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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1971
Page
5
New York AP reports major banks posted strong profits in 1970 despite a sagging economy and easing loan demand. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods notes 62 banks’ earnings per share rose 10.8 percent helped by a strong fourth quarter, with prime lending rates falling from 8.5 percent to 5 percent as money supply expanded.
Kansas University senior class plans a $3000 contribution split between furnishings for the International Room in the Kansas Union and the proposed Student Health Center. A mail ballot reaching seniors by Wednesday will decide whether funds go to the Union room, Health Center furnishings, or split between both, with a final deadline of April 28 and results announced late next week.
State Sen. Ernest W. Strahan 70 of Salina died at home Saturday after months of illness. He attended sessions in a wheelchair with a nurse. A four term Republican, he chaired the Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee and backed a highway bond issue. He also served on the Agriculture and Livestock Committee and the Kansas Turnpike Authority. Survived by widow Helen and son Lt. John Wesley Strahan, Army in Vietnam.
Dalene Burger, 17, a Wellington High School senior, is hospitalized in Wichita with spinal meningitis. She fell ill with a sore throat and fever Thursday evening and was diagnosed Saturday.
In Washington the administration backed 1.5 billion desegregation bill enters Senate debate amid Southern opposition to federal desegregation. Sponsors predict days of discussion with a possible floor vote within weeks. The measure tightens spending controls and requires districts to foster integrated, quality schools while prohibiting aid to private segregated schools.
Kansas City police chief says he arrested a juvenile girl in the abandonment of a newborn found in a trash can after a resident started a fire and located the infant. The baby remained in critical condition at Children's Mercy Hospital. the mother was identified through investigative channels and turned over to Wyandotte County Juvenile Court.
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