Editorial questions new city hall design charm and costs
Journal World editors critique the proposed city hall for the Bowersock Mills area noting a surprising official consensus on a modernistic plan. Critics compare it to the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Complex and question aesthetics, heritage fit, and a projected cost of at least 2.8 million dollars.
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Bowersock Mills
Douglas County
11Th and
New Hampshire
JLE
City Hall
Ninth
Massachusetts
House rejects plan to create consumer advocacy agency
The U S House defeated a bill 227 to 189 to establish a consumer advocacy agency under federal supervision. Supporters argued for cost and access to court avenues, while opponents warned of bloated bureaus and rising taxpayer burdens. President Carter urged reevaluation of federal agencies.
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U.S. House
House
Washington
Carter
Califano muzzle call highlights North Carolina race
A 90 minute February talk between aide Hamilton Jordan and Luther Hodges Jr. shows Hodges pressing HEW Secretary Califano over anti smoking campaigns and civil rights shifts. Helms leads NC Republicans, while South Carolina and Thurmond fears loom. Quote: conversations hint at political leverage and potential slates in 1980.
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Washington
Hamilton Jordan
North Carolina
Senate
Luther Hodges Jr
Joseph Califano
Hodges
Jesse Helms
Helms
Califano
Jordan
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Reader letters on tax, bottles, statue, utilities and schools
A batch of letters discusses Alvamar golf course tax appraisal arguing it should be taxed under state law, plus views on bottle bills, public utilities, and Jayhawk statue placement. Other writers urge broader community involvement in school boundary decisions and long term planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Alvamar Golf Course
Billings
Lawrence Country Club
Alvamar
Douglas County
State of Kansas
Much more to Jane Bloodgood than her cassock
A Tulsa woman, Jane Bloodgood, has become a priest as the Episcopal Church ordains women after a long struggle. The piece notes her age, intellect, and persistence, contrasts male resistance including St. Paul, and argues time will bring greater acceptance for competent women ministers while acknowledging ongoing biases and hiring choices.
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Jane Bloodgood
John Wayne
Tulsa
Episcopal Church
Oklahoma
Methuselah
Jane
St. Paul
Paul VI
Margaret Ann Muncie
Episcopalians
Boundary changes dominate school board meeting in town
More than 100 residents packed the school board session with standing room as nearly the entire two hours focused on boundary changes for Central and South junior high schools affecting Centennial School students. Ottawa High beat Lawrence 23 to 16 in basketball, and local figures received honors and notices of public land discussions and bar admissions.
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Trators
PTA
Dennis H. Karpowitz
Melholland Rd
Centennial School
Douglas County Commission
Mark Ethridge
Louisville Courier-Journal and Times
North Carolina
William Allen White Foundation
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Dean Rusk
U.S
Vietnam
Kansas University At
Lawrence
Topeka
A.H. Ritchies
President Lincoln
Ottawa High
The World Company Lawrence Journal Staff Roster and Rates
The World newspaper details its President Publisher Executive Editor and staff roles, with editors Nae oahie and Ralph Gage, and business offices in Lawrence Kansas. It lists circulation rates by carrier and mail, including local and distant rates, and notes second class postage with Audit Bureau of Circulation and Associated Press membership.
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Dolph C. Simons Jr
Dolph Simons Sr
Bill Mayer
Ralph Gage
Robert Nordyke
Nae Oahie
W.C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
van A. Kempin
Jack Starkey
David Ward
Lawrence, Kan
Mambar
Audit Bureau of Circulation
The
Associated Press
Maturing of the consumer movement sparks debate
In the 1960s consumer activism rose to challenge professional marketing. Critics say growth produced success and institutionalization, shifting from idealism to political posturing. Herb Denenberg argues the movement has matured in the wrong way and accuses the Carter administration of co option through federal posts and grants.
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New York
House of Representatives
Lincoln on Prosperity and Self-Reliance Standfast
The quote underscores thrift as the path to prosperity and argues against weakening the strong to aid the weak. It asserts that wage earners depend on payers, brotherhood requires harmony, and true character comes from initiative. It cautions against poverty by destroying wealth or dependence on others.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
India
United Nations
John Foster Dulles
Letters To the Journal-World
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Jimmy Green
Jayhawk Boulevard
Kansas Sun
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Daniel Chester French
Old Green Hall
Louise Owens Townsend
Maine
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Kansas Power and Light Co
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William L. Perdue
KPL Topeka
Board of Education
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Old Home Town
Palmer Hoyt
Denver Post
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Frank Hush
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Duane Morrow
Robert Docking
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