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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1973
Page
12
Former county attorney Daniel Young defends broad discretion in dismissals and prosecutions. MIKE GLOVER cites balance in enforcing laws including bingo and marijuana possession. Robert Adkins notes marijuana sales and repeat offenses are felonies and urges adherence until law changes.
Judge C George Anastos convicts Joseph P Kennedy III of driving to endanger in Nantucket Mass. He is fined 100 dollars and urged to use his illustrious name for good. Kennedy's uncle Senator Edward M Kennedy supports the verdict. Seven people were injured when the open car of the Kennedy heir flipped on a highway ramp during the incident.
Nixon plans a brief stopover in New Orleans before Labor Day on his West Coast stay. He will urge a strong defense and stability in Indochina while displaying top aides including Kissinger Haig and Ziegler. Buchanan continues shaping the speech on the flight.
In Grindlewald Switzerland two Japanese climbers were saved after a five hour rescue on the Mount Eiger north face. A German boy’s telescope sighting sparked the mission which used a helicopter to hoist ropes to the exhausted climbers. They were airlifted to Interlaken Hospital in good condition.
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce schedules two mixers this week for teachers at Haskell Indian Junior College USD 497 and St Johns School. The Haskell affair runs Tuesday 8 to 9 a.m. in Navarre Hall for faculty staff and chamber officials. The USD 491 teachers and St Johns mixer is Wednesday 8 to 8 45 a.m. in the Lawrence High School cafeteria with chamber education committee directors and board members invited.
A tank rupture at the Agrico Chemical Co. complex in Pierce Florida released a tidal wave of phosphoric acid. Two workers died as 1 800 tons of acid poured from a 32 foot high tank, three firemen were burned, others escaped unharmed, investigators consider the rupture cause uncertain. The acid was used in producing fertilizer.
Funeral services for Adolph Wegner 79 of Dodge City and John M. McCormick 84 of Hiawatha are announced with details of their birth, death places, and survivors. Wegner born Halstead July 18 1894 died in Topeka hospital. McCormick born Brown County June 21 1889 died at home in Hiawatha.
Wheat futures on the Kansas City Board of Trade opened up the 25 cent limit as September contracts hovered around 4.85 while investors eyed a break past 5.00 per bushel. Prices fluctuated after peak points, with cash wheat already breaking the 5.00 mark last week.
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