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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1973
Page
7
Gallup finds 31 percent approve of Nixon’s performance in late November after public appearances. Disapproval stands at 59 percent with 10 percent offering no opinion, continuing a downward trend from his 68 percent high after the Vietnam peace accord.
MARC meeting to discuss regional planning report postponed from December 20 to December 27. LawrenceDouglas County planning director Dick McClanathan cites officials' unavailability and aims to give more time to finalize cost figures before presenting to the county commission and partner councils.
Lawrence Sherr announces three recommended candidates for dean of Kansas University's School of Business. The slate was sent to Ambrose Saricks, vice chancellor for academic affairs, after a summer long search chaired by Sherr. The new dean will replace Clifford Clark who resigned last year.
New Hampshire licensing test for insurance agents proved extremely difficult with only one of 60 candidates passing. Insurance Commissioner Frank Whaland noted the tough new questions surprised many applicants and one competitor complained that his company had supplied answers that did not match the questions.
Tornadoes from a cold front struck the South killing three in South Carolina and injuring at least 43 across South Carolina Georgia and Tennessee. One tornado destroyed part of a Ninety Six textile mill killing two women aged in their 60s and a mobile home rolled by a second tornado in Prosperity killing a 2 year old. Civil Defense cited over 2 million dollars in Gainesville damage. A separate winter storm disrupted the Northeast with heavy snow swallowing Chicago O'Hare for hours and leaving 60 thousand on the power grid.
Emergency efforts to save the College of Emporia failed as chief administrator Robert Prins said only a miracle could prevent a closure next week. A merger with Park College in Missouri collapsed and Prins cited dwindling enrollments, rising costs, and reduced church funding as key factors. Trustees meet December 22 to decide the school's fate.
U S intelligence officer estimates North Vietnam has sent arms and supplies into South Vietnam to sustain about 200000 soldiers for a year. Pentagon officials say Hanoi and Viet Cong are at a higher strength level, possibly with 700 tanks in the south, raising fears of major post year attacks ahead of Kissinger-Tho Paris meeting.
Spokane report quotes Edward M. Wheeler president of the Fertilizer Institute of Washington saying the nation could be 5 to 6 million tons short of fertilizer next year. He warns high fuel allocations are essential to prevent scant supplies in the coming season.
Robert J. Allison Jr., a 1960 petroleum engineering alum of Kansas University, is appointed vice president of operations for Anadarko Production Co. Panhandle Masthead's Fort Worth based exploration subsidiary.
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