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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1971
Page
2
Lawrence Journal World details ownership leadership and contact information. It lists President Publisher Dolph Simons Jr and editors, along with subscription rates by carrier and mail across regions. The item is a catalog-like newspaper masthead listing rather than a typical news event.
George L Anderson, a KU historian and long time dean of the History Department, died at 66 after a stroke. Chancellor Laurence Chalmers praised his integrity and leadership, noting his 25 years of service and impact as a scholar and mentor. The obituary highlights his dedication to students and KU’s national stature.
Executives note strong response to re issues like the River Kwai as audiences favor wholesome fare over recent sick and distorted films. With money in classical re issues, better productions may follow and the pendulum could swing back to first class cinema.
In this allegorical piece a powerful debtor, likened to Uncle Sam, runs a vast checking account with slow bill payments and growing deficits. Creditors fear the era of devaluation or revalued checks, but the debtor resists changes while hoping for future inflows and a balanced outcome. The piece warns of broader economic trouble and loss of trust as the dominant authority faces a looming reckoning.
Eastern Kansas endured a dramatic weekend of tornadoes floods and violent storms while Lawrence enjoyed warmth and sun. KU faculty composer Dr John Pozdro was selected for a Washington D C symposium May 24 27. A Douglas County meeting ordered transferring Wakarusa Township north of the Kaw into Grant Township restoring the pre 1903 flood line. KU football champs recorded sound movie footage for Pigskin Problems under coach H W Hargiss. City planning commission unanimously rejected a street widening and paving scheme affecting Vermont New Hampshire Sixth and 11th Streets for financial reasons. Prayer asks for patience to overlook minor differences in Christ with another age.
Editor note by Seaver and Carttar of Lawrence High School reflects on antiwar protests in Washington. It argues nonviolent action remains essential to push Nixon toward rapid troop withdrawal while criticizing violent tactics as counterproductive. The column emphasizes enduring, lawful pressure to end American involvement in Southeast Asia.
The Chiapers and staff of the recent Title VI Day Camp thank Mr. Sherman for letting use Marys Lake land and Mr. Frank Marcellus for volunteering as fishing advisor, photographer, friend during fall and spring camps. Mary Ann Scott director.
Ole Neilson, owner of a bakery, planted stone walks, rhododendrons and two cherry trees behind his shop. A thief took the plants, prompting his threat to confront the culprit. When he arrived Thursday, the plants had been returned, replanted, watered and fertilized.
Washington AP reports Indochina war, nearly a quarter century old, killed over 280,000 allied troops and cost the United States and France more than 135 billion dollars. It reshaped global power, stirred U.S. youth protest, and led to a drawn out disengagement after a decade of escalating involvement.
Declining morale among Communist troops in South Vietnam is being studied by officials as a key sign Hanoi's problems. A clandestine COSVIN broadcast from North Vietnamese General Tran Do warns of “rightist phenomena” and a deteriorating political side, amid U.S. Vietnamization and Cambodian incursions impacting enemy supply lines.
Vice President Spiro Agnew interrupted a meeting with North Carolina officials to accuse a television executive of intimidation. Senate GOP leader Robert Dole faulted NBC for shoddy journalism and for airing a Viet Nam veteran’s claims without fact checking, citing misrepresentation of Hubbard’s rank and credentials. The quarrel centered on Meet the Press coverage and the network’s handling of antiwar protest figures.
On May 7 1945 Germany signed unconditional surrender terms in WW II at Eisenhower’s Rheims HQ. The first presidential inaugural ball was held in New York in 1789. Brahms was born in 1833. The Lusitania was sunk in 1915 with 1100 deaths. The Rome Berlin axis formed in 1939. In 1943 Allied North Africa victory as Tunis and Bizerta were liberated. Powers was to be tried as a spy in 1960.
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