Lawrence Journal-World masthead and staff lineup for 1971 edition
The Lawrence Journal-World announces staff and publisher details with names Dolph Symons Stevie Parsons Daryl Hauls Ernest Pontius Leo Eller and the World Company address in Lawrence Kansas. Subscription rates for various carriers and regions are listed along with postal and AP affiliation notes.
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Dolph C. Simons
Dolph Symons
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Stevie Parsons
Bile Mayer
Daryl Hauls
Ernest Pontius
Leo Eller
Citizens Committee Endorses Good Government Seekers in Lawrence
The Lawrence Citizens Committee for the Support of Good Government praises civic candidates. Led by Olin Petefish with Lee Zimmerman and John Scanlan, the group urges qualified residents to seek city commission and school board posts, without partisanship. The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant debate also features, highlighting its strategic value and potential as a federal installation. Senator George McGovern announces his 1972 presidential bid, advocating troop withdrawal from Vietnam and redirecting funds to domestic rebuilding.
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Lawrence
Olin Petefish
Lee Zimmerman Cochairman
John Scanlan
Citizens Committee
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
Sunflower
Nixon Formula Aims To Buy Time In Cambodian War
Washington reports President Nixon plans to expand U S helicopter and gunship use to slow North Vietnamese infiltrations through Cambodia. The strategy targets denying port access and supply routes to delay attacks until the 1973 dry season, buying two years for South Vietnam and Thieu’s army amid domestic political critics.
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U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
Cambodia
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Senate
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Hanoi
Old Home Town Notes and Local Elections A Look Back
Old items from 1961 highlight Floyd W. Preston KU professor on leave and Mrs Preston aboard a hijacked Santa Maria. Wakarusa Township bars outside runs, turning down a chimney fire call.
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Floyd W. Preston
Kansas University
15Th
Massachusetts
First Evangelical
R. B
Dick) Stevens
Lawrence
Second Ward
John Levi
Haskell Institute
Denver
Geary
Oklo
Reed
United States
Kansas
W. W. Holyfield
George Wetzel
Floyd Lawrence
Nixon McGovern over Vietnam fate shows voters wary
From outside it seems simple to pull troops from Southeast Asia but presidents learn limits. Nixon has cut troop commitments but shrinking will remains hard to achieve in office. McGovern lacks clear evidence of a practical withdrawal formula, while campaign rhetoric meets tough realities.
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Southeast Asia
Nixon
Johnson
Sen McGovern
Journal-World
Vietnam
White House
Pentagon
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Haskell S. Springer
Public employee strikes and fair dealing for citizens
A 10 year rise in public sector strikes prompts call for workable formulas balancing pay and service. It argues different protections by job essentialness, cites Coolidge on public safety, and urges flexible bargaining amid urban reliance on utilities and services.
Readers dispute civil defense pay raise and Vietnam coverage
Letter writers challenge the Douglas County salary increase for Civil Defense Director H. H. Belote as a tax burden and question editorial graphs on Vietnam War progress. They contend taxes and government costs rise with any new expense. A separate AP note reports the Tobacco Tax Council linking higher taxes to reduced cigarette use in 23 states including Missouri and Kansas.
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Journal-World
Douglas County
H. H. Belote
Richmond
the Tobacco Tax Council
Missouri
Kansas
Legalized Gambling Seen as Big Savior
The piece humorously suggests legalized gambling as a national fix as cities and states face deficits. It parodies a State of the Union speech listing bets on lotteries, racing, slot machines, and even Cape Kennedy, ending with a mock bingo call.
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Washington
Campuses divides over violence and disruption study
New Orleans AP reports the Carnegie Commission finds a strong majority of faculty and students oppose campus violence and protests. It notes high support for expelling disruptors, broad consensus on reform, and a shift toward student-faculty power tensions with administration.
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New Orleans
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Commission
Clark Kerr
Martin Trow
University of California At Berkeley
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