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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1972
Page
12
AP report quotes Diahann Carroll and Melba Moore about race and color in early TV. Carroll notes Julia broke ground but scripts lacked Black enlightenment, while Moore describes constant fights to project truthful images and enduring bias at hotels and in industry.
Plans are underway to dedicate Kansas University's new Space Technology building on the west campus with a Chamber of Commerce KU luncheon on Sept 29 at the Kansas Union. A NASA official is likely to speak at the 2:30 p.m. dedication, followed by an open house and seminars on Earth Resources Technology Satellite use and student entrepreneurs. NASA funded 1.8 million dollars for the project, with 354 thousand appropriated by the 1967 Kansas Legislature. The three story facility spans 77,000 square feet with 36 laboratories and 77 offices and will host multi disciplinary research activities.
The city will convert 27 two hour spaces in the south lot near Seventh and Vermont to two hour meters before the library opens August 23, with four five hour spaces remaining. Revenue funds library bond retirement. future lots may be added and meters kept to support debt payments.
KU professor Francis Heller, who helped Truman on the memoirs, defends Mrs. Daniel's use of private papers in her forthcoming book. He notes Truman treated some personal letters as family papers and questions the likelihood of revolutionary new disclosures.
J R Fuchs acting director of the Truman Library says Margaret Truman Daniel used her father's private letters and memos not in the library as source material for a book. He notes the president allowed access to personal papers but the library does not control them. He explains two categories of presidential papers and the personal file remains outside library reach.
Four overnight break ins occurred with about 100 dollars in cash stolen from Medical Arts Pharmacy in Kentucky Street. An 18 year old male was taken into custody nearby on suspicion of burglary and concealed weapon possession. Other break ins at Acme Laundry Dry Cleaners and Campus Highway Pizzeria yielded minimal losses.
North and South Korea will begin negotiations to reunite one million families separated since World War II at a conference in Pyongyang on August 30. Red Cross negotiators from both sides agreed. The second session will be held in Seoul two weeks later, then alternate between the capitals.
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