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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1972
Page
1
After subduing a giant polar bear, Santa, Oonik, and Keotuk befriend the creature and head toward the Ice King's domain. They aim to persuade him to end the perpetual winter endangering North inhabitants. The eleventh installment of "Santa and the Ice King" unfolds on Page 5.
Government officials and local businesses in Des Moines Iowa scramble to secure heating fuel as December ranks among the coldest of the century. The article reports supply concerns, price pressures, and efforts to diversify sources.
Hanoi chief negotiator Le Duc Tho flies back to North Vietnam after an apparently abortive secret bargaining session with Henry Kissinger. Military sources report South Vietnam’s largest ammunition dump blast destroyed 2000 to 3000 tons of shells and bombs, shaking Saigon for 12 hours. High school hoops action features Anderson versus East Chicago Washington at the Wigwam and New Castle at Madison Heights with area schedules on tap.
Readers react to Apollo 17 with a blase tone as enthusiasm fades. One man calls the thrill gone while noting the sense of sadness. The fuller spectrum of responses appears on Page 16.
Evangelist Billy Graham returns from an around the world trip and says he is slightly encouraged about the Middle East situation and confident relations between the United States and India are swiftly improving. Weather outlook and classifieds brief follow with local phone numbers.
In New York City Pat Barclay, a Pendleton boy, survived a life threatening illness and received a donor liver in a 15 hour operation led by Dr. Joseph Fortner at Sloan Kettering. The 12 year old donor died from injuries after a Monday accident. Pat faces a long recovery in a sterile room with 24 hour care and monitors for signs of acceptance or rejection.
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt docked with the command ship America after lunar liftoff from Taurus-Littrow. The two ships linked and began the transfer of a record 334 pounds of lunar rocks and soil as mission control tracked the open-mic drama from Houston.
The city council voted 5-2 to advance a Business 3 zoning proposal for a Woolco on 19 acres at Scatterfield Road and 53rd Street despite residents concerns over drainage and traffic. Dissenters were Keith Millikan and Jack Van Dyke. Absent were Andrew Orbik and Ronald Fletcher.
Gimco a tiny Madison County town, gets about 96.63 dollars from federal revenue sharing with a second similar check expected in January. Clerk treasurer Margaret Schultz notes unclear guidelines and deposits funds to earn interest while deciding use. The 1972 share may total around 193 dollars, supporting a 1973 budget of 366 dollars with more than half funded by federal aid.
Bernard Snyder of Everett I Brown Company updated Elwood school board on the two story high school project. The building will be air conditioned except for the gym and select areas with good ventilation. Roof work is 98 percent done and first floor concrete is 75 to 85 percent poured. The second floor concrete should be poured by mid January if weather allows. The steel frame should finish this week with plans for fall 1973 occupancy. The gym will seat 3208 and can be partitioned for coed use. A future swimming pool area exists but no plans.
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