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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1969
Page
9
London report on BBC sex education previews for a thousand eight and nine year olds, with experts praising openness and parents' role while critics urge parental consent and caution. Government says parental permission will be sought and 95 percent of previewing parents approved.
In a Kansas University Union forum, students debate the Regents policy requiring about a quarter of education costs via tuition. Florida born Peru student Jorge Bengito Mendez and others voice views on affordability, scholarships, and the impact on in state and out of state students, urging more aid and lighter charges.
Two local fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Kappa Lambda filed appeals against the Douglas County Commission. They seek a court declaration that their taxes are illegal and a return of protested portions. Each argues the tax violates the state constitution and that their premises are educational and benevolent, not income producing. Alpha Kappa Lambda paid 2840.48 with all but 180.25 protested. Sigma Alpha Epsilon paid 2015.91 in full. Earlier appeals remain under advisement from the 1969 term.
INDIO California AP actor John Barrymore Jr. received two years probation after a no contest plea to possessing marijuana. Judge Karl Davis dismissed a charge of possessing dangerous drugs. Barrymore 37 was arrested after a traffic accident when marijuana was found beneath the seat of a car he rode in.
Los Angeles AP reports actress Terry Moore, 40, is under bronchial infection treatment at UC Medical Center. Her agent Ray Sackheim says she should be released within a few days as she recovers from a general run-down condition noted by doctors and newsmen.
Washington AP reports President Nixon and the Democratic Congress head into the new session on a collision course over a $19.7 billion health and education appropriation. Nixon threatens a veto while leaders seek settlements, with inflation and defense spending fueling the political fight.
Norman Dale Diggs twenty two of Hutchinson is given a three year probation for felonious shoplifting after pleading guilty September twelve in Douglas County District Court. He must reside in Reno County as a probation condition. Diggs was charged with taking a gun valued at ninety six dollars on December fourteen nineteen sixty eight from Traders Pawn Shop in Wichita. A separate criminal action sets a January ninth trial date for Gene L. Wilson and Alvin F. Kargarice on delivering adulterated milk to All Star Dairy, each posting five hundred dollar bonds. They face charges for delivering more than two thousand gallons of milk containing excess water following a state inspection. Milk from the tank truck was dumped by order of district court Judge Gray.
The death of Dwight D. Eisenhower and his burial in Abilene topped a Kansas Associated Press ballot of 1969 state stories. Other top items included legislators overriding vetoes on a 27 million school aid bill, the fuel tax and freeway law, and the Kansas Highway Commission settling a legal battle with Atty. Gen. Frizzell. The list also notes a liquor by the drink vote, a deadly Parsons fire, prison riot unrest, and shifts in state leadership.
In East Lansing Michigan state poultry experts at Michigan State University designed a shock absorbing rubber carpet to reduce egg casualties in turkey flocks and improve birth rates. The average drop is about 10 inches and cracked eggs cause major losses.
G I Joe, an American homing pigeon, delivered a crucial dispatch during World War II saving 1,000 British troops from bombardment. He was awarded the Dickin Medal in a Tower of London ceremony after the war.
University of Chicago psychologist Bruno Bettelheim described kibbutz life in Israel where child rearing is communal, children sleep together, possessions are shared, and parents have limited private property. He noted lack of grades, no bullying, and youths growing into hardworking, self respecting citizens.
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