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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1973
Page
11
Reports from Belfast state a land mine struck a British army jeep killing one soldier and wounding another while a national guardsman was found shot dead. Authorities blame the Irish Republican Army amid rising Northern Ireland death tolls as Dublin imposes a large security operation for St Patrick's Day.
The Department of Transportation on Friday urged discontinuing money losing Amtrak lines between Chicago and Miami and between New York Washington and Kansas City Mo. Secretary Claude Brinegar said in a congressional report on the first two years of the National Railroad Passenger Corp that the Washington Parkersburg route should also be ended.
April 2 is the entry deadline for the Douglas County science fair. Director Wayne Bly expects about 300 entries, with many filings due in the next two weeks. Eligible seniors and juniors can win a trip to the International Science Fair in San Diego May 6 to 11, plus a $100 scholarship and fourteen other awards from organizations including the services and private industries. The fair runs April 11 to 15 at the Community Building with ribbons and trophies for top life and physical science winners.
Prize winning entries from the 1973 Kansas University Photography Competition are shown in the Kansas Union Gallery through March 28. Warren Eisenstein of Brooklyn junior won the grand prize for Self Portrait in the portrait personality category. He also received an honorable mention in the scenic pictorial category for a photo of a man on a hill.
A Kansas traffic data note compares fatality figures for the March 20 period to an earlier 1972 baseline. The report uses a 1973 85 comparable index and notes eight hours to nine a.m. Saturday metrics.
Public notice in Lawrence Kansas Probate Court announces hearing on final settlement of the Lee I Colman estate. Executors Albert D Colman and Arlan Keith Colman seek approval of acts accounts and fees and invite interested parties to file written objections by April 3, 1978 before 1 PM.
Parks and recreation announces spring programs at the South Park Recreation Center beginning Monday. Eighteen offerings include Centennial Park Jogging Course along with Slimnastics, arts, gymnastics, tennis, softball, and indoor tennis later in April by reservation. Information available at city hall parks office South Park Center East Lawrence Center and Community Building.
Lawrence High School stage group Reader's Theater will present Stories of America by Stephen Vincent Benet at 7 30 p m Monday and Tuesday. Drama teacher Millard Denny says the six storytellers alternate narration and acting at key scenes. If successful a multimedia show may follow in October.
About 350 people attended the opening of Lily the Felon's Daughter Friday night at Central Junior High School. Principal Dan Jaimes called it well attended and noted laughs and song and dance routines between acts. A second show is at 7 30 tonight at the same venue.
Sixty American prisoners of war left Clark Air Base in the Philippines today with more set to depart Sunday and Monday. Evacuation flights bound for Andrews Maryland Scott Air Force Base Illinois and Travis California with refueling at Hickam Hawaii carried 57 men. Notables among those released include Navy Lt Cmdr John McCain III and Air Force Col John Flynn, as well as Maj Philip Smith and Special Forces Maj Floyd J Thompson. Officials say more POWs may depart as medical and administrative procedures finish, with a general release target by March 28 under the cease fire agreement. The Communist forces have freed 439 Americans to date.
The Lawrence Public Library hosts a Sunday 2 30 p m lecture by Andrew Wymore titled weekend painter as the third in Invitation to the Arts. Wymore, a former Northeast Kansas Library System official and Osawatomie board member, has painted for four years and shown in the Ottawa Regional Art Exhibit and a Johnson County one man show. The event also features the film Why Man Creates.
A potluck dinner featuring 12 candidates for the Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence School District 497 is set for 6 30 p m Monday in the meeting room of the Douglas County State Bank. The event is sponsored by the Republican Women and open to the public.
Democratic spokesman calls Nixon plan for death penalties and mandatory minimums a step back. Sen Hadd E Hughes of Iowa blasts it as a regression and urges speedier trials, gun controls, prison reform, and broader social fixes to curb crime.
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