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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1972
Page
14
Variable cloudiness with light westerly winds tonight and a low in the mid 30s. Mostly sunny and warmer Saturday with a high in the 70s and a 20 percent chance of rain tonight and zero Saturday. Thursday forecast includes a high around 60 and low near 46.
Baldwin High School presents Carnival after two months of rehearsal with performances at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday. The musical tale follows Lili as she joins a carnival and contends with love triangle involving Marco the Magician Paul the puppeteer and Rosalie.
Chancellor Laurence Chalmers announced Shirley Gilham, director of the KU Information Center, as director of KU affirmative action for women. Gilham, in her second year at KU, joined in 1966 as a grad student and teaching assistant in speech communication and human relations within the speech and drama department. The program aims to promote equal opportunities for women faculty, staff and students in salaries, jobs, promotions, admissions and financial aid.
Wellsville Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and 4-H Club members organize a town cleanup starting 9 a.m. Saturday. They will collect trash from streets and terraces and haul it to the city park by 11 a.m. Bill Leib and City of Wellsville provide trucks. Chamber of Commerce supplies beverages. The effort is part of the national Save Our American Resources project sponsored by scouting groups and Keep America Beautiful.
Kwame Nkrumah, former Ghanaian ruler and key African nationalist, died at 62 in Conakry Guinea after cancer treatment. Exiled since 1966 coup, he had vowed to return. President Sekou Toure announced the death and declared three days of mourning.
Baron Von Baucom a 19 year old Kansas University freshman from Kansas City Missouri is held in the Douglas County jail on $2500 bond charged with burglary and grand theft. KU traffic and security officers arrested Baucom Thursday evening in connection with a theft from a room in Ellsworth Residence Hall.
A 247 247 Bundestag tie deepens the crisis as Chancellor Willy Brandt fails to win a test of strength over his budget for the chancellor’s office. The deadlock jeopardizes his regime and raises the prospect of an election if opponents aid passage of his program.
McGovern secures 102 Massachusetts delegates on the first convention ballot after winning the statewide presidential preference. About 87 delegates appear pledged for him on later ballots, with Muskie and Chisholm winning smaller allocations. State law requires pledged delegates vote for the statewide winner on first ballot.
Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut endorsed Senator George McGovern of South Dakota for the Democratic presidential nomination. He called McGovern the candidate of the future and acknowledged he abandoned hopes that Senator Ted Kennedy would win the 1972 nomination.
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