Connally banquet speech praised at Kansas event
Former Gov. John Connally of Texas delivered a strong keynote to about 1,200 at KU Union. Attendees including Gov. Robert Docking praised his appeal and economic record while Lawrence officials and business leaders lauded the evening for its dignity and success.
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John Connally
Texas
KU Union
United States
Robert Docking
Lawrence
Bal Jeffrey
Kansas Power and Light Company
POW Stories and the Hidden Costs of Captivity
The piece reflects on returning American POWs from Vietnam revealing deeper trauma than previously acknowledged. It contrasts eyes and stares with spoken accounts, notes torture without marks, praises Nixon's alleged efforts, and questions critics like McGovern while urging restraint and compassion. It closes with a prayer for understanding and peace.
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Vietnam
Hanoi
Pueblo
U.S
George McGovern
Nixon
We Freeze to Please: Triplett Meat Locker Firm Motto
A brief note quotes the Triplett Meat Locker firm saying We Freeze to Please. The punctuation marks the shop's slogan as part of local commerce branding.
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Triplett Meat Locker Firm
Arbor Day Planted by Gov Docking in Kansas
Gov Robert Docking proclaims Arbor Day in Kansas urging planning and planting trees to improve air quality and urban landscapes. He stresses trees’ role in future beauty and habitat amid automation and development despite today’s poor weather. calls for ongoing care and community effort.
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Robert Docking
Kansas
Kansas Plains
Docking
Advisers Keep The Faith About Economy In Phase 3
New York AP reports advisers retain confidence longer than consumers and investors amid rising prices and higher short term rates. Food buyers lament high costs and mixed government stance while Argus Research notes multiple simultaneous economic pressures. The phase 3 plan appears to work despite amateur consumer worry.
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New York
Argus Research
Washington
Old Home Town Faces Elm Disease And Farm Fire
Elm disease expected to devastate trees this summer with up to 500 possible victims after nearly 250 were lost last year. A fire at the Sheldon T. Baugher farm five miles west of Lawrence on U S 40 destroyed four horses a barn and other property in windy conditions.
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Sheldon T. Baugher
Lawrence
U.S. 40
Strauss Faces New Split From Labor
Washington report on the Democratic National Committee showing a deepening rift between AFL-CIO COPE and liberal unions over political action. The piece details Strauss's balancing act, factional battles, and strategic moves as labor factions realign around McGovern and party rebuilding efforts.
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Washington
Robert S. Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Labor
National Committee
Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Strauss
Nixon
George McGovern
Teamsters Union
al Barkan
Democratic Party
McGovern
United Atuo Workers
UAW
Communications Workers
Machinists
Touchdown Club
Barkan
Sponoeis Club
Floyd
Red) Smith
The
Joseph Beirne
Maryland
Marvin Mandel
Southern California
Charles Manatt
Smith
Communications
Beirne
Miami Dolphins
Joe Robbie
Arnold Alperstein
Colorado
Frank Raftery
Painters Union
Population growth concerns and civic action urged
Letters discuss population growth causing juvenile delinquency famine and crime urging family planning attitude change and local action. Readers urge writing letters joining ZPG organizing groups and encouraging others to act to reverse trends.
Community volunteer clearinghouse lists needs in Lawrence area
Volunteer Clearinghouse coordinates weekly calls to match citizens with agency needs. Open roles include bookkeepers at Headquarters Inc, drug analysis assistants, cooks for Meals on Wheels, drivers for Cottonwood, sewers for Red Cross slippers, senior activity planners at Ballard Center, on call Red Cross drivers, KU Museum tour guides, and Park and Recreation coaches and gym staff for youth programs.
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Lawrence Area
Meals ON Wheels
Cottonwood
Museum OF Natural History
Prairie Park Drive and tax impact on Kansas land use
Letter urging support for a Prairie Park of 60 000 acres to keep land in production and on tax rolls. Cites strip mining in Pittsburg area removing 50 000 acres, school district tax losses, and Kansas soil replacement laws. Promotes REAP program and urging readers to contact congressmen. Robert F. Fankhauser, Madison Kansas.
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Pittsburg
Kansas
Flint Hills
A New World View by Phyllis Jones
Column introducing a planned KU Journal-World Opinion Page series by Phyllis Jones. It defines world view as a lens shaping beliefs and actions, argues for objective analysis over subjective reasoning, and calls for black communities to reexamine their own perspectives in addressing poverty education and equality.
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Phyllis Jones
Kansas University
Wichita
KU Law School
Wichita Eagle Beacon
Boston Wall Street Journal
Journal-World Opinion
America
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Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Kaw
Telephone
Douglas
Kansas City
Lawrence, Kan
Chamber of Commerce
Heavenly Father
Earth
Heaven
John Cunniff
Old Home Town
Lone Star Lake
GOP
Charles Edmondson
W. T. Douce
Dolph Simons
Frank Sullivan
Charles Banning
Fred Beatty
Gertrude Clark
E. F. Abels
Don Hults
Wilson Counts
Mary Ellen Simmons
Charles Rankin
George Marquardt
Harold Girl
George Bahnmaier
C. W. Horr
Germany
Adolf Hitler
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Mr. Wayne
Journal-World
Gretchen Lady
New Hampshire
E.W. McHenry
McLouth, Kan
Headquarters, Inc
American Red Cross
Ballard Center
RED Cross
KU Medical Center
Park and Recreation
the Prairie Park
Robert F. Fankhauser
Madison, Kan
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