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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1973
Page
1
Skylab 2 astronauts Bean Garriott and Lousma recover from motion sickness aboard the orbital workshop. A space walk is postponed to Saturday to allow rest and recovery while they resume chores and monitor minnow experiments.
AP reports a morning disturbance at the U S Penitentiary in Leavenworth Kansas. Warden Loren Daggett says one guard was killed and inmates held one to four hostages while efforts to secure the facility continued. Five guards were injured and a small factory fire was quickly put out.
A steam whistle at Kansas Fibreboard Inc on Sixth and New Hampshire stuck open for three to five minutes at 1 p.m. today. Plant officials said the whistle normally sounds for 15 to 30 seconds.
Hallmark Cards of Kansas City started a plan granting special parking privileges to carpool vehicles with three or more employees. A coordinator will match riders by area and schedule to ease parking, cut gasoline use, and reduce air pollution.
The Kansas Water Resources Board schedules an 8 a.m. Friday hearing in the Scott City 4-H building to take public testimony on the states weather modification program. Cloud seeding is planned in western Kansas within about two weeks, building on a 1973 legislative authorization.
In Pittsburg Kansas a 40 foot high salt tank at Harvest Brand Co. spilled 175 tons of salt trapping workers. Donald Roper survived buried to the chest with an air pocket in the buckled tank bottom. Fred Martin, 34, foreman, died.
A Bellanca private plane from Mesquite Texas attempted takeoff at Kansas City old Municipal Air Terminal and exploded on impact. Police reported four fatalities including two men a woman and a baby with another woman injured. FAA cited loss of power and ongoing investigation.
Three individuals were arrested for operating an open saloon and, after arraignment, released by Douglas County. The case is being referred to the Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control office for action. The Flamingo Club license and potential sanctions are under review.
Mary Vecchio, 17, photographed kneeling beside a Kent State shooting victim, is fined 50 dollars after pleading no contest to offering to commit prostitution. Police say she was arrested by two Miami detectives Friday night for soliciting and accepting twenty dollars. She cited media coverage of the Kent State image as a factor.
Hog prices climbed in Omaha with barrows and gilts not fully established early but up $2.00. The top price reached a record $58.50 per hundredweight.
Washington officials of the Cost of Living Council say beef price ceilings will not be lifted before Sept 12 and an industry wide price probe is underway. Deputy director James W. McLane questions profit claims and notes the investigation covers producers packers feedlot operators and retailers to find who gets most of the returns. Kenneth Fedor adds beef shortages seem unlikely and cattlemen may hold back cattle until market timing. William N. Walker says final Phase 4 regulations are due by Aug 6.
President Nixon welcomed Japan's Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka for two days of talks at the White House marking a new stage in U S Japan relations. They planned discussions on oil and gas collaboration in Siberia, trade approaches, and regional security amid oil shortages. Tanaka was to visit Arlington and meet U S senators after the ceremony.
Eudora adopts a 1974 budget with 14.06 mill levy and higher expenditures 950,235 funded by increased valuation and taxes including cigarette stamps. Tonganoxie tentatively adopts 1974 budget raising expenditures to 343,086 and mill levy from 15.642 to 18.883 with a public hearing set for August 13.
Two men were hospitalized after an industrial accident at Kansas Fibreboard Inc in Kansas City. John Brassart, 34, of Tonganoxie, suffered fractured ribs and cuts and was listed in fair condition. Robert Wilkerson, 23, of 420 North, had a fractured left leg and was in fair condition on floor care. A mobile crane operator accidentally toppled frames during installation by American Riggers Co. at the plant, pinning one worker before freeing him within about a minute.
SEATTLE AP Boeing Co sales for 1973 are expected to surpass 1972 totals, according to T A Wilson board chairman.
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