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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1973
Page
1
A second vertical shaft will be drilled 850 feet offshore to link with the intake structure on the lake bottom. The project continues with an entry shaft onshore and a connection to the lake bottom intake, with full details on Page 2.
The White House seeks to dispel notions that Nixon Pompidou talks were anything less than a total success after Nixon flew in from Iceland where he had two days of discussions with President Georges Pompidou.
Skylab astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz on their ninth day in orbit resumed experiments after a space holiday and considered a space walk to repair solar panel damage. Ground teams weighed extending the mission beyond 28 days as Mission Control marked Conrad's 43rd birthday.
An attacker killed Lt Col Lewis Hawkins 42 of Plymouth Ind as he walked from his home to a car for pickup by the American Embassy. Hawkins had served in Iran since last July. In Ithaca N Y Cornell reports strawberry crops at about 70 percent of normal with four million quarts expected. In Portsmouth Va the Lagos Erie tank ship exploded and burned off Cape Henry as Coast Guard crews moved to assist and avert sinking.
A report from Israel's Institute of Technology warns that road deaths in Israel reached 653 last year, surpassing fatalities from Arab hostilities and making driving a greater menace than regional conflict. It notes Israelis have higher traffic deaths than Western Europe or the United States, highlighting unsafe driving habits.
A robber gang killed Police Officer Robert Laurenson, 23, a 30 month veteran, with two shotgun blasts at a Manhattan saloon after work. The killer and three other gunmen escaped. Laurenson, father of three, was among three officers killed that year.
The Nixon administration approves the largest trade deal between the Soviet Union and a Western company. Occi dental Petroleum Corp. will exchange 200 million dollars of chemical products yearly with the USSR for twenty years, totaling eight billion dollars.
North Korea denounces Billy Graham five day crusade in South Korea as fanatical superstition. Seoul newspapers the Chosun Ilbo and Hankook Ilbo quote Radio Pyongyang accusing Seoul of mobilizing large crowds to stage a superstitious event with American missionaries.
Two masked gunmen steering a Colombian airliner on a pan Latin route forced stops in Aruba and Argentina before fleeing in a pickup toward the Chaco region. They received 50 000 dollars, leaving 86 aboard during the sequence linked to Resistencia Asuncion and Buenos Aires.
A distressed weather report details tornadoes severe thunderstorms hail and flash floods across the midcontinent with no deaths or injuries. Storms hit Oklahoma Texas Memphis Haskell County and surrounding areas while the East enjoys fair mild conditions.
The Coast Guard Cutter Maple, a 122 foot buoy tender based in Ogdensburg, was decommissioned at Buffalo Coast Guard Base in a ceremony. Chief Warrant Officer Charles G. Lacey, its skipper for two years, is reassigned to New Haven Station. the 20 crew members will be reassigned. The Maple helped place navigation devices in Lake Ontario, known to Oswegonians.
Divers searched Oneida Lake south of Woodgate for Arthur C. Keiser a 50 year old man missing after an accident in which an airplane was used without the owner's permission State Police reported. Witnesses said the yellow floatplane taxied away and dipped a wing during attempt to take off and flipped over but the man was not found.
A container ship Sea Witch and the Belgian tanker Esso Brussels collided in New York Harbor near the Verrazzano Bridge, causing fires and multiple explosions. At least six people died including the Sea Witch’s captain William Patterson, with four others missing and 68 survivors, as emergency crews battled flames and rescued crew members amid a drifting oil slick.
In Athens most citizens reacted little outwardly to the abolition of the monarchy and proclamation of a republic as the regime launched a broad effort to win support. Premier Papadopoulos announced himself president while government radios and TV claimed broad public backing. The mayor lit major avenues at night and officials removed royal symbols as Padadopoulos denounced King Constantine for alleged acts against the revolution.
A cold front moved south from the north across New York State with showers and isolated thundershowers mainly south of the front. Temperatures ranged from upper 30s to low 40s in the north and low to mid 60s in New York City. The front ushers in cooler, drier air as high pressure builds. The system aims toward New England with cool nights and lingering showers possible Sunday into Monday.
Harvey S. Firestone Jr., philanthropist and industrialist, died at his Akron home at 75 after a cancer illness. He led Firestone Foundation since 1948 and served as CEO of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co for 17 years. He became company director in 1919 while at Princeton and presided from 1941, overseeing plants in England Argentina Switzerland and South Africa. His father founded the company. he is survived by Leonard and Raymond Firestone with sister Elizabeth deceased. Brothers Russell and Roger had died earlier.
In Notre Dame Stadium South Bend the annual charismatic renewal conference drew more than 20000 Roman Catholics from across the nation and abroad. The gathering featured tongues speaking prayers, guitar aided songs, and ecumenical participation with clergy and Protestants. The event showcased widespread Bible study healing and prophecy reflecting a rising spiritual movement.
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