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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1971
Page
9
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant will lay off 749 employees by June, affecting DeSoto and Eudora school districts and several area towns. DeSoto officials fear budget cuts as plant funds tied to federal workers erode, while Eudora anticipates revenue impact without enrollment decline.
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant near DeSoto will reduce staff from 1700 to about 950 in weeks ahead. Baraboo Badger Ammunition Plant also trims, with Badger jobs down from 5200 to about 3200 over the past year and likely to fall further. Both plants make Mark 43, 2.75 inch rocket propellant amid reduced Vietnam era demand.
Three Kansas Republicans wrote to Secretary of the Army Resor protesting planned job cuts at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant near Lawrence. They urged a slower, more orderly reduction giving workers more lead time. Army said 94 notices would go Friday with terminations in a week and about 655 more in three months.
Negotiating teams from the Lawrence Education Association and the Lawrence School Board announced ten items each for discussion. They began talks in December with a target deadline of April 30 and have held eight sessions.
Lord Harlech former British ambassador to the United States warned Friday night that a third threat to mankind the threat of self destruction has grown since Churchill's Iron Curtain speech 25 years earlier. He spoke at Westminster College Fulton marking 25th anniversary of the speech urging concerted action to protect the environment and avoid disastrous consequences for future generations.
U S Ambassador Handley urged the safe return of four American servicemen held for 400000 dollars in ransom in Ankara. The deadline set by the captors passed without word on the men's fate as they threatened to shoot if payment was not made. The Turkish government refused to bow to the demand.
Colorado Springs sixth graders at Lowell Elementary eat a week of meals modeled after what POWs in North Vietnam supposedly received. They describe the gruel as unpalatable, comparing it to boiled wood, while noting parental support and school encouragement.
Saigon reports South Vietnamese infantry with U S bombers captured Sepone in Laos cutting the Ho Chi Minh trail network. Lt Col Tran Van An says 283 North Vietnamese were killed and 536 overall in two days. stockpiles of war materiel found including 300 tons of ammunition. Sixty miles from the border, Sepone is described as a key HCM trail crossroads.
A map of Lawrence voting precincts lists the 16 polling locations for Tuesday's primary election. It covers school board and city commission candidates and appears on page 3 of today's Journal-World.
In Belfast's Falls Road a teenager was killed and four rioters wounded as British troops faced bomb threats and IRA gunfire. Soldiers reported many arrests, and a late afternoon riot preceded the dawn violence amid ongoing Northern Ireland conflict.
The National Weather Service in Topeka reversed an earlier forecast and now lists near zero chances of snow for the weekend. Skies will be mostly cloudy today and tonight, with partly cloudy to clear conditions on Sunday. Highs near 40 and lows around 20.
President Novice G. Fawcett of Ohio State University announced his planned retirement for September 1, 1972. He said the Board of Trustees has a year to select a successor after his surprise retirement letter at a routine board meeting.
Clearing skies and no snow listed in the index forecase brief. Readers see an advertisement for Rexall Drug and Russell Stover candies on Russell Street. Edwin Stone is named for commissioner and is credited with drafting the Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission plan.
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