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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1970
Page
2
The item lists staff positions including vice president publisher editor assistant publisher executive editor news editor and advertising director for The World Company in Lawrence Kansas. It notes establishment in 8 and publication daily except Sunday with prices for local and out of state subscriptions and mail rates. It is dated Thursday December 17 1970.
Dr. Franklin Murphy, ex KU and UCLA chancellor now head of Times Mirror, tells a Kansas City MRI audience that youth seek a credo combining feeling with thinking and making. He warns that rushing to emotion without consequence risks trouble, urging tolerance and responsible action from all generations.
The merger of Santa Claus with Consolidated Consortium United collapses after a computerized system and cost cuts erase value. Santa Claus loses faith, faces ruin, and Dickens faces collapse as stock falls from 144 to 2, ending with Santa’s dramatic retribution.
The piece outlines an annual Drew Pearson Award for investigative reporting with a $5,000 prize. It then critiques a sensational, conspiratorial narrative about Lockheed, Mills, and Greek interests linked to a Patmos meeting, weaving in figures from Boeing and Onassis and alleging hidden motives and romances.
Community letters express gratitude for Red Cross Blood Bank donors and volunteers who give selflessly. Readers also extend thanks to an unnamed Mr Banks for his compassionate aid after a Saturday auto accident, signed by Barbara Nelson and the Beguelins.
Gen Creighton Abrams commander of American forces in South Vietnam has become a Roman Catholic in a private baptism two weeks ago after instruction in the faith. A Saigon datelined dispatch says unnamed Catholic chaplains reported the event and Abrams declined to comment.
Brian Behan brother of Brendan Behan says someone fired four or five shots at his houseboat in Shoreham by Sea England. Police confirm the incident as Behan 43 a former leftist agitator and Essex University student resides on the boat with his wife and three daughters.
Mrs. R. C. Neugebauer of 1925 Barker Lane Lawrence writes that her daughter backed into a pickup causing bumper, trunk lid, and fender damage. She notes witnesses, a repair bill of at least 138 dollars, and a denied claim while the family lives on one salary due to her husband’s poor health.
Oren Lee Staley told about 12,500 delegates that the new federal farm bill is the rottenest since the 1930s and would push farmers to destroy themselves through government payments. He urged Congress to redefine agriculture and to declare multi phase companies in violation of antitrust laws.
The entry lists key events on December 17 across years: Wright brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, John Greenleaf Whittier born in 1807, Simon Bolivar dies in 1830, Dickens publishes A Christmas Carol in 1843, Britain proclaims protectorate over Egypt in 1914, Graf Spee scuttled off Montevideo in 1939, Japanese invasion of North Borneo in 1941, Munich church steeple crash in 196? ten years ago, Rhodesia oil embargo five years ago, and Project Blue Book closed one year ago.
A general market view shows top fiction and non fiction titles across over 500 Western U S bookstores. Notable fiction titles include Love Story QB VII Islands In The Sun God Is An Englishman and Rich Man Poor Man. Non fiction lists feature Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Inside the Third Reich The Sensuous Woman A White House Diary and Future Shock.
Louis Smith, 24, Hutchinson Junior College student, was fined 50 and jailed 30 days for desecrating the American flag by using it as a car seat cover. Convicted in municipal court under a new state statute. Smith can appeal within 10 days and remains free pending appeal.
An opinion piece argues current dollars misstate the economy and GNP. It notes inflation erodes purchasing power and that comparing 1960 and 1970 dollars distorts growth, questioning that a trillion dollar GNP reflects real welfare or social gains.
Old Home Town notes 1960 Frederick Morrison KU senior from Colby awarded a distinguished Rhodes Scholarship the third KU student in as many years to win the honor. Also plans by Joe McCoskrie to add about 100 apartments to Southridge Plaza start in spring. A new traffic signal at 23rd and Louisiana Streets goes into operation with drivers taking time to adjust.
A devotional piece cites Luke 2 15 and prays for worldwide devotion to the Christmas story. It asks readers to feel joy in remembering the coming of the Son of God and His dwelling among people.
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