Another park for the city at Constant Park site
The Journal-World editorial urges development of Constant Park west of the business district on Sixth Street. It notes a riverside design north of Central Park, separated from the Kaw River by below-grade tracks, funded by a gift from the late J L Tommy Constant who died in 1973 and also supported Kansas and Baker Universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constant Park
Sixth Street
Central Park
Kaw
J.L
Tommy
Lawrence
Kansas University
Baker University
Riverside Park
Journal-World
Investigators Crack Down On Welfare Cheaters In Cities
The piece notes charges against 72 city state and federal workers in New York for remaining on public welfare after taking government jobs. It cites indictments in Chicago and Detroit and calls for rolls in the area to be checked for similar fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Home town reborn after floods yet left with gaps
In 1967 the area’s streams had shed their crests and near normal life returned, but lasting losses remained evident as communities adjusted to the remnants of the disaster.
On This Date in History June 2 1977 and Earlier
Today marks June 2 with historical events from 1914 Sarajevo to 1952 harvests. Notable items include Archduke Francis Ferdinand’s assassination, Queen Victoria’s coronation, the Versailles Treaty, Korean War actions, and Nixon’s troop withdrawals. Also noted are local incidents in Lawrence, flood protection bids, and a Kansas golf tournament semi final. Names include Francis Ferdinand Nixon Rodgers Sullivan and institutions like Lawrence, Salina, and the Mt Oread tunnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria-Hungary
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Monmouth
Molly Pitcher
Britain
Victoria
France
Yugoslavia
Seoul
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hussein of
Jordan
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Israel
Richard Nixon
Richard Rodgers
Helen Hanna
Lawrence
Kansas
Salina
Douglas County
Mt. Oread
Watson Library
Green Hall
Critics fault Nixon critique in Abuses of Power review
The piece attacks The Abuse of Power by Jack Newfield and Paul Du Brul, arguing its charges against Nixon mix zeal and accuracy. It derides the writers’ claims on budgets, inflation, and Great Society programs while praising Kempton and others as wit and learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Murray Kempton
Michael Herrington
Peter Maas
Robert Caro
Socialist International
New York
Nixon
Jack Newfield
Paul du Brul
Navy politics push F 18 fuelled by Massachusetts power brokers
A. decades old memo-like column alleges lawmakers Tip O'Neill Teddy Kennedy and Ed Brooke pressured the White House and Pentagon to back the McDonnell Douglas F 18 over the Navy preferred F 14. It claims General Electric in Lynn Massachusetts would supply the engines and hints the Shah of Iran would buy surplus F 14s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonnell- Douglas
General Electric
Lynn
Mass
House
Tip O'Neill
Massachusetts and Sons
Ted Kennedy
Ed Brooke
White House
Pentagon
Defense
Harold Brown
O'Neill
Kennedy
Brooke
Navy
Tip
Teddy
Massachusetts
Grumman
Iran
McDonnell-Douglas
Rainmaker Memo and Chess Tech Stir Up Letters
A spoof from Victoria Texas laments misplaced rain and mocks a 1000 mile range claim while praising the Cyber 176 computer and a chess wager. Ben Smothers opines on arms talk and Levy’s match with Cyber 176 at Carnegie Mellon. Michael D Storms defends gay rights against anti discrimination rhetoric. Rick Galloway and Kevin McCurdy urge Lawrence Optimists recognition alongside Legion Hawks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
U.S
Soviet Union
Control Data Corporation
Commerce Department
David Levy
New York
Northwestern University
Michie
Carnegie Mellon University
Levy
Carnegie Mellon
West
Mr. Levy
Ben Smothers
Minn
Holcom
Hawks
Lawrence
Legion
Optimists
Legion Hawks
Rick Galloway
Kevin McCurdy
Breakfast Optimists
Bootleg Laetrile profits trigger federal crackdown
A confidential House memo details a Laetrile bootlegging boom driven by anarchist groups named Posse Commitatus. They run a Manitowoc Wisconsin factory. 12 tons of kernels and 100,000 capsules seized. estimates say the plant could serve 6,000 people daily. Proceeds fund weapons, with investors like Andrew McNaughton and Ernest Krebs Jr. cited. Authorities warn of variable purity and safety, while critics warn patients risk quackery. The piece notes a 10 month old death from overdose and broader criminal activity tied to the Laetrile trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Posse
Manitowoc
Wis
Harry Waxman
D.-Calif
Andrew McNaughton
McNaughton
Canada
Ernest Krebs Jr
Krebs Jr
Krebs
Journal World billing and circulation details
In 1891 to 1952 Lawrence Kansas daily publication The World Company updates its subscription rates and mailing guidelines. Carrier rate 2.45 monthly. 29.40 yearly. Mail Douglas and adjacent counties 15.53 yearly. Kansas counties and greater Kansas City 19.67 yearly. Elsewhere in US 24 yearly. Second class postage paid at Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kaw
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Old Home Town
THE
Frank Sullivan
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Thomas Daniels
Bill Maertens
el Navajo
Margaret Kreider
Normagene Barlow
Virginia Winter
Eloise Baston
Gene Glahn
Rotary
William F. Buckley JR
America
Ben Rosenthal
Queens
William Simon
Wall Street
the Treasury
Art Buchwald
U.S. Navy
Grumman Aerospace Corp
Bethpage
Long Island
Rep
Kennedy and
USS Presidential
L.bazhnev
Charles Lacey
Oxford Road
Leavenworth
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Nacimiento
Rio Grande
Tex
Topeka
Sam McKone Jr
Anita Bryant
Michael D. Storms
EU Department of Psychology
Sunset Dr
Lawrence Legion Hawks
Lawrence Breakfast
Waxman
California
Elizabeth Hankin
Attica
N.Y
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Pyongyang
West Germany
England
Japan
North Korea
East
Germany
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Journal- World
Dolph C Simons Jr
Dolph Simons Sr
Bill Mayer
Ralph Gage
Jack Starkey
Leo Elle
Publishe
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