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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1972
Page
13
Douglas County Juvenile Court is piloting a truancy response using 33 volunteer counselors from Kansas University related fields. The program assigns counselors to cases reported by schools, aiming to intervene before truancy becomes court trouble.
The University of Kansas geology department honored many students at the Geology Honors Banquet. Awards included Erasmus Hayworth Senior to Roger Lohmann of Lawrence and Erasmus Haworth Graduate Awards to David McBride James McCauley and Peter von Bitter. Also recognized were Kenneth Knoll, William Hakes, Richard Koepnick, and several Pratt Research Assistantships and Roy P Walters Field Camp Scholarships awarded to multiple students in Lawrence Lenexa Shawnee Mission Hinsdale and Iola.
Coffees for parents of pre schoolers are set at 9 30 a m Monday at East Heights Elementary hosted by Mrs Gladys Eggert 1340 Haskell and at 1 p m Wednesday hosted by Mrs Jean Bonner 1614 Rose Lane Parents who have not been contacted should call East Heights School.
A dense schedule lists performances and exhibits across Lawrence venues. Tonight features Our Girls at South Junior High, Anastasia at Lawrence High, and The Visit at United Ministries Center. Sunday offers carillon recitals, a Symphonic Band concert, and The Visit encore. Museums host art shows, photography, and natural history displays with hours across Friday to Sunday.
Seven Baker University faculty members will retire this spring, including two department chairs. Retirement list includes Ivan L. Boyd biology chair and director of wetlands research, John Charles Doudna religion chair, Irene Murphy English professor, Thelma Reinhard Morreale speech and theater associate professor, Lois Vera Lawellin English associate professor, Doris Lucile Peterson physical education associate professor, and Hugh Strouppe English assistant professor.
Perry Jaycees from Perry and Lecompton plan weekend work to finish last week's disaster cleanup. Larry Mathews says rain delayed painting and trash barrel placement but crews aim to install barrels and repaint Perry streets next week ahead of the May 12 charter banquet.
Douglas County receives 68326.16 as its share of the quarterly city and city highway fund distribution. Lawrence city gets 66677.19. Area counties allotments include Franklin 34447.76 Jefferson 26750.32 Johnson 261814.57 Leavenworth 52673.08. Area cities distribute to Baldwin 3075.94 DeSoto 2967.51 Eudora 3431.53 Lecompton 770.18 Linwood 578.83 McLouth 982.26 Oskaloosa 1607.83 Ozawkie 258.32 Overbrook 1269.28 Perry 1015.74 Tonganoxie 3126.96 Wellsville 2071.35.
Brice Francis Allen, 24, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary. Sentencing is scheduled for 1 30 p m May 16 in Douglas County District Court before Judge Frank Gray. Allen, of 1231 Prairie, was arrested in August on charges tied to stealing items valued over 50 from a Lone Star Lake cabin owned by John Fritzel. Two related burglary counts were dismissed.
Court reports indicate a weekly total of 1 693 in fines and bond forfeitures with 1 603 collected for the Lawrence Municipal Court. Of this amount 250 was suspended on two traffic fines. Traffic fines 1 327 bond forfeitures 41 non traffic fines 50 non traffic bonds forfeited 25.
Kansas State University group Campus Youth for Christ, based in Manhattan, will lead the service at 7 30 p m Sunday in Worden United Methodist Church eight miles west of Baldwin They will sing and give personal testimony and participate in the service with the congregation at Worden Church.
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