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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1964
Page
1
Gov. John Anderson urged a comprehensive Kansas economic development plan named Kansas 1975 at the first governor's conference. He outlined a long range blueprint to forecast growth, preserve resources, expand the economy, and guide urban and rural development for future generations.
President Johnson announced 14 000 Peace Corps volunteers in 1965, up from 10 400 this year, citing successful operations and growing demand. He urged Congress to approve cotton and dairy subsidy cuts, 230 million in savings, plus 512 million for 44 new dam harbor and power projects and an overall 2.7 billion in 1965 outlays. He pressed for education funding, teacher pay grants, and classroom building within poverty programs. He warned the debt limit must rise from 315 to 285 billion and projected 312 to 317 billion by 1967, saying military cuts do not undermine security.
Baldwin City Council awarded a first phase contract to Hird Construction Co of Lawrence for a 40 by 42 foot power plant addition. Carl Wise of Baldwin signed as superintendent of construction. The project will house two nearly new generators to meet demand through 1980.
The 1967 budget proposes 44 million for Kansas construction, with Pomona Dam water intake active but unfunded for further work. Pomona will cover 4 000 surface acres, while three flood control projects place Lawrence near a crescent of recreation with Pomona southwest Clinton near the back and Perry to the northwest. Officials call Perry a potential show place as recreation areas are highlighted to draw visitors to the hills and the dam will lie about four miles northwest of Perry.
Edward R. Murrow resigns as director of the U S Information Agency. Carl Rowan will replace him becoming the highest ranking Negro in the government. Panama breaks with the United States could jeopardize part of its 21 million dollar aid program officials said Monday.
State Senator Don Hults will speak at the third annual Sertoma Banquet honoring Watkins and Summerfield Scholarship nominees from Lawrence High. The event begins at 6 30 p m.
The Lawrence Board of Education approved a five-year timetable for building additions at two city schools starting this spring. Plans include four classrooms and auxiliary spaces at Schwegler, plus a shell for a business education unit and an admin office at Lawrence High. Architects were ordered Jan 6 and bidding will cover Schwegler and two Lawrence High additions.
A Kansas bill to raise the motor fuel tax from 5 to 6 percent per gallon would generate over 15 million dollars annually for highways, with most funds split between counties and cities. It carries support from the state highway commission and several lawmakers. The same session introduces an 1,082,241 dollar general fund appropriation for agencies including alcoholic beverage control, the insurance department and the revisor of statutes. In 1962 milk consumption per hour of factory work rose to 9.2 quarts from 5.7 in 1942 and 4.1 in 1932.
A Milwaukee representative told Cooper that the city will accelerate Elm disease control in 1964 using Bidrin. Plans call for treating about 45,000 elms on public streets and parks while private trees remain unaffected. Three workers can inoculate roughly 100 trees daily using plastic capsules, with costs from 16.3 to 27.3 cents per capsule depending on purchase size.
Lawrence educators and a trained instructor voiced support Monday for adding sex education to the public school curriculum at a Board of Education executive session held at Central Junior High. About 30 teachers attended. 10 speakers from various schools favored the plan, while opponents will present at the January 27 meeting. The session began openly after no one objected to public remarks.
King Saud of Saudi Arabia has booked 300 rooms at Kammena Vouria Hot Spring resort 125 miles north of Athens for May and June. The facility will accommodate about 250 people including King Saud's harem, sources said.
Dick Pine of 1902 Stratford Drive receives the Distinguished Service Award from the Lawrence Cosmopolitan Club at its inaugural ball, presented by 1963 recipient Lou Hammer. New Cosmopolitan officers include Hammer as president and Barbara Morton as club president with Barbara Morton and Diane Jones among the new officers.
The Parsons city commission approved a request to the Kansas Corporation Commission for a full scale investigation of Kansas Power and Light Co. rates in Parsons. The complaint claims residential rates here exceed those in Independence and Pittsburg by Kansas Gas and Electric Co. by an average of $1.03 monthly.
Congressman Ellsworth hailed the inclusion of the Lawrence project in the President’s economy budget as extraordinary. He noted past attempts to win authorization and planning money had failed, and construction funds mark a slow but welcome step forward after years of pitching to Washington officials.
Former Kansas governor George Docking and his wife Catherine shaped a political life and public service arc. Docking won the 1956 election by about 102000 votes over Clyde Reed Jr. and later lost to John Anderson. He served as Lawrence bank leader and Kansas Public Service Co. executive, with Kennedy ties and a role at the Export-Import Bank. Docking battled fevers and emphysema, guided fiscal policy, clashed with KU and lawmakers, and left a $10 million surplus. He died after a long career spanning banking, state government, and public service.
A sequence of heartfelt notes thanks doctors nurses friends and neighbors for care during hospital stays and illness. Messages honor Pearl James Otis Nutting Norton Winger and others with expressions of sympathy and memories from spouses children and families.
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