Father of slain girl joins search for suspected killer
In Mayes County Oklahoma police and up to 400 volunteers scoured a 10 square mile woods around Camp Scott where three Girl Scouts were killed. They seek Gene Leroy Hart jailed for rape and kidnapping and charged with the deaths as clues surface from a wild region he reportedly frequents.
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Gene Leroy Hart
Hart
Mayes County
Sid Wise
Michelle
Camp Scott
Don Laken
Pennsylvania
Stantly
Wise
Granite State Reformatory
Oklahoma
McAlester
Court OKs New Ways States Aid Parochial Schools
Supreme Court rules that states may spend tax dollars to support private school programs while avoiding direct religious goals. The Ohio case allows aid through textbooks and supplements, standardized testing, diagnostic services, and certain therapeutic help, with limits against lending maps and field-trip costs for parochial pupils.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ohio
Patrick Farrell
U.S. Catholic Conference
Nelson G. Karl
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Cleveland
Saturday Sidewalk Review on Sand Creek Dam and Birds
A column notes the Sand Creek inflow dam has required multiple lifts during rains in the Sand Creek watershed. A Newton visitor in England lost a purse containing money and ID on May 3 and was told to provide a local contact to have it forwarded. A hummingbird and a large gray bird with a six foot wingspan were sighted along Sand Creek after recent showers.
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Little Harve
Sand Creek
England
British Postal Department
Windsor
Rural Whitewater man burned in fire blast
A 70 year old man, Waldo Harms, was seriously burned in an explosion and fire at his farm home eight miles east of Newton. He and his wife were helped to hospital by a neighbor. The blast appeared to start from a water heater pilot light in the basement. Three rooms burned, Whitewater firefighters assisted by Newton. Mrs Harms was not injured.
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Whitewater
Newton
Waldo Harms
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Harms
Bethel Deaconess Hospital
Merrill Harms
Wichita Hospital
Newton Fire Department
Carter’s tax payment seen as reform signal in plan
President Carter disclosed he and Rosalynn owed no federal tax on 1976 income of 55 000 and will insist the Treasury accept 6000 as a payment of income tax. Aides say the move signals his tax reform goal to ensure those with substantial income pay something.
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Washington
Carter
Uncle Sam
Rosalynn
Treasury
Carters
Billy
Lillian
Atlanta
Internal Revenue Service
Jody Powell
IRS
Powell
Treaury Department
Plan to switch highway signs to metric abandoned
The Federal Highway Administration ends its $100 million plan to convert U S highway signs from miles to kilometers due to strong public opposition. About 98 percent of 5 000 comments were negative and there are no plans to revive the proposal.
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Washington
Federal Highway Administration
William M. Cox
Cox
Gerald R. Ford
United States
Flood Threat Looms As Little Ark River Rises
Halstead faces rising Little Arkansas River with an 18.25 foot stage at 7 a.m. amid rainfall upstream. Near Alta Mill bridge the stream crossed County Road 793 Friday night and Harvey County Park saw a 342 inch rise in 24 hours. Sedgwick gauge marked 19.1 feet with a 3 foot drop, while Halstead rainfall totaled .65 inch and Sedgwick under tenth.
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Halstead
Little Arkansas
Here
Glenn Schmitt
U. S. Weather Service
Schmitt
Alta Mill Bridge
Harvey
MacPherson
Sedgwick
E. A. Koch
Kjrg
West
Meridian
Newton
Sirica recalls lone burden of Watergate decisions
Judge John Sirica, in Orlando for achievement ceremonies, says the vast and tough Watergate rulings left him sad and alone. He notes the stress may have contributed to his heart attack and credits his law clerk for essential support during the months of White House maneuvering and the prosecutions.
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Orlando, Fla
John Sirica
Watergate
White House
Sirica
Weather data for South Central region forecast
Becoming partly cloudy this afternoon through Sunday. Slight chance of thunderstorms today tonight and Sunday. Warm today with high in the upper 80s and a low tonight in the upper 60s. Sunday highs in the low 80s. Light and variable winds today and tonight. Airport KJIRG high 85 84 low 64 64 1 PM 73 72. Humidity 82 86 percent Barometer 30.05 29.98 inches Wind NE 64 NE 10. Moisture 04 .1)
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South Central
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