Lawrence Daily Journal World masthead and 1972 pricing note
The Lawrence Daily Journal World publishes daily except Sundays from Sixth and New Hampshire Streets Lawrence Kansas. The 1972 pricing lists carrier 2 03 per month annual 24 60 mail rates by region 12 42 in Douglas county 10 58 elsewhere in Kansas City area 20 per year elsewhere in United States. The staff includes President Publisher Olph C Simons Jr and editors Mayer Wall Pont, Eller.
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Olph C. Simons JR
T Simons Olphons
Estatinees Dainrensseuanihimertanacy
Tliy Mayer
I. Fixecutiva
LPH i
Dary IT Wall
Ernest Pont Riising
Leo Eller
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Kaw
Telephone
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
High speed pursuits, ambulance clashes under scrutiny nationwide
The piece weighs the risks of police hot pursuits and ambulance speeds, citing Los Angeles 1971 data showing multiple deaths and injuries. It notes a shift toward officer judgment, back-up roles, and limited vehicle involvement, with a broader call for study and safer practices. It also warns of XYY syndrome as a potential link to antisocial behavior, referencing Richard Speck’s case.
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Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louis L. Sporrer
International Association of Police Chiefs
Richard Speck
Chicago
United States
Nixon backs Jackson amendment to secure Trident vote
The Senate neared a decision on Trident submarines as President Nixon chose the hard line to gain Democrat Henry M. Jackson's support for defense spending. Jackson’s amendment tied to SALT risked upsetting Nixon’s peace image, but White House shifted to back the amendment. The anti Trident bloc failed 47 to 39 with Jackson’s influence pivotal.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
White House
Moscow
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Kremlin
Pentagon
Circulating ideas on human makeup and control of destiny
The passage argues that despite scientific progress humans still lack full understanding of makeup and behavior. It suggests that knowledge may empower greater control over human destiny, highlighting a tension between achievement and mystery in society.
Baldwin's new city library nearing public opening
A revised fee schedule was issued at the Lawrence-Douglas County Mental Health Center to align charges with patient income levels. Theron D. Pursley, 53, died from an electrical shock at the Consumers Cooperative Assn. warehouse. Governor John Anderson gave no firm answer about removing Don Schnacke as Republican state chairman. C. T. Hough to head the local Safety Council with Mrs. Fred Montgomery as vice president. Safety week planned for back to school. City Recreation Commission and Police Dept. held bicycle skill tests for children. The old Eighth and Vermont community building was sold to R. C. Jackman for 10000 dollars, ensuring Jenny Wren Co. would remain in Lawrence. Lawyers including Fred Moreau work on rewriting Kansas corporation laws for the next Legislature.
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Baldwin
Lawrence-Douglas County
Don McDonnell
Theron D. Pursley
Consumers Cooperative Assn
John Anderson
Don Schnacke
C. T. Hough
Fred Montgomery
City Recreation Commission
Police Department
Eighth and
Vermont
R. C. Jackman
Lawrence
Jenny Wren Co
Fred Moreau
KU Law Library
Kansas
The Strange Ways of Jesse Jackson
The article reports Jesse Jackson denying a deal with the IRS to endorse Ogilvie, noting Jackson’s unclear support between Ogilvie and Walker and his stance on Percey and Pucinski. It also mentions Jewish voters in New York and Rep. Bert Podell's shifting stance toward Nixon and McGovern, amid Israel concerns and Democratic tensions.
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Washington
Jesse Jackson
Ilinois
Dan Walker
Jackson
Ogilvie
Walker
Charles H. Percy
Roman Pucinski
Cook County
Chicago
Edward Hanrahan
New York
Congress
Rep
Bert Podell
Brooklyn
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Podell
Nixon
James Scheuer
Bronx
McGovern
Generation Gap Talk Often Baseless Says College Survey
A survey of college and high school students finds most youths and their parents get along. About 65.5 percent say they relate well to their parents, with the gap widest in the Northeast and West and greater between high schoolers and parents than college students.
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Vincent Rienzi
Nutley
Kimberly Korman
Framingham
Mass
Aileen McGrath
Chicago
Michael King
Satellite Explorer 46 studies micrometeoroids from lunar orbit
AP reports Explorer 46 launched from Wallops Island will circle Earth every 98 minutes at 506 miles high to record meteoroid impacts with 76 detectors. NASA aims to assess space travel hazards from micro particles amid a broad Lawrence area bystander listing.
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Washington
United States
Wallop Island
Earth
Are Women Easier To Teach to Drive
A headline suggests driving instructors say women are easier to teach than men due to greater discipline and willingness to admit inexperience. The passage also includes assorted trivia and quotations on longevity and ancient sayings.
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New York
California
Pacific Ocean
National Geographic Society
U.S
Virginia Riggs Heads NIC Plan
Virginia Riggs former Odessa Texas public schools educator joins ANPA as educational service staff consultant for the Newspaper in the Classroom NIC Program. She brings NIC workshop leadership, title 1 program direction, and newspaper based reading initiatives to strengthen teacher guides student materials and educator training nationwide.
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New York
Virginia Riggs
Public Schools
Odessa
Tex
Assn
Stewart McDonald
Vallee Opens Rue de Vallee Street in Lake Forest
Rudy Vallee celebrated the opening of Rue de Vallee a street in a new mobile home park in Lake Forest Orange County The ceremony drew about 406 fans Vallee voiced ongoing disappointment with the Los Angeles City Council which refused his request to rename Pyramid Place to Rue de Vallee and lead to his home
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Lake Forest
Calif
Rudy Vallee
Vallee
Los Angeles
Hollywood Hills
Pyramid Place
Sweden Plans $64 Million North Vietnam Aid Over Three Years
Sweden will provide 64 million dollars in aid to North Vietnam over the next three years, according to Lennart Klackenberg the undersecretary in the Foreign Office. He recently returned from a government commission tour to North Vietnam. Previous aid has totaled 15 million dollars per year.
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Stockholm
North Vietnam
Lennart Klackenberg
Foreign Office
Klackenberg
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