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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1970
Page
1
The Kansas Board of Regents faces intensified scrutiny as policy decisions and public letters raise questions about governance at Kansas University. Gov Docking will soon nominate three new Regents, with debate over terms and openness of meetings.
The Kansas University Alumni Association holds its winter meeting today in the Kansas Union with 17 officers and directors expected. Attendees will hear staff reports and meet with John Conway, university relations head, and Chancellor Laurence Chalmers, plus a KU Loyola basketball game and dinner at the Lawrence Country Club.
TOPEKA AP The Shawnee County attorney gave T J Tom Griffith until next week to explain omissions in his substantial interest statement Griffith a Regent and son of Kansas State Board of Regents visited the county attorney to seek extra time The issue arose after KU students alleged nine violations tied to Manhattan corporations where Griffith was an officer or director Griffith said the omissions were an oversight and honest mistake The county attorney is considering filing a charge under the conflict of interest law regarding the statement only one such statement was involved
City and university officials react after Friday night's bombing at Summerfield Hall. Leaders from the Kansas Board of Regents to campus professors call for peaceful solutions, while urging accountability, stronger oversight, and debate on responses to campus tensions.
A chronological summary recounts years of tension in Lawrence from July through December detailing shootings, protests, arson, bomb threats, campus vandalism, and a bombing at Summerfield Hall as events escalated amid the KU Black Students Union actions and regents’ responses.
A Douglas County Reward Fund committee will meet at 2 p m today to decide whether to offer a reward for information on Friday night s bombing of Summerfield Hall at Kansas University. County officials urge anyone with tips to contact police and note past rewards offered for arson and other cases. The fund has not paid out since forming in April and will wait a couple of days to avoid hindering investigators.
Police reported vandals slashed rubber hoses on 17 pumps across four Riverside service stations. The vandalized signs urged a smog related campaign as damage stunned motorists and drew police attention.
The Haskell Alumni Association reports about 800 donated to the Haskell Indian Junior College library fund. Tra Salvini, drive chairman, will lead intensified efforts after the holidays to boost contributions from alumni nationwide, with community residents also invited to give.
The Lawrence Post Office received extra vehicles from the National Guard and Army Reserve to cope with heavy Christmas mail. Postmaster Jack Harris said the Army trucks will deliver extra parcel post packages and aid collections, and would be rented if not provided. The regulation Army vehicles bear a US Mail sticker and are driven by postal staff.
The Kan sas Jayhawks will play Loyola Chicago in Allen Fieldhouse at 8 05 this evening. Friday night bombing near Summerfield Hall prompts a cautious mood around the arena and campus.
With two days remaining the five candidate field for outgoing Sen. Reynolds Shultz’s Kansas Senate seat narrows to two Lawrence businessmen Arden Booth and Odd Williams leading the pack. Remaining in contention are Steve Nelson and Clare Getto of Lawrence and Orville Van Gaasbeek of Nortonville, as 108 GOP precinct committeemen meet Monday night at Plymouth Congregational Church to choose the nominee to be appointed by Gov. Docking.
Reynolds Shultz of Lawrence, lieutenant governor elect, won the Kansas Farmers Union distinguished service award for his long term contributions to Kansas farming. He was cited for opposing corporate farming and assisting agriculture in Douglas and Jefferson counties. The award was given at a dinner before the union’s annual meeting.
Memphis Tenn AP report says country singer Jerry Lee Lewis will cancel nightclub bookings and appear only at venues without dancing or liquor, per an associate. The change aims to avoid liquor and dancing on his performances.
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