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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1972
Page
1
Inmate unrest at the Indiana Reformatory included a hostage incident in mid January with no injuries. Estimated $10,000 in damage occurred. Guards say peaceful complaints may turn violent to gain reforms, amid accusations of political segregation and racism. Strikes largely involved academic, vocational, and maintenance shops.
President Nixon pledges help to preserve private schools but cautions time is needed to craft a workable and fair legislative solution, as reported across the Inside Story Pages.
Saigon reports a second day of heavy air and naval assaults on North Vietnam with U S Navy A7 jets shot down and a rescue helicopter lost while destroyers were struck by enemy fire. The U S command tallies missing and injured personnel as air strikes press toward Quang Tri and the DMZ, amid Hanoi claims of civilian casualties.
The Geater Memorial Center formerly the West Side Community Center would gain a $20,000 park department improvement project. The plan proposes the work without public bidding or contract advertising.
Miss Dianne Holum, 1972 Olympic gold and silver medalist in speed skating, will visit Anderson to kick off a March of Dimes walk-a-thon on April 15 at Mays Park during registration from 7 a.m. She will meet walkers and sign sponsor cards. The Northbrook, Illinois star set world records in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at Sapporo, and joins local officials at the event to raise funds for birth defect research and treatment.
A Kansas based squadron from McConnell Air Force Base was ordered to Southeast Asia as part of a broader U S buildup in Vietnam. Pentagon declined comment. The administration may consider sending more aircraft but no decision yet. President Nixon had earlier ordered about 20 B52 bombers to the western theater.
Vice President Spiro Agnew welcomed the 101st Airborne Division home at Ft Campbell in a ceremony praising the Screaming Eagles for their role in Vietnam. He called intervention in Vietnam moral and predicted South Vietnam will prevail, noting the unit's civic aid work and a shift to an all volunteer force.
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