
Quisenberry Funeral Home
Laughlin
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Funeral services for Jerry Currens obituary notes
Funeral services for 11 year old Jerry Dean Currens of Baldwin are set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Worden United Methodist Church with Rev. Clayton Lehman presiding. Graveside rites follow at 2 p.m. Monday at Shady Point Cemetery in Shady Point Oklahoma. He died this morning at home after recent hospitalizations. Born June 24 1960 in Fort Smith Arkansas he is survived by parents Johnny and a brother Johnny of the home and by grandparents Rosser Dubois Cameron Oklahoma and Mary Ida Currens Panama Oklahoma plus other relatives.
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Baldwin
Jerry Dean Currens
Rt. 1
Worden United Methodist Church
Clayton Lehman
Shady Point
Oklo
Fort Smith
Ark
Johnny Currens
Johnny
Rosser Dubois
Cameron
Okla
Mary Ida Currens
Panama
Funeral services for Flora Altenbernd in Eudora church
Funeral services for Flora Altenbernd 77 of 418 Neb died this morning in an Alton nursing home will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul United Church of Christ Eudora with Rev Maynard Beemer in charge Burial will be in Eudora Cemetery Friends may call 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Warren Mortuary Contributions to the St Paul Church Mrs Altenbernd a member She was born April 27 1894 in Morrison MO and lived in Eudora before moving to Lawrence Survived by son Rev John Altenbernd visiting in Godfrey Ill two sisters Mrs Frieda Mohr Pueblo Colo and Julia Stoerker St James Mo and two brothers Rev Theothil Stroeker St Charles Mo and Carroll Stroeker Pittsburg Mo
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Maurice F. Heywood
Rt. 1
Linwood
St. Mary’s Hospital
Kansas City
Osborne County
Union Pacific
Lawrence
Friends Church
Tonganoxie
Fred Leimkuhler
Hubbel Hill Cemetery
Quisenberry Chapel
Vera N. Heywood
Dorothy Heywood
Maurice II
Roy
Walter Warren
Jennings, Kan
Walter
Flora Altenbernd
Alton
St. Paul United Church of Christ
Eudora
Maynard Beemer
Eudora Cemetery
Warren Mortuary
St. Paul Church
Altenbernd
Morrison
John Altenbernd
Godfrey
Ill
Frieda Mohr
Pueblo
Colo
Julia Stoerker
St. James
Theo
Carpenter Robert Fayler Dies in Kansas City Hospital
Robert Fayler 44 of Princeton died Wednesday at Kansas University Medical Center Kansas City. Memorial services set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Dengle Funeral Home Ottawa with burial in Lenexa. Fayler born May 7 1926 in Baldwin was a carpenter in Princeton.
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Robert Leo Fayler
Princeton
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Dengle Funeral Home
Ottawa
Lenexa
Mr. Fayler
Baldwin
Blanche M Hepner 73 Dies in Salina
Blanche M Hepner aged 73 of 2601 Haskell died this morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Born October 26, 1898 in Saline County. Survived by husband Roy. daughters Betty Lloyd Evelyn Lewis Jeanann Beard. sons Virgil Bonner Springs and Robert 2200 Ohio. 18 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. sisters Stella Neidburg Salina and Florence Burke Gary Ind.
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Blanche M. Hepner
Haskell
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
John King
Hepner
Saline County
Roy
Betty Lloyd
Evelyn Lewis
Jeanann Beard
Salina
Virgil
Bonner
Mrs. Clemmie Davis Evans Dies at 90 in Lodge Care
Mrs. Clemmie Davis Evans aged 90 died Thursday night at the Samaritan Lodge where she had resided for several months. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. with details to follow.
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Clemmie Davis Evans
Samaritan Lodge
Obituary Notice for Lawrence Native Born 1881
Monday service at Rumsey Funeral Home followed by burial at Oak Hill. Born September 9 1881 in Lawrence she belonged to Plymouth Congregational Church Adah Chapter Order of the Eastern Star charter member of Year Round Club and of the Women's Relief Corps. Survivors include two daughters Lucille Allison Topeka Edith Pierce two sons Jack Kenneth seven grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Rumsey
Oak Hill
Lawrence
Plymouth Congregational Church
Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Women’s Relief Corps
Lucille Allison
Edith Pierce
Topeka
Jack
Kenneth
Edith Irving Extradition Postponed
US Magistrate Gerald Gottel delayed the extradition hearing of Edith Irving to April 26. Switzerland seeks her for forgery counterfeiting and embezzlement tied to a forged Howard Hughes biography, with sentencing for Irving and her husband set for June 16 on conspiracy and grand larceny charges in the United States.
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New York
Magnistrate
Gerald Gottel
Edith Irving
Irving
Howard Hughes
Husand Clifford
Bernard Reverdin
Gottel
Switzerland
United States
Skelly Oil to Move Marketing HQ to Tulsa by July 4
Skelly Oil Co announced it will relocate its marketing department headquarters from Kansas City to Tulsa by July 4. The move affects about 80 employees, while all other departments remain in Tulsa. Ernest B. Miller said the change centralizes marketing in Tulsa.
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Tulsa
Okla
Skelly Oil Co
Kansas City
Ernest B. Miller
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