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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1975
Page
2
Lawrence city officials vote to approve a 22.4 acre site plan for a long debated city garage amid uncertainty over land price and potential court disputes. Fred Pence dissents, urging cost certainty while tax funds face broader national fiscal strain.
A Laotian government demand for Washington to pull the U S Agency for International Development from Laos follows a push for no strings attached aid while Americans in Laos face detention. The column urges a businesslike US approach, warns against isolationism, and notes prisoner concerns near Vientiane.
AP reports global business watchers await the economy’s bottom, hoping for a recovery. Unemployment near 9 percent, profits down 22.3 percent first quarter, GDP down five straight quarters, inflation at 8.5 percent. Employment housing and autos track the recovery signal.
Revion President Michel C Bergerac led with 1.595 million dollars in total compensation. Ford chairmen Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca earned 292000 salaries after big 1973 bonuses. General Motors saw profits tumble and bonuses vanish, with Thomas A Murphy at 272000 and predecessors earning far more in 1973.
The piece lauds Ford's four cabinet appointees Edward Levi John Dunlop Carla Hills and William Coleman as highly capable. It highlights Levi's Nebraska speech on law stressing law as one of several societal institutions and calls for a broader public dialogue on justice beyond courts.
The piece weighs the Mayaguez rescue amid global responses. It contrasts Thai sovereignty protests with U S pride, cites Thai, Korean, Japanese, Singaporean, Filipino voices, and European figures on security. It argues rescuing the ship mattered, while noting broader outcomes in Southeast Asia.
Fred R. Whitehead Jr. from 2720 Bonanza angrily criticizes KU head coach Bud Moore and columnist Bill Mayer for predicting defeat and criticizing the team. He argues KU deserves better support to beat Oklahoma and Norman.
Lawrence High honored top scholars including James Wallace Joan Squires Dean Pontius James Ireland Frances Mason and Fred Van Bebber. Beulah Brown received a certificate for excellence in achievement covering 1960 to 1965 and will begin work in June with the State Guidance Department. Talent scouts from MGM visited KU seeking two new starlets amid campus posing by coeds.
Events mark milestones across years. The first steamship to cross the Atlantic sailed from Savannah to Liverpool in 1819, Martha Washington died in 1802, Aaron Burr treason trial in 1807 ended in acquittal, Wagner born 1813, first US train robbery 1868, WWI Paris raids 1918, Truman Doctrine aid to Greece and Turkey 1945, Pedro Arrupe elected Jesuit head a decade ago, birthday note on actor Sir Laurence Olivier aged 68.
Washington satire recounts how the $1,000-a-Plate political fundraisers, once vital to campaigns, have fallen out of favor amid scandal. Swanson, the fundraiser, pressures Conglomerate Electronics executives while guests recall past lapses and costly dinners at Hilton.
A reflective prayer asking for the ability to seize life’s opportunities and discern tasks solvable alone from those needing outside help. It seeks guidance to meet challenges with faith and wisdom.
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