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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1973
Page
2
Kansas University researchers prepare fifteen Space Technology Center staff to install five microwave receivers near Wichita for a 30 second Skylab 2 antenna test. Mission Control weighs a rescue due to propulsion trouble on the command ship.
The Senate voted 79 to 9 to require President Nixon to order a mandatory allocation of surplus fuels within 10 days. The measure empowers price controls on gasoline and heating oil and runs through March 1, 1975.
The Oklahoma State Prison riot escalates as highway patrol marksmen may shoot to prevent further killings. Charles Clifford Palmer, 34, was stabbed to death as guards watched amid a destroyed complex. National Guardsmen used tear gas to quell a mob while repairs proceed and inmate capacity expands to nearly 600 cells.
The 1974 Douglas County Budget reduces taxes by 11.16 mills amid state take over of school financing and welfare services. A public hearing is set for Aug 13 at 10 a.m. in the courthouse commission chambers. The master control unit for downtown traffic signals has not arrived from Eagle Signal Co. Williams notes a prior order and jokes about delays.
A parade of antique machinery automobiles and steam engines opens the 16th Annual Steam Engine and Threshing Bee in McLouth at 2 p.m. Friday on a five acre tract southeast of town. The three day event features three parades daily threshing and lumber sawing demonstrations the Kansas Old Time Fiddlers and Pickers Assn performances Friday night by the Jefferson County Band a Saturday horseshoe contest and continuous displays.
The Government Operations Committee voted to subpoena all records on federally financed improvements to private property used or owned by administrations from Nixon back to Truman. A letter from Bryce N. Harlow promised voluntary disclosure by early next week.
Lawrence police estimate damage to the 1516 Mass address vehicle at over 500 dollars. Vandals walked on or kicked the top hood and both sides of the car. The damage occurred between 7 30 p m Wednesday and 2 30 a m today while parked near the Sanctuary Club at 1401 W Seventh.
The Senate approved a bill to raise the hourly minimum wage to 2.20 dollars and extend coverage to about seven million workers. The measure moves to the House where approval was expected Friday.
Douglas County Council on Services to the Aging announces weekly senior bus service for residents over 62 starting August 14 in Lawrence with phased expansion to Lecompton Eudora and Baldwin by September 15. Service covers six zones with two trips daily and 25 cent one-way fares.
Douglas County Commission authorized county assessor Darwin Rogers to begin a long range reclassification of agricultural lands. Acting on a directive from state director Harold Rodmiller, maps will be marked using Soil Conservation Service categories to equalize agricultural values by 1975. If values change, all county land faces revaluation before tax rolls reflect new agricultural figures. Rogers said work can start immediately with 72 of 128 aerial photos available.
Twenty two Lawrence High School students will depart Friday for a two week camping and hiking program in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park. The group, LHS Mountain Ventures, will base in the park for all day hikes and instruction in mountain climbing and field biology, culminating with a summit climb of Longs Peak led by Kenneth Highfill.
The Kansas University campus will close auto traffic as roads are blacktopped starting Monday weather permitting. Work by Lawrence Ready Mix, overseen by Gene Blitch, will move from Naismith Drive and Crescent Road to 15th Street Sunnyside Indians Street Sunflower and into the Park area ending near the Kansas Union, with parking restrictions and detours in effect during the weeklong project.
Lawrence police report an 10 49 a m collision between a Union Pacific locomotive and a car on North Third between Locust and Maple. Driver James Rule age 68 of 2501 Haskell stopped at the first tracks but did not see the eastbound train on the second set. Locomotive damage estimated at 500 dollars and car damage at 1500 dollars.
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