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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1973
Page
1
Four committees appointed to study tenure at Kansas University release reports endorsing tenure's value but proposing changes. They warn against overreacting to a perceived tenure crisis and call for periodic reviews, extended probation, more area review committees, and tighter grounds for termination.
Colorado’s Rebecca Ann King, newly crowned Miss America, visited Lawrence in 1971 to see her injured brother David after an auto accident. KU mixer drew over 500 reservations for 5:30 p.m. at Meadowbrook, with possible move to Allen Fieldhouse if rain.
Clouds and rain forced the cancellation of two Kansas University Skylab experiments last weekend. A moisture test and a radar antenna test were called off as Skylab moved across the United States. Local bad weather near Garnett hindered the radar test team led by William Spencer. The EU crew set up five receivers in field conditions, but NASA canceled at 2 p.m. Saturday. The team towed vehicles from the mud to Lawrence with a tractor. Pending better weather, the tests may be tried again Wednesday and Thursday.
The House Communications subcommittee approved a bill to end local television blackouts for sold out home pro football games. The measure would ban blackouts on national telecasts for games sold out 72 hours before kickoff. The Senate already passed similar legislation 76 to 6. NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle testified the league would televise games locally if law passes.
Lawrence city commissioners will discuss the old municipal library building on Ninth and Vermont with a plan to preserve its facade. A December bid setting failed to attract bids, and a sale with preservation terms is under consideration. Also on the agenda: Brook Street drainage costs and a sidewalk project on Haskell from 15th to 23rd.
The commission reviews bids for parking lot work at Seventh and Vermont, considers sidewalk projects along Haskell Avenue Engel Road 11th street and Yale Road, weighs a sign variance for Mac's Investment, discusses street and sidewalk construction, reviews Prairie Meadows improvements, and examines zoning near East 19th. Also on agenda are a 1973 Uniform Plumbing Code adoption ordinance and a rezoning proposal, plus minutes from the Boring Appeals Board and notes on temporary notes and Brook Street drainage.
Over 300 attenders expected at noon Thursday as Ewing Kauffman head of Marion Laboratories and owner president of the Kansas City Royals speaks at Kansas Union ballroom. Jack Brand calls him a prime example of drive and excellence and notes his Royals ownership since 1968 and the Royals Academy in Sarasota Florida.
Paving work will close the 600 block of Massachusetts Street on Tuesday weather permitting. An asphalt overlay will be applied in one day from the Seventh and Massachusetts intersection to the railroad tracks near the block’s north end, while the intersection stays open.
Joan Upshaw of Olathe leads the Mental Patients' Support Committee in urging Kansas to amend legislation carried over from 1973 to overhaul mental patient rights. At a hearing before Rep. John Branchi's Health Committee, Upshaw and Elery L. Phillips urged safeguarding civil rights and improving patient welfare amid claims institutions and courts have wielded dictatorial power.
A car owned by Bradley D. Black of 400 La. was reported stolen from the 1800 block of Tennessee early Sunday and recovered at 8:45 p.m. Sunday in Sunflower Village. No arrests were made and recovery details were not released.
Retired U S career diplomat Bernard A. Gufler, born in Lawrence, died in Bonn Germany while visiting U S ambassador Martin Hillenbrand. He served in Berlin Ceylon Finland and other postings from 1929 until retirement about five years ago. Cremation planned. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Van Ness.
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