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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1971
Page
1
Saigon reports heavy North Vietnamese offensives stall the push into Laos for the fifth day. Despite proximity to the border, Saigon forces fail to cut Ho Chi Minh trail supplies as enemy traffic doubles and bases endure rocket and mortar attacks.
Two Douglas County road and bridge foremen suffered heart attacks while clearing snow Sunday. Richard Sawyer died on arrival at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a county truck incident near Baldwin. Albert Lobingier remained at home resting with a milder attack. Funeral plans for Sawyer were pending. Survivors include his wife Lila, daughter Karen Barnhart, four grandchildren, and two brothers.
Kansas Athletic Conference North title game at Tabor College pits McPherson against Bethany after both won 8-2 in a tight season. South crown playoff has Friends and College of Emporia meeting in El Dorado after Emporia lost 85 73 to Bethel. Both sides finished with matching 8 2 records.
Harold W. Emick, 67, prominent local flooring contractor and former Lawrence City Council member, died Sunday after illness at his home. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Rev. Harold Hamilton officiating. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials preferred to Trinity Lutheran Church. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran, the Elks, Eagles, Odd Fellows and Lions. He served on the City Council before the shift to manager-commission government in 195?.
Secretary Hodgson and President Nixon spent over an hour discussing the administration's push for a wage and price freeze. Miami Beach sources reported an oral understanding with AFL-CIO unions that they would comply if a freeze were imposed. Ziegler said no formal recommendations were given yet.
Kansas Power and Light Co. manager Austin Stedham reports no outages despite high winds and heavy snow. Several tree limbs fell in the city, but there were no injuries or property damage recorded.
The Supreme Court granted a hearing to review the Sierra Club's bid to block a 35 million Disney ski resort in Mineral King Valley. The project faces an injunction history since 1969 and would include hotels, lifts, power plants, and a major highway through Sequoia Park, with a decision unlikely before 1972.
The Lawrence City Commission will meet at 2 p.m. at City Hall for second readings of ordinances mainly on sanitary sewer construction. They will review bids on annual purchases, a parking lot improvement public hearing for the 900 block of Vermont, Kasold Drive paving, an interim Erhart Flying Service agreement through May 1, and the annual street overlay program. Variance requests on the sign ordinance from two firms and a World Co cable television tower proposal on 15th Street east of Oak Hill Cemetery are also on the agenda.
In Saigon the U S Command reports a decline of 2300 American troops in South Vietnam bringing total to 330 600 as of last Thursday from 332 900 the week before. The pullback aims to 284 000 by May 1 with further withdrawals signaled for April. Marine Attack Squadron 115 led by Lt Col Michael Mura will depart to Iwakuni Japan, while Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 under Maj Neil R Van Leeuwen heads to Santa Ana California for deactivation. Both units began standdown Monday.
KU halts noon classes and cancels or postpones events following Gov. Docking’s shutdown order. Numerous campus activities and community meetings are affected including lectures recitals and band concerts, with some rescheduled to Tuesday evening.
Douglas County commissioners discussed preparing a planning agreement for a proposed 6 million city county government center. The plan combines judicial law enforcement and administrative offices with a fall voter decision pending. A state bill to allow the project is set for a House committee hearing Tuesday.
Authorities reported a devastating outbreak as a twister flattened Inverness and destroyed or heavily damaged four blocks of a white residential area. In Money and Pugh City, shacks were swept away and five funnels were seen near Itta Bena.
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