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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1970
Page
2
The Lawrence Daily Journal World from December 7 1970 lists staff and contact details including publisher editor and advertising director. It notes edition information and subscription rates across regions and confirms AP and ABC memberships.
The Pearl Harbor attack on December 7 1941 showed a lax moment could shatter peace. The note recalls more than 100 sailors still lie at the Arizona wreck and urges readiness to seek peace while staying strong and vigilant.
New York AP reports a tentative shift in credit and financial markets despite persistent unemployment and inflation. Banks cut consumer loan rates and mortgage access grows, while savings and loan associations attract funds, signaling renewed consumer spending potential and a gradual expansion effort.
A historical item records an early morning blaze that destroyed part of the Overbrook Farmers Union Co-Op elevator containing grain, valued at about fifty thousand dollars. It also notes Alpha Tau Omega’s contract to buy the Tau Kappa Epsilon house at 1541 Tenn for around fifty thousand dollars and its planned razing.
The piece criticizes Coast Guard handling off Martha's Vineyard two weeks earlier likening it to a Kitty Genovese case. It questions explanations by Admiral Bender, cites forced defector claims, and notes public outrage and a Voice of America response.
West Germany and Poland sign a treaty at the Radziwill Palace calling for normal relations. The accord renounces German claims to former eastern territories and sets a basis for future diplomacy while acknowledging postwar boundaries.
Rome AP reports actor Vittorio Gassman 48 wed Diletta D'Andrea in a civil ceremony. It is Gassman's third marriage following Nora Ricci and Shelley Winters as his prior spouses.
Walter Cronkite warned at a cable seminar that the United States faces a communications crisis and cable TV could help protect democracy. He argued cables, freed from pure ad revenue pressures, can run low yield yet balanced news stories while funding comes from multiple revenue streams.
Pope Paul described Mrs. Bandaranaike's six month old Communist backed government as courageous and aimed at better living conditions and prosperity for all during his three hour stopover in Colombo on the way back to Rome from the Far East.
David Whipple argues prejudice against long-haired welfare recipients mirrors broader bias. He contends hair length signals neither politics nor morality, urges focus on job suitability and constructive dialogue to maintain Lawrence community dialogue.
Rick Walker takes a new city post to handle establishment knockers. The piece hints at his plan to engage mockers, with Charles Lacey of 2711 Oxford Rd mentioned in context.
Washington reports the elaborate campus tour by Black Panther leader Huey Newton has flopped amid limited student enthusiasm. The package priced at 2500 dollars featured Newton with the Lumpens and Freedom Messengers and included two hour talks, with cancellations at several universities following prior campus setbacks.
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