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University Daily Kansan
Page 0131 from reel: L 2625 (1983-08-18 to 1983-12-06)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/139579

Title: Leader Says Civil Rights Threatened
Summary: SCLC President Joseph Lowery speaks at the organization's convention in Washington, expressing concerns that civil rights gains are being threatened by the Reagan administration and budget cuts.
Category: national news
Subjects: civil rights; racial equality; Reagan administration; Southern Leadership Conference
Named Entities: Lowery, Joseph [SCLC president]; King Jr., Martin Luther [civil rights leader]; Reagan, Ronald [U.S. president]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: U.S. Will Grant Entry Visa to Official From Nicaragua
Summary: The United States will grant an entry visa to Nicaraguan Interior Minister Tomas Borge, who was previously denied permission to enter the country.
Category: national news
Subjects: Nicaragua; U.S. foreign policy; diplomacy; visa restrictions
Named Entities: Borge, Tomas [Nicaraguan Interior Minister]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Father of Ecology Dies at Age 100
Summary: Scott Nearing, political radical and back-to-nature advocate often called the father of the modern ecology movement, died at age 100 in Maine.
Category: national news
Subjects: environmental movement; ecology; conservation; obituaries
Named Entities: Nearing, Scott [ecologist]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Nigerian Leader's Party Sweeps Vote
Summary: President Shehu Shagari's National Party of Nigeria scored a sweeping victory in Senate elections, winning 55 seats in the 96-member Senate.
Category: national news
Subjects: Nigeria; elections; political parties; African politics
Named Entities: Shagari, Shehu [Nigerian president]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Investors File Suit Against DeLorean
Summary: Angry investors who say sports-car manufacturer John DeLorean took their money and ran have filed a $400 million class action lawsuit against him.
Category: national news
Subjects: automotive industry; fraud; lawsuits; DeLorean Motor Company
Named Entities: DeLorean, John [automotive manufacturer]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Singer's Wife Found Dead at Home
Summary: Jerry Lee Lewis' fifth wife was found dead in her bed at their country home, reportedly from an overdose of sleeping pills.
Category: national news
Subjects: obituaries; music industry; celebrity news; drug overdoses
Named Entities: Lewis, Jerry Lee [singer]; Lewis, Shawn Michelle [wife]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Ruling Made in Extradition Hearing
Summary: An Ontario Supreme Court judge ruled that lawyers for Cathy Evelyn Smith, charged with murder in the drug overdose death of comedian John Belushi, cannot cross-examine witnesses at her extradition hearing.
Category: national news
Subjects: criminal law; extradition; Canada; drug charges
Named Entities: Smith, Cathy Evelyn [defendant]; Belushi, John [comedian]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Attempt to Lift Monitor Anchor Fails
Summary: An attempt to raise the 1,300-pound anchor of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor failed when an air bag ripped and divers temporarily lost the anchor.
Category: national news
Subjects: Civil War history; marine archaeology; shipwrecks; USS Monitor
Named Entities: Monitor, USS [Civil War ironclad]; Foster, Nancy [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Ku Rugby
Summary: KU Rugby practice starts Tuesdays and Thursdays. Inter-Squad Scrimmage Saturday Aug. 27th, 1:30 p.m. 23rd & Iowa. NEWCOMERS ARE WELCOME!
Category: campus news
Subjects: rugby; university sports; athletics; student activities
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Tonight
Summary: BUSTER KEATON'S TIMELESS COMEDY CLASSIC The General 7:30 p.m. $1.50 Woodruff Aud.
Category: arts
Subjects: film; comedy; theater; entertainment
Confidence: 0.9

Title: The Hot Spot!
Summary: THINGS ARE SIZZLING LIKE NEVER BEFORE AT THE HOT SPOT. COME OUT TONIGHT AND CATCH FIRE.
Category: arts
Subjects: entertainment; nightlife; promotions; local business
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Weather Facts
Summary: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7 PM EST 8-25-83. Today, the weather will be mostly fair across the nation. Locally, today will be mostly sunny, hot and humid with a high around 100, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low in the lower 70s. Tomorrow will be sunny and hot with a high in the upper 90s.
Category: informational content
Subjects: weather forecast; climate; meteorology; local conditions
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Gammons Snowwos; Thompson-Crawley Furniture Rental; SUA Films; KU Rugby; Hillcrest 1; Commonwealth Theatres; Varsity; Hillcrest 3; Sunset Drive in Theatre; Hillcrest 2
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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