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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1972
Page
4
Saigon reports remnants of a North Vietnamese battalion fleeing jungle toward the Parrot's Beak region in Cambodia after a five hour battle near Tay Ninh. Sixty three combatants are noted dead or captured as U.S. B52s target supply dumps along the North Vietnamese coast.
Kansas University geography professor Robert Nunley argues upstream ponds could serve as a viable compromise to Mud Creek flood protection. He disputes the Corps $8.9 million estimate, proposing $1.5 million instead and says the city commission and Corps officials show interest in a detailed response within days.
Jerilee Diane Antunes 20 of Phoenix treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after her car overturned at 12 17 p m Monday. Police say ice on North Iowa near Kingston caused loss of control. The 1972 model car is demolished. damage estimate not given. Police reported about 20 other crashes with no major injuries.
Fire Chief F C Sanders said the cause of a Monday morning blaze at 745 N Third in a Ken Coffey home may be undetermined. The fire started near a bed and spread through the trailer, and the family dog perished in the blaze. The Journal World misnamed the owner in an earlier article.
In Houston Texas Barbara Cernan and daughter Tracy watch Apollo 17 land on the moon with Barbara calling the moment happiest of her life as husband Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt land the Challenger. Neighbors Martha Canfield and others recall Apollo 1 tragedy.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker 82, WWI ace, shows steady recovery from a stroke at Memorial Hospital. Dr John Handwerker reports he has been removed from the critical list and was previously not expected to survive beyond a few days after his Oct. 11 stroke at his Key Biscayne home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Harjo of 814 W. 28th Terrace won the first Governor's Cup at the Indian Christmas Arts and Crafts Exposition held last weekend at the Oklahoma State Fair grounds in Oklahoma City. Their Creek and Seminole quilt, aprons, pottery, leathercraft, silver smithing and ceramics were judged the best of about 60 entries by a panel of noted Oklahoma artists.
City permits issued in November total $1,280,075 up from October and 1971 levels, with year to date $16,211,171. The largest permit is a $240,000 trailer court at 17th and Harper to F P Gehring, followed by a $90,000 Sirloin Stockade restaurant at 1015 Iowa. Twenty four single family homes plus multi unit projects are listed, including a $33,500 home by H and R Construction and a $57,500 duplex by Dwight Perry on W 24th.
Nobel and Pulitzer prize author Pearl S Buck, 88, of Danby, will leave the Burlington hospital this week after gall bladder surgery on Sept 29. She has been recovering since the operation and is best known for The Good Earth published in 1931.
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