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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1973
Page
1
As POWs near release the question shifts to amnesty for Americans who fled to Canada or Sweden to avoid the draft. Some say deserters should be treated as patriots while others insist they broke the law and deserve accountability.
The column weighs attitudes toward deserters and draft dodgers as memories of Vietnam fade. It questions granting amnesty to those who fled abroad and ponders how future leaders can be trusted if bygones are forgiven. It notes 46 000 dead and 300 000 wounded and argues service deserves respect.
After two public seminars on Clinton Reservoir the League of Women Voters plans a citizens coalition to lobby for unofficial ideas on lake use. An organizational meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lawrence Public Library with aims to examine problems and opportunities in Clinton site development.
Albert Salisbury Sr aged 96 of 1508 W Fifth died Friday at home. He was chief building custodian at Lawrence High School and longtime Lawrence School District employee. Survived by daughter Catherine Gordon Chicago, sons Albert Jr and Edward, ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending with Bowser Lee Mortuary.
Kansas highway death log reports 24 hours to 9 a.m. Saturday shows 1 fatality for 1973 compared with 64 for 1972. AP notes a 24 hour window and compares annual totals.
Three candidates enter the Perry Lecompton school board race for the two western district seats and one unopposed bid for position six. Incumbent Gayle Bickel and challenger John Hirsch contest position four, both from Grantville, while Marlene Williams of Williamstown runs unopposed for position six. Bickel advocates nine week courses and student involvement. Hirsch pushes better reading programs and minutes access. Williams backs special education and updated curriculums with Nine week courses.
Missouri Senator Thomas F. Eagleton will address students on the Kansas University campus Sunday at 7 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium. The talk titled War Powers and the Congress is sponsored by the KU Senior Class with an informal Q and A to follow. Tickets available at the door.
Barry Bingham Sr urged support for a national press council to oversee accuracy and fairness in U S news reporting. The plan, named the National News Council, would involve 15 members from media and public sectors to review complaints and refer serious cases to a grievance committee.
Byron E. Guise owner editor of the Marysville Advocate received the 1973 Kansas Editor of the Year Award from the William Allen White Foundation at KU. He urged reporters to hammer away for press freedom and to report fairly, stressing the duty to inform the public and defend American journalistic ideals.
Former Kansas coach Jack Mitchell says he is not seeking the KU athletic director job despite support from Gale Sayers who favors naming Mitchell. Sayers may join KU as recruiter and assistant coach, with a decision due next Tuesday.
An Alaska reaction to a U S appeals court ruling halted further construction of the 789 mile Arctic Slope pipeline. The 150 page decision overturns a lower court ruling by declaring an extra wide federal land corridor violates the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. Governor Egan aide called it the worst possible opinion.
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