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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1970
Page
2
The Lawrence Journal-World details staff roles including President Publisher and other editors. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail with annual costs for various counties and regions as of Thursday Evening December 8 1970.
City traffic experts place concrete blocks at Sixth and Massachusetts forcing southbound Kaw River traffic onto Sixth or New Hampshire Streets. Buses from across the country face routing changes with limited warning to merchants and the public. UCLA anthropologist R D McCracken links grain cultivation to degenerative diseases and cites starches as a major health risk.
The article notes the Nixon administration increasing public education on inflation while stopping short of using broader powers. It contrasts Nixon with Johnson and Kennedy, who used stronger actions to curb price rises. Despite tighter money policy slowing inflation, critics say enforcement remains absent and wage and price violators risk no sanction.
The piece argues people prefer a safer modern life with conveniences over the harsher realities of ancient hunter gatherer existence. It cites McCracken and Ernie Pyle to compare risks, noting today’s longer, safer life despite dangers and health concerns.
Kansas University beat Northwestern 86-69 while Lawrence High fell 49-37 in a doubleheader at Allen Fieldhouse. The region saw a feral-animal killing and multiple local developments including a dirt grading project and a Victory Loan tally near 980 thousand dollars.
Readers debate city barriers on Sixth Street and traffic control versus business. A second letter critiques a drug education conference coverage and calls for accurate reporting and perspective.
A satirical tale traces a chain of unpaid debts from a New York curtain maker to toys, furniture, and bank loans, illustrating how nonpayment spirals through businesses. The narrator’s father insists the economy suffers because no one pays bills, highlighting a web of interlinked creditors and debtors.
Washington signals a new Nixon doctrine urging European allies to expand NATO strength while the United States maintains its troop levels. Secret studies warn of a growing Warsaw Pact advantage as U.S. forces in Europe hollow out amid Vietnam strains and European shortfalls in troops, gear, and training.
On this date in history events include Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare war on Austro-Hungary in 1917 Illinois becoming a state in 1818 Andrew Jackson’s 1828 presidential victory over Adams Jefferson Davis being tried for treason in 1868 and Robert Louis Stevenson’s death in Samoa in 1894.
Dan Conyers of the Collegiate Young Democrats at KU encourages all Lawrence residents 18 and older to register to vote. The letter notes eligibility requires Kansas residency six months and ward residence thirty days with registration at the City Clerk and possession of a yellow slip.
Four Lawrence High School seniors two West Junior High students and a KU student led a youth panel at Kansas University as part of the Regional Drug Abuse Education Conference. They challenged generalizations about students and urged respect for individual choices while addressing education systems parent child relations and substance use.
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