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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1976
Page
2
The Journal- World editorial touts agriculture as the nation’s backbone citing Washington on farming’s role and notes the upcoming Douglas County Free Fair at the County Fairgrounds. It promotes farm contributions and urges community ties between rural and urban residents with broad participation and appreciation of farming.
The Alaska oil pipeline faces cost overruns and delays after environmental lobbying and labor scandals. Faulty welds and poor record keeping raise safety questions for about 3 000 seams, with 700 buried deep in permafrost. Delays threaten supply and costs.
A satirical letter imagines Thomas Jefferson facing today’s red tape. Lord North humorously pens questions and demands for a Declaration of Independence reform, including citations, measurable goals, budgets, timelines, and an organizational chart.
The piece reviews how Democrats influenced Gerald Ford's rise to vice president and their changing stance on Nixon's pardon. It notes FBI interviews in 1973 praising Ford’s character, and cites contemporaries like Humphrey, McGovern, Muskie, Jackson, Hart, Eastland, and Woodcock. It also mentions 1974 diary accounts on Nixon prosecution attitudes and a carpet industry probe revealing buyer deception and potential FTC reforms.
The piece warns that developing countries push for government controlled news pools and nationalized media, risking a strangled global press. It notes UNESCO debates, IAPA and IPI fights, and laments the erosion of objective journalism despite early postwar optimism.
The Ballard Community Center asks Lawrence families to donate extra school starter kits for children in kindergarten through sixth grade as the new school year approaches. In last year’s drive nearly 100 kits were distributed with support from local residents. Donations can be dropped at 708 Elm St 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or mailed to Ballard Emergency School Fund Box 7 Lawrence 66044.
City and Lawrence Memorial Hospital officials discussed selling municipal utility revenue bonds and lowering the mill levy to fund construction of a skilled nursing facility. KU loan demand may peak. county commissioners met to set tax levy and appoint a new commissioner. Rentz's German Show planned to visit and Russo German colonists bought Ellis County land.
The National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting led by Nicholas Johnson reports six weeks of TV violence with shows like S W A T The Rockford Files and Starsky and Hutch and identifies top sponsors Colgate Palmolive Gillette Ford Johnson & Johnson American Motors and Lysol. It urges viewers to write sponsors, sharing sample letters praising violence in programs.
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