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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1972
Page
1
U S warplanes launched over 200 strikes against North Vietnamese supply lines in Laos and Cambodia today. Two American helicopters were shot down, killing two crewmen and wounding two others. The losses came amid renewed fighting and a fragile New Year cease-fire.
A seven pound fourteen ounce girl, Lawrence Kansas, born at 1 29 a.m. to Mr and Mrs Charles Notham of Second and Arkansas The newborn is the couple s second child and has not yet been named She is to receive gifts from ten local businesses As Lawrence s first baby of 1972 the infant follows 1971 s first baby Thomas Andrew Boggs born to Mr and Mrs Lester Boggs The Boggs are former Lawrence residents
Lord Boothby a Conservative law maker says King Edward VIII did not abdicate for love of Wallis Simpson. In a Friday radio broadcast Boothby argued the king was overplayed and driven hard as Prince of Wales and could not take on the burden any longer.
Lawrence police reported a relatively calm New Year’s Eve with 13 drunk-related calls and three arrests. A county jail incident saw a detainee set a mattress on fire and flood a cell. Minor vehicle crash at West 23rd injured two. Fire crews handled two small blazes including a mattress fire at the station next to the jail.
Three people died on Kansas streets and highways through Friday night in the New Year holiday traffic toll running until Sunday midnight. Mrs K Bedar Eddie 68 of Oklahoma City lost control on the Kansas turnpike near El Dorado. Enoch Smith 82 of Goodland was killed when his car collided with a tractor trailer loaded with 80 000 pounds of potatoes on Kansas 29 near Interstate 70 in south Goodland. Lauren Masters 66 of Olathe was a passenger in a pickup that overturned on a Johnson County road. The national weekend toll rose to 146 as the count began at 6 p m Thursday and ends at midnight Sunday.
The first day of 1972 will be mild and pleasant with little weekend precipitation. Football watchers can expect temperatures around the 50s, while Sunday highs reach the 40s after morning lows near 27. Breezes shift NW as a cool front moves across the state.
Violent incidents and peaceful reflections marked New Year across the globe. A Belfast bomb injured over 20. Paris antiwar protesters targeted the Statue of Liberty. Nixon began 1972 with 208,557,735 residents as he returned from Florida with Pat. Times Square crowds faded but Miami welcomed 600,000 for the Orange Bowl.
Navy Lt. Charles Burton from Laramie Wyoming praised his rescuers as beautiful people after his A6 fighter was shot down over North Vietnam. He was the sole survivor among six downed during five days of raids and was reported in good condition aboard the Consellation.
Richard Antonio a 26 year old Wilmington carpenter survived nine hot days on a raft after the Ixtapa sank 60 miles west of the Dry Tortugas on December 19. He and Tom Rash and Juan Puga lived on the raft as two others Denton and Spaulding disappeared. They drifted with the Gulf Stream toward the Florida Keys and washed ashore at Elliott Key near Miami. Antonio said they drank rain water and a dolphin they speared for food, and they felt hopeless as planes and ships passed by without spotting them. The raft was spotted by a Coast Guard helicopter and Rash and Puga were found alive, with Denton later found dead near Elliott Key. Antonio, now in Mercy Hospital, felt better but craved a steak.
Dick Gregory reports losing 70 pounds since starting his fruit juice and water fast April 24 as a protest against the Vietnam War. The 38 year old comedian tours campuses, noting strong public fascination with his abstention from food.
The Greater Lewiston Chamber of Commerce cancels Tuesday's meeting as speaker Terry Ashton cannot fly from San Francisco. Ashton is Hughes Airwest senior director of planning, and the airline on strike is the region's sole carrier to northern Idaho.
President Nixon in Washington plans to spend New Year’s Day watching televised football with Mrs Nixon. He signals a nine day state visit to Africa for Mrs Nixon while he heads to San Clemente for a summit with Eisaku Sato. The trip follows talks with Willy Brandt in Florida and includes an in flight birthday observance for J Edgar Hoover.
AP reports the largest 2% month troop reduction in Vietnam, 26 Army units totaling 4 370 personnel withdrawn. Key units include 85th Evacuation Hospital Phu Bai and 307th Air Traffic Control Battalion Bein Hoa, with engineers and medical detachments also phased out. Nixon orders U S troop strength to 159 000 within 30 days, current 158 300.
General Mills ended its coupon redemption program that funded life saving devices after complaints it was trading on misery. About 200 machines were delivered nationwide over three years, with half cent coupons totaling roughly 600000 to fund kidney and other life saving equipment. The company faced protests and media criticism leading to the corporate decision to stop. The Upper Midwest Kidney Foundation had received machines through the program and criticized the backlash.
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