Lawrence High Students Plan Ozarks Cave Field Trip
Twenty Lawrence High Biology Club members with four chaperones and two toddlers will travel to Pulaski County Missouri for a weekend cave study. They will compare cave ecology in Bushwhacker and Bruce Caves, observe rare blind salamanders, stalactites, stalagmites, and river samples while camping in a dry cave and hiking through submerged sections.
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Nixon plays trick on ABA in Supreme Court picks
Nixon named six potential Supreme Court nominees to the ABA Judiciary Committee nine days before selecting William H. Rehnquist and Lewis F. Powell Jr. The ABA panel then withheld approval for two candidates, and the White House ended the administration’s practice of bar consultation. The episode raised questions about the ABA's role and Nixon’s strategic maneuvering.
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Bar
Supreme Court
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Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
Herschel H. Friday
Arkansas Bond
California
Mildred L. Lillie
Judiciary Committee
Rauh
Herschel Friday
Lillie
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Parents halt KU rape inquiry after request
Lawrence police report the investigation into a rape near the Kansas University campus stopped at the parents' request. The incident began Oct 13 when a woman was accosted in Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall parking lot, forced into a car, and released near 16th and Louisiana.
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Lawrence
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Nixon Surprises Congress with Court Nominees
President Nixon announced two male nominees to the Supreme Court drawing mixed reaction. Support from Rep. Poff and Sen. Scott contrasted with women's groups and Rep. Abzug who urged a female pick. Legal figures praised the qualifications though ABA clearance was pending, while civil rights voices criticized the omissions.
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R-Va
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Senior Soprano Lila Olson Performs Recital Tonight
Soprano Lila Olson will give a senior recital at 8 p m in Swarthout Recital Hall including Bach works, an aria by Bellini, Strauss and Faure songs, and pieces by Samuel Barber.
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Swarthout Recital Hall
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Richard Strauss
Faure
Samuel Barber
Seven Juveniles Moved From Lawrence Jail to Shawnee County
Seven juveniles were transferred from Lawrence Municipal Jail to Shawnee County Jail in Topeka. The county jail remains full with 24 prisoners in four six person cells, plus a protective custody inmate and a trusty. A county jail inspection noted ongoing repair needs including radiator work and plaster repairs and praised the sheriff's department for maintaining the aged facility as well as possible.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Sheriff's Department
Court Quashes Grand Jury Report on Kent State Violence
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati reversed the special grand jury report that commented on violence at Kent State University and ordered those who testified before the Portage County grand jury to remain silent. The court refused to dismiss the indictments against 25 students and faculty members.
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Veterans Day closures and school schedules in Lawrence area
Lawrence Haskell Indian Junior College and Lawrence public schools plan a three day weekend for Veterans Day with St John School on Monday in session. Courthouse closes while city offices stay open. Kansas University staff have day off but campus remains open. Daylight Saving Time ends October 31 with clocks set back at night.
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Tex Watson receives death penalty for Tate-LaBianca slayings
Charles Tex Watson, once a high school star, was sentenced to death for the Tate-LaBianca murders after a 14 hour jury verdict. The 25 year old faced an automatic appeal to California's Supreme Court under state law.
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Charles “Tex” Watson
Watson
California
State Supreme Court
Two-Ton Electron Microscope Joins KU Cell Lab
Kansas University professor Paul R. Burton installs a nearly two ton electron microscope in Snow Hall funded by Public Health Service. The instrument magnifies up to 550000x, with resolving power twice the hydrogen atom, enabling studies of microtubules and rickettsia in cancerous and blood cells. Burton leads four PhD students and collaboration with microbiology as the older microscope is reallocated for training.
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Kansas University
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Public Health Service
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Department of Microbiology
Paul Burton
Rare animals killed shocks Italians as park wardens strike
In Aosta Italy AP says Poachers who killed nearly 300 rare chamois and a steinbok in Grand Paradise National Park during a three day wardens strike won t get another chance this weekend. A three day walkout was called off and the 64 wardens won the wage increases they demanded. The slaughter in the 140000 acre Italian Alps preserve caused a sensation and damage was estimated at 240000 dollars.
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Aosta
Italy
Grand Paradise National Park
Italian Alps
Sun Son sweep earns BMI prizes for KU show
BMI awards totaling 1500 dollars were given for Sun Son an original rock musical by the University of Kansas Experimental Theatre. Bill J. Russell from Spearfish SD won best lyrics Janet Hood from Texas won best music Jed N. Davis KU Theatre director and William Beevar Decorah IA accepted for the production company.
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University of Kansas Experimental Theatre
Sun, Son
New York City
Bill J. Russell
Spearfish S.D
Janet Hood
Oberlin College
Texas
Jed N. Davis
Kansas University Theatre
William Beevar
Decorah
Iowa
Artillery Base Vacated After 28 Day Attack
U S troops pulled out of Fire Base Pace on the Cambodian border after 28 days of shelling by North Vietnamese. About 115 infantrymen and 85 artillerymen were evacuated, leaving two 175mm and two 8 inch guns with South Vietnamese forces. the road to the base had been cut.
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U.S
Pace
Associated Press
George Esper
Richard Gardner
Today in History highlights from October 22
This date marks JFK ordering a Cuba quarantine in 1962 after Soviet missiles were found nearby. Other events include Peter the Great becoming Czar in 1721 and Princeton University chartered in 1746. Modern notes recall Laotian independence in 1953 and Berlin escort incidents.
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Rumsey Funeral Home Features Weather Foyer
A spacious foyer for inclement weather is highlighted at Rumsey Funeral Home located at 843-5111, offering a welcoming shelter for visitors as part of the facility’s services.
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