Korea Probe Hearings Trace High Officials Ties to Bribes
A House committee probes a South Korean influence scheme aimed at molding U.S. policy. Testimony alleges Ambassador Kim Dong Jo and a cultural attaché funneled $100 bills to lawmakers, prompting calls to examine motives and scope of the alleged bribery.
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Washington
House
House Committee
Park Chung Hee
Seoul
Leon Jaworski
Committee
U.S
Kim Dong Jo
Capitol Hill
Nan Elder
Larry Winn
R-Kan
John W. Nields Jr
Nields
Kim
Jai Hyon Lee
Lee
United States
Western Illinois University
Capitol
John J. Flynt Jr
D-Ga
Visitors reminisce at Wakarusa Valley school reunion
Community Friendship Day gathers 18 guests linked to 13 area schools from the 1960 consolidation. Stories recall early classrooms with Principal Virgil Patton and former students including Mr. Robert Wilson and Helen Dunn.
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Virgil Patton
Johnson County librarian named chair of KU libraries task force
Leroy Fox, Johnson County Libraries director, chosen by Gov. Bennett to lead a 16 member task force assessing library funding and service standards. The group will study state university college and public libraries, with a first meeting in November and a deadline to report by October 1978.
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Johnson County
Kansas University
Robert Bennett
Leroy Fox
Bennett
Fox
Tax cut urged as economy slows and growth falls
Commerce Department data show third quarter growth at 3.8 percent, down from 6.2 and 7.5 percent earlier, prompting officials to press for tax reduction to spur output. Inflation eased to 5.1 percent annual rate, while housing starts held near August levels at 2.04 million.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Commerce
Juanita M. Kreps
W. Blumenthal
American Banker’s Association
Houston
Slater
Planners to study rezoning bids near Clinton Reservoir
Lawrence Douglas County planners consider two rezoning requests on Wednesday. Yankee Tank Inc seeks 43 acres east of County Road 54 for general business B-2 near the Corps of Engineers property by Clinton Reservoir. The second proposal by Alvamar developers reroutes 12 acres at Dragstrip Road and 23rd Street to B-2, just south of the planned water plant but outside city limits.
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Clinton Reservoir
Lawrence- Douglas County Planning Commissioners
First National Bank
Mass
Corps of Engineers
Kanwaka Township
Yankee Tank Inc
Robert Billings
John McGrew
Alvamar
Dragstrip
23Rd Street
Missing Coed Ann Harmeier Confirmed Dead
The body of Indiana University coed Ann Louise Harmeier was positively identified by dental records in Martinsville Indiana. Authorities say she likely died from strangulation after disappearing September 12 while driving to Bloomington. Her car was found along a state highway near Cambridge City.
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Martinsville
Ind
Indiana University
Stan Kenny
Harmeier
Bloomington
Clinton Dam Water Impoundment Expected Within 30 Days
U S Army Corps of Engineers officials announced that Heard in Water will be impounded within the next 30 days. Gate closure at Clinton Dam likely to extend into November, not meeting the October deadline set by Col Richard Curl. A gate closing ceremony is planned with date details to follow.
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Clinton Dam
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Richard Curl
Kansas City
Corps
Curl
Lawrence
Clinton
H. C. Goodson
Goodson
Mixed reaction to planned I-435 bridge work over Missouri River
The Mid-America Regional Planning Council approved preliminary construction for an Interstate 435 bridge over the Missouri River. Kansas favors the project linking I-435 to I-70, while Missouri officials fear flooding of approaches. Completion of I-435 northeast to I-29 at Kansas City International Airport is projected for 1986 88.
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Missouri River
Kansas
Missouri
Wyandotte County
Kan
Mid-America
Jack Reardon
Kansas City
Pace
Kansas City International Airport
Kansas Department of Transportation
John McNeal
KDOT
U.S. Department of Transportation
Congress
McNeal
KCI
Lawrence
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