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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1972
Page
2
Kansas ranked Vern Miller as the year’s top newsmaker for his aggressive raids on drugs and gambling, following a pledge to confront Lawrence’s hippie scene with police. The year featured a major nuclear site debate in Lyons and sweeping welfare cuts amid austere budgets.
Analysis highlights 1971 as a landmark year with China outreach UN recognition and Vietnam winding down. It predicts 1972 will bring Nixon visits to China and Russia, a heated presidential race, and debate over Democratic contenders Kennedy Humphrey McGovern Muskie. It notes key ifs shaping reelection chances and inflation.
Column surveys voters and the economy under Nixon era policies. It weighs Phase II programs, inflation risks, unemployment, and business growth while considering likely global conflicts, space funding, the Pentagon Papers prosecutions, and Kansas political forecasts for 1972.
Three teen boys, two aged 16 and one 17, were in custody after allegedly robbing a North Kansas City liquor store of about 4000 dollars and briefly taking six people hostage. Police arrived during the robbery and sealed off the area. the youths surrendered after about 20 minutes. The 17 year old allegedly held a cocked pistol to the owner's head, threatening to kill unless officers dropped weapons and provided an exit vehicle. A second woman was guarded at gunpoint as others awaited rides.
Otis Wilhite, a 20 year old Kansas City man, died after an argument at a Friday night party. Police say a second man fled downstairs with a handgun after the shooting. a suspect was arrested outside the house, though the weapon was not recovered.
The Census Bureau reports 208,557,735 Americans as 1972 begins, a 2,040,059 increase in 1971. Growth mainly from 3,591,000 births and 1,927,000 deaths plus 376,000 immigration, with a 0.9 percent gain, below 1970’s rise.
Unions representing 42 000 city transit workers and the Transit Authority reached a tentative contract two hours before a threatened 5 am strike that would have shut down buses and subways. The plan includes an 18 percent pay rise over 27 months and a 50 cent fare increase, with $121 million in cost over two years and guarantees of higher productivity.
National Guard officials in Missouri and Kansas report membership slightly below authorized strength but not critically. Missouri Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Lawrence Adams says units are meeting quotas better than many states with only 25 gaps in an 9,084 strong Army National Guard. Shortages exist for doctors chaplains and helicopter pilots.
KU will start issuing new parking permits including registration stickers and campus passes at the Traffic and Security office in Hoch Auditorium. The office opens 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. weekdays for two weeks, with fees up to 10 four dollars and a 1 50 loading permit, to fund maintenance and traffic operations.
Hollywood actor Devel Duel, 31, known for Alias Smith and Jones and roles in Gidget and Love on a Rooftop, died from a head wound ruled likely self-inflicted. Police noted a pistol near the body and a prior drunken driving conviction. Duel, born in Rochester New York, had been despondent over a drinking problem.
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato said Japan aims to restore diplomatic relations with Communist China this year but cannot ignore the Nationalist government on Taiwan. He noted that China’s UN admission shows the PRC is the legitimate government and said Taiwan would be discussed during normalization talks with Beijing ahead of his summit with President Nixon in San Clemente.
Portland, Ore. AP report says wives who prepare sandwiches for husbands in private card games may be labeled promoting gambling under Oregon’s new criminal code. Dist. Atty. Desmond Connall notes the code confines private games but marks nonplayers as promotion, forcing couples to choose between inviting wives or making their own sandwiches after the code takes effect Saturday.
Colette Bangert and husband Jeff will present computer prints and computer graphics opening Sunday at 7 East 7th Gallery. Reception runs 1 to 5 p.m. with gallery hours noon to 6 p.m. daily except Monday.
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