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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1970
Page
6
Washington AP reports the Senate chamber is undergoing a speech reinforcement system installation to improve debate acoustics. The 125000 dollar project, already 90 percent complete, is delayed by the lame duck session with work done at night.
Highlights date back to 1934 with Japan renouncing the Washington Naval Treaty. Notable events include 1170 Becket murdered at Canterbury Cathedral, 1808 birth of Andrew Johnson, 1845 Texas statehood, and 1848 Polk gas lights at the White House.
A hearing on a motion to dismiss the case filed by Gary D. Jackson for reinstatement to two KU posts was continued to an undetermined date. Jackson, 23, Topeka, sues the Kansas Board of Regents and KU Chancellor Laurence Chalmers over his discharge as graduate assistant in African Studies and as assistant to the dean of men for black students. The 1:30 p.m. Monday hearing before Judge Arthur J. Stanley Jr. was postponed by agreement of the attorneys.
Two groups of antiwar soldiers ask the Supreme Court to extend civilian free speech and press rights to service members. They challenge an Army rule allowing PXs and bases to bar antiwar newspapers and meetings, alleging harassment, loss of security clearances, and threats of courts martial. The suits cite GIs United Against the Vietnam War, formed at Fort Bragg in 1969, with branches at Fort Jackson, while lower courts have refused relief.
The FTC claims 11 Reader's Digest promotions from 1966 to 1969 promised 699,293 prizes worth 5.6 million dollars but awarded only 274,282 prizes valued at 2.53 million. The agency seeks a cease and desist order requiring full prize awards and disclosure of exact numbers and odds, and prohibits sharing buyers names without consent.
Lt. Robert F. Preston and a buddy placed a note in a bottle during the 1965 voyage from Hawaii to Vietnam. A 7 year old on Truk recovered it five years later and sent it to a Peace Corps volunteer in Chuuuk. Preston sent fishing gear and other items, and the boy received the package with happiness.
New Delhi India reports about 8 million people or 1.5 percent of the population with tuberculosis Health Minister B S Murthy says many mild cases go unreported, suggesting the figure may be higher.
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