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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1972
Page
2
After a staff briefing on snow removal, Lawrence city leaders proposed adjustments and expressed general confidence in preparations for normal snows. Den nis Kallsen detailed equipment use and costs, priority routes, and response times while noting the unusual storm. City actions included zoning, licenses, and public works plans as part of year end business.
Lawrence government offices will close Thursday for the National Day of Mourning for President Truman. Post Office operations will halt most services while main office box service and will call hours run 7:30 to 9 a.m. Douglas County will close at noon. Lawrence city offices stay open. Sanitation and essential services continue.
The Legislative Division of Post Audit found in a Tuesday report that a state agency in Topeka paid four lawyers more than 6000 over 40 years for renting office space to allegedly circumvent legal fee payments. The leases, totaling 125 monthly, involved Murray F. Hardesty Dan Turner Walter N. Scott Jr. and James P. Buchele.
The Kansas Corporation Commission approved a 1.745 million dollar utility rate increase for Kansas City Power and Light Co. to cover inflation and fuel costs. About 84 thousand customers in ten counties will pay roughly one extra dollar monthly, with the company originally seeking 2.7 million. In other news, twins born Christmas Eve to Karl and Mrs Johnson at Lawrence area facilities are listed in satisfactory condition, one in the nursery and one in the ICU, with names not yet recorded.
Israeli jets crossed the cease-fire line near the Golan Heights to bomb a guerrilla base, two Syrian army positions, and an artillery battery in reprisal for guerrilla attacks. The raids followed an uptick in fighting since November and were announced after Israeli forces reported discovering weapons and preparations for further attacks. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan cited heavy Arab losses and minimal Israeli casualties under the strike fast policy.
Harvard announces a six member Nieman Fellowship selection committee for next academic year. The group includes Charles W Bailey editor of the Minneapolis Tribune and former White House Correspondents Association president Richard Dudman St Louis Post Dispatch chief Washington correspondent Dolph C Simons Jr Lawrence Journal World publisher Doris H Kearns Harvard government associate professor William M Pinkerton Harvard vice president for government and community affairs James C Thomson Jr Nieman curator and lecturer. Bailey and Simons sit on a permanent five member advisory committee.
Douglas County Treasurer Edythe Norman will close at 2 p.m. Friday to count cash before year’s end as required by state statutes. The office reopens Jan 2 and will sell 1973 truck moto rcy cle trailer and mobile home license plates. Bring 1972 tax payment receipts and renewal notices. The first 15 days in January are for non stag gered renewals. A-designation plates may not be used for passenger cars until Jan 15. Late penalties begin Feb 16.
Public notice indicates a rapid closing sale at C and Ly Mobile Home with four days remaining. Details unspecified in OCR.
A Kansas University fund established by the KU Endowment Association gathers gifts to support the National University of Nicaragua, earthquake damaged in Managua. Sponsors include John P. Augelli, William P. Griffith, Charles L. Stansifer, and George R. Waggoner. The university has autonomy under government funding. main campuses are in Managua and Leon. CARLOS Tannermann and Mari ano Fiallos connect KU to the school.
Postmaster John B. Harris said Lawrence Christmas mail arrived before the holiday and was distributed. Mailmen worked Sunday and Christmas Day to deliver air mail packages and special delivery letters. Packages arriving late Monday were delivered Tuesday and some were still for Christmas. He noted heavier mail volume than last year with many sending cards and gifts despite delays.
Trans World Airlines announced a preliminary net profit of 47.5 million dollars for the first 11 months of 1972, up 40.1 million from 1971. Board chairman Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. said earnings remain below the Civil Aeronautics Board's reasonable return target.
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