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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1972
Page
11
Mostly cloudy with occasional showers and thunderstorms through Sunday afternoon. Winds shift northwest 10 to 20 mph tonight. Low near 50 tonight and high in the 60s Sunday. Rain chances 70 percent tonight, 60 percent Sunday. Official readings note highs around 81 and 54 overnight with prior records cited.
Lecompton High School alumni set a May 27 banquet in the Lecompton Fieldhouse with a western Roundup theme. After dinner at 7:30, roll call will have each graduate discuss job, family and accomplishments. About 300 are expected. special guests from classes of 1922 and 1952 invited.
Robert Cobb directs a search committee at Kansas University to replace Max Fuller as director of admissions. The panel includes Esther Burgoon Marshall Jackson George Schlegel Emily Taylor Jerry Rogers James Brooks James Rosser Oswald Baca Laura Davis Agnes Barnhill and Linda Hurley. Fuller buys Gardenland Inc. and leaves the post to enter business.
More than one million North Carolina Democrats vote in the first presidential primary with George Wallace and Terry Sanford leading. Sanford aims for a Democratic convention compromise if a deadlock occurs, while Wallace seeks to extend southern primary wins.
As the 1971-72 school year nears its close, Lawrence students face last days of classes for seniors on May 26. Final exams run May 30–31 for sophomores and juniors while seniors skip finals. A series of awards, concerts, and banquets conclude with the May 28 graduation at Allen Fieldhouse with Gov. Robert Docking as keynote.
Lynn L. Anderson vice president and trust officer of the First National Bank of Lawrence was elected president of the Trust Division of the Kansas Bankers Association at the Emporia annual meeting. The division includes 123 Kansas banks offering trust services statewide. Anderson began managing the bank’s Trust Department in 1967 after moving from Hutchinson to practice law. He is KU law and business school graduate active in United Fund and Chamber of Commerce.
In Topeka, AP reports two candidates filed for state office on Friday. Carlos M. Cooper of Bonner Springs entered the Republican race for the Kansas House of Representatives from the 40th district.
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