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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1975
Page
2
Journal-World editorials urge citizens to imagine governing duties and press for better leadership. They call for cutting wasteful spending, tempering inflation, creating jobs, lowering interest rates, reducing wage hikes, and reforming taxes to boost industry while protecting essential social programs.
New York AP report notes a more independent Congress will challenge the Ford administration energy plan with questions about its interrelated measures. Economists are already dissecting the package as governors of states in the region weigh their reactions.
The passage opens with a prayer asking God to grant stillness and openness to creative power for personal and communal healing. It then reports Northeast concerns about an energy tax being discriminatory, labor demands rebates favoring the poor, and bankers split on deficits of 35 and 40 billion dollars. Insurance men fear rising rates as rates wobble. Kenneth Wright, chief economist of the American Life Insurance Association, says in a deepening recession we should expect a substantial downturn in long and short-term rates.
Washington hosts the American Association of Political Consultants amid worries about voter apathy and cynicism. Panelists warn democracy has flaws and that professionals may bear guilt for voters' disengagement. A shift toward more responsible politics could emerge for 1976.
Editor urges adding traffic circles at 23rd and Iowa 6th and Massachusetts intersections in Lawrence to reduce delays and energy use while improving aesthetics. The piece links broader highway growth and questions traffic pacing, ending with notes on community mood and planning.
The Channel project is scrapped amid doubts about cost and national identity. The piece argues the decision reflects skepticism toward postwar European integration, with Chestertonian sentiment and a defense of insular British pride as Britain prepares to vote on continued Common Market membership.
The World's 1891 1952 Lawrence Kansas daily edition lists editors Dolph Senans Sr Dolph Simons Jr Bill Sayer Raion Gage Jack Starkey Levlie Pap tor and staff. It details publication at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets with subscription rates by carrier and mail across regions including Douglas counties Kansas City area and nationwide.
Ten motor accidents occurred after a heavy winter storm leaving over two inches of snow and slick roads. Eudora boosters seek a summer public pool with Dr. Leo Lauber as acting chairman. The town also plans a 1966 Billy Graham Crusade in Lawrence.
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