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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1971
Page
2
Lawrence Journal-World announces staff roles and offices with editors Simons Pontius Eller and Parsons reporting to The World Company. It lists publishing details, contact numbers, and subscription rates across regions as of August 21 1971.
The Journal-World states its commitment to accurate and fair news reporting. It rejects mixing editorial opinion with news and pledges to safeguard citizens’ rights, show sympathy for the disadvantaged, expose public dishonesty, and support community improvement projects.
Kansas Governor Douglas Docking praised President Nixon's new economic course as a needed move to curb inflation and unemployment. He urged bipartisan support and warned about inflation's broad harm while urging thrift in beverage container choices to reduce litter and drive costs down.
A standing room only crowd attended the Planning Commission Board of Zoning Appeals session on west 20th Street rezoning and nursery zoning. Douglas County’s work program for able bodied welfare recipients began today with one man on the crew.
The piece suggests that today’s young people may push meaningful changes in Social Security procedures and policies in the years ahead as they recognize how the program has spiraled away from its original concept.
White House talks on the 90 day price and wage freeze raise questions about the next steps. Officials discuss broadening a voluntary stabilization commission to include prices and wages, using the Construction Industry Stabilization Committee as a prototype.
A Time Magazine correspondent tours Khabarovsk and Siberia, noting a corridor of clashes between China and the United States as Russia builds population heft. The piece describes Amur forces, Vladivostok’s closures, propaganda incentives, and a cautious peace amid frontier tensions.
A devotional prayer article thanks God for access to prayer and asks for ongoing fellowship with faith that all needs both spiritual and material will be supplied. The piece cites Matthew 7 7 and expresses gratitude and trust in divine provision.
Editor Art Buchwald parodies a Washington rumor and a travel gimmick that offers group discount economy fares to Paris for clubs with 25 members. A tale from Hillis New York shows how personal conflicts test group loyalty and the idea that a club can supersede individual feelings.
A man recalling early Lawrence times sent a letter to Mount Hope Nursery seeking an old acquaintance’s name and address. He describes downtown sites and businesses past on Ohio and Mass streets, notes long hair fashion, DC electricity, dirt streets, and gas lamps, and offers further details to prove he lived there.
The Kansas Board of Health proposed a 60 microgram per cubic meter standard for 14 northeast counties, below the 97 micrograms found in samples from September 1969 to August 1970. Howard Saiger, head of the air quality service, says the proposal aims to improve area air quality. He notes sulfur dioxide standards may exceed the Shawnee County sample levels.
Carl C. Brown Jr., a 59 year old unemployed former Boeing supervisor, becomes believed to be the nation’s first hire under President Nixon’s $1 billion Emergency Employment Act. He starts Monday as a $600 a month labor foreman for Wichita parks, after 19 years at Boeing and short later layoffs. Brown notes the shift as a rapid shock but expresses cautious optimism. He had worked briefly for a Chanute firm before another layoff and had volunteered with a local group of unemployed engineers in Wichita.
Students in need across six colleges in the Second Kansas District will receive federal grants from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for an academic year. Grants range from $200 to $1,000 with matching aid required. six institutions are listed with totals and student counts, including Washburn University receiving $3,785 for seven students.
Six Kansas colleges receive a combined total of 24 973 dollars 43? St Benedicts College reports 2643 Mount St Scholastica College 3400 St Mary College 1613 Highland Community Junior College 210.
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina will marry Rita Louise Liddy, a longtime staff member and former teacher, in Charleston. It is Hollings second marriage after his 24 year union with Sally ended last year. Liddy is 35 and has worked in his office since 1966.
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