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University Daily Kansan
Page 0101 from reel: L 2626 (1984-01-11 to 1984-07-27)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/138452

Title: Court Refuses to Hear Self-Starvation Case
Summary: California Supreme Court denies request to force-feed woman who wishes to die by starvation, upholding lower court ruling that her constitutional right to privacy includes right to refuse medical treatment.
Category: national news
Subjects: legal proceedings; civil liberties; medical ethics
Named Entities: Bouvia, Elizabeth
Confidence: 0.85

Title: No Progress Made on Renewing Talks, Shultz Says
Summary: Secretary of State George Shultz reports no progress in talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko regarding nuclear arms reduction and conventional forces in Europe.
Category: national news
Subjects: international relations; nuclear disarmament; diplomacy
Named Entities: Shultz, George [Secretary of State]; Gromyko, Andrei [Soviet Foreign Minister]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Texas County Coroner Rules General's Death a Suicide
Summary: Bexar County Medical Examiner rules that Maj. Gen. Robert G. Owby committed suicide by hanging himself while deeply in debt.
Category: national news
Subjects: military; suicide; investigation
Named Entities: Owby, Robert G. [general]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Aid Needed to Avert African Famine
Summary: United Nations agency warns that 24 African nations face severe food shortages and need 1.6 million tons of food to prevent widespread famine.
Category: national news
Subjects: international aid; famine; Africa
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Police Link Pair to Two More Deaths
Summary: Police link confessed mass murderers Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Elwood Toole to two additional unsolved murders, bringing their total to 200 killings across 17 states.
Category: national news
Subjects: crime; murder investigation; law enforcement
Named Entities: Lucas, Henry Lee [murderer]; Toole, Ottis Elwood [murderer]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: No Recovery for Blacks, Leader Says
Summary: Urban League leader John Jacob states that while white Americans celebrate economic recovery, black Americans face depression of crushing proportions with no recovery in sight.
Category: national news
Subjects: racial inequality; economic recovery; civil rights
Named Entities: Jacob, John [Urban League leader]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Stock Market Loses Ground Again
Summary: Stock market declines again with the Dow Jones industrial average losing 3.35 points, despite higher fourth-quarter earnings from IBM.
Category: national news
Subjects: economy; stock market; financial news
Confidence: 0.8

Title: West Is Lax on Drug Use, Report Says
Summary: International Narcotics Control Board report indicates Western nations are too permissive toward narcotics use, with record seizures of cocaine and heroin revealing alarming growth in abuse.
Category: national news
Subjects: drug policy; narcotics control; international report
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Williams Loses Bid to Delay Jail Term
Summary: Former Sen. Harrison Williams Jr. loses last-minute bid to delay his three-year jail term for bribery and conspiracy related to the Abscam investigation.
Category: national news
Subjects: legal proceedings; political corruption; prison
Named Entities: Williams, Harrison Jr. [former senator]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Weather Facts
Summary: National Weather Service forecast showing temperatures across the country with local forecast for partly cloudy and cold conditions in Lawrence.
Category: informational content
Subjects: weather forecast; meteorology; climate
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Correction
Summary: Correction noting that previous report incorrectly stated Lawrence City Commission elections would be in April 1985; elections will actually be held in April.
Category: announcement
Subjects: newspaper corrections; election information
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Clarification
Summary: Clarification regarding previous report about Lawrence cable company, noting that the company has filed 20 complaints with the Douglas County District Attorney's office.
Category: announcement
Subjects: newspaper corrections; cable television; legal matters
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Gammons Snow Video
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 1.0

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