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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1973
Page
1
At a Lawrence dinner table a grandfather recalls his father’s rule of asking nightly if he did the best he could that day. He urges grandchildren to avoid comparing themselves to others and to strive for personal bests each day.
A Saturday column urges readers to adopt a personal motto for the new year. It extols doing the best possible each day and applies the idea to all roles from officials to parents, stressing daily self-reflection and consistent effort.
Kuwait transferred five Palestinian terrorists who killed 31 people at Rome airport to the Palestine Liberation Organization. Moroccan officials and King Hassan II were told the men would face a Palestinian military tribunal, with the PLO leader Abou Moatas sim leading a delegation to express condolences. The fate of the five and potential trials remained uncertain.
John A. Navarro 20 Topeka, identified by Lawrence police as driver in two separate collisions Friday afternoon, posted 500 bond for a Jan 8 municipal court appearance on a driving while intoxicated charge. Navarro’s car, demolished on the Kansas River Bridge, followed a North Second sweep into traffic before the bridge crash with David M. Billeaux 24.
Madrid AP reports Spain pays tribute to slain premier Luis Carrero Blanco. Vice premier Torcuato Fernández Miranda is expected to succeed for up to 10 days until Gen. Francisco Franco picks a permanent replacement. Rightist cues favor a military figure, with Lt. Gen. Iniesta Cano among contenders. Franco faces a Dec 30 deadline to name a successor, with a Dec 29 national address likely to reveal Franco's deputy.
The Lawrence Police Department will join Kansas agencies in merging with the national Teletype system NLETS. The Phoenix Arizona center will handle messages for all terminals directly linking the 48 continental states and DC. Lawrence will experience eight second access and ten second inquiry times once connected.
Dangerous travel conditions spread across the storm-torn Northeast as heavy snow and bitter cold surge through multiple regions. Flooding from upstate New York to New England eases toward Canada while Florida faces frost warnings and emergency fuel measures for growers. Across the Atlantic coast gale warnings and widespread power outages from ice cause lines to fail.
A correction notes Trinity Episcopal Church at 1011 Vermont Street will hold a midnight Choral Eucharist on Christmas Eve Monday. The Friday issue had misidentified the church in an earlier headline.
In Vacaville California four inmates face assault with a deadly weapon charges in a knife attack on Juan Corona. Corona, convicted in January of the stabbing and hacking deaths of 25 farm laborers, lost an eye and suffered 32 stab wounds in the December 1 incident at the California Medical Facility. Corona’s attorney Louis Garcia said Corona would not testify against his attackers due to fear of retribution.
Police and museum officials tracked a high stakes ransom bid for Rembrandt works stolen from the Taft Museum. A bar owner acting as middleman held talks with two thieves demanding $200,000 while a second painting valued at about $1 million was returned.
St Benedict, revered founder of the Benedictine Order, received early education in Rome shaping his later religious influence.
Dr. William O. Rieke ex KU Medical Center executive vice chancellor said he has made no decision on a president role at the University of Oregon health services complex. He confirmed interviews occurred last week and noted he is happy at KU while keeping options open. He cited competition for top administrators and said other offers, including Vanderbilt and California La Jolla, had come up.
Kansas University and Haskell Indian Junior College students, worn by finals, confront a holiday travel crunch with bus, plane, and train seats in short supply. Gasoline shortages and 50 percent of service stations closed over the three day period compound the strain, with rail and air travel also tight.
Oil ministers from six Persian Gulf states met in Tehran after postponing a morning session to see the shah. Talks centered on proposed price increases amid signals of moderation from Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Skylab 3 astronauts Gerald P. Carr and William Thornton report a DIY Christmas tree built from odds and ends aboard the space station. The exchange hints at a future show and tell with a playful warning about gypsy moths. An experiment aboard includes 1,000 gypsy moth eggs.
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