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University Daily Kansan
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Capsules
From staff and wire reports
Fighting rages in Nicaragua
MASAYA, Nicaragua—Fierce street battles ragged in Masaya and other Nicaraguan cities yesterday as government troops backed by helicopter gunships fought rebel forces seeking to topple President Anastasio Somoza. Unofficial sources said as many as 200 persons might have been killed in the renewed fighting, which erupted Saturday night with coordinated attacks on national guard posts.
Five dead in Iranian fighting
TEHRAN, Iran-Clashes between troops and anti-government demonstrators defying a martial law ban on public gatherings reportedly left two wounded.
According to confirmed reports, three persons died in Mashad, 440 miles northeast of the capital, and two were killed in Qum, 75 miles southwest of
The bloodshed came as mourners buried 97 persons who were killed Friday when soldiers levied their weapons on rampaging protesters in Tehran.
The government has no immediate comment on the latest fighting in a growing revolt against Shab Mohammed Zea Pahaili's efforts to westernize
Flood faces perjury charges
LOS ANGELES - Rep. Daniel J. Flood, D-Pa., was arranged yesterday on three federal perjury charges in a case involving thousands of dollars in alleged
Flood was indicted by a federal grand jury a week ago on charges before a grand jury and at the trial of his former aide, Stephen B. Elko. Elko who was convicted of taking $25,000 in bribes to influence Flood, has accused Flood of taking more than $100,000 in payoffs.
Food or drinking may have been contaminated.液晶 currently is seeking re-election to his 18th term in Congress.
Wheat crop lowest since '70
TOPEKA-Kansas" 1978 wheat crop is the smallest since 1970, the Kansas Crop and Food Reporting Service said yesterday.
The state yield of 399 million bushels based on Aug. 1 reports is 10 percent below last year's crop of 344.9 million bushels. The service reported that wheat streak mosaic, premature ripening spurred by hot, dry winds and hall damages cut down on the number of acres harvested.
The average yield per acre, however, was reported up from 28.5 bushels an acre last year to 30 bushels this year.
Keus co-sponsors loan bill
WASHINGTON - Rep. Martha Keys, D-Kan., announced yesterday she is coponsigning a resolution to increase produce loan rates to 90 percent of乖乖县。
Keys said the resolution would provide reasonable price protection for farmers and producers.
The loan resolution introduced by Rep. Richard Nolan, D-Min., is also supported by Rep. Dan Glickman, D-Kan, and Rep. Keith Sebellus, R-Kan.
Ford has transmission hotline
Port Motor Co. yesterday announced that it has established a toll-free telephone number that customers in Kansas may use to report any incidents of theft or breakage.
The telephone service is part of a 30-day area survey of alleged transmission problems. The survey is being conducted in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which initially reported the potential hazard.
The number may be used by any owner of a Ford or Lincoln-Mercury product who thinks the vehicle's automatic transmission may have slipped or jumped from park to the reverse gear while the engine was running. The number is (000) 821-5040.
KCC fighting utility deposits
TOPEKA-Ullity companies should have to prove a customer lacks a satisfactory credit rating before requiring a security deposit, the Kansas Department of Commerce said.
The staff made the proposal in its list of proposed propositions concerning billing practices, security deposits, late payment charges and service cut-offs in 1976. The proposal was approved.
A public hearing is scheduled for Oct. 10 in Topeka to hear comments on utility companies' policies.
Moreliaur petitions verified
Six more Kansas counties certified petitions yesterday to place the liquor-by-drink issue on the November ballot, bringing to 41 the number of counties in which the liquor was certified.
The latest counties in which an adequate number of signatures on petitions were verified Neosho, Barton, Sumner, Pottawatomie, Seward and Wabausee. A petition in Allen County was rejected yesterday because of an insufficient number of signatures.
Petitions in Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick and Osage counties remain uncertified.
Accused killer to be evaluated
INDEPENDENCE — A psychiatric evaluation was ordered yesterday for a 28-year-old man accused of first-degree murder following the shooting death of a woman he knew.
Jamie Flood Van Palmer of the Montgomery County District Court ordered that Dennis K. Harris of Rogers, Ark., be sent to the Larned State Hospital for
Pearson backs aas proposal
WASHINGTON—Sen. James B. Pearson, R-Kan., announced his support yesterday for the natural gas compromise proposal now being considered by
Acknowledging that it falls short of the Pearson-Bentless bill previously adopted by the Senate, Pearson said he thought the bill was a step in the right direction.
TOPEKA-Gov. Robert F. Bennett yesterday rejected a U.S. Department of Transportation suggestion that Kansas require the use of safety belts
Bennett rejects seatbelt law
Teachers return in two cities
School children in New Orleans and Philadelphia are back in classes after striking teachers accepted new contracts.
new Orleans teachers accepted a contract yesterday, and students returned to classes today; Philadelphia students returned to classes yesterday after graduation.
Classes in other parts of the nation remained disrupted, however, as teachers in Cleveland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington and Rhode Island took up vacant positions.
Weather...
It will be cloudy and cooler today, with a high near 80. There is an 40 percent chance of rain today. Winds will be southwesterly, 10 to 20 miles an hour.
KU to resume daytime watering
Because of the recent strain on water reserves in the Lawrence area, Vogt had asked KU officials last week to water the campus grass only between the hours of 9
The University of Kansas will be given permission today to resume watering the campus grass during the daytime. Gene Lombardo, a public utilities department, said yesterday.
Vortt also had asked the city's parks and recreation department to limit its watering to the same hours, but he told them yesterday they also could resume watering.
p. m. and 10 a.m. However, some watering was continued during the day.
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