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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1973
Page
1
Far-Mar-Co Inc announced a process to remove gluten starch bran and germ from wheat without major damage. The method could double wheat value and expand uses from food to chemicals like herbicides plastics and lubricants. Support came from the Kansas Wheat Growers and Wheat Commission with grants and praise from industry officials.
Saigon reports a 20 percent drop in cease-fire violations to the lowest level in over two weeks. The 24 hour tally lists 135 Communist attacks including fighting near An Loc and in Quang Tri Province. Prisoner exchanges continued with 300 South Vietnamese awaiting release arriving at Bien Hoa as transfers were expected to finish soon.
Federal Judge Otto Kerner and longtime associate Theodore Isaacs were convicted in U S District Court of conspiracy bribery fraud and income tax evasion related to a race track stock bribe while Kerner served as Illinois governor from 1961 to 1968.
Senator Alan Cranston urged Congress to grant reporters an unqualified privilege to refuse disclosure of their confidential sources. He framed the proposal in the context of journalism during his earlier career as a reporter in Germany and Italy.
A Monday fire at Overbrook Livestock Sales Co. damaged the offices and customer waiting area. Estimated losses reach $10,000. Fire Marshal investigators probe the cause as no injuries are reported.
The 1973 grant of $500,000 funds redevelopment of downtown and East Lawrence with Brick Inlays and new sidewalks financed by area property owners. Underground wiring mostly, one major power line on Sixth Street may stay. cost to underground is $40,000 vs $15,000 to relocate above ground. No traffic signals or paving planned for Sixth Vermont area. repaving bridge and 600 block Massachusetts with city funds. Committee members push for value for money while Schaake emphasizes revitalizing older town areas and preserving downtown merchants. Planning costs estimated at $75,500 for 1974.
Lawrence resident engineer Lynn C. Myers says a conference of engineers today and Wednesday in Kansas City will review proposed fee schedules. He notes a users fee has been charged in Perry’s two federal areas for campers, not picnickers or boaters, and says more details will come after the meetings. Police and KU Security seek a black and cream German Shepherd after it bit two people on campus Sunday near Potter Lake.
Lawrence retailers report a very successful Washington birthday holiday promotion with strong downtown crowds and brisk sales at stores including Montgomery Ward Town Shop Gibson Discount Center TG Y Family Center Weavers Inc J C Penney and Jay Shoppe. Managers credit cooperative sidewalk bargains and favorable shopper response despite weather.
At Clark Air Base in the Philippines more than 1,000 teens welcomed home 18 U.S. prisoners of war as they prepared to fly to Travis Air Force Base California. Capt. Joe Crecca Jr. remained hospitalized with malaria but was later set to depart.
Police Superintendent Clarence Giarrusso said evidence points to Mark Essex of Emporia Kansas as the lone sniper responsible for eight deaths at the DownTown Howard Johnson Motel in New Orleans. A 10 page status report noted uncertainty about accomplices, but authorities doubt Essex had help despite an initial belief of multiple snipers. Essex was killed by police from a helicopter after the assault, with no other bodies found on the roof 24 hours later.
KU officials warn the Nixon budget will slash federal funding for language and area studies, NSF and NIH grants, and training programs. Middle income students may receive limited aid while several programs at KU Medical Center and Wichita State face elimination, reshaping long term university plans.
Winthrop Rockefeller, former Arkansas governor, remained in critical condition at a Palm Springs hospital six days after hospitalization for a chest ailment, a hospital spokesman said.
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