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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1977
Page
2
Lawrence Fire Department earns high marks for handling a stubborn Royal College Shop fire downtown. Firefighters kept salvage possible for merchants and minimized damage after reaching the point of no return, while volunteers aided salvage and responders.
Missouri files suit to force cross-state busing of public school pupils with Kansas. The dispute stems from desegregation policy and concerns over funding equity, with 13 Missouri districts and 5 in Kansas affected including Turner Olathe Shawnee Mission Kansas City and southeast Johnson County.
Home buyers face higher prices and possibly higher mortgage rates as housing remains a mystery amid rising existing home prices. In April resale transactions hit 310,000 with value above 14 billion and a 3.3 million annual rate, while California shows regional speculative heat amid national gains.
Dennis B. Quinn, director of the Integrated Humanities Program, asserts the June 9 1977 Journal World report misrepresented the IHP controversy. He contends EPPC did not urge denial of IHP credit and blames the College Assembly for rejecting generous underclass credit rulings after a flawed debate.
On this date in 1956 Britain handed the Suez Canal to Egypt after 74 years of control. In 1502 Columbus found Martinique. In 1841 Canada opened its first parliament in Ottawa. In 1917 Pershing and staff arrived in Paris. In 1940 Paris became an open city. In 1942 the Office of War Information was created with Elmer Davis as director.
Sen George McGovern probes foreign police activity in the United States targeting Chile's DINA Iran's SAVAK Korea's KCIA and the Soviet KGB with witnesses to testify. The inquiry seeks safeguards and new Justice Dept powers to curb these operations.
The CBS film The CIA's Secret Army aired June 10 argues Kennedy did not invade Cuba, while Moyers frames a grim case for deposing Castro. It questions modern language for geopolitical realities and notes past covert efforts shaping U.S. policy and the myth of declared war.
In a naval academy address Vice President Mondale cites Archibald MacLeish to defend a humanitarian foreign policy. The piece argues that US dissident crackdowns and Soviet actions test if ideals translate to effective policy and calls for open debate on the consequences of championing human rights abroad.
Washington memo notes how Women’s Liberation shifts office dynamics with secretaries refusing coffee runs. Executives lament loss of authority and old routines as secretaries demand equal status while a secretary sues over a Danish mix up.
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