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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1973
Page
2
The World Company of Lawrence Kansas lists staff roles including editor publisher and advertising director. It notes established 1854 with a history of publication 1891 to 1953 and provides contact and subscription rates for various regions. The item is dated Monday Evening March 26 1973.
The piece discusses rising food costs and inflation's blame game among retailers producers and government. It argues Congress and Washington influence inflation, notes retailer profits and big wholesalers like Fleming Company, and calls for wage and price controls or stricter policy while criticizing FBI governance and political interference.
New York AP report notes a decline in individual share ownership, with about 800,000 fewer investors in the year ending mid March, hurting liquidity as institutions dominate trading. NYSE chair James Needham and other officials urge Congress to expand investor incentives to boost participation and capital formation.
Col A P Rollins spoke to Lawrence Rotarians about Perry Reservoir Clinton and Pomona lakes and the Lawrence levee impoundments as spring semester enrollment at KU reached a record 10 763 an eight percent rise. Mrs J W Murray learned from son S Sgt Jim Murray he would return to the United States from Japan aboard an Army transport with other returnees.
The piece argues the FBI once stood for fairness and independence but is now viewed by many as a political tool. It urges President Nixon and Congress to decide the agency’s proper role and restore its former status. It also calls for a clear decision on Patrick Gray as director to end the political circus.
The White House abandons hopes for FBI director Gray's Senate confirmation while planning a major push to override Nixon vetoes on the vocational rehabilitation bill. Republicans count on James Eastland to block Gray and secure support from conservative Democrats led by Waggonner, Quie, and others.
New York youths across more than 100 campuses name Ralph Nader as the second most influential figure in improving American life in a Foley College Poll survey. The results contrast with a 1970 poll that did not include him in the top 10.
New York AP story chronicles six year old Little Willy Undermeyer in a playful desert duel with preschool gunfighters. Willy hides and circles until he shoots with fake six shooters, while friends bicker over “dah dah” versus “bang bang” sounds. It also notes Ralph Nader’s campus influence and the College Poll by Greenwich College Research Center.
USD 497 outlines a cooperative approach to education stressing student centered goals and democratic classroom practices. It calls for collaboration among students, parents, teachers, nurses, social workers, administrators, and community groups to provide guidance and access to opportunities.
A reader service lists federal state county city and school officials for Lawrence. The names include senators James Pearson and Robert Dole, representatives Larry Winn Jr and Arden Booth, plus local officials such as Mayor John Emick and Jack Rose. The list provides street addresses for contacting these officials.
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