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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1975
Page
2
An $15 million New York City jail with 500 capacity opens with features like central air and no barred windows, drawing praise for improvements and criticism over crime deterrence and taxpayer cost. Analysts urge better prisons, rehab programs, and fair funding, while local officials push for a county jail model as a humane house of correction.
A July article argues Lawrence's subpar airport hinders expansion yet notes the city has other strong assets. It recounts a firm turning away due to local conditions, cites two failed bond votes for airport upgrades, and calls for financing updates to support business, KU ties, and regional development.
George F. Will argues liberal majorities in Congress after 1965-66 Great Society programs failed to sustain optimism. He traces Johnson era promises, Vietnam and Watergate as factors, notes a shift to sober conservatism, and praises cautious followership shaping a cautious, responsive Congress.
On July 11, 1804, Aaron Burr mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a Weehawken duel. John Quincy Adams was born in 1767 in Brain Tree Massachusetts. Eastport Maine fell to a British fleet in 1814. Napoleon’s empire annexed Holland in 1810. Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced willingness for a unprecedented fourth term in 1944.
KU Theatre presents William Saroyan's The Time of Your Life at University Theatre as part of the Landmarks of the American Theatre series. The nearly three hour, 21 actor production blends humor and pathos set in Nick's dive with Joe as a dreamer and bartender Nick as the proprietor.
A reader argues against a city assigned environmental inspector to regulate homes. He questions extra costs and overreach, cites specific areas and a dirty sewer line, and urges setting a good example by maintaining properties without new staff. Clayton Stone, 514 Utah.
Dale Johnson, 33, of Kansas City, was arraigned on robbery after a bold afternoon heist at Overbrook First National Bank. He was caught near Globe minutes later with about $995. County officials note rising Douglas County personal property values this year.
The piece argues economist John Kenneth Galbraith endorses economic planning and socialism, lists the Initiative Committee for National Economic Planning members, then contrasts U S gains in housing, energy, and culture with the alleged costs of central planning, suggesting the Kremlin model would fail and the United States should resist such shifts.
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