Polls show Ford Carter race too close to call
The article notes the Ford Carter contest remains uncertain due to margins of error and shifting public opinion. major polls from NBC News Newsday Harris ABC News Gallup Times CBS show varying leads and undecided totals, with experts cautioning readers to focus on trends over precise percentages.
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KU Greeks launch charity card marathon for Project Santa 1976
Acacia fraternity and Delta Gamma sorority members at Kansas University start a 123 hour spades marathon from noon Monday in front of First National Bank to raise about 2000 dollars for the Lawrence Christmas Bureau the Burn Center and the Heart Fund.
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Health chief warns on swine flu clinics amid slow vaccine doses
Lawrence Douglas County Health Director Kay Kent told the Public Health Committee she will try to avoid long lines and empty vaccines as swine flu clinics open next week. Only 7,100 of an expected 51,000 doses have arrived, with more shipments slow and clinics to be trimmed if supplies run short. The Baldwin American Legion clinic opens Monday for residents 45 and older and those with chronic illnesses. The panel also approved buying office equipment for a federal nutrition program funded to aid new and expectant mothers and their children, including a typewriter desk chair and calculator.
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Weather affects crops and delays wheat planting in Douglas County
Douglas County agricultural agent Julian Toney says harvest is underway with corn mostly out and beans starting, while rainfall delayed winter wheat planting. Eben Farley notes rain benefits existing alfalfa and pastures but left fields a bit too wet for wheat. Soybean prices rise nationally due to lower yields and higher exports, with local prices at five point seven four for beans two point five three for wheat two point three zero for corn and three point three nine for milo. farmers selling and storing grain about equally.
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Auto Show 77 Display Weekend Free Event
Seventy seven new cars will be shown this weekend in a free Auto Show 77 sponsored by the Lawrence Auto Dealers Association. The display takes place at the Kmart parking lot located at 31st and Iowa.
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Truck Train Crash Damages Caboose and Truck
A collision at the East Eighth railroad crossing damaged a Santa Fe caboose and a truck. The truck driver John D. Hassett II. 31, Lawrence claimed he did not see the train as it backed up. Engineer Stephen L. Fruin, 28, Overland Park, could not stop the train traveling about 10 miles per hour. No major injuries were reported. Damages were estimated at 1500 to the caboose and 3000 to the truck.
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Flu Hotline Details for Swine Flu Vaccine Program
Hotline provides dates locations and answers about the swine flu vaccine program. Open daily from 8 30 a m to 6 p m for information and assistance.
Veterans Day closures and school schedules in Kansas
In observance of Veterans Day the post office and Haskell Indian Junior College will be closed Monday. Many state and county offices open Monday but closed Nov 11. Most Kansas University offices close Nov 11 except the Kansas Union and Admissions. Classes meet both days. A Cub Scout mock election at Deerfield School gave Nolan Cromwell 91 to O J Simpson 72, Cromwell hospitalized after knee surgery.
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City group debates tentative screening ordinance for junkyards
A city screening ordinance committee tentatively agrees that auto junkyards and storage areas for salvaged materials may need screening when abutting or opposite existing residences. The plan would not require screening where no houses exist yet. The committee, mostly business members, will meet again next Thursday.
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