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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1973
Page
5
Greek government lifts curfew in Salonica and shortens Athens restriction as protests persist. About 15 000 demonstrators contested authorities, with 11 dead and 148 injured last week. Security cracked down on youths and workers, detaining hundreds while some received four to five year sentences.
Harold Wills, named by Gov. Docking as Kansas energy chief, urged a statewide campaign to curb fuel use. He proposed reducing driving speeds, parking one of multiple cars, tightening home insulation, pooling deliveries, fostering Walking Wednesday, planning for 1974 harvests, and using daylight saving time to reduce fuel needs.
Three people were hospitalized after a collision between a car and a van near 15th and Iowa at about 1 30 a m. Bruce Hull 18 Coffeyville and David Wasinger 18 Hays were passengers in a van driven by Robert D Hull 25 Rt 2 listed in fairly good condition Debra Killenbeck 23 826 Ava lon was in the car driven by Jean Flaherty 1632 Engel also listed in fairly good condition The driver was charged with driving left of the centerline Police said both vehicles were total losses and no further details were available.
Novelist Mary McCarthy will give an 8 p.m. humanities lecture in Woodruff Auditorium at Kansas University. She will discuss Language and Politics and also speak to classes Monday and Tuesday on the novel Watergate and objectivity in reporting.
Edward E. David Jr., former science adviser to President Nixon, will deliver the Kenneth A. Spencer Memorial Lecture in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union at 7 30 p.m. The talk titled Whatever Happened to Science will cover science and technology and Davids expertise in underwater sound and communications acoustics, including his 20 years at Bell Labs and service as a federal adviser from 1970 to last January.
In Kansas City three men were held after the shotgun death of 20 year old Joseph Sellaro who police say planned to sell them heroin. An argument over price led to the shooting as one man produced a shotgun and fired twice hitting Sellaro in the abdomen.
An Olivetti electric adding machine an IBM dictation machine and two IBM electric typewriters valued at 1267.70 were reported missing from Nunemaker College offices on Daisy Hill between Saturday noon and Monday.
The Kansas regents opened hearings with questions on enrollment trends and program planning as the KU system faces trimmed budgets. Bibb proposed a total educational and general budget of 161.6 million, cut to 152.2 million, with general revenue funding reduced from 95.8 million to 86.8 million. He warned revenue projections for FY1975 look uncertain amid expected GNP growth of 1 to 2 percent, a recession, and higher unemployment.
Roy Johnson of the legislative research department will discuss Kansas taxes at 7 30 tonight in room 105 Central Junior High School. Rep Michael Glover sponsor says the session will propose raising the sales tax by a half cent statewide to fund eliminating all sales tax on food and drugs.
Topeka Kansas AP reports the overnight traffic death log shows 11 fatalities for 24 hours to 9 am on Tuesday for November 23. The year 1973 totals reach 659, compared with 591 in the 1972 period. An earlier fatality was not previously reported.
Four Nobel prize winners from MIT and Harvard urge consuming nations to consider a reciprocal oil embargo against states enforcing the Arab oil embargo. They say the United States should not change its policy toward Israel and cite refinery shortages as why fuel may remain scarce into 1977.
Douglas County plans to replace six to eight of its nine police cars this year. Bids will be opened at 10 a.m. December 27 at the county commission office. Sheriff Rex Johnson said replacement numbers depend on bid prices and county needs.
Mrs Martha Welch died Saturday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First R M Baptist Church with Rev Billy Johnson presiding and Rev Carl Johnson assisting. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Bowser Lee Funeral Home today from 5 to 9 p.m. and until noon Wednesday.
The funeral for John B. Byrn 50 of Junction City will be at 2 p m Friday at the Junction City First Christian Church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. He died Monday at Kansas University Medical Center after heart surgery. Born April 5 1923 in Lawrence he is survived by his wife Verleen a son Alan C. Byrn four stepdaughters two sisters and three grandsons. Contributions may go to the heart fund. Johnson Funeral Home is arranging.
The Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes harvest in progress with sorghum 80 percent complete, corn 74 percent harvested, soybeans 85 percent harvested, and sugar beets nearly finished. Alfalfa final cuts ongoing. Wheat planting for 1974 nearly finished, with stands fair and top growth short across areas.
The Lawrence City Governing Body votes to construct a 4 foot wide concrete sidewalk on the east side of Haskell Avenue from 16th Street north 916 feet to the existing sidewalk. Estimated cost 44 200.00. Protests can halt the project within 20 days if 51 percent of property owners object. Mayor Nancy Hambleton signs the resolution.
Submitted by D F Bockhorst Jingineer for A K and Anns Mae Williams and Richard and Kath leen EF Funk Richard A McClanathan Lawrence Douglas County Director of Planning.
Public auction Saturday morning November 24 starting at 9:00 a.m. at the farm one mile east of I 35 I 68 interchange on K 68 or at Ottawa city limits. Personal property includes tractors, wagons, tools, fencing, posts, grain bins, lumber, and miscellaneous equipment. Auction by Bing Carter in Gardner Kansas 66030 with contact 918 884 8271. Kansas State Bank Ottawa Kansas clerk.
A family expresses gratitude for prayers, cards, flowers and memorial fund contributions during L. Lew Henry illness and death. Signed by Mrs. Lew Henry, Mrs. Ruth Henry, Marsha and Ray Goff and families, Lesta and Dick Kline, Bette and Harold Mallonee, and Vicki and Steven Julian.
Advertising rates listed include four lines or less at 1.60 with 0.40 per extra line, weekly rates 8.20 and 0.80 per extra line, line ads charged per night if repeated, and copy deadlines of 9 30 a.m. for Friday or 3 00 p.m. preceding day. Local ads phone hours noted with Friday to Saturday deadlines and outside trade area charges of 0.10 per word per issue.
Classified column lists deadline for Thanksgiving copy at 6 p.m. with numerous ads: items for sale including an Elec. range, refrigerator, collie puppies, a 1969 Plymouth Sport Satellite, a 1971 Kawasaki 100cc, and real estate listings in Holiday Hills County. Also job and rental notices with contact numbers and local real estate offices.
Classifieds list 1960s to early 1970s vehicles for sale including 37 BUICK 2 door, 51 Oldsmobile 2 door, 58 Chevy pickup, 1967 Buick LeSabre, 1968 Chevy Impala, and a 1963 Gill Cadillac DeVille. Real estate offers include 80 acres near Lawrence, 2 bedroom ranch homes, rental duplexes, and multiple properties near KU campus with prices and contact numbers. Also mentioned are jobs like a full time Sears TV technician and local services including heating, furniture, and coins for sale.
Multiple rental offers include a spacious two bedroom with off street parking and appliances, a one bedroom duplex, and a large house. rental agents Lawrence Rentals Exchange and Independence Realty list contact numbers. Also posted are job ads for a stenographer and public affairs position with deadlines, plus various sale items such as vehicles, furniture, and a quarter horse.
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