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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1971
Page
2
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The KU campus unveils the McCollum Laboratories building beside the Alta Corp. site near 23rd and Iowa with a blue door and landscaped parking, praised as a model of growth. Commencement attendees will see new facilities funded largely by private and federal sources, reflecting strong alumni support. A separate editorial notes industry’s environmental steps and cites a California juvenile case where a confession was ruled involuntary, leading to release pending retrial.
In 1970 One New York Plaza a 50 story building showcased advanced design and fire safety. A Aug 5 blaze on the 33rd floor spread rapidly via air conditioned systems and elevator shafts, killing two, injuring thirty, with $10 million in damage. Officials blamed the building’s modern HVAC and curtain wall gaps for accelerating the fire.
State officials say the Youth Authority lacks staff psychiatrists and offers no clear solution for severely disturbed adolescents. Prosecutors lament limited options after discussing a plea to commit the boy. residents fear for safety as authorities face dismal disposal choices and possible future violence.
A new August and Sophia Lauterbach Fellowship created by Farmers and Merchants State Bank Colby will fund graduate study for Thomas County youths. Waldo G. Bowman, former Lawrence resident, was named Metropolitan Civil Engineer of the Year in New York City.
The College Poll shows most college students favor coed education though many from single sex schools oppose changing status. The study of 100 campuses finds 68 percent yes to coed education at mixed schools and 31 percent open to converting their own school.
The body of Thomas McNamara an air man shot down over New Guinea in World War II has been found in the wreckage of a Liberator bomber that crashed December 1 1943 in a thick jungle Nine other bodies were found in the plane McNamara 27 when reported missing was a staff Sergeant and gunner his mother Mrs Rose McNamara lives in St Louis Positive identification was made through dental work but others could not be identified.
The First Topeka Bankshares board accepted the state offer of 600000 for the 13 story First National Bank building in downtown Topeka. The Legislature had appropriated the amount for the vacant structure after the bank moved to new facilities last year.
In Quang Ngai Province and beyond the Viet Cong use booby traps to kill or maim U S soldiers daily.Lt Douglas Pendleton recalls a field incident where two girls triggered an explosion wounding six and killing one. Women and children manufacture traps from Can explosives and discarded ammo, making traps a top Casualty cause for Americal Division. No precise national figures exist for trap incidents.
Joy L. Clements from Harper Kansas urges Kansans to oppose a proposed East made radioactive waste disposal in Rice County near Lyons. She argues the project risks long-term harm, urges letters to Governor Robert Docking and state representatives, and notes Kansas should resist becoming a national garbage disposal for atomic waste.
A reader asks what an organic diet is and what it includes noting the term is often used as a gimmick. Another reader asks about causes of shortness of breath including obesity heart disease lung disease asthma and nerves.
The EPA awards Kansas a 228000 grant for 40 air monitoring stations. Mel Gray says 41000 is usable immediately with the rest after July 1. Some stations should operate by year end and the full network by mid 1972 to track particulates hydrocarbons sulfur dioxide carbon monoxide oxides of nitrogen and overall oxygen content.
Gus diZerega critiques public misperceptions of the Vietnam War. He cites Nixon era propaganda, Newsweek depictions, and Tin Sang editor Ngo Cong Duc to argue hawks distort opponents’ views and press for continued U.S. involvement, while Saigon authorities face repression and broad Vietnamese demands for troop withdrawals.
Today in history marks events from 1949 Berlin blockade lifted to 1775 American troops capture Crown Point. Florence Nightingale born 1820 in Florence, Italy. Lindbergh baby found 1932 in Hopewell New Jersey. King George VI ascended 1937. Amoy captured 1938. Cape Bon capitulation 1943. Civil rights and Vietnam notes from 1959 1968 and 1974. Blackmun confirm 1974.
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