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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1971
Page
2
The provided text lists the Lawrence Journal-World staff roles and publishing details. It notes editors and directors, publication scope, address in Lawrence Kansas, phone, and subscription rates across regions, with a date stamp of Monday Evening Aug. 2, 1971. It reads as a standard masthead and business note rather than a news event.
The piece argues that mobster testimony before Congress provides a mixed truth about law enforcement and FBI leadership. It praises J Edgar Hoover while noting skepticism toward witnesses and politics. It also questions VP Agnew's overseas trips and leisure abroad versus serious domestic duties.
The piece argues the 8.4 percent savings rate misleads households, noting automatic saving methods and age-related changes, then shifts to public services and politics. It critiques the postal system's four week performance, urges patience, and discusses Nixon era party dynamics and the need for strong parties for democracy.
The essay argues small districts work with effective systems but large populations need elected representatives to govern. It emphasizes political parties run candidates and campaigns, while swing voters will decide the 1972 election and the in-betweens remain decisive.
Old Home Town Lathrop B Read Jr 64 former Kansas Highway Patrol superintendent is named lieutenant colonel and chief of the Douglas County Civil Defense police. KU green house lab project to be completed this month on Bisonte farm near 19th and Iowa. Health Department warns of stricter enforcement of garbage disposal. EU housing office seeks attic basement and store room for student housing. Fourth polio case in Lawrence and sixth in county diagnosed at KU hospital in Kansas City. County commissioners set Aug 5 for budget protests under new state law. In Indiana a bed hung between trees above ground to ease hot nights. People pray for faithfulness per Exodus 16 21.
The White House privately believes Senator Henry M. Scoop Jackson of Washington would pose the hardest challenge to Nixon in 1972. Nixon sees Jackson as a blend of liberal bread and butter policies with a hard line anti-Communism that could peel away Democratic left defections, erode Republican strength, and hold labor and Jewish support, contrasting with coordinated leaks from aides.
White House aides rate Edward Kennedy as a strong potential Democratic nominee while viewing Nixon’s reelection as easier to attack if Kennedy leads the ticket. Muskie gains with party leaders threaten Bayh and Moretti in California, with revenue sharing and political maneuvering shaping the race.
The piece argues that truth lags behind falsehood and notes how Soviet and Western media treated the National Review hoax. It discusses how counterfeit papers affected perceptions, the role of a controlled press, and the bias in foreign coverage toward U.S. imperialism and nuclear power, with references to Indochina and the Pentagon.
This AP item lists notable events on August 2 across years. Hitler proclaims Reichsfuhrer in 1934, Hudson enters Hudson Bay in 1610, L enfant born 1754, WWI invasions 1914, Coolidge statement 1927, Einstein letter 1939, Petain death sentence 1940, Kennedy stance on China 1960, Quetta earthquake 5 years earlier, Dacca floods anniversary.
The University of Minnesota plans a three year reassessment to curtail or reorganize 15 percent of each department a move driven by tight legislative appropriations and a self review urged by faculty. The plan aims at academic renewal selective cuts and internal funding shifts with potential cross unit collaborations.
Chicago AP reports comedian Dick Gregory, now 102 pounds, vows a ten year liquid fast if needed to protest the Vietnam War. He marked 100 days by running 15 miles in a South Side park and jokes of entering the Boston Marathon once a year passes without solid food.
At Castel Gandolfo Pope Paul VI told a noon crowd his message to astronauts David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin was confidential A reply via Archbishop Raimondi expressed good wishes The astronauts said their journey was for all men and hoped their talents would satisfy supporters of the undertaking
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