Straw Votes on State Issues at Lawrence Breakfast
At a Lawrence Chamber of Commerce breakfast 112 attendees voted on Kansas state issues. Key results favored a Department of Transportation with a Secretary over the Highway Commission, and private motor vehicle inspections, plus strong backing for a Uniform Consumer Credit Code and a Kansas Consumer Protection Act. There was mixed opinion on tax funding methods and state revenue use, with local officials pressing for continued sales tax revenue and redistribution guidance.
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Kansas
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry
Department of Transportation
Secretary of Transportation
Rence Chamber of Commerce
Journal-World Photo
Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.2 Percent in November
The Labor Department reports the national jobless rate fell from 5.5 to 5.2 percent, the lowest in 27 months, with unemployment down by more than 200,000 to 4.2 million. Total employment held at 82.7 million, earnings steady at 3.73 per hour but weekly pay fell to 138.01.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Theft at KU Basketball Game Reported by Youth
A 13 year old junior high student told Kansas University police that $2 in change was stolen during a basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse. He was selling concessions on the third floor at about 7 35 p m when several black juveniles grabbed him and one took the money from his apron. He did not identify the suspects.
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Kansas University Security and Parking Division
Allen Fieldhouse
Missouri Man Hurt in Wreck
A Creve Coeur, Missouri man named Kirk M. McKinney, 25, was admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a single vehicle crash on the Kansas Turnpike near the Lawrence service area. He suffered a dislocated wrist facial abrasions and lacerations and the loss of three front teeth, with no passengers in the car and his condition reported as satisfactory. The highway patrol investigated the 7 a.m. wreck but a report was not available at press time.
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Creve Coeur
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Kansas Turnpike
Citizens Ambulance
Kirk M. McKinney
McKinney
Highway Patrol
Two Eisenhower Exhibits Open for Holiday Season
Dennis Medina of the Eisenhower Library museum staff announced two new exhibits in Abilene Kansas for the holidays. One exhibit titled Prints Paintings Drawings and Sculptures features lithographs and prints given to the late President Eisenhower. The second show displays Christmas cards sent to President and Mrs eisenhower by heads of state and selected Eisenhower cards.
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Abilene
Kan
Dennis Medina
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Brad Williamson
Lyons
Kansas University
Museum of Natural History
Tom Swearingen
Journal-World Photo
Nixon Keeps Kleindienst and Weighs Cabinet Shifts
President Nixon will keep Atty. Gen. Richard Kleindienst in his second term and announce a major Justice Department reshuffle. He also removes Indian Affairs commissioner Louis R. Bruce and assistant interior secretary Harrison Loesch, and names Yale law professor Robert H. Bork as solicitor general. Brinegar named to succeed Volpe as Transportation Secretary.
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Justice Department
White House
Louis R. Bruce
Harrison Loesch
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Yale Law
Robert H. Bork
Erwin N. Griswold
Henry Kissinger
California Oil Company
Claude S. Brinegar
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Italy
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Richard Helms
Treasury
George Shultz
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Herbert Stein
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Caspar Weinberger
Office of Management and Budget
Adm
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Kenneth Rush
Vietnam
United States
Catoctin Mountains
Kissinger
Paris
Cardiovascular deaths drop in Douglas County 1971
Lawrence figures from the Kansas Department of Health show 161 cardiovascular deaths among 367 total in 1971, down from 169 of 344 in 1970, per the Division of Vital Statistics. Cancer remains the No 2 cause at about 18 percent. Ice safety notes follow.
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Kansas
Cranston's Son to Stand Trial January 18 for Assault
Robin Cranston, 24, son of U S Senator Alan Cranston, is scheduled for trial in Los Angeles on assault charges tied to the alleged drugging of a former Playboy bunny. The hearing was postponed due to an ill prosecutor.
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Los Angeles
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Robin Cranston
Superior Court
Six men convicted in Grove Oklahoma gambling case
KANSAS CITY AP Six men were found guilty of conspiracy to run gambling and prostitution at Jess C. Roberts Yuk clubs near Grove Oklahoma after a eight day trial. Judge John W. Oliver ordered pre sentence inquiry and set ten days for post trial motions.
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Kansas City
Grove
Okla
U.S. District Court
John W. Oliver
Lewis Frank Grayson
Delaware
Ottawa Counties
Oklahoma
George L. Husey
Grayson
Jack Michael King
James S. Duardi
Nathaniel, J. Brancato
Clifford Bishop
Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Oliver
Jess C. Roberts
Roberts
Survey Praises Local Toy Merchants in Lawrence
Pat Weiss of the Kansas University Consumer Protection Association reports a survey of 10 toy centers and drugstores shows Lawrence merchants removed 300 FDA banned toys. She notes cooperation from managers and urges parents to follow FDA guidelines for toy safety.
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Lawrence
Pat Weiss
FDA
Lines Funeral Home Serves Lawrence Area Since 1920
The obituary note notes Lines Funeral Home serving the Lawrence area since 1920 with local ties and history.
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Lawrence
Lines Funeral Home
Man charged after fatal shooting in parking lot
James Turner, 24, of 1600 Haskell, was charged in Douglas County Court with aggravated battery and illegally carrying a concealed weapon for a shooting in a parking lot near Hillcrest Shopping Center. Chester Dean Shader, 23, of McLouth, was shot in the neck and is in critical condition at Kansas University Medical Center.
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Douglas County
Hillcrest
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
James Turner
Haskell
Lawrence
Chester Dean Shader
Rt. 2
McLouth
Shader
Wheel Estates Ad Seeks Renters to Live In Them
Real estate advertisement offers residents a paid living arrangement at Wheel Estates. For information call 843 8127. No further details provided.
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Wheel Estates
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