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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1969
Page
2
Lawrence Daily Journal-World marks Dec 6 1969 issue with editor W C G Simons. Subscription rates listed include carrier $1.78 monthly and $20.76 yearly, Douglas county mail $10 yearly, U S mail $15 yearly.
Harold Stallard underwent abdominal surgery on November 17 and remains hospitalized. A Friday neighborhood group with tractors plowed the Stallards' field to cover farm work. Mrs Stallard praised the community as always ready to help.
The Lawrence Jaycees sponsor a Christmas Decoration Contest with four divisions religious non religious fighting and multi family dwellings. Judging emphasizes originality over size or cost. Entries due Friday Dec 19 with judging Monday Dec 22.
The article argues the lottery method brings fairness and planning certainty to Selective Service, offering a non-discriminatory random draw that limits a young man to at most a year before his fate is learned. It acknowledges no plan fully satisfies all, but views this as a meaningful beginning toward a broader, fairer system.
Vice President Spiro Agnew delivered a surprisingly moderate tone to young activists, saying he respects their right to dissent. He argued that the vast majority of American youth are mature enough to engage constructively.
The speech at a conference on the drug problem shows Agnew and Nixon seeking an alliance with the administration and an older generation to back a positive cause. The tone suggests an effort to ease conflict with the youthful antiwar movement while echoing the Ten Commandments of Protest.
In Alabama politics Wallace leverages support from Winton Blount to frame Brewer as a Nixon-Wallace coalition target. Brewer promotes a moderate stance as Wallace fights to regain the governorship with GOP and national aid cited as potential edges.
Old Home Town notes Karen Kerr, LHS majorette, won first place in the senior division of the National Baton Twirling Contest in Nebraska City Neb. Also reported W G Hutson died after a long illness. 25 years ago 1944 accidents on the Wakarusa bridge delayed Highway 10 traffic. Ernst honored at Elks Club for 77th birthday. KU Winter Sports Club planned floods the EU tennis courts for ice rinks. 1929 Lawrence HS football ended a 23 game win streak with Ottawa. Four LHS players named to All Northeast League. Mrs Childs killed a large gray wolf on her farm.
A devotional note urges reflection on sin and cleansing through divine help. It asks believers to align thoughts with God and dedicate their lives to service, ending with a prayer.
A columnist muses on reading beards to reveal politics, aims, and self image. He cites Hollywood actors, student youths, and wartime memories, proposing a psychology study classifying 25 beard styles and linking them to personality traits and social signals.
Washington buzzes over Attorney General John Mitchell and wife Martha. Parodied TV banter portrays a power couple trading liberals for Communists, fretting over Watergate life and politics while hinting at a larger conspiracy against Haynsworth and mobilization organizers.
Gov Robert Docking told 70 members of the 995th Maintenance Co in Hays Kansas their conduct in federal service reflects America's finest traditions. The unit, called into service in May 1968, will be deactivated Tuesday. Rep Keith Sebelius also spoke at the ceremony attended by about 200 people.
Nine MP freight cars derailed west of Brownell in Ness County on Friday afternoon. A railroad spokesman said two to three derailed cars carried explosives but no injuries were reported. The train was traveling west.
Major John R. McKenzie of the Air Force ROTC at Kansas University rebuts Richard F. Hardin’s critique of ROTC. He argues Hardin confuses opinion with fact, defends officer training, and notes ROTC provides the bulk of the nation’s officers while supporting liberal civilian education. polls and the University Senate back continued ROTC with credit.
Since 1965 the project sends Christmas packages to Vietnam veterans. Citizens are urged to donate items such as comics stationery envelopes candy cookies toothpaste toothbrushes to red and green boxes in local stores. American Legion pays postage and mails the gifts.
Kansas Highway Director John Montgomery says studying emergency telephones along interstate highways. Gov Docking asked the Highway Commission to find an economically feasible system as other options proved costly. He notes tested alternatives include extra troopers and patrols, but costs blocked them.
The state representative assembly of the Kansas State Teachers Association approved a name change to the Kansas National Education Association by a slim 186 to 101 margin. Earlier, sectional delegates voted against the change 343 to 269.
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