11 Mar 1971
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1971
Page
1
The Senate backed a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18 in all elections with bipartisan support. It now heads to the House for passage as states must ratify by 38 of 50. The measure aims to end dual age rules across federal and local contests.
The article outlines two city ballot questions on a half cent sales tax and budget expansion, and multiple school board options for increasing budgets or taxes. It explains combinations where tax approval and budget limits affect funding use and potential police and fire department staffing plans.
Menlo Park researchers pursue a garbage gobbler that grinds waste then burns it to drive a jet engine and generator. The 40 ton daily prototype aims for 1 000 kilowatts, with a 400 ton unit planned for up to 15 000 kilowatts. Funding from EPA totals 2.2 million dollars. project cost estimates top 4.2 million and operation costs are about 1 dollar per ton.
Erik Preminger, formerly Erik Kirkland and Gypsy Rose Lee's son, attended his late mother’s Victorian furniture sale in Hollywood. He disclosed he was adopted by Otto Preminger in New York Surrogate Court, amid the auction of Gypsy’s effects. The 56 year old burlesque star died last April.
Overnight incidents touched both county and city jails. A 44 year old Lawrence man in protective custody set a towel on fire in his cell at 3 15 a.m. No damage occurred. towel doused. A 16 year old youth in the city jail cut his wrists with a broken spoon at 6 40 p.m. Wednesday. he was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and returned to custody in satisfactory condition.
The Justice Department filed an antitrust suit in New York City accusing General Adjustment Bureau and its shareholders of conspiring to boycott independent adjusters coerce agents to use GAB and set uniform billing. The action seeks a consent judgment requiring 62 percent of shares to be placed in trust for four years after sale.
Lt Col Anthony B Herbert, a former battalion commander, accuses Col J Ross Franklin and the Peers Panel of covering up My Lai war crimes. He gave a sworn statement alleging prisoners were killed and a Vietnamese woman was threatened with a knife before being killed.
Delores Pollard Johnson a 24 year old from DeQuincy Louisiana weighed 430 pounds and stood 8 feet 2 inches after a brain tumor triggered excessive growth. Surgeons at Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine removed the tumor and the pituitary gland during a seven hour operation on Wednesday. A hospital statement said the tumor about one inch across caused the pituitary to secrete abnormal growth hormone.
Four months of testimony in the murder trial of L T William Calley Jr. conclude with final arguments looming. Witnesses include Col Oran Henderson and Capt Ernest Medina as jurors prepare for possible first degree murder verdict and possible death sentence amid My Lai allegations.
Federal Reserve Chairman Burns joined Nixon’s economic quad as a potential fiscal tool. He said the administration may reinstate the investment tax credit, accelerate deferrals, or delay Social Security tax-base rises if growth lags. Others in the quad include McCracken Connally and Shultz.
Billy Mills former Olympic 10 000 meter champion said he has begun a six month running preparation to decide on competing in the 1972 Munich Games. He plans to increase mileage from 50 60 to 100 weekly by May and assess eligibility by July.
Lawrence police report two vehicle tire and wheel thefts and a suspected apartment break in. Kenneth L. Stromquist reports items valued at 710 dollars taken since February 7 including a coin collection and gold colored silver ware. A wheel theft from Alpha A. Cohoon occurred at 509 Frontier and another on a lot at John Haddock Ford. A separate claim of a break in at 1214 Tenn is unfounded. a former owner’s friend described extensive removal of items from the house.
Portland based AP reports the world’s whooping crane population rose to 71 on Wednesday, up from 14 in 1930 due to extensive conservation work protecting the giant North American bird.
Lawrence E. Coon, 55, of 3020 Iowa, remains in poor condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital acute care ward. He was admitted after a Monday incident in which he was struck by a car while changing a tire on his pickup.
Three people including Calvin Holladay and family suffered injuries when their 1965 station wagon skidded on an ice coated county road one mile south of Lawrence. Holladay fractured collarbone and facial cuts. Kimberly Holladay minor injuries. They were treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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