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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1982
Page
2
An editorial discusses harms from monopolies like AT T with record profits and limited customer choice, contrasted with airline excesses from intense competition. It calls for state rate regulation and better airline management to restore balance, reduce consumer hardship, and prevent railroadlike decline.
The region saw the sharpest cost increase since Nixon’s controls nine months earlier with groceries up as much as 14 percent in a month. Lawrence followed national trends as prices rose. Reconstruction plans for Massachusetts Street were set as a major capital project for the year. Gamma Phi Beta expanded to Kansas State University with KU students aiding the installation. KU features star players in NCAA action including Loneski, Billings, and Chamberlain as KU prepared for the semifinals. The Holiday Inn opened with an open house. KU Law School enrollment fell below half from last year’s military service rate. Fred Moreau leads as dean. Robert Sedore of Baker University was elected president of the Kansas Music Teachers Assn.
The Journal World announces its long history dating back to 1854 with W C Simons and later owners. It lists staff positions including editor publisher board chair general manager executive editor managing editor news editor and production roles. Subscription rates are provided for carrier and mail delivery across Kansas and the United States.
Washington story details a high-stakes effort by senior Reagan aides and party leaders to push the president to modify his opposition to major defense, economic, and budget changes. The plan, described as underground and cryptic, faces long odds as high interest rates distort the economy and blunt tax-cut hopes.
David Broder argues Reagan’s rigid stance on defense and tax cuts risks delaying a fiscal 1983 budget revision. He notes widespread bipartisan concern among Congress and senior aides about the President’s aloofness and hostility to compromise, threatening an econmic turnaround and investor confidence.
A columnist laments new stars lacking public duty to supply romance while praising Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton for facing paparazzi again. He critiques self actualization and burn out as romantic myths and contrasts them with enduring old stars and real events from history, ending with a timeline of notable dates.
The Pentagon refused a West Point Marching Band appearance with the Opera Orchestra of New York for Wagner Rienzi at the Kennedy Center citing rules against commercial ventures. Navy Sea Chanters also canceled, despite prior arrangements and prior nonprofit status. The orchestra plans a possible lawsuit as lawmakers express concern over selective enforcement.
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