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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1977
Page
4
In Topeka a judge ordered that no estate assets may be disposed of without court approval, extending to jointly owned property and items acquired during the 24 year marriage. Mrs. Sandstrom faces a 1st degree murder charge in Sandstrom’s May 3 death and may request a continuance at Friday’s preliminary hearing.
Kansans would face one minute showers, rain water for car washing, and paper plates in a drought plan disclosed by the Kansas Water Resources Board. The plan covers shower flow limits, toilet tank reductions, full loads for washers, and avoiding lawn sprinkling while promoting incentives for water-efficient plumbing and recycling.
Sirhan Sirhan, serving life at Soledad, says he wants to discuss the Kennedy killing with Los Angeles County Supervisors Baxter Ward and Kenneth Hahn. Attorney Godfrey Isaac relayed the invitation as the board held hearings on unresolved Sirhan case aspects. Sirhan would meet only with Ward and Hahn, Isaac said, and could arrange the meeting at Soledad almost instantly. The former diplomat and Palestinian refugee was convicted in 1969 for Kennedy’s murder in the Ambassador Hotel pantry on June 5, 1968. Critics at the hearing questioned the Kranz review’s conclusion that Sirhan acted alone, while Dr. Robert Joling, Paul Schrade, and Allard Lowenstein urged the board to consider a second gun.
The Kansas Corporation Commission ruled Southwestern Bell must use 1976 figures as the test year for a $27.1 million rate increase, rejecting 1977 data. A formal decision to be filed later, with hearings expected in September. SWB will refile papers and may take two weeks. The commission also denied a rehearing request in a separate 1976 rate case.
. DENVER AP National Cancer Institute scientists say patients treated with alkylating anticancer drugs face higher risk of a second cancer. Women treated for ovarian cancer with these agents show significant risk of developing acute non lymphocytic leukemia, a treatable blood cancer. Doctors at the annual meeting discuss the findings.
Dallas inventors Terry Hampton and David Fusco propose an alcohol analyzer to bar patrons. The device reads a breath sample and displays comfort or warning levels, with a red skull for high readings. The machine is not a legal defense and readings can rise after consumption.
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