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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
3
A column questions campus disruptions at Northern Michigan University Washington University St Louis Buffalo State University and San Francisco State College. It laments silent faculty and alleges outsiders hijack academic freedom while demanding change and leadership from professors administrators and alumni.
Eau Gallie residents raised 25000 for a 17 year old boy needing a kidney transplant. A Florida prison inmate offered his kidney but the state block ed such donations citing no right to donate body parts. Officials called the plot publicity and warned it would set life long obligations. The editorial laments cynicism and urges compassionate action.
A UN committee of 10 experts recommends teachers and mass media avoid terms deemed charged with emotive potential. It cites words like Negro primitive savage backward colored bushman uncivilized as best used sparingly to prevent adverse reactions among targeted groups.
The UNESCO panel urges using specific descriptors instead of vague terms like race tribe pagan or underdeveloped. They advise replacing jungle with savanna and native with inhabitant, noting the need for accuracy though time and money spent may be better used elsewhere.
U S housing demand rises driven by postwar population shifts and higher household formation. Costs for land labor and materials along with credit limits threaten expansion, yet 1968 housing starts hit 1.68 million monthly and 1969 projections exceed two million with mobile homes included.
Old Home Town notes three Kansas banks in Lawrence and Eudora lifting interest to three percent after paying two percent. Douglas County gains with a three percent rate as the trendsetter. The State Crop program reports 165000 dollars in revenue and ships 15 million pounds of surplus abroad.
The text presents Isaiah 50 4 as the tongue given by the Lord to teach and soothe the weary and prays for words that uplift others. It invokes the Word made flesh and asks God to guide speech to give others their best.
AP member editors vote Apollo 8 moon flight top story of 1968. The year also saw Kennedy and King assassinations shaping the list with LBJ withdrawal and Nixon victory as major events. Czechoslovakia invasion and Vietnam War shifts defined the year’s second half.
A reflective roundup lists famous quotes from 1968 aimed at leaders and institutions. Names like de Gaulle Nixon Lindsay Kennedy and Johnson appear, recalling bold statements by politicians, officials, and advisers with lasting consequences.
A reader advocates Dick Stanwix as Lawrence police chief, praising his steadiness and experience despite lacking a college degree. The letter notes Stanwix earns respect from both lawbreakers and residents, urging citizens to voice support and consider reappointing him over other candidates.
Heat from industry and growing atomic power plants threatens rivers and streams by raising water temperatures. By 1995 atomic plants may outpace coal in output and dump about 70 percent of heat into cooling water. Solutions include site choice, regulated mixing, cooling ponds, and towers, with research behind a full switch from steam cycles.
The day after Christmas brings relief and calm after holiday strain. The writer compares the mood to completing an Army survival course, noting the end of prep, shopping, and bills, and the renewed sense of peace and quiet victory in homes, offices, and shops.
Richard V Allen, Hoover Institution scholar and organizer in Young Americans for Freedom, is named senior staff assistant to Henry Kissinger. Allen, 32, ties to American Security Council, source of anti-Communist propaganda, and 1967 essay contest participant. The council, led by Pat Frawley, funds newsletters and a syndicated radio program.
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