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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1972
Page
15
Partly cloudy conditions tonight with scattered showers and thundershowers. Overnight low in the upper 40s to low 50s. Friday will be partly cloudy with highs in the 70s and a 10 chance of rain. Official readings note 70 high and 46 low, with 20 percent tonight and 10 percent Friday. Record today includes 90 in 1952 and 33 in 1954.
Riverside petition drive for annexation referendum had 872 validated signatures out of 1916 total. Verification reportedly consumed about 80 working hours. The Riverside Committee acts under a state law requiring a fourth of last election voters to trigger repeal or an alternative ordinance and potential election.
Fire drill at 10:20 a.m. today at Lawrence Memorial Hospital caused a department run after LMH staff failed to inform dispatchers of the planned drill. Firemen classified the call as a false alarm and police noted lack of prior notification.
A Title III federal grant of 1450 dollars was awarded to Lawrence School District 497 for the coming year to support a kindergarten reading program in four schools yet to be chosen. The program will participate in the Southwest Regional Laboratory Kindergarten Program with funds covering all new teaching materials. coordination will be by language arts consultant Mrs. Mary Doud.
Kansas slaughter plants produced a record total of red meat in 1971 with beef at 1.46 billion pounds, pork at 358 million pounds, and lamb and mutton at 230 thousand pounds, according to AP.
Four Turkish airplane hijackers surrendered to Bulgarian authorities in Sofia after threats to blow up a Turkish Airlines flight. The hijackers’ demands to free six terrorists were reportedly rejected by Turkey. Passengers and crew are safe. the damaged aircraft remains at Sofia airport.
In San Francisco in 1970 Angela Davis bought a cheap 12 gauge shotgun two days before it was used in a courthouse attack. Gun dealers Blumenthal and Lifson testified that she was with a young black man at the Eagle Loan Co pawnshop on August 5, 1970.
Topeka AP report shows Kansas traffic fatalities for the 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday in May. The tally reads 165 for 1972 versus 199 for the comparable 1971 period, reflecting a drop in deaths year over year.
The United States and South Vietnam suspended the Viet Nam peace conference with no date set for the next meeting. Porter cited lack of progress in all channels, and North Vietnam ignored U S demands to halt its offensives.
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz urged Kansas State University students to back closer U S ties with communist nations and participate in government. He praised U S Soviet and China contact efforts and warned that leadership requires active involvement in politics.
The University of Northern Colorado sits on a 243 acre campus. Colorado achieved university status on May 1, 1970.
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