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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1971
Page
1
Community journal reviews the year 1970, summarizing major events and their impact. The piece reflects on milestones, challenges, civic issues, and notable local figures amid a period of social change and ongoing development.
Lawrence ends 1970 amid violence and growth with the Perry Reservoir project reaching operational status and major new buildings. The year saw two youths die in confrontations with police, a fatal apartment fire, and over two million dollars in property losses. A July 16 patrolman killing sparked further arson and unrest as city and county officials sought state aid and a curfew.
President Nixon told four reporters in a New Year’s Eve session that leaders must sometimes ignore polls and make unpopular decisions. He cited 66 bills acted on that day and noted some poll results are financed by the Republican Committee, while others are ignored for issue focus.
The U S Chamber of Commerce foresees GNP rising seven percent next year with about half due to inflation. Real growth totals about three percent, putting GNP near 1.05 trillion dollars, while wholesale prices climbed 0.1 percent in December and 2.3 percent for 1970. The Dow closed the year around 839, Pan Am plans over 1,800 layoffs amid austerity. Consumer spending is expected to rise 7.5 percent to 47 billion this year.
A major snowstorm blanketed the Eastern Seaboard from Missouri to New England. It dropped up to a foot in Maryland Virginia and Washington D C with 11 inches at Dulles Airport and forced the Philadelphia Mummers Parade to be postponed for the eighth time in 71 years. Travel warnings extended from Carolina mountains to southeastern Ohio as coastal South Carolina felt winds near 85 mph.
The 54th Utility Airplane Co. based near Saigon is withdrawn, trimming U.S. strength by 170 troops. The unit flew single engine Otters in the Saigon region and Mekong Delta since 1965 and will be sent back to the United States. In Saigon, two Coast Guard cutters were handed over to South Vietnam, marking a new era for the Vietnamese navy.
Gene Doane Agency at 834 Mass. Ave advertises automobile coverage aimed at teenagers. Readers are urged to compare rates and terms for youth driving plans.
The first 1971 baby at Lawrence Memorial Hospital is Thomas Andrew Boggs born at 5:11 a.m. weighing 7 pounds 5.34 ounces to Mr. and Mrs. Lester A. Boggs 945 Ark. Other births followed: a Hill Jr. son at 6:51 a.m. on Iowa Street, a Marshall son at 7:50 a.m. on N.Y., and a Falkenhagen infant at 8:32 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Boggs noted the baby was due in 1970, and celebrations include gifts from local merchants as she focuses on her newborn. Jeffrey Scott King is named as the hospital’s first birth of 1970, in nearby Oskaloosa.
Secret 1940 documents show Germany proposed peace with Britain if it joined to confront the Soviet Union and restore Poland and Czechoslovakia. The British war cabinet suspected a trick and rejected the overture through Pope Pius XII, with no subsequent contact.
Traffic accidents claimed 80 lives around the nation in the early hours of the New Year's holiday weekend. Heavy snow blanketed the Maryland Virginia area and extended into North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Similar weather was forecast northward to New England.
The Lawrence area will enjoy a pleasant holiday weekend with fair to partly cloudy skies and moderate temperatures. Temperatures rise to about 50 degrees with lows in the 30s and a 30 percent chance of rain Saturday with highs in the mid-40s.
Kansas City police released 1970 homicide statistics showing 134 deaths, a 1642 per cent rise from previous years. Fifteen beatings, ten stabbings, two strangulations, one balcony fall, and 106 gunshot deaths are recorded. Police report 29 slayings remain unsolved.
A world divided by old problems welcomed 1971 with celebrations across Europe and subdued merriment in the United States. Pope Paul VI declared New Year as World Day of Peace while leaders in Israel, Poland, and Spain spoke of peace and hard work. Londoners gathered in Trafalgar Square as thousands watched Times Square ball drop despite a major snowstorm disrupting the Mummers Parade.
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