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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1972
Page
7
Six pre owned low mileage Townsman models offered this week. All have new tires, power steering and brakes, Turbo-Hydramatic, factory air conditioning. Some include AM FM radio, others boast speed and cruise control. Also advertised Country Sedan 10 Passenger V 8 with automatic transmission and white green two tone.
Washington officials discuss changes to wage price rules as food costs rise. George Shultz notes food prices skew inflation readings, with options including tweaking profit margins, ending rent controls, and expanding food supply via acreage, subsidies, tariffs, and quotas.
Graveside services for James Iden Nelson of Corbett Oregon will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery at 1 p.m. Saturday. Rumsey Funeral Home handles arrangements. Nelson died in an auto accident Saturday in Portland Oregon. Survivors include two sisters Dr Margaret Holt of Halsted and Mrs Mary Lou Penny of Emporia.
A memorial music scholarship is established at Los Alamos National Bank in honor of Debora Kay Beene, 12, who died last Thursday in a Los Alamos hospital. She was the granddaughter of Douglas Beene of 2411 La., Lawrence, Kansas, with funeral services held Saturday.
Howard A. Cowden founder and longtime president of Consumer Cooperative Association died Wednesday at 79. The company later became Farmland Industries Inc, serving about 2000 Midwest cooperatives. He helped found the Agricultural Hall of Fame at Bonner Springs and served on its board. Surviving are his widow Edna and two sons Keith of Kansas City and John of Bozeman Montana.
Kansas University Medical Center will switch Jan 6 to a Centrex system. Main number becomes 831-5000, Poison Control 831-6633, and emergency 831-6500. The center handles about 2,200 phones and aims for more efficient internal dialing.
In Topeka eight candidates have not filed personal expense reports within 30 days of the election. Attorney General Vern Miller awaits a final accounting before considering prosecutions and actions on Fierro of the Kansas Institute for Minority Empowerment who alleges overspending from $36 to $1,675. Fierro urges updating the 1908 law which caps campaign costs at 10 percent of salary or $500 for lower paid offices and cites a Shawnee County ruling that all money spent counts.
Russell County Attorney Michael S. Holland has charged Trooper Rueschhoff with two counts of driving on the wrong side of the road. The charges follow an incident in which the trooper allegedly backed up across streets at an intersection after ticketing a motorist for a stop sign violation. The case stems from earlier friction between Holland and the Highway Patrol over prosecutions and an ouster action. The trooper has hired private counsel.
Otis C. Gaines Jr., son of Mrs. Clara L. Gaines, 255 N. Mich., has started U.S. Navy Seabee training at the basic utilities man school in Port Hueneme California. A utilitiesman installs maintains and repairs plumbing heating and cooling equipment water systems and sewage facilities.
An early morning malfunction at 5 56 a m triggered a fire crew response to the Truman Library in Independence Missouri where Harry S Truman lies in-state. Secret Service guards remained at the flag draped casket as alarms were investigated and library doors closed briefly while technicians pinpointed the fault.
Kansas harvest made moderate progress last week before freeze. Sorghum 79 percent combined, up from 74 a week earlier. corn 88 percent. soybeans 85 percent. Wheat showed a little growth and moisture remained adequate to surplus in most areas.
Bruins announce veteran rookie Ross Brooks will join the Boston Braves in the AHL on the road to play at least five games to regain form after a broken collarbone from a November shooting drill.
Resolution directs paving and sidewalk construction on Longhorn Drive from east line of Lot 7 to Rock Fence Place in Deerfield Park Addition. A 4 foot sidewalk on both sides to Lawrence Avenue and Rock Fence Place is ordered with concrete materials approved by the City. Mayor John Hy Monick signs the resolution.
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