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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1973
Page
12
New York shares fluctuated with heavy trading as the Dow Jones average fell 6.25 to 962.07 at 2 p.m. Decliners outnumbered gainers 889 to 452 on the NYSE. Analysts linked the Penn Central strike, a weakening dollar, and broad economic uncertainty to the weakness.
Nashville Tenn AP Clay Stapleton of Florida State University is hired as Vanderbilt University's new athletic director. The Banner notes the formal announcement will come later today. Stapleton is a 1948 UT graduate with coaching stints at Wofford Wyoming Oregon State and Towson State.
AP reports feeder steers and steer calves 280 to 350 pounds mostly 59.00 to 65.50, 340 to 400 pounds 54.00 to 60.00, with prime dry wintered 437 to 521 pounds 55.10 to 59.25. Heifers and lighter stock rise to 50 higher. larger classes range 48.00 to 54.00 for fleshy to good quality, with heavy weights 42.00 to 45.00 and 40.00 to 42.00 in mixed grades. Feeder heifers 335 to 500 pounds 45.00 to 50.00, thin 280 to 300 pounds 51.00 to 75, mostly fleshy 450 to 685 pounds 42.50 to 46.50, good to low choice 400 to 800 pounds 39.00 to 43.00.
Lyle Weeks 57 a five year veteran of the Eudora Board of Education files for reelection to position six representing the district south. A carpenter and longtime resident Weeks emphasizes continued school upgrades and plans to address district growth and new facilities as needed. He is married with four children and active in the Methodist Church.
The Kansas Union board proposal to allow 3.2 beer sales on state campuses was deferred by the Council of Presidents of state colleges and universities. Chancellor Raymond Nichols said weather shortened an abbreviated session, with focus on next week’s presentation to legislative Ways and Means committees. The presidents will decide whether to urge revisions to the regents policy permitting consumption but forbidding sale of cereal malt beverages on campuses. The item will reappear on next month’s agenda.
W C Elliot age 61 of Rt 3 is in fairly good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with a fractured hip after he swerved a three wheeled vehicle used in his work at FMC Corp to avoid a pickup truck collision.
Campaign director John T. Andrews plans an honor roll listing all contributors to the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum restoration. The plaque will categorize donors into 500 to 1000, 1000 to 5000, and 5000 plus, with many named individuals, banks, and corporate supporters.
The nine residuary beneficiaries under Mrs. Watkins will transferred the property to the local historical society to operate as a museum. Simons chairs the society board with experts from KU and Kansas University aiding as joint heads of the acquisitions and displays committee. Douglas County District Court occupies part of the first floor under a dollar a year lease for up to three years.
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell promotes a properly developed no fault auto plan as a better way to compensate accident victims. He testifies before the House Insurance Committee and Senate committee, backing his bill and noting similarity to a prior plan with a $500 versus $2,000 tort threshold. He says the system pays more people promptly and equitably without raising overall auto insurance costs while preserving tort remedies for serious injuries.
Imperial County supervisors approved a $25,000 program to embed birth-control pills in dates to combat skunk infestations, part of a rabies control effort after previous elimination attempts failed. The plan aims to curb skunk populations by targeting their food source.
Striking Penn Central conductors and brakemen shut down the system at 12:01 a.m. to stop crew cuts, affecting 28,000 workers and thousands of daily travelers. Senate and House committees in Washington considered action as talks stalled and a congressional remedy loomed. Freight and passenger service collapsed across 16 states plus DC and Canada-bound routes.
Nancy Archer of Anamosa Iowa coordinates a seminar for Kansas University students faculty and state legislators set for the third week of February. The afternoon will feature legislative discussions of university problems and the evening includes a campus tour and a dinner with legislators at students apartments and residence halls.
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