KU bicentennial honors mark higher education support
Bennett presented Dykes with a flag and plaque designating KU as an official bicentennial campus. Dykes urged ongoing government and citizen backing for higher education, stressing its role in social mobility, critical thinking, and solving societal problems, while Rolfs praised Bubb for advocacy and service.
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Farm economist warns of volatile food prices amid weather and USSR trade
Kenneth R. Farrell of the USDA Economic Research Service says price swings will persist through 1975 and into the next decade due to weather shocks and Soviet grain imports. He cites droughts, floods, pests, and rising middleman costs as key factors driving instability.
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Rosenberg execution opposed by Hoover and officials
Government documents reveal that J Edgar Hoover and top officials including J Howard McGrath and James Bennett opposed executing Ethel Rosenberg in 1953. The Rosenbergs were executed at Sing Sing after being convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
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American Party sets convention date for Kansas 1976
The American Party of Kansas will hold its 1976 state convention on Saturday May 15 in Lawrence to nominate delegates for the national convention select presidential electors and choose state office candidates. About 150 delegates are expected based on 1972 Senate vote. The national convention runs June 14 19 at Salt Palace Salt Lake City Utah. The party faces hurdles from primary participation laws and advocates ballot qualification by gubernatorial vote with a 3 percent threshold.
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City Commission to hear sanitation changes and 312 loan update
The Lawrence City Commission meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. to review proposed sanitation department changes including route shifts to restore a 40 hour week and end a four ten hour day incentive plan. Staff will outline steps to add Pinckney to the 312 loan housing program and discuss budget requests for a packet truck and repair costs.
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Mike Wildgen
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Judge Rules Sara Jane Moore Competent for Trial
A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Sara Jane Moore mentally competent to stand trial for attempting to assassinate President Ford. Judge Samuel Conti set the trial for December 15, and noted an appellate ruling loosening the speedy trial clock may delay proceedings by seven weeks. The decision followed psychiatric evaluations by Dr. Robert Eardley and Dr. William Menninger.
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Topeka, Kan
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Hearst
UF near goal as 25 cent donation boosts Lawrence drive
Lawrence United Fund total reaches 198 058 63 dollars surpassing most pledges. Betty Pearson UF secretary notes a pursuing quarter from a longtime donor, while Ed Carter UF chair says nickels and dimes count and aims to reach 199 900 by Wednesday. Community groups KU city government school district and South Junior High School members pledge more funds and host bake sales. The campaign remains extended into a fifth overtime week ending Wednesday.
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Milk production in October rises slightly in US
Washington AP reporting Dairy data shows milk production totalled 9.2 billion pounds in October, up nine tenths of a percent from the same month a year earlier per the Agriculture Department.
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Agriculture Department
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