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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1973
Page
14
Clear to partly cloudy skies expected through Friday with highs in the 80s and low 60s tonight. Friday temperatures rise to the mid to upper 80s, light or variable winds, and precipitation chances under 20 percent today and Friday. Official readings show high 85 and low 68 today with prior records noted for heat and warm evenings.
Lawrence Bureau of Employment Security reports 3625 manufacturing workers in May rising to 3800 in June. The 1972 figure was 3275, with a year gain of 525 due to new firms. June civilian workforce 23850, 950 unemployed, 22900 employed, 4 percent unemployment.
Kansas old crop wheat stored as of July 1 totaled 61.42 million bushels, the lowest in two decades. Off farm stocks dropped 66 percent from 1972 levels, with farm holdings down 63 percent. Rye stocks fell 70 percent to 406000 bushels as corn and sorghum grain held slightly above a year ago.
Watkins Hospital will house the KU School of Social Welfare and the anthropology department after the student health service moves next spring. Chancellor Archie Dykes outlined space assignments, a $3.6 million project near Robinson Gym, and plans for a comprehensive Computation Center review to improve operations. He also outlined statewide outreach, a plan of action to build support for KU, and tighter administrative clarity.
Advertisement notes operating hours from 7 to 11:30 and 1 to 3:30. Details specify a one hundred unit service window. Readership context not provided.
As the summer term ends at KU the second annual Shakespeare Festival wraps up. Participants enrolled in eight courses on Shakespearean drama and finals occur on the last class day. Festival activities included a film series lectures chamber music and four major plays. Guest artists were Jerome Kilty and Tom Sawyer. The final programs included a 19th century music concert and a British film of Othello.
A Kansas traffic death log lists 24 hour, July and yearly totals. For 24 hours to 9 am Thursday the toll was 4. For July the deaths stood at 44 and for 1973 overall at 344, compared with 359 in the prior year.
President Nixon met his 1972 Democratic challenger Senator George McGovern at a dinner hosted by the Shah of Iran. McGovern attended alone. Nixon joked about recovering from viral pneumonia while greeting guests in the receiving line.
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