====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0152_1 from reel: L 748 (1970-02-03 to 1970-07-28) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/77700 Title: Caution, Crumbling Steps... Summary: A caution sign and podium were placed at the top of Watson Library steps to keep students off potentially hazardous surfaces until they can be resurfaced. Category: campus news Subjects: university facilities; safety; maintenance Confidence: 0.9 Title: Draft Cut Predicted Summary: Defense Secretary Melvin Laird predicted that only 210,000 men would be drafted in the 1970 fiscal year instead of the previously estimated 225,000, citing progress in Vietnamization and reduction of armed forces. Category: national news Subjects: military draft; Vietnam War; defense policy Confidence: 0.85 Title: Drug Apostle Waits for Pot Sentence Summary: Dr. Timothy Leary, 50, in jail awaiting sentencing on a marijuana possession conviction, will be taken into custody to Texas this weekend for sentencing on another marijuana case. Category: national news Subjects: drug laws; marijuana possession; criminal justice Confidence: 0.85 Title: Four Charged in Beatings Summary: Four persons were charged with maiming for the 'religious cult' beatings of a young mother and her teen-age sister who were believed to be witches in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Category: national news Subjects: criminal charges; torture; religious cult Confidence: 0.8 Title: Embezzlement Bonanza Summary: Sticky-fingered employees are costing American businesses an estimated $1.8 billion a year or $5 million a day in embezzlement losses, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Category: national news Subjects: financial crime; insurance fraud; corporate embezzlement Confidence: 0.8 Title: Main Income Is Beef Summary: Members of Congress from Kansas asked the Agriculture Department Thursday to extend the May 1 livestock grazing deadline on diverted acres to May 15. Category: national news Subjects: agriculture; livestock; congressional action Confidence: 0.8 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Alfie's Fish & Chips; Dwight Boring Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.