September Rain Drenches City as October Approaches
The passage notes a rainy morning with 0.04 inches in Lawrence and 0.69 unofficial inches by noon from Sunflower Cablevision. A 20 percent chance of rain remains tonight, with a drop in temperatures and clearing by Thursday into the weekend. Nearby areas logged additional showers and low highs around 72, amid a statewide tilt to lighter early rainfall but heavier storms north of Chanute.
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National Weather Service
Weather Service
Baldwin
Lecompton
Eudora
Tonganoxie
Clinton Reservoir
Chanute
Ambulance rate hike proposed by Douglas County Commission
Douglas County commissioners reviewed a proposed ambulance rate increase raising base emergency service from 30 to 35 dollars and mileage from 1.20 to 1.50 per mile up to six miles. They balked at charges for disposable items and asked for comparisons to other services before action.
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Douglas County
Ted McFarlane
Pete Whitenight
Arthur Heck
McFarlane
Heck
City asked to recognize unions in Lawrence
The Lawrence City Commission is urged by United Public Employee Associations of Lawrence to recognize all city employee associations and any future groups. At a press conference, fire police sanitation and street workers formed united associations to press for written recognition and agreements.
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Lawrence City
Parks and Recreation Department
Union
United Associations
Offer to kill President Ford reported by undercover agent
An undercover BATF agent was offered 25000 to kill President Ford within the past month, disclosed to a Senate subcommittee. The incident relates to Ford’s September St Louis visit where a man with a .45 pistol was spotted but escaped. House and Secret Service declined comment.
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Washington
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Ford
Bureau
Rex D. Davis
Senate
Secret Service
St. Louis
Kiel
White House
Davis
Treasury
William E. Simon
City considers private trash bids vs. public sanitation costs
Lawrence officials opened five private hauler bids totaling 682 323 annually, near the city's 1975 costs of 643 852 and far from 1976 estimates of 799 780. Handi Can Services Inc. bid 397 848 for twice weekly residential pickup and 23 706 for monthly commercial pickup. Public Works Director George Williams notes private cost excludes landfilling and bill collection, which would push private total close to the city’s. The commission will review bids tonight and may defer a decision for two weeks while the sanitation department studies options to cut costs.
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Lawrence
Handi-Can Services Inc
Kansas City
George Williams
Williams
Lawrence City Commission
City Sanitation Department
Journal-World Index Clearing Continued Cool
The Journal-World index continues on page nine with continued cool weather notes and a summary of events. Readers are directed to full details on that page for climate, forecasts, and daily conditions.
Grain deal with Poland shaping up
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz and Polish Minister Kazimierz Barcikowski said they agreed on the principles of a long term grain pact to be worked out during Butz's visit to Warsaw November 25 to 28. Poland has bought about 1.9 million metric tons of U S wheat and corn this harvest, roughly double last year.
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Washington
Poland
U.S
Earl L. Butz
Warsaw
Butz
Kazimierz Barcikowski
Agriculture Department
U.S. State Department
Soviet Union
Ford
Barcikowski
USDA
Psychics Aid Search For Missing Boy In Leavenworth
New York psychic Philip Jordan arrived in Leavenworth to assist the missing 6 year old Murry Bachar case. He flies in after a Kansas City fundraiser raised about 500 dollars to cover expenses and plans to work from New York if no clues emerge. Jordan claims to sense a location through a sneaker and telepathic links with the boy, who has been missing since August 17 at the Army post and nearby areas.
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Murry Bachar
Murry
Ft. Leavenworth
Philip Jordan
New York
Jordan
Kansas City
Army Post
Ithaca
N.Y
Kennedy
United States
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Leavenworth
Tammy Perrin
Perrin
Bachar
Ford signs temporary oil price cap extension
President Ford signs a bill extending domestic oil price controls to November 15 while warning that imported OPEC prices will rise and fuel costs may go up again. He blames Congress for not acting and calls for a national energy measure. OPEC hiked prices by 10 percent in Vienna.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
White House
Vienna
United States
Pentagon withholds names from Senate probe of Northrop hunts
The Pentagon delays releasing the results of a two month inquiry into Northrop Corp use of a hunting lodge to entertain lawmakers and Pentagon officials. The guest list includes Sen. Howard Cannon Rep. Bob Sikes former Rep. William Minshall and Vice Adm. W D Houser among others tied to 1971 1973 visits while Congress debated Northrops lightweight fighter.
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Washington
Pentagon
Senate
Northrop Corp
Congress
Northrop
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Armed Services Committee
Bob Sikes
D-Fla
Military Appropriations
William Minshall
Ohio
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Armed Service Committee
Bill Nichols
Ala
Robert Leggett
W. D. Houser
Naval Operations
House
Easton
GM plant manager and family freed after ransom payment
William Shulenberg GM Hydramatic plant manager in Ypsilanti and his wife plus three children were abducted in Ann Arbor Township. The family was released unharmed after GM paid an undisclosed ransom, reportedly around 100000, with a courier delivering funds to the Shu lenburg home. One child remained captive for an additional hour as a precaution. Police said no suspects were in custody.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
General Motors Corp
William Shulenberg
Ann Arbor
Walter Anderson
Shulenberg
GM Hydramatic
Ypsilanti
Walter Krasny
Anderson
General Motors
Ruth
Krasny
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Kansas University
Memorial Drive
Lee County
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Joseph M. Montoya
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Journal-World
Index
Bere Rere
Cea
Tonda Rush
Inquiry
Raney Drugs
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