Gas filibuster halts debt limit extension amid energy row
Washington AP reports a Senate filibuster on natural gas price control halted the debt ceiling raise, triggering Treasury steps to fund bills. The government tapped 2.5 billion from the Fed, suspended savings bonds sales, and warned it cannot incur new debt until Congress acts, with funds to cover about three weeks.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve System
U.S
Department
Congress
Carter
Treasury
House
Eral
Law students tour KU's new Green Hall building
Third year KU law students tour the new Green Hall during an open house amid mixed reactions. Moves are planned for Oct 17 from the old Green Hall with the Legal Aid Clinic relocating earlier, as the library books begin moving this week.
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Kansas University
Law School
Green Hall
KU Law
Phyllis Bock
Lawrence
Legal Aids (Clinic
Legal Aid Clinic
Martin Dickinson
Kansas University Law
Senate rejects compromise plan to keep gas price controls
Senate Democrats concede setback in Carter energy agenda as a 50 to 44 vote defeats the compromise to retain price controls on natural gas. Senators Metzenbaum and Abourezk vow further delay tactics while House plans move toward reconciling differences in the energy bill. The proposal would raise ceilings to 1.75 per thousand cubic feet and extend controls to new markets.
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Senate
House
Carter
Washington
Howard H. Metzenbaum
Ohio
James Abourezk
D-S.c
President Carter
Robert C. Byrd
Energy Committee
Henry M. Jackson
Cash
Jackson
KU sororities meet fire code in four houses
State Fire Marshal’s office reports four of twelve KU sororities are fully compliant with fire safety rules. Five more have one deficiency, two need multiple improvements, and Alpha Phi has not yet complied. Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Nu meet nearly all requirements except one emergency light.
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Topeka
Kansas University
Paul Markley
Markley
Delta Gamma
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi
Alpha Phi Sorority
Megan Johnson
Short Hills
N.J
Alpha Phi
Baker University
Alpha Chi Omega
Sigma Nu
Lawrence housing boom vaults in 1977 despite high costs
Through August 1977 Lawrence issued 282 single family housing permits, a yearly pace surpassing 1976 and 1975 records. Builders value permits at $12 million, with five of eight months setting decade records. Real estate leaders cite a balanced economy, quality of life, and better transport as growth drivers.
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Lawrence
Kelley Martin
Martin Real Estate
Lawrence Homebuilders Assn
Homebulders Association
Martin
Gene Shaughnessy
Kansas City
Topeka
Central Business
Kansas
Clinton Lake
Corps of Engineers
Hijackers refuse to free all hostages in Bangladesh siege
In Dacca today the Japanese Red Army hijackers hovered the jetliner over the airport as negotiations resumed with Bangladesh officials. A deadline passed without incident. The group demanded 6 million dollars in ransom and the release of six Japanese prisoners in exchange for 141 hostages. They offered to free 58 and keep 83 for safe passage to another destination. A Bangladesh spokesman said one element remained unresolved.
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Dacca
Bangladesh
Red Army
Hijacked JAL DC8 Crew Swap Near Dhaka Runway Standoff
The hijackers of a Japan Air Lines DC8 and a sister plane halted near Dhaka airport as a convoy and fire trucks blocked the runway. Negotiators promised freed comrades would be brought to planeside with lights for identification. Japan Air Lines had demanded ransom and nine Japanese prisoners on a Paris to Tokyo flight.
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Japan Air Lines
Tokyo
Dacca
India
Paris
Japan
October Arrival Brings Cool Start to Lawrence
Morning rain and cool temperatures mark the arrival of October in Lawrence as the National Weather Service forecasts clear and cool weather through Sunday. Overnight lows may dip into the 30s while highs reach the mid 50s, with light precipitation measured at several nearby stations.
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Lawrence
National Weather Service
Lake Perry
Walter Schwarzit
Worden
Kansas University Weather
R. I. Kraft
Lecompton
Ray
Eudora
W. .T.norman
Tonganoxie
Man jailed on charges in knifing in Lawrence
Bruce S. Stellwagen, 26, held in Douglas County jail on $60,000 bond awaiting arraignment for knifing a woman and her child. Police say he surrendered Friday afternoon at a south Lawrence apartment complex after the attack occurred minutes earlier. The victims, Lillian Newman, 26, and her daughter Danielle, 5, were hospitalized in fairly good condition.
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Bruce S. Stellwagen
Douglas County
Lillian Newman
Danielle
Tavnenes Memorial Hospital
Remains Return: 21 Vietnam War deaths repatriated
A U S Air Force C130 carried 21 American servicemen and one civilian from Hanoi to Hickam Field Hawaii, part of 61 released since 1975. IDs awaited for 16, five more unconfirmed, civilian Tucker Gougelman died in Saigon 1976.
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the Philippines
U.S. Air Force
Hawaii
Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
U.S
Hickam Air Force Base
Honolulu
Guam
Army
Tucker Gougelman
New York
Saigon
South
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Journal-World
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Sun
Raney
Knifing
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