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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1971
Page
1
Cindy Avery the 1970 Girls State governor said the past belongs to her as she passed the gavel to Michelle Maddox the 1971 Sunflower Girls State governor. Delegates attended a week of civic lessons and an inauguration in Templin Hall.
In Mexico City clashes between police and student demonstrators left four or five youths dead and over 100 wounded. Police reported 159 arrests and some journalists injured as authorities withdrew at midnight. The protest targeted education policies and called for release of arrested students.
Mrs Opal Agnew of 611 North Street reports collecting over 60 four leaf clovers and 25 five leaf clovers from a 15 square foot patch in her yard. She added one more five leaf and 12 four leaf clovers today while lamenting bad luck. A spectacular rainbow appeared around 8 30 p m Thursday as the sun broke through clouds forming a giant arc anchored to the ground with a possible secondary rainbow.
FAIRVIEW West Virginia AP two men were killed when the roof collapsed in an underground coal mine near Fairview Three other miners were trapped but rescued and treated in nearby hospitals Don Levelle 41 of Mannington Marion County and Richard McCauley 43 of Cassville Mongalia County died rescue crews reached an area 700 feet deep a mile back in the mine C V Zickefoose manager said Robert Lee Strakal of Cassville was removed from the mine minutes after the fall
Lawrence police investigated two moderate collisions Thursday with total damage of 2950 dollars. Fred Weeks and Wayne Coe collided at 1415 West Sixth causing minor injuries for Coe. A second wreck at 10th and Mississippi involved James Morris and Kevin Kuhlke with damages of 1200 and 200 dollars respectively.
Douglas County Commissioners authorized an application for about 38,000 in federal funds to improve Wells Overlook Regional Park on County Road 208 near Sibleyville Road. The 16 percent acre site will feature natural trails picnic areas and a natural amphitheater with no electricity or water. Estimated total cost 78,000 with planning to begin road work this fall if funded. The board also reviewed a 9,300Louisiana Street drainage project statement from Wakarusa Watershed District and discussed long range sanitation plans south of Lawrence with Black Veatch engineers and city planner Ron Short.
The nude weighted body of 55 year old Joan Drehmann was found in a Seminole County farm pond after a three day search. Two teenagers spotted the body, weighted with a kitchen sink and cement block, with two gunshot wounds to the head. An autopsy was planned in Oklahoma City. Five people were detained for questioning late Thursday.
In Hutchinson Kansas a 17 year old youth named Danny Ray Ewing was arrested on six counts of delinquency and miscreancy after undercover agents tried to buy narcotics from several locals. Police say Ewing had 347 dollars in cash when taken into custody and a June 23 hearing was set by Judge E Victor Wilson. The case centers on alleged LSD and marijuana sales and possession with linked May and June transactions.
U S B52 bombers struck a newly built highway linking Laos to South Vietnam and attacked depots in the northern quarter. A U S armored column clashed with North Vietnamese troops near the DMZ with seven U S wounded and one armored vehicle damaged.
Israeli newspapers react to Anwar Sadat's broadcast urging Arabs to unite and prepare for battle, condemning the speech as belligerent and warning it may undermine peace moves. The Jerusalem Post calls it a calculated fraud and war mongering, while Al Hamishar labels it electioneering and cites Nasser as a precedent.
Kenneth E. Anderson KU education professor and State Master Planning Commission on Education executive director spoke to 17 Kansas four year and private colleges in Topeka and to the Kansas Association of Secondary Principals in Emporia. He outlined the commission’s plan to develop an educational planning model and noted staff work on 1987 enrollment, manpower needs, and student education surveys. He will join the Lawrence School Board July 1.
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