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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1971
Page
13
Fair skies with gradually rising temperatures tonight and Friday. Lows tonight in the two to seven degree range with a high Friday in the middle to upper 20s. Official readings show yesterday's high 22 and low 1 with a morning low of 4. Year ago today high 13 low unspecified. Record high 70 in 1965 and low 15 in 1912. Sunrise 7:40 a.m. Sunset 5:14 p.m.
Col. R L Anderson Jr district engineer of the U S Army Corps of Engineers warned at a Kansas Contractors Association meeting that the prospects for new civil works contracts in Kansas and Missouri look discouraging. He said funds this year will mostly continue existing projects with new awards totaling perhaps 10 to 15 million dollars. Anderson added that the Kansas City District no longer handles design and construction of military work in the two states, shifting to the Omaha district.
The list records divorces of multiple couples including Patsy Havens from Allan Havens and Ethel Austin from Isaac Austin among others. A line notes “Staphanie L. Washington from Michael C. Washington” with a closing remark on Horseless power being greater than ever on American farms and over three million trucks on under three million farms.
Heavily attended first annual Sanitary Engineering Conference at Kansas University with 135 engineers. Morning focused on air pollution and testing procedures while afternoons covered waste handling and garbage management and included federal guidelines, a Rochester New York plant design, a new mechanical aerator, and economic analysis of garbage grinding versus surface collection.
Los Angeles AP Elvis Presley 35 agrees to blood tests in a paternity case filed by 21 year old North Hollywood waitress Patricia Parker who claims he fathered her son Jason born Oct 10. Parker seeks medical expenses and 1000 dollars monthly support. Presley and Miss Parker will both be tested. Presley and wife Priscilla have one daughter.
Iola’s long running auto dealership, run by Bud White and later his son Dick White for 55 years, has been sold to John Edwards, a Chevrolet district manager from Joplin. Bud White began in 1915 with Hudson and Essex and secured a Chevrolet dealership in 1934 after previous Hudson dealings in Iola, Chanute, Moran, Fort Scott, and Madison.
In Wichita two youths helped save neighbor Mrs. Dorothy Hexam from a smoke filled house. Ted Pike 18 carried her to safety after Billy Pike 10 noticed smoke and alerted the fire department. Fire officials praised the youths for their actions before firefighters arrived. The cause was attributed to cigarette smoking.
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