Lawrence Daily Journal World staff and dates 1971
Lawrence Daily Journal World issue details list staff roles led by Dolph Simmons Jr and editors. Publication information shows 1891 start, 1942 revival, daily except Sunday, Lawrence Kansas address, rates and circulation details. Date noted July 8, 1971.
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Stunday Tv
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Amphetamine Plea Aims to Curb Prescribing Surge
The Kansas Medical Society urges members to halt amphetamine prescriptions except for narrow medical reasons. The move echoes AMAs voluntary pledges to curb the addictive stimulants, which have been sold as diet pills and entered the black market. Douglas County Attorney Mike Ellwell notes rising arrests and needle use. Ellsberg comments touch on moral responsibility and Pentagon Papers involvement, reflecting shifts in views on war policy.
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Kansas Medical Society
American Medical Association
Sidney Cohen
The
Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse Council
Douglas County
Mike Elwell
Where Did That Money Go? A look at inflation and spending
New York AP describes how inflation rising living standards and taxes erode household budgets since 1955. It notes dollar value declines, rising car desires and maintenance links, and cites a 181 percent tax collection rise from 1956 to 1970 as the path of money.
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New York
Detroit
Tax Foundation
Ellsberg's Conscience Drives Pentagon Papers Action
The text argues Daniel Ellsberg acted from deep personal responsibility for U.S. Vietnam policy. It says he broke an unsatisfactory law to reveal the Pentagon Papers, aiming to inform public debate and influence government integrity in years ahead.
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Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Ellsberg
Defense Department
Vietnam
U.S
New York Times
Engineering bid and tearing of Blake Hall noted
EU Chancellor Wescoe announced the demolition of Blake Hall, former home of chemistry and physics, for a $750 000 modern structure. He also said bids would open Aug 3 for a $2 million engineering school building at 15th and Naismith.
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W. Clarke Wescoe
Blake Hall
15Th
Naismith
Gene Riling
Joe Traylor
Lawrence Country Club
Court Challenge Irritates Nixon Tax Break Push
A consumer suit in U S District Court challenges Nixon’s liberalized depreciation rules for business tax write offs. The action could delay the plan aimed at boosting plant and equipment spending, currently projected to rise 2.7 percent in 1971. The case argues the rules bypass Congress and reduce Treasury losses pegged at 39 billion dollars over ten years.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S. District Court
Treasury
John S. Nolan
The
Congress
Ralph Nader
Common Cause
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
United Automobile Workers
Henry S. Reuss
Dwis
Ramon L. Posel
Jenkintown
Fair Fights Black List With Topeka Musicians Union
Officials of the Mid America Fair Association filed suit in Shawnee County District Court asking to remove the fair from a national musicians union blacklist. The action names Topeka Federation of Musicians Local 36-66 and seeks removal to avoid boycotts during this year’s fair. The union demanded barring high school bands and hiring a local “ballyhoo” band hours before shows for 410 each performance.
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Topeka
Mid America Fair Assahere
Shawnee County
Musicians's Union
Topeka Federation of Musicians Local 36-66
American Federation of Musicians
New York
N.Y
Readers debate truth and channelization plans in Kansas letters
A trio of letters to the Journal World discuss truth in public discourse and critique the Mud Creek Channelization Project. One writer urges acceptance of difficult truths about public policy, another argues against full channelization to protect wildlife in Kaw Valley, and a third defends alligators and ecological balance while urging reevaluation of human impact.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Douglas County
Silence Seen as Peace Key
Washington lawmakers hear Deputy Undersecretary William Macomber Jr defend secrecy in diplomacy. He says leaks could end negotiations with the Soviet Union over SALT and Vietnam studies could have been declassified earlier. Moorhead urges balancing security with public information and questions top secret clearance cuts.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
William Macomber Jr
House
Government Information
Macomber
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
State and Defense Departments
United States
Capp Granted A Continuance In Rendition Case
Cartoonist Al Capp creator of Li Lil Abner has a continuance to Sept 28 in a Wisconsin morals case heard in Boston Municipal Court. Chief Justice Elijah Adlew granted the delay at Detective Set Lynch's request. Capp released in personal recognizance as Wisconsin seeks surrender papers not yet signed.
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Boston
al Capp
Wisconsin
Elijah Adlew
Set
Herbert Lynch
Lynch
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
Capp
Adlon
Ray Freed From Isolation at Mountain State Prison
Ray James Earl Ray, the confessed killer of Martin Luther King Jr., is allowed to mingle with inmates at Mountain State Prison in Petro Tennessee. He has served 99 years for the murder and previously stayed in isolation, while pursuing appeals. Legal actions have failed to grant a new trial. An Army spokesman says six soldiers who distributed copies of the Declaration of Independence will not be charged but face possible reprimand.
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Carville
U.S. Postal Department
Maj. Goodson
Major Goodson
Lewis, Wash
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Britain
England
United States
New York Times
Washington Post
British Secrets Debate and Pentagon Papers Fallout
In London discussions react to the Pentagon Papers and debate whether England should build its own secrets. Melton Burberry notes Official Secrets Act risks, while others warn against overreliance on U S disclosures and call for equal treatment of British intelligence. The piece highlights Britain’s desire to avoid becoming a second class power.
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London
England
Melton Burberry
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W. C. Simons
Lawrence, Kan
Bureau of Circulation
Associated Presse
Hawk
Dove
Saigon
Elilsberg
John Cunniff
Old Home Town
Delaware and
Maryland
Alfred Heck
Wise Brothers
U.S. No. 1
C. B. Hosford
Christ Jesus
Father
Fair Fights
Letters To the Journal-World
Journal-World
America
Ruth Johnson
Rt. 3
Baldwin City
Mud Creek
Kaw River
Midland
Robinson Mansion
Wise Farm
Natural History Reservation
Bob Rose
Bud Snawley
Bill Martin
Tom Swearingen
Allegator
Florida Biosystems
Gerard B. Doremus
Tonganoxie
Subcommittee
William S. Moorhead
D-Pa
Moorhead
Ray
ECOLO
By Bill Dane
LOS Angeles Times
Pentagon Papers
Art Buchwald
Buchwald
Suez
Tom, Dick
United States Congress
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