One-Of-A-Kind Haircut By PAMELA LANDON
Cliff Adkinson, 74, runs a small Ottawa Kansas barber shop at 104 FE, operating daily 7 to 5 except Sunday. He recalls 61 years cutting hair, charging $2 at the shop where busy days are rare postholiday, and notes younger barbers now act as stylists. He jokes about past hours, early starts, and his serendipitous start after an injury ended his athlete days. He also repairs TVs in spare moments and reflects on the changing barber trade.
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Pamela Landon
Cliff Adkinson
Adkinson
Logan
LaCrosse
Harber
Walnut
Ottawa
Topeka
Kansas City
Lawrence
Area Weather County Forecast Heavy Snow Warning Saturday
Snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches in the area with heavy activity likely on Saturday. Highs near 40 with decreasing clouds Saturday night around 20. Sunday will be mostly clear with a high near 40. Winds east to northeast about 10 mph on Saturday.
Methodists Sex Counseling Movies Cause Commotion
A page four brief notes a commotion sparked by a discussion on sex counseling in Methodist circles. Unknown organizers or locations are not specified. The item highlights a reaction rather than a full event narrative.
Carlin urges weekly park in to cut Kansas gas use
Gov. John Carlin urged Kansans to park one day weekly as a step toward meeting a six percent gasoline reduction goal for early 1980. He proposed funding 15 more Highway Patrol troopers to boost enforcement of the 55 mph limit and urged a statewide conservation push in government and private driving.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Carlin
Iran awaits UN meeting amid hostages and protests
Violence surged in Iran as Ayatollah Khomeini and his foreign minister discussed sanctions with the United Nations in sight of a possible Soviet veto. In Tabriz, Moslem People's Party supporters seized guards and held 10 hostages. A gunman killed a religious leader in Kerman in a method linked to past assassinations of Khomeini aides.
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Tehran
Iran
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
U.N
Vladimir Vinogradov
Khomeini
Qom
U.N. Security Council
Washington
White House
United States
Security Council
Russia
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Republican Party
Mohammad Kazem
Sarkar Agha Abdoreza Ebrahimi
Rebels Challenge Soviet Might in Afghanistan Coup
Islamic revolutionaries vow to continue war against Soviet troops and the Afghan government after Babrak Karmal cuts Amin regime. Amin executed. Karmal forms new government, Soviet leadership signals support as regional powers condemn intervention.
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Associated Press
Babrak Karmal
Karmal
Hafizullah Amin
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Amin
Radio
Kabul
Revolutionary Council
Moscow
U.S. State Department
White House
Neville Sanderson
Calendar expert challenges 1980s decade start claim
CLEARFIELD Utah AP calendar expert Glannin Cloward argues the decade ends in 1980 rather than starting in 1980, urging counting from one and noting centuries end in ten. He cites perpetual calendars, his work at Hill Air Force Base, and remarks from the New York Times and U.S. Naval Observatory officials.
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Clearfield
Utah
Glannin Cloward
Cloward
Hill Air Force Base
Air Force
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E. W. Robinson
Olive
Marais Des Cygnes
Fred Solis
National Guard
Kansas
The
New York Times
Gernot Winkler
Time Service
U.S. Naval Observatory
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