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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1971
Page
12
Market notes show wheat corn milo beans oats with varied bids in Kansas City and New York. Wheat and corn quotes are listed with car counts and grade prices, while New York stocks slid as Dow fell to 889.60 amid slow preholiday trading despite lower unemployment and peace proposal signals.
Gov. Robert Docking named a six member panel to study NASA plans for a Space Shuttle station possibly in western Kansas. The group includes Alkamas Wichita Beech Cessna executives and labor, with meetings set July 14 in Topeka with NASA and Hutchinson area officials. NASA cited a Garden City area as a potential shuttle site.
Washington AP Curtis W Tarr directs state boards to continue all draft processing except inductions until a new draft law is enacted. The House Senate conference stalled until July 7 over a two year extension and a Vietnam pullout condition tied to released POWs. Preinduction physicals appeals and classifications continue. the 1972 lottery will wait for congressional action.
Four Kansas University students await placement on the KU Planning Board after action by the University Senate Executive Committee. Richard von Ende Abilene Tex graduate student Steve Emerson Topeka Senior John Spearman Jr Lawrence senior and Marcia Francisco Shawnee Mission sophomore are in line. Francis Heller vice chancellor for academic affairs chairs the planning unit and expects a mid July meeting.
House Speaker Carl Albert cites confidential talks with President Nixon and praises his behind the scenes push for Vietnam peace. Albert urges more public information from Nixon while noting Hanoi Paris signals suggest movement toward withdrawal and prisoner releases. he cautions timing tied to congressional withdrawal deadlines.
Ken ny Smith age 13 and Brad Barber age 10 wandered into drainage tunnels at the Harry S. Truman Sports Complex. Mrs. James Barber alerted police two hours after learning the boys had entered. Newsmen followed as Kenney guided searches but one journalist went missing prompting a police pursuit.
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