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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1972
Page
1
City officials welcome funds while county leaders express disappointment with the first federal revenue sharing check. Douglas County received 172 547 while the city check stands at 226 803 after earlier estimates. Officials discuss fund use for public works aging services and potential joint facilities, with plans to deposit and invest the money.
Lawrence City Commission plans to discuss expanding the west side parking lot in the 900 block with a 34 space addition funded half by a benefit district and half by meter revenues. Several site plans include Capitol Federal S and L drive in bank at Harvard and Iowa. The Humane Society seeks approval to place a mobile home on East 19th for caretaker use.
Kansas University students finish fall semester classes on Tuesday with finals starting Wednesday through December 22. The semester break begins at 5 30 p m. Spring registration is set for January 17 to 19 and classes resume January 22. City parks deferred reflooding Central Park skating rink due to expected snowfall.
The agenda includes variances from sign ordinances for Evans Auto Supply and the Chinese House, a request by Lawrence Humane Society to place a mobile home near the Charles Ise Animal Shelter, bids and contracts for storm sewer work on New Hampshire Street, site plans for Capital Federal and Don's Auto Service, planning notes from the November 29 1972 meeting, parking lot expansion discussion on West side of New Hampshire Street, bid recapitulation for Water Department chemicals, resignation of Carl Johnson from the Douglas County Community Resources Board, sanitary sewer projects for Harwood property and Westdale No 2, street and sidewalk petitions for Deerfield Park Addition, traffic stop proposal for 10th Street at Illinois Street, and old business including city boundary ordinance, removal of parking on Greever Terrace, consent to Lawrence Paper Company for new corporation, and appointments to boards and commissions.
INTERx Corp resumes work at its Kansas University affiliated lab after a Sunday fire and explosion caused an estimated 175000 dollars in damage. Regent professor Takeru Higuchi says insurance largely covers losses and most research programs will continue in other spaces. The incident left the southeast corner of the first floor severely damaged while a refrigerator containing reactive chemicals was destroyed. The facility serves contract research on traditional pharmaceutical dosage forms and was recently taken over by local investors from ALZA Corp to focus on applied research.
INTERx reports extra firemen were called back to supplement 12 on duty. One truck and crew stayed at each station to handle calls. It recalls the Feb 18 1971 Saca jawea Hall fire at Haskell Indian Junior College, the largest Lawrence loss since then. The Kan e University Union fire in April 1970 remains the record at $1 million.
In Paris Kis singer and Hanoi's Le Duc Tho met for four hours amid signals of a turning point in secret Vietnam peace talks. They discussed a possible cease fire while US and Saigon officials watched.
Bulk trash pickup in area four runs north of 15th Street to the river and west of Mississippi. Items must be curbside by 7 30 a m. Bulk items are collected on an alternating weekly schedule across five city zones. Raney Drug Stores offers free delivery prescriptions.
Former president Harry S. Truman, age 88, shows irregular heart rhythm but spent a restful night. Doctors report he feels all right and denies pain while remaining in serious condition at Research Hospital. The hospital notes physicians returned promptly after the abnormal rhythm was detected in the evening.
Bulletin shows blood pressure 120 over 60 and pulse 76 with respiration 28 and temperature 97.8 while kidney function remains adequate. John Dreves notes tube feedings continue and next bulletin set for 9 p.m. CST as doctors report lingering abnormal heart rhythms Sunday.
The KU advisory committee for chancellor candidates met four and a half hours on Saturday to continue secondary screening of nominees and review new nominations. Richard von Ende said the panel, joined by all student faculty alumni members, will reconvene January 6 in Lawrence with several out of town members attending.
Fred and Oscar Rumsey own Rumsey Funeral Home with contact at 843-5111. The brief notice notes ownership and business identity without additional context.
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