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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1971
Page
10
The region will be fair and colder tonight with a low in the 20s. Friday brings increasing clouds and warmer conditions with a high near 45. precipitation is near zero tonight and about 20 percent Friday. Official readings note yesterday’s high 48 and low 30 with a 1.46 inch rainfall total. Sunrise is 7:40 a.m. and sunset 5:08 p.m.
Nebraska reports 1971 racing season with 1,474 races across six tracks. Handle topped 69 million dollars. state taxes amounted to 2.6 million. Mutual handle tax brought 2,523,017. admission tax 147,140. horse sales tax 14,512. Paid attendance 980,935 and total including non payers 1,157,694.
Three armed men hijacked a tractor trailer carrying about eighty thousand dollars in meats. They forced driver Philip Hadsall from the cab at the West Side waterfront market in Harlem and trecked him around in the trunk of a car for roughly four hours before abandoning him in the Bronx. The trailer was later found empty.
Lawrence's Harold K. Snider retires as commercial representative of the Kansas Turnpike after almost 15 years in right of way and commercial roles. At a Topeka luncheon, Snider received a travel bag and tribute letters. Robert Buzzi will take over January 1.
Judge Daniel Covelli ruled Illinois no fault auto insurance unconstitutional as it discriminates against the poor in pain and suffering awards tied to medical costs. Gov. Ogilvie promised an immediate appeal while noting benefits are in 1972 policies and the law may face higher courts.
Douglas County Sheriff's office investigated an injury accident nine miles west of Topeka on Stull Road. Scott E. Smith, 22, attempted to pass a school bus in a 1971 car and collided with John D. Sawyer, 42, of Topeka. Sawyer was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with cuts, bruises and a broken ankle. he was reported in good condition. Both cars were a total loss. Smith was charged with improper passing.
An organizational meeting at 7 30 p m today in the National Guard Armory forms Boy Scout Troop 50. Sgt James Scudamore named Scoutmaster and Lt James H Roeder to coordinate with Guard units. Members will come from Deerfield Riverside Hillcrest and Sunset Hill schools.
A 96-year old Kansas law may bar 15-year-old Cheryl Barnes from a Jan. 15 kidney transplant in Kansas City. Cheryl's brother George, 20, would donate after being on emergency leave but Kansas law on minor contractual rights would require a court grant of majority and three weeks of notice before any action, delaying the transplant.
The Interior Department will distribute 47.89 million dollars in fiscal 1972 for fish and wildlife restoration and hunter safety programs to states based on area size, license sales, and population. A state-by-state breakdown lists Kansas at 228,751 with 674,317 for fish and wildlife restoration and hunter safety.
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