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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1973
Page
2
A 1972 Chancellor’s Ad Hoc Committee on Traffic and Parking urges a priority parking sticker system and revised fees to ease central campus shortages. It calls for improved circulation, new traffic signals at key intersections, and a possible shuttle service, with no net rise in total spaces.
Four teachers with 111 years total service were honored at the Lawrence Education Association Recognition Banquet held in Lawrence High School. Ray Wilbur urged about 170 attendees as certificates and plaques were presented to Rachel Corbett Elvis Berger Vergie Langston and W F Bradley. Five more teachers with 25 years of service were named teachers of youth by the KU School of Education. Beth Llewellyn won a $250 scholarship and plans to major in radio television film and recreation management at Kansas University.
Lawrence officials announce a block on Ninth Street between Tennessee and Kentucky will close starting Monday for a complete renovation. Intersections stay open and traffic will detour for about three weeks. Televised NBA game tonight features the Lakers and Knicks at 9 30.
Kansas University Chancellor Raymond Nichols praised the Chancellor's Ad Hoc Committee on Traffic and Parking for a comprehensive 90 page report. Max Lucas chaired the committee from July 1972 to February 1973 and noted the study tied research on campus traffic with parking solutions. Chancellor Archie Dykes asked for a copy of the report as the University Senate Executive Committee reviews it.
Lawrence cleanup drive faces slow response despite good weather forecast after Wednesday rains. Gloria Morton, chair of the Women's Division of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, reports 14 firm replies from 1,100 members and 350 civic groups. East Lawrence drive, led by Don Barnett, reports strong participation with 100 of 750 cards returned and residents tidying alleys.
Senator Bob Dole announced a Federal Meat and Poultry Inspection Program plan to base a compliance staff office in Lawrence. The office will conduct in plant reviews across meat and poultry programs to gauge regulatory compliance with 32 full time staff. Lawrence was chosen for its central U.S. location and closeness to an international airport.
Kansas highway death log shows 0 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 am Thursday, 1 death in May, and 160 deaths in 1973 across the state.
Four joining officers include patrolmen Michael R. Walter Jon W. McBride and David J. Bentley and dispatcher Timothy A. Dennis announced by Chief Richard Stanwix. Bentley starts mid month while another patrolman begins May 15. Walter lives in Lecompton plans to move to Lawrence.
South Junior High School presents The Perfect Idiot a 1950s comedy at 7 30 p m Friday and Saturday in the junior high theater Jitterbugging and soap box commercials are part of the nostalgia directed by Mrs Yvonne Hawkins with student director Susan Sublett The cast includes Teresa Bratton Margaret Tennyson Mark McKenzie Jackie Tennyson Morna Oruch Rhodora the maid Chauncey Brandom Roger Tennyson Tom Brooks Walter P Latherby Adam Sterling Daniel Tennyson Steve Fletcher Arthur Barnard Leslie Rose Debra Moore Linda Barnard Vicki Seratte Jeannie Wilson Byron Crews Puff Witomski Phil Bradley Cal Shintani Dr Hockhorse Von Barr Miriam Baer and Miss Booth
Phillips cuts gasoline sales east of the Rocky Mountains by 10 percent through summer. Bob McBride of M and M Oil estimates an 18 percent shortage for local distributors due to reduced supply and rising demand. He warns of possible reduced station hours and Sunday closings and expects a 2 to 3 cent per gallon price rise by summer’s end.
President Nixon tightens wage price controls requiring large firms to alert the government before raising prices by more than 1.5 percent, delaying increases by 30 days to allow review. Treasury secretary calls the move an insurance policy and notes uncertain reach among about 650 affected companies.
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