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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1967
Page
2
The Lawrence Daily Journal-World lists staff with Dolph C. Simons Jr. as President and Editor and Bill Mayeer as Vice President Publisher. Jack Zimmierman and Ernest Pontius serve as Managing and News editors respectively with Leo Eller as Advertising Manager. Established 1854.
The discussion centers on whether sitting lawmakers like U S Sen Edward Long should maintain private law practices after election or take leave. Polls show public concern over conflicts of interest and fund misuse while former legislators warn that outside ties can linger in voters' minds.
Lord Mancroft, new Cunard chairman, says Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth may be exported or scrapped as Cunard struggles with unpaid boards. More than 300 offers flood in, with 81,000 ton Queen Mary facing retirement this fall and Queen Elizabeth postponed one year. One bid would convert the ship into a floating trade center, another would berth it in Long Beach as a hotel and convention site.
After heavy rains the Everglades in Florida see relief from a severe drought that had endangered wildlife and sparked fires. The Chicago American notes the region’s ongoing struggle against human activity and funding, tracing damage to 1962 flood control basins built by the Corps of Engineers that diverted water from Lake Okeechobee and drained the wetlands.
The piece warns that flood control has drained land for real estate and farming at a $380 million tax cost. It notes Everglades in bloom worth saving and argues mankind is harming valuable natural regions for personal gain. It calls for action to stop the destruction nationally before future generations lose these settings.
Old Home Town among sabbatical leaves granted at KU include Oswald Bachus to Finland and Frederick Moreau to Iran. Rev. George Woestemeyer retires for the second time from the First Methodist Church here. New Trinity Episcopal minister is John McLaughlin of Canon City. KU grants 1014 degrees. Ray Pierson becomes KU Alumni Association president. Washburn awards honorary Doctor of Laws to KU Chancellor Malott. Farewell parties curtailed after misbehavior. 36 KU men screen-tested by a company. Ray Wright favored to succeed. Gutson Borglum discusses Mt. Rushmore project with comparisons to major wonders.
A devotional notice cites Matthew 10 32 Seek confession before men and before God. A prayer asks God to reveal His will in lives and make believers instruments of peace through Jesus Christ our Lord.
A collection of letters to Mrs. Raymond I. Cooper following the death of their 19 year old Marine son Jim Cooper in Vietnam on May 10. Glenn Close, a fellow Marine, shares personal sorrow and pays tribute to Jim while urging reflection on the price of war. Other letters discuss cemetery flags and rural versus city perspectives on war.
A brief excerpt portrays common people noting that Red China leaders are as clever as the Devil in their global outreach. The passage emphasizes blunt, colloquial criticism of Chinese leadership during public discourse.
A Idaho debate questions recall of Senator Frank Church over his 1960 convention address and Vietnam views. The piece argues against direct democracy via recall, cites constitutional bounds on recalls, contrasts republic versus democracy, and urges patience until 1968 elections.
In Palmdale California Leslie McDonald vows to create a home for 5 year old Denise Lee the sole survivor of a fiery crash that killed her parents Coy Lee and children David 2 Janice 4 and Rebecca 8 months The city has established a trust fund for Denise education and her maternal grandmother Rosalie Kent stays with the McDonalds while Denise recovers from a broken collar bone.
Jazz composer and arranger William Billy Strayhorn died at 51 in New York after a cancer battle. He rose to prominence after gifting Duke Ellington the song Something to Live For at a Pittsburgh theater, launching a long collaboration that produced Take the A Train Lush Life and Chelsea Bridge.
Plan to sow the DMZ with nonlethal detection mines fed by receivers in U S aircraft would alert to movements across the border and trigger air or ground responses. Officials touts mass surveillance devices, cameras, and identity tech as a revolution in limiting infiltration and shaping summer offensives.
A satirical dialogue contrasts doves and hawks on Nasser’s closure of the Gulf of Aqaba. Brinkerhoff shifts from pacifist to hawk, endorsing force, nukes, and drastic actions against Egypt and Syria, referencing Israel and the Domino Theory. The piece riffs on U.S. stance and Cold War tensions.
Fron tier Airlines gains CAB approval to operate nonstop routes but must retain several intermediate stops on cross country segments. The decision affects itineraries between multiple cit les still served to maintain system connections.
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