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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1973
Page
4
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with scattered showers possible. Lows mid 60s. Wednesday stays partly cloudy with highs mid 80s and a 30 percent rain chance tonight. Record highs and lows noted for the date.
Sixty independent telephone company executives from 23 states Puerto Rico the West Indies Guam the Virgin Islands and Washington DC attend three weeks of management training at Kansas University. The 16th annual program runs through July 13 and covers organizational behavior economic climate control operations research discrimination rate regulation and corporate social responsibility. Visiting faculty include Harvard and Georgetown professors. KU faculty lead sessions in the Kansas Union dorms.
Twenty regular firefighters in Great Bend Kansas have joined the International Association of Fire Fighters. They asked Chief Harold Walter to set meetings with city officials on higher pay and a shorter work week. Ten volunteer firefighters are not involved.
Six doctoral students at the Kansas University Business School won national fellowships in a competitive process. Theodore Curry II received a three year 3000 per year National Foundation Fund Fellowship for minority students. Laurence Friedman and John Fisher earned American Accounting issue awards of 1000. Mary Lippitt won a 5400 Richard D Irwin doctoral fellowship. Andrew Luzi received a 4000 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants fellowship. Mary Septic gained a 3000 NDEA fellowship. All six competed nationally for the awards.
A diverse group of students professors housewives and businessmen form a band performing six times in South Park this summer. Conductor William L Kelly of KU orchestrates rehearsals and a mix of paid and volunteer musicians with total concert costs around 840 and city support of 300.
Dr. Vincent J. Fontana warned at the AMA convention that child abuse and neglect affect at least 1.5 million cases and cause about 50,000 deaths annually. He urged $600 million in federal funding for demonstration programs to combat the problem.
Independence Kansas AP report says John Spillman Jr is charged with attempted murder of his wife Gail Frances and infant daughter Jenniefer after a June 16 car explosion. Spillman is held in Montgomery County jail on a 50000 dollar bond as police investigate the incident.
The Douglas County Ameri can Red Cross chapter reports only 60 pints donated Monday toward a 450 pint goal for a three day drive. The drive runs 1 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the north wing of Lawrence Memorial Hospital with a critical need before the July 4 holiday.
In Riley County a Manhattan woman, Betty Dowdell, had charges of involuntary manslaughter dropped over the May 25 shooting death of 57 year old Earl Scott. The county attorney's office stated the incident was self defense based on the investigation.
James Mathis, chief staff officer, announced the U S Department of Agriculture office will open in Lawrence next week but staffing will be limited. An eight locally hired secretaries crew will start as needed, with 24 inspectors drawn from Washington and other USDA offices. Mathis, a Texas A&M veterinarian with 20 years in the department, expects his family to move to Lawrence by August first.
Baldwin prepares Independence Day events at Baker University stadium with a barbecue dinner games and a two hour fireworks display. Jaycees lead the celebration with Gary Ebeck noting larger crowd friendly changes and added food offerings. Pre events start at 6 p.m. with hamburger stand watermelon ice cream and cheerleaders on site.
David Lee Goodson 19 of rural Shawnee Kansas died Monday after diving into two feet of water at Lake Miola Paola. He suffered a broken neck and severed spinal cord. Family members reported the shallow depth of the water.
Police report no arrests in the March 29 triple murder near Ottawa. The Douglas County reward fund offers 1000 dollars for information. eight letters received so far, with investigations ongoing by Kansas Bureau of Investigation Franklin and Douglas counties sheriffs and Lawrence and Ottawa police departments.
The federal grants total about 1.5 million with the University of Kansas School of Medicine slated to receive 1,191,507 dollars. The KU School of Pharmacy earns 79,835 dollars while Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine gets 238,981 dollars.
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