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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1972
Page
1
Lawrence commission clears the way for excavation in the 700 block of Massachusetts next Tuesday and delays action on an affirmative action ordinance and a house wireman license. Mayor Emick dissents on the 700 block vote amid a busy downtown project timeline.
Volunteers from the Lawrence League of Women Voters helped register 245 Haskell Indian Junior College students and KU students across two schools. Voter registration continues at Baker University September 5 and 8. 130 students registered Monday at Haskell and 115 Tuesday. County totals show 29,603 registered voters with 24,878 in Lawrence. Books close for Lawrence after the September 19 annexation vote, while Baldwin Eudora Lecompton and rural areas may register until October 17 for the November 7 election.
About 100 to 150 people are expected for a Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Lawrence Elks Club on September 6 to mark the Clinton Dam breakthrough. Attendees likely include Gov. Robert Docking former U S Sen Frank Carlson and U S Treasurer Georgia Neese Gray. Brig Gen Edwin T O Donnell may speak if he attends. A photo session at the dam site west of Lawrence will follow.
In a New York appearance, George McGovern says South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu should be offered political asylum in the United States if he feels endangered by a postwar settlement. He adds Thieu was "our man" in Saigon and would flee if a Communist takeover occurs. He also attacks Nixon on Jews in Russia and Israel and outlines domestic priorities.
George McGovern abandoned the $1,000 demogrant plan and said he would prefer a conservative Southerner head the Treasury. He told the New York Society of Security Analysts his tax proposals drew mixed reactions while signaling Rep. Wilbur D. Mills as a potential Treasury secretary. Mills, a pragmatic conservative from Arkansas, did not reject the possibility.
The Douglas County Historical Society received 7956 as a residual beneficiary gift from the Irma B. Spangler estate. President Charles Stough said the funds honor the Spangler family and will support plans for the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum renovation and expansion. Architect Curtis Be lingering has been hired to develop renovation plans for the 11th and Mass building.
Lawrence city officials report a distant radio transmission from Des Moines Iowa after a maintenance worker claimed a 601 call in the city system. Police say bicycle licenses total 2 611 this week with 3 089 issued last year and expire May 1.
Eudora sets September 11 for a special council session with the city attorney to discuss legal issues of a proposed 60 bed nursing home. CNN Corp of Sioux City and Mid-Continent Investments of Wichita presented feasibility and financing options via industrial revenue bonds. Total project cost is about $574000.
A Tuesday fire at Ira Elliott’s home 840 Maine Lawrence caused an estimated 1500 damage. Fire started in the basement near a window and burned floor joists and siding. Mrs Elliott was away. Darren Elliott owns the home at 301 Mo. The department also investigated two other calls and a false smoke alarm at Memorial Hospital and a grill smoke incident on West Ninth.
A 1:30 p.m. September 7 hearing in Douglas County District Court will hear Harold E. Anderson's appeal of a Kansas Corporation Commission ruling granting United Telephone Co. of Kansas access to serve areas south and east of Lawrence via its Baldwin plant. Anderson and the KCC dispute customer preferences and service choices in Vinland Mutual’s former territory.
Fire at Tan-Tar-A on the Lake of the Ozarks damaged 10 guest rooms and the lodge roof with an estimated $50,000 in damage. Burton Duenke said repairs would take two to three days and the lodge resumed normal operations. two people were injured including a firefighter with burns and a guest with an ankle injury.
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