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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1972
Page
10
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Sunday with a 20 percent chance of thunder showers Sunday afternoon and evening. Tonight’s low in the mid 60s, Sunday high near 90. Official readings show Friday high 83, low 57. today’s morning low 61. Sunrise 5 58 a.m. Sunset 8 52 p.m.
Douglas County Democratic Club hosts a 4:30 p.m. to dusk event at Broken Arrow Park to showcase primary election hopefuls. Speakers include U.S. Senate candidate Arch Tetzlaff and lieutenant governor hopefuls. local races feature district court, probate, sheriff, county attorney, and state house and senate candidates. Mike Glover plans to attend after discharge from military service.
A gunman fired more than ten shots at the Union Bus Station crowd in Raleigh North Carolina injuring none. Police arrested Warren Gamaleal Stephenson 49 after a car park exchange of gunfire and charged him with assault with intent to kill. He is jailed on ten thousand five hundred dollar bond.
James W. McCord Jr. one of five men charged in the Democratic National Committee break in, is released on $3,000 bail. He must live at his Bethesda Maryland home and check in four days weekly, with two additional calls. The other four remain jailed. A Nixon re election spokesman alleged a Democratic candidate planted two people on the Nixon staff but did not name them.
Danny L. Copp, 18, of 1625 Haskell, was sentenced by a Douglas County Court to six months in jail and a $1000 fine on a conviction of illegal possession of marijuana while serving as a county jail trusty. He pleaded guilty June 12, the filing date. Copp was on misdemeanor destruction and petty theft charges when deputies found he possessed marijuana likely given by jail visitors. no charges will be filed against the visitors per County Attorney Mike Ellwell.
Rep. Morris Kay of Lawrence named campaign chairmen for his GOP bid for governor. Dr. Forrest J. Robinson pastor at First United Methodist Church Wichita and Rep. Raymond C. Vaughn R Burlington livestock auctioneer will lead his effort.
Mayor Chuck Hall presses for live‑in protest campsites after City Council 5 to 2 vote against. A pie attack on Harold Rosen and a disorderly conduct case of Patrick Small highlight tense sessions. Hall cites June 28 and July 5 meetings to push for campsites in Miami Beach and nearby areas.
Regents accepted five of KU requests and froze two pending studies. They approved hires for occupational safety and health, and increased benefits for retired EU staff were deferred for broader institutional review. Other KU items including physical plant, surveys, and medical center programs moved forward or were deferred pending long range planning.
Fire crews were called to a car fire still smouldering shortly before noon on the Kansas Turnpike about one mile east of the Shawnee Douglass county line. A trooper was at the scene. owner name and cause were not known. The 8 46 a m report noted maintenance kept a water tank ready. Lawrence and Wakarusa Township departments declined to respond, citing district boundaries.
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