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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1971
Page
2
The Lawrence Journal World lists staff including President Publisher Dolph C Pa ts and associates, Executive Editor Bill Ane, News Editor Ernest Pontius, Advertising Director Leo Eller, and Controller. It notes established 1844 and publishing details for daily editions with Sunday exclusions. The Saturday edition date is June 26 1971.
The Journal-World expresses commitment to accurate fair news reporting and independent journalism. It asserts no editorial bias in reporting, defends citizens rights regardless of race creed or status, condemns dishonesty in public affairs, and supports efforts to improve the community for all residents.
The Sun Times reported on February 9, 1971 that Gen Curtis LeMay urged nuclear strikes against North Vietnam as Air Force vice chief. A 1964 Pentagon memo described Adm Harry Felt seeking option to use tactical nuclear weapons during a Johnson era meeting.
Essay notes that Lawrence built on rugged pioneer values to end slavery and foster growth. It warns aging leaders must be replaced by new, energetic figures to sustain universities, hospitals, parks, and industrial prosperity, and mentions Hubert Humphrey navigating Pentagon papers fallout and Vietnam policy.
The piece argues for stronger leadership and unity within the Democratic Party for 1972 while criticizing the Vietnam war’s conduct. It recalls past U S military campaigns and laments the return home of tired troops. It warns against appeasement of communism and urges rebuilding a strong military to deter future threats.
Washington observers warn that Nixon’s push for peace with Moscow may back him into a hostage position if the Kremlin demands more. Some top officials fear overemphasis on détente could yield concessions not in U S interests during SALT talks and European troop reductions.
Veteran officer Bill Cox officially became Lawrence police chief replacing John Hazelel who resigned to enter government service in Korea. The period also notes high school baton twirlers attending a course at Oklahoma University and state park lake construction plans underway.
A letter from Philip J. Stockton praises the Lawrence Public Library home delivery staff for delivering books that kept his reading alive despite poor vision and hearing. He credits the service with bringing poetry history and conversations to his father’s life, calling the staff’s care a special gift.
The Nixon Administration seeks to halt New York Times publication of a Pentagon digest on Vietnam War origins and developments. The piece argues the government lacks constitutional authority to restrain reporting and warns that censorship would dim the free press and tarnish America’s standards.
Four Kansas University graduate students will train in radioactive materials handling and radiation health. The sixth year of a $43,703 Public Health Service grant funds study for master’s or doctoral degrees as health physicists. Two current trainees Adrian LeBlanc and Richard Horn are in Lawrence. new appointees are Mrs. Cynthia Ruiz and Elroy Friesen in Lawrence starting fall.
District Court Judge W Oliver reduced Arnold A Steads sentence from ten to five years for possession of an unregistered bomb. Stead was arrested with a pipe bomb near the Plaza Bank of Commerce in Kansas City on June 20 1970. The motion for reduction was filed by Steads attorney Austin F Shute.
Washington notes a list of suggested vacation books. Spiro Agnew’s My Friends in the Press profiles media friends, while other titles poke at Lockheed profits, Vietnam explanations, Rockefeller humor, Reagan tax views, and phone etiquette.
On this date in 1945 fifty nations signed the United Nations charter in San Francisco. Legends recount the Pied Piper of Hamelin luring children in 1284. Pizarro was slain in 1541 in Lima. Tyler wed Julia Gardiner in 1844. Nazi Germany imposed compulsory labor in 1935. Finland entered war again in 1941. Cherbourg fell to Allies in 1944. JFK recalled General Maxwell D. Taylor in 1954. Dean Rusk spoke in Australia in 1969 about Vietnam.
Adm Elmo R Zumwalt Jr loses Navy son Ensign James G Zumwalt to the Marine Corps. His transfer was approved by Secretary John Chaffee and becomes effective July 16. Zumwalt called the move a delight and said he supported his son's career choice.
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