Jury Selections in Kansas County to Comply With New Law
Judge Floyd H. Coffman of Franklin County District Court said the county will follow the Kansas Legislature’s changes to jury selection when January jurors are drawn. The law shifts selection from mayors to district judges in small counties, bans exemptions by status, and uses voter and enumeration lists to form juries. Coffman notes most exemptions are repealed, eligibility requires Kansas citizenship and county residence, and 18 year olds may be eligible if they meet the elector criteria. He forecasts minimal extra cost and expects juries to remain representative with potential inclusion of lower income individuals.
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Jewel Scott
Kansas
Floyd H. Coffman
Franklin County District Court
Coffinian
Coffman
Sedgwick
Franklin County
Violence Wanes In Northern Ireland After Four Days of Riots
In Belfast and surrounding areas the violence decreased as four days of rioting, shootings, and bombings subsided leaving 25 dead and hundreds injured. Catholics fled to the Republic while Protestants sought safety with friends. troops reported a fragile armistice and police warned against intimidation as preguntas of peace efforts continued.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
Londonderry
Nary
Castlederg
Friends
Liverpool
Irish Sea
Marston Tickell
IRA
Catholic Bogside
Army
Wallace orders Limestone County black school reopened
Governor George C. Wallace defies federal courts by ordering New Hope Junior High School in Limestone County to reopen under a freedom of choice plan. He directs the school board to restore attendance zones and provide transportation for students choosing other county schools, amid ongoing busing controversies and a bid to oppose federal desegregation orders.
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Troy
Ala
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Limestone County School Board
New Hope
Wallace
C.R. Bottenfield
C.G. Gresham
Gresham
New Hope School
Tanner and
East
Limestone County
Alabama
Local Man Charged With Child Abuse in Ottawa
John W. King Jr., 24, of 1020 Willow, was arraigned in Franklin County Court on a child abuse charge. Bond set at 10000, hearing to 9:30 a.m. Monday. King was arrested after Ottawa police went to 109 N Locust following a 8:30 p.m. ambulance call. A child, Robert L. English, about 244 years old, was being carried to the ambulance. his mother Betty English was hospitalized but would not comment. Investigators say the child was disciplined with a stick and placed in a tub of hot water with epsom salts, causing a burn.
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Ottawa
John W. King Jr
Franklin County
King
Ottawa Police Department
N. Locust
Locust
Robert L. English
Betty English
Chute Collapse Theory Given Apollo 15 Parachute
Apollo 15 faced a likely parachute collapse caused by corrosive rocket oxidizer after fuel dump. Worden, Scott, and Irwin noted one nylon parachute collapsed while drifting toward splashdown over the Pacific north of Hawaii. Rock analysis, including the Genesis rock, may push theories on the moon’s formation.
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Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
Apollo 15
Pacific
Cean
Hawaii
Earth
Alfred M. Worden
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Worden
Scott
Irwin
Lunar
Paul Gast
The
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Gast
Richmond Free Fair opens with record exhibitor turnout
The 47th Richmond Free Fair launched with 369 exhibitors, rising from 268 last year, as 4-H activities dominated the first day. The 4-H horse show began at 12 30 p.m. with ponies and varied breeds, judged by George Teagarden. Chet Lee of Richmond won the champion 4-H mare and will receive free breeding from Rikby's R Diamond Ranch. Evening events featured performances by Berea Boosters, Rhythmmaires, Princeton Jolly Workers, and Square dancing by the Trail Blazers, with ongoing contests and shows scheduled for the next day.
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Joan Istas
Richmond
Shetland
George Teagarden
Williamsburg
Sistiar
Chet Lee
Rikby
R-Diamond Ranch
Berea Boosters
Rhythmmaires
Princeton Jolly Workers
Trail Blazers
Gene van Horn
Biome Economics
Merry Macs
Weather forecast for county with clear to partly cloudy skies
County forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with southerly winds 4 to 8 mph. Low tonight 67 to 72, Saturday low in the 90s, high Thursday. Precipitation chances 20 percent tonight and Saturday. Today’s lows 67, a year ago 60. record high 111 in 1934. record low 51 in 1991. Barometer 30.00 inches.
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Fourth Judicial District
N. Ireland
Dublin
Jack Lynch
Jimmy Staley
Bill Osburn
RFD
Limestone
Tanner
East Limestone
Troy State University
East First
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Charles Bean
Joe Dempsey
Osawatomie
Manned Spacecraft Center
Tex
Moon
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