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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1972
Page
1
A Kansas University dorm shooting sparks a debate over campus climate and public relations. The piece critiques administration responses, media reporting, and calls for firmer discipline amid ongoing concerns about KU versus Kansas State University and other Big Eight schools.
An automatic fire detection device misfired at 1 27 p m Thursday at the Burnett Instrument Co located at 700 East 22nd Street Lawrence firemen reported no flames or injuries and the incident was cleared.
Douglas County District Court Clerk Lucille Allison announced the May jury panel has completed service and need not report on Thursday. A new jury panel will be chosen for the September term, opening Sept. 8.
Austria, Iceland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Liechtenstein sign the junior partnership with the Common Market in Brussels. Finland starts the process and will sign after a Helsinki government is formed. The 16 nation bloc will begin removing tariff barriers on factory goods January 1 and aims to challenge the United States, Japan and others.
McLouth High School hosts a 2 p.m. Tuesday performance of Winnie the Pooh by 13 young actors ages nine to 19. The stage features a forest of enchanted trees and mushrooms as all cast members helped paint scenery. Proceeds fund an auditorium spotlight for the school district.
Floyd Woodiwiss spent days searching for his son Chad after the boy disappeared during a Memorial Day weekend flood near Ellensburg Washington. On the 50th day his body was found in a rain swollen creek, the father recalling the hunt and relief at recovery.
Linwood crowned Jocelyn Sheets queen of the Pioneer Festival sponsored by the Linwood Lions Club. Marilyn Kesinger is first runner up, supported by Lucky Clover 4-H Club. Hundreds descend for a parade themed Gunsmoke Days with a fiddling contest, arts and crafts, and community concerts at Linwood High School.
Lawrence Mayor John Emick is appointed to a League of Kansas Municipalities committee on federal legislative and administrative affairs. The panel coordinates with the National League of Cities to shape policy and support the national program. Regular full-committee meetings are uncommon, with steering and legislative committees meeting as needed. Letter ballots may gauge reactions to pending legislation.
Glenn Weir of Kiowa Kansas has been appointed associate administrator of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service in Washington AP reports.
Gallup results show Nixon with 46 percent to McGovern's 32 percent and Wallace at 18 percent. The poll, taken late last week, indicates Nixon's lead exceeds his 1968 margin at the same campaign point.
Mrs. Lloyd DeHoff of Tonganoxie won a free trip to Las Vegas New Orleans or Six Flags over Texas in a Downtown Lawrence Association drawing tied to the Sidewalk Bazaar. Entered once, she plans to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in Las Vegas.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital reports Donald P. Purdy in fair condition in ICU after a gunshot to the left chest in the sanitation department office. Samuel Turner, 18, was arrested on charges of wounding Purdy and firing at foreman Earl Cheek. Turner’s bond is set at 10,000 with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Aug 3.
U S planes drop 1000 pound mines in North Vietnam harbors with fuses that can be set off by metal presence sound or pressure from a passing ship, creating a versatile threat in naval areas.
North Vietnamese forces slowed the transport of vital supplies to South Vietnamese troops on the northern front amid fears a 20 000 member government task force could be cut off. US Navy destroyers and Marine helicopters bombed North Vietnamese transshipment points 75 miles north of the DMZ as Saigon announced the recapture of Bong Son and heavy fighting near Quang Tri Hue.
Nine year old Kelly Marie Stewart of Overbrook drowned while swimming in a pond at her farm home six miles east of town. Her body was recovered from about 20 feet of water after she waded into deep water. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at the Albert Roberts Funeral Home Overbrook with burial at Mt Hope Cemetery Topeka. Survivors include her parents four brothers and both sets of grandparents.
Three people were treated and released at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka after a two vehicle Douglas County crash on U.S. 56 about six miles west of Baldwin Junction. Names include Michael Wilson and Camilla Wilson of Baldwin and Cheryl Deridain of Wellsville.
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