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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1972
Page
11
Sunny hot and humid Sunday with a high near 90 and a low in the low to mid 70s No precipitation expected 65 Friday shows a high near 90 and low 72 Today’s morning low 72 Year ago today high 75 low 56 Rainfall none Record high 107 in 1901 record low 56 in 1944 Sunrise 6 16 a m Sunset 8 42 p m
Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray calls for a total ban on Saturday night specials and favors licensing and registration of all firearms. He spoke to reporters, noting cheap handguns often assembled from foreign parts and easily concealed snub nosed revolvers. The administration has shown lukewarm support for the ban but opposes broader licensing measures for other handguns.
127 vehicles were inspected during a Friday traffic safety check in the 1400 block of Massachusetts. 36 were rejected for defects, according to the Lawrence Police Department.
Speeding cases dominated Lawrence Municipal Court records with 55 speeders among 103 convictions last week. In the week July 10 14 court entries showed 69 speeding cases of 134 total. Fines totaled 742 with 76 suspended. overall traffic convictions were 97 with 1577 in fines and 241 suspended. Also nine stopped for stop sign violations and several for traffic signal offenses. Two drivers were convicted of driving while intoxicated with 30 day suspended jail terms.
Washington AP reports an official defense of the U.S. income tax as the most efficient revenue device, with plans to seek reforms. Under Secretary Edwin S. Cohen urged calm analysis, noting a few very wealthy evade taxes while many high earners paid substantial amounts. He cited specific figures on adjusted gross incomes and taxes paid by top earners in 1970, underscoring overall progress.
Dr Neal A Shank appeared for duty in coat tie and boxer shorts to protest oppressive heat at Jackson County Public Hospital. Hospital administrator Williams intervened asking him to put on pants. Shank retrieved pants from his car and returned to work as cooling systems were shut to conserve power amid 90s heat.
Judge Frank Gray in Douglas County District Court appointed Larry A Hatfield Glenn Kappelman and Clarence A Miller as appraisers in a land condemnation suit for U S 59 south of Lawrence. The project covers 28 tracts and the state highway commission seeks land through eminent domain. A separate city case over the same route is set for July 27 in district court.
Patricia Bird a 1971 Lawrence High School graduate and Fort Peck Assiniboine Sioux member will compete as Miss Oil Discovery Celebration Princess at the All-American Indian Days in Sheridan Wyoming July 28 30 She is 19 and a student at Haskell Indian Junior College daughter of Mr and Mrs H S Bird of Kiowa She is sponsored by the Oil Discovery Celebration and has competed in the national pageant through Haskell in prior years with no official school queen chosen this spring.
Julia A. Lawson, an 18 year old oboist from Lawrence Kansas, will join the U S Air Force Strategic Air Command Band as its first female member after basic training at Lackland AFB Texas. She then moves to Offutt AFB Nebraska to join the band which tours worldwide.
Somerville Mass. City Hall faces moral concern after a ceiling mural titled Mother Nature by artist Paul White is deemed nude. The Board of Aldermen voted 11 to 0 to ask the Somerville Clergymen's Association to review and report on the exhibit's moral implications for the community. Alderman John Holmes calls the painting inappropriate for City Hall.
A speaker argues for district representation with local ties and criticizes federal mandates as unnecessary. The text calls citizens to engage, evaluate candidates' backgrounds, and consider shared problems rather than relying on bureaucratic control.
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