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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1971
Page
3
Obscure clipping notes W. C. Simons and Moites with dates 181 to 1952. Mentions Lawrence daily journal world context and archival reference. No clear article content, but records list names and a broad date span.
The piece notes the U S budget deficit at 23 billion dollars last year and 25 billion the year before, urging Congress and the President to halt reckless spending and raise taxes to cover operating costs. It also highlights the Vietnam Christmas Remembrance List shrinking from 112 names in 1968 to 18 this year and urges continued support for those serving in Indochina during Christmas.
New York AP analysis notes broad support for higher productivity but warns wage and price controls remain restrictive. The Pay Board and Price Commission set 5.5 percent wage increases and 2.5 percent price rises, with doubts about enforcement and formula validity. Greater productivity is seen as essential, yet balanced by social and human concerns.
Chief Justice Burger argues society and the defendant’s welfare justify confinement beyond a normal sentence. He says medical and psychiatric care in hospitals and penitentiaries serves public safety better than courtroom trials, likening dangerous mentally ill criminals to Typhoid Mary and supporting quarantine for treatment.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, a longtime advocate of prison reform, proposed in 1964 that courts consider alternatives to the insanity defense and use psychiatric evaluation and therapy to rehabilitate offenders. He suggested indefinite custody for treatment until rehabilitation makes release safe for society and the individual.
Old Home Town notes ten years ago in 1961 recount that cold rain pushed moisture to a record 53.2 inches while Al Thelen of Lawrence was named city manager of Atchison. The entry also mentions 25 and 40 year-ago items and a 1931 theater change along with a birthday party group.
A nationwide survey of 7.8 million college students finds 62 percent oppose amnesty for Americans who fled to avoid the draft, 36 percent favor it, and 2 percent unsure. Coeds lean more toward leniency while most see jail not necessary.
A citizen praises Rent-a-Kid for reliable teen labor and urges job opportunities for youths. A separate letter criticizes lead paint policy and federal inaction, calling for production prevention and stricter safeguards. A school principal reflects on education values, curriculum debates, and the role of family church and school in shaping youth toward thoughtful, responsible adulthood.
A reader service compilation provides the names and addresses of federal state county city and school elected officials serving Lawrence. It lists U S senators James Pearson and Robert Dole, Rep Larry Winn Jr, state reps John Vogel Morris Kay, and local figures including Mayor J R Pulliam John Emick Jack Rose Nancy Hambleton Charles Fisher W F Bradley Kenneth E Anderson Julie Hack Richard Holzmeister John Spearman Helen Gilles Larry Hatfield and other officials with street addresses and route numbers.
KU student Gus diZerega argues campus politics shifted from mass activism to quieter reform. He contends the left collapsed from overreaction to Marxist models and violence, leaving a quieter climate and a push toward personal, humane change.
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