Quakes Hit Five Nations and Indonesian Volcano Erupts
Quakes struck Iran Philippines Greece and Japan with a China report and an Indonesian eruption. In Iran a 6.2 tremor caused 150 mudbrick houses to collapse in Vantlik with 10 aftershocks later. No casualties confirmed elsewhere.
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Greece
Japan
China
Indonesia
National Earthquake Information Center
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Tehran
Lorestan
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Midanao Island
Mindanao
Philippine
Moro Gulf
Tokyo
Pacific
Merapi
Java
Magelang
Alvamar land-use questions dominate city commission agenda
Eleven land-use questions from last month's planning commission meet loom in Tuesday's city agenda. Among them the Alvamar PUD housing plan to build 14 single-family homes on 9.5 acres of the golf course prompts resident protests and a potential protest petition requiring 40 percent landowner signatures.
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City Commission
Planning Commission
Alvamar Golf Course
Alyamar
Alvamar Heights
Sam Dixon
Camelback Drive
PUD
Dixon
Antoher Alvamar
Bennett denies he is unpopular in Kansas politics
Gov. Robert F. Bennett stated he does not consider himself unpopular despite Republican setbacks. He plans to govern as he believes correct and may seek a second four year term in 1978, though the decision will come at the proper time. He cited GOP internal campaign issues as the election's weak point.
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Kan
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Missouri
Christopher Bond
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GOP
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UF United Fund drive falls short as final week begins
Lawrence campaign leaders report less than half of the $237 480 goal raised with 1 percent remaining. Dennis Barritt says calls and bigger gifts are needed. KU division lags but expects continuation past deadline. Plans include broader solicitations among industry and KU students.
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Lawrence
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Bob Senecal
Bob Bearse
Senecal
Detroit
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Chrysler Corp
General Motors
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Irving Bluestone
U.S
Chrysler
Ford Motor Co
Baker hosts high school seniors for Senior Day Weekend
Baker University opens Senior Day Weekend with 1 pm campus tours and talks in the Student Union. A concert by Peter Yarrow and Timberline follows the Baker Ottawa University football finale. Jerald Walker will address guests at Sunday worship.
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Baker University
Peter Yarrow
Timberline
Yarrow
Peter, Paul and
Mary
Baker-Ottawa University
Baker
Jerald Walker
First United Methodist Church
Kansas City
Pesticide coverup alleged in Kansas investigation
The EPA deputy regional administrator alleges a whitewash in KDDA pesticide damage probe in south central Kansas. KDDA denies attempt to hide the extent, noting no confirmed pesticide illness but reporting several nausea cases after aerial spraying. Damage affected Sumner Cowley Sedgwick and Harper counties with 1.4 million acres treated. endrin or parathion used. wheat losses offset by $20 million save.
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Kansas Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Kansas City Star
Environmental Protection Agency
Charles W. Wright
EPA
Freeman Biery
Weeds and
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Agriculture Department
Biery
Sumner
Cowley
Sedgwick
Harper
Wright
KU professor ties thunderstorm dynamics to tornado formation
Kansas University geography professor Joseph Eagleman describes a model where a thunderstorm acts as a tall rotating column creating two vortices. He used Doppler radar with NASA funding to map wind fields and suggests cloud seeding or radar forecasting could help defuse or predict tornadoes.
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Joseph Eagleman
Eagleman
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Norman
Cimarron
Okla
Hagleman
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