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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1973
Page
2
Lawrence Journal World editor W C Simons announces daily publication details and subscription rates for 1973. The notice lists carrier and mail prices for Kansas counties, nearby regions, and the United States, with 1973 publication date.
The Crown Center project on Main Street near Union Station turns a former Signboard Hill into a striking site blending rock formations with fountains water features and plantings. Led by Joyce Hall and son Donald Hallmark, the development reflects simple elegance and Hallmark ingenuity admired by Lawrence and the Midwest.
Detroit Free Press editor John S Knight urges resolve after Watergate as Vice President Spiro Agnew faces a risky path to the 1976 Republican nomination. Conservatives fear Agnew’s loyalty to Nixon may harm his political future while calls for reform grow. A recent cartoon hints at a changing political culture.
In a shift from valuing individual investors, many industry leaders now fear institutional trading could destabilize markets. Liquidity relies on broad participation, as a concentration of ownership among a few institutions leads to wide price swings and drooping stock prices.
Old Home Town engineers begin drawing plans for a Kaw River Bridge at Eu dora though county financing remains unsettled. The old bridge was out of service after an ice jam in late January 1962.
The piece analyzes Mario Biaggi's bid for New York mayor as a Democrat with Conservative party endorsement amid grand jury questions and Fifth Amendment use. It notes party leaders' reluctance to drop him, hints at ethnic bias, and contrasts with John Marchi, a Republican contender who beat Lindsay four years ago and is seen as an ethical conservative candidate.
Three Skylab astronauts report no motion sickness after three days in zero gravity. Captain Charles Conrad Jr. and crewmates Paul Weitz and Kelly Snell Kerwin calibrate instruments, pedal a cycle, and collect blood samples to study cardiovascular and blood changes during extended weightlessness.
Paris reports President Pompidou will press Washington for explanations of U.S. Europe policy and urge steps to stabilize the world monetary system. He plans to seek reassurance on dollar health, fixed but adjustable parities, and currency convertibility ahead of Nixon round negotiations.
The Los Angeles Times reports FBI agents impeded a Los Angeles County grand jury probe into the break in at Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist Dr Lewis Fielding's Beverly Hills office. A Justice official says the issue over witnesses not being allowed to talk has been resolved. Marine Corps Commandant Robert E Cushman Jr set to testify today before the grand jury, having been deputy CIA director at the time of the break in. The grand jury begins formal hearings June 5 into the 1971 break in tied to Pentagon Papers context.
A Friday night surge of fatalities set the pace for a deadly Memorial Day weekend on Kansas streets. By Monday midnight, 14 people had died during the 78 hour counting period, including a headlining three death crash three miles south of Hays on U S 183. Other victims ranged from a 15 year old Hoisington rider to five others in single vehicle and multi vehicle crashes across the state.
Ten young Jews demonstrated silently outside the Moscow prosecutor's office to protest alleged police interference in their Israel emigration requests. They were arrested fourteen minutes after they sat down, questioned ten minutes, and released.
Confidential discussions between the Nixon administration and congressional Democrats point to a possible five to ten cent per gallon federal gasoline tax. Backers include John B. Connally and Rep. Wilbur Mills, with Deputy Secretary William E. Simon pressing for anti inflation measures and potential tax revenue to balance the budget.
Ecology minded couples may see homes built with recycled glass products. Bricks from bottle glass can be glued, glass wool insulation uses salvaged bottles, wall panels from crushed glass, terrazzo tile with bottle glass, synthetic lumber from glass and manure, and glass aggregate driveways called grasphait. recycled jars and bottles already used in about twenty cities.
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