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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1970
Page
7
KU students praise Liberal Arts and Sciences electives for small class sizes and flexible, student driven content. They favor personal participation, current topic relevance, and the chance to influence material and invite speakers, despite some concerns about engagement and preparation.
Irma Candelaria a 20 year old senior in cooking at the Pueblo of Agoedones NM expresses hope that the war and riots end, and she graduates from Haskell Institute. She plans to move to Los Angeles to pursue further education and secure a good job and independent living.
Five Native American students share goals for education and career while calling for equal rights and an end to war. They cite hopes for self sufficiency, improved living standards, and peace in the United States and around the world.
Ronald Baxter resigns from the Kansas Board of Probation and Parole effective December 31. Gov. Robert Docking names Richard P. Senecal of Atchison to replace him in a term through March 1, 1973. Baxter previously served as legal adviser and pardon attorney and chaired the Criminal Administration committee.
UNICEF sales in Douglas County rose in 1969 with 2,744 greeting card boxes sold and a net $4,608.45. Mrs. Thomas Moore of the Douglas County United Nations Association notes the funds could buy sulfone tablets for 2,013 leprosy patients for three years or antibiotics to cure 15,365 trachoma cases. Datebook calendars remain at Doores Stationery and the Lawrence Public Library, with Kansas Union Bookstore stocking only datebook calendars.
Kansas University shifts business personnel services purchasing and inventory to Carruth-O'Leary Hall from Strong Hall. Human development and family life vacate Strong for Haworth Hall, with no decision yet on who will occupy the vacated Strong space. Arizona joined the Union on February 14 1912 as the 48th state.
The Census Bureau finds whites leaving metropolitan poverty zones while black and other minority families remain. Many poor households are headed by women unable to reach the $3 600 annual poverty line for a four person urban family, with over 70 percent of the poor in these areas being children and two thirds of those children Black or nonwhite.
BSU leaders and Kansas University Chancellor Laurence Chalmers will meet Thursday to discuss proposals including hiring a black provost. The group demands swift action on four key areas and seven black appointments by September 1970, with positions to start interviews by February.
Newsprint prices rose this week with increases of 4 to 5 dollars per ton. Major suppliers pushed Southern and Mid Central state rates from 147 to 151 dollars, Missouri and Kansas included. East of the Rockies prices rose to 152 dollars per ton from zone-based levels.
A 15 year old, Jesse Neal Parker Jr of Corsicana Texas, was found naked and unconscious in a sealed refrigerated trailer on a railroad flat car in Buffalo. He is listed in serious but improving condition with exposure shock after a 2200 mile trip from Nogales Arizona where 41000 pounds of tomatoes were loaded. His father, a refrigerated truck driver, traveled to Buffalo. the mystery remains how the boy entered the trailer and why he removed his clothing.
Wendy Green a 16 year old from Florida asks President Nixon to make her the first girl page in Congress. She cites past rejections by Rep Dante Fascell and notes current rules permit only boys ages 16 to 18 as pages amid cited facility and chaperone issues. She argues discrimination and urges action for herself and other girls.
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