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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1972
Page
13
Senator Edward M. Kennedy called Democratic vice presidential nominee Thomas F. Eagleton to wish him well. Eagleton aide Michael Kelly said the call came from Kennedy to the Missouri senator to offer support amid scrutiny.
Senator Kennedy called Eagleton to offer support as Eagleton faced criticism from columnist Jack Anderson about a drunken driving record. Eagleton defended himself, called the charge a lie, and affirmed his bid to remain on the Democratic ticket and seek the vice presidency.
Frank J. Self, a Hugo native and former Sherman Indian School principal in Riverside California, is named superintendent of the Chilocco Indian School. He graduated from Haskell Institute Lawrence Kansas Oklahoma State University and is a retired Air Force major.
A line of severe storms tore across southwest Kansas early today injuring seven people in Sublette, all occupants of mobile homes. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported destruction of 10 mobile homes, damaged grain elevator, blown roofs, and downed power lines. A tornado is suspected near Sublette at 3:30 a.m. with extensive damage near Plains including an AT&T relay tower. Long distance service disrupted for many towns. restoration hoped by noon.
The Lawrence area finishes July with 4.14 inches of rain, 0.40 above normal, while July overall brings 16.93 inches year to date, still 2.35 inches below the monthly norm. Overnight amounts included 0.99 inches at the KU station, with other totals across the region from Eudora to Tonga Noxie.
The wife of H C Piper Jr a brokerage firm head was kidnapped from their Orono home. FBI involvement followed as ransom rumors alleged a $1 million demand. Two masked men fled after tying up house staff, triggering a six state search and police roadblocks.
A state welfare official says a mandatory work program for able bodied general assistance recipients will correct a Douglas County policy excluding 18 to 40 year olds from aid. Douglas County welfare director John Derrick questions the state rule while Roland Rogers confirms the mismatch and notes the program starts August 1 locally.
British ports halted as a national dockers strike idled more than 150 ships across England Scotland and Wales. Forty two thousand dockers dispute modernization plans and pay terms while the government weighs emergency steps and the potential use of a cooling off period under the labor law.
Bankers Security Life Insurance Society will pay the late actor Jeffrey Hunter’s former wife and their four sons 570000 under a double indemnity policy. The firm had sought to cancel the policy accusing Hunter of concealing a childhood heart ailment, but a nonjury trial led to the payout before Judge John A Loomis. Hunter died at 41 in 1969 from a skull fracture after a fall at his Van Nuys home.
Rudolph Kaiser 53 of Colorado Springs, a civilian and Go Cong Province senior adviser, was killed in a Viet Cong ambush in the Mekong Delta while accompanying South Vietnamese militia. The attack left Kaiser wounded by an explosion and killed as treatment began.
Voters can read candidate positions on key local issues in the primary. Interviews answering LWV questionnaires are published on pages 14 and 15 of the Journal World. A separate story on page 12 summarizes five constitutional amendments.
A collage of advertising snippets announces auto insurance, agency contact, and political ads. It references Rankin War District Judge, Russell Stover Candles, and a Sunflower Vision Channel 6 broadcast with KW and KLWN schedules, plus upcoming airings on Sunday and Monday.
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