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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1971
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR from the Lawrence Daily Journal-World lists staff names and publication details. It notes the paper’s address at South and New Hampshire Streets, Lawrence Kansas, with 1940s era pricing and postal class information.
A government safety agency warns that youth drivers pose the greatest survival risk for the nation’s youth and cites 1969 traffic deaths. Experts say today’s educated young drivers cling to false notions of superior intelligence and riskier driving habits, endangering themselves and peers.
Health care offers 283000 jobs now but skills do not match needs. Experts forecast a near doubling of health care workers to six million by 1980, with nurses, technologists, physicians assistants, and other roles expanding sharply. Salaries span from about 4500 to 20000 plus growth potential.
The article discusses guns and crime with citizens facing limits on self defense, noting growing attention to handguns in crime statistics. It predicts possible congressional hearings on tighter handgun sales, weighing dangers of a total ban against current inaction and suggesting moderate steps to reduce handgun crime.
KU coach Jack Mitchell reports 70 players in early morning drills near Allen Fieldhouse. Douglas County Free Fair and Jayhawk Rodeo attract over 4 000 spectators at the 4H Fairgrounds.
College Poll finds New York City rated worst by US students while Boston tops as best. Survey of collegians shows crime and dirt shape opinions about major cities with Chicago and Los Angeles also criticized for sprawl, hostility, and environment concerns.
Dean Dale P. Scannell of the University of Kansas leads a one year grant funded project to identify essential skills for teacher certification in Kansas. Results will guide revisions by the Professional Teaching Standards Board through a multi round survey of teachers parents and educators with advisers from Kansas State College Pittsburg Shawnee Mission Fredonia and Topeka.
Mrs. Ethel Fleming urges students to face life with self confidence ambition and hard work. She reflects on changeable and unchangeable fate, cites a Tennyson poem about life and loss, and hopes for solutions to worries like draft numbers and money so students succeed at the university.
An Air Force study from 15 bases warns Black airmen may turn to violence unless civil rights measures are strengthened. The six month inquiry reports discrimination and racism in the command, unequal punishment and harassment, with calls to close or relocate bases if fair treatment cannot be achieved.
Creditors of the Mullendore ranch empire prepare for a federal bankruptcy hearing in Tulsa. Debts exceed 9 million dollars across ranch property equipment and livestock. The action started by Eugene Mullendore Jr. and Kathleen Boren Mullendore after their son E C Mullendore III was slain at the ranch. Hearings have been delayed twice. Joe Jarboe and Eddie King were appointed by Judge Allen E Barrow to manage the estate. Separately deposition hearings pursue 15 million dollars in life insurance claims by the widow.
President Nixon and Emperor Hirohito will hold a 50 minute meeting on September 26 as Hirohito's special jetliner stops at Elmendorf Air Force Base Alaska en route to Europe. It is the first ever meeting between a U S president and a Japanese emperor. The tour includes Denmark Belgium Britain West Germany France the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Key events on this date include World War II start in 1939 with Germany and Poland, Aaron Burr's acquittal in 1807, 1945 Japan's surrender aboard the Missouri, 1946 Greek plebiscite recalling King George II, and Soviet atomic tests ten years earlier.
Kansas University student Gus diZerega critiques law as biased and selective in America and Kansas. He cites 1925 Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, Nixon era issues, and alleged double standards in how authorities apply the law to powerful figures.
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