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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1971
Page
13
Tonight the region is partly cloudy with southerly winds 10 to 20 mph and a low around 70. Saturday is mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and a high in the low 90s. precipitation chances are 20 percent tonight and 40 percent on Saturday.
FBI crime figures show Charlotte and Mecklenburg Union counties had 24.7 murders per 100000 in 1970, with 101 total homicide victims. Charlotte-Mecklenburg per capita rate stood at 27.3 for a 350000 population as police report most victims were black and known to assailants.
Lawrence EH Stellwagen MUI 16 of Rt 3 treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after his motorcycle struck a car driven by John S Coffman 58 of 250 Elm at 7 45 this morning on Locust Street east of North Fourth Street. Stellwagen complained of chest pains and was taken by ambulance. Coffman slowed for a school crossing sign and was hit in the rear by the motorcycle. The motorcycle sustained about 10 dollars damage. the car showed no damage.
Lawrence public schools show growth as of Thursday with 7,836 students, up from 7,773 on Monday. Kindergarten enrollment reaches 589, near officials’ 605 estimate, while higher grades also rise: Lawrence High 1,756 and junior highs 1,797, elementary 4,283. Official Sept. 15 figures will be reported to the state. If the total does not hit 8,067, it would mark a second straight decline from last year’s 8,048.
A roster of names and addresses shows hospital transfers and newborns. Individuals include Dorothy Stewart transferring to Wakarusa Manor and Elizabeth Smith with a baby girl, along with several other births and parental notices across Leavenworth, McLouth, Pomona, Sunflower, and nearby towns.
Thelma Meissemann, assistant city clerk since 1967, resigns to take a job in Lawrence. The Eudora City Council names JoAnn Becker as her replacement and will later select a new city treasurer from multiple applicants.
Israeli researchers claim cooling the big toes with a refrigerant lowers nasal temperature and dries nasal passages to cure nose colds. American scientists doubt any viral cold or allergy cure, noting safety concerns with frost bite and limited scope of results.
A Journal-World correction clarifies a Thursday story about student textbook satisfaction at KU. It states mathematics texts rate average or below with some higher level courses, while history texts rate average or above average.
The United States and the Soviet Union reduce strategic bombers but stay in a missile race. U S bomber fleet falls from about 405 to 360. Soviet fleet about 140. Both nations push intercontinental missiles with numbers in the thousands, while the U S adds Triple Warhead Minutemen targets by 1975. East West imbalance grows in Europe with Warsaw Pact spending and equipment outpacing NATO.
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