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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1973
Page
1
Kansas leaders push a new center in Topeka to boost state living conditions. The group links with MRI and Battelle, audits Kansas assets and liabilities, and aims to guide economic development health services housing and education with a detailed balance sheet and major projects.
George Washington's Birthday creates a three day weekend with government offices banks and courthouses closed on Monday. KU classes continue. schools in the area except college and university campuses observe the holiday. Recreation centers open with altered hours. post office uses holiday schedule. many retailers remain open per local officials.
The Rev. Robert Matthews becomes rector of Trinity Episcopal Church at 1011 Vermont Street and preaches his first sermon Sunday. He previously served nine years as canon of Grace Cathedral in Topeka guiding counseling adult education and youth work. He chaired Christian Social Relations and Social Concerns in the Kansas Council of Churches directed Junior Camp and led the Diocesan Retreat Committee.
George Mack Jr. aged 31 of 811 Ohio was listed in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after sustaining second degree burns to his arms and back from a fire at his home that began in the bed. Fire officials and police could not interview him. they suspect the blaze started in his bed and he was unconscious when removed by firefighters.
Journal-World notes a rare repeat reading on the Saturday 8 a.m. chart with a temperature holding at 18 degrees at the same moment as a week earlier. Weekend forecast shows weekend highs around the upper 20s today and upper 40s Sunday. Baldwin Baker Day Weekend invites high school juniors and junior college visitors for campus tours and a rock concert. Ken Snow expects about 12 states represented with registration starting at 1 p.m.
About 1 000 people are expected at the third annual Jayhawk Kiwanis Chili Day from 11 a m to 6 p m Sunday at the Lawrence High School cafeteria. Co chairman Charles Huie says last year drew 600. Proceeds go mainly to Cottonwood Inc a training center for handicapped adults with smaller gifts to local government and community activities. An Odds Ends sale and Cottonwood crafts will be displayed and sold.
The 19th annual Kansas Designer-Craftsman Exhibition opens Sunday in the Kansas Union Gallery with 72 artists and craftspeople showing 116 pieces selected from more than 460 entries. The 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. opening includes a 3:00 awards presentation featuring three $250 top cash prizes for standout exhibits across mediums.
Saigon reports 165 additional cease-fire breaches in 24 hours raising total to 3 315 since Jan 28. Military losses include 6 787 North Vietnamese Viet Cong killed and 195 captured, South Vietnamese 1 166 killed 5 376 wounded. civilians 56 killed 301 wounded. Nixon administration criticized by Hanoi over intensified bombing in Cambodia. Pacific Command says B52s and other aircraft continued operations over Laos and Cambodia upon client governments' request.
Kansas Board of Regents formalized COCAO recommendations requiring KU to discontinue 20 graduate programs and place 24 on provisional status. New policy criteria set productivity baselines and review timelines for master’s, specialist and doctorate programs. Additional guidelines cover engineering, business, architecture, journalism, faculty retirement, library sharing, and student access initiatives.
The Lawrence School District 497 board will decide whether to renew administrator contracts for 1973-74 at 7:30 p.m. Monday. One contract will not be renewed due to uncertain federal funding, affecting the director of federal funds position held by Ernest Coleman. If federal funds resume, Coleman could return. The meeting also covers the Contingency Management Program at East Heights, curriculum committee work, a summer workshop report, and paper bids for 1973-74 needs.
The stepfather of CWO James H. Hestand confirms a happy homecoming in San Antonio after the 25 year old helicopter pilot, once listed missing in action since June 10, 1970, was released by the Viet Cong and arrived for processing. His mother reports a fantastic reunion and mentions his sister’s upcoming wedding.
Funeral services for M. L. Ty Hitchcock 74 will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church in Baldwin. Hitchcock died Friday in Austin and formerly ran Hitchcock Drug Co. He was KU School of Pharmacy graduate. Survived by widow Peggy daughter Barbara Linse St Paul and son Tom Baldwin. Memorials to United Methodist Church or Orchard Lane Nursing Home.
Lawrence residents Maj Earl D Bevan and Spec 4 Charles D Edmondson receive Freedoms Foundation Awards for 1972. Bevan, 35, an Army Reserve member and Baker University English instructor, earned the Honor Certificate Award for Armed Forces Letter. Edmondson, 21, KU graduate 1971, serves at Goodwill Airbase San Angelo and studied Russian at Defense Language Institute.
An eight member steering committee was established to guide Clinton Reservoir development. The group includes representatives from the League of Women Voters Douglas County Environmental Improvement Assn Sierra Club Girl Scouts Lawrence Educational Assn Wheel sport Motorcycle Club Audubon Society and Chamber of Commerce. Dan Palmquist will head the coalition which aims to lobby Kansas Congressmen and coordinate finances at a Centron Corp meeting.
Directors of the United States Jaycees in Tulsa rejected by a large margin a proposal to admit women as members marking a setback for gender inclusion within the organization.
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