U S planes resume heavy bombing near Hanoi Haiphong
U S command reports the heaviest single day attack to date on the Hanoi Haiphong area with losses including two B52s an F111 and several airmen missing. Hanoi claims civilian casualties and fliers captured while Nixon calls the strikes to pressure a peace deal. Haig meets Thieu to brief allies on the talks.
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Apollo 17 Set for Pacific Splashdown This Afternoon
Apollo 17 with crew Cernan Schmitt and Evans to land in the Pacific 400 miles southeast of Samoa at 2 24 p m EST. Carrier USS Ticonderoga will coordinate recovery after the moon mission that began from Cape Kennedy and featured orange soil findings.
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Truman’s Condition Deteriorates as Kidney Failure Grows
Kansas City AP report says former president Harry S Truman remains in very serious condition with kidneys less than 10 percent functional and his heart unstable. He was semiconscious yet able to speak briefly. Bess Truman and Margaret Truman Daniel visited for about five hours.
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Boyle resigns UMW presidency after election loss to Miller
W A Tony Boyle resigns as United Mine Workers president after Arnold Miller defeats him in court and field elections. An orderly transfer follows with caretaker officers named and salaries debated. Miller, 49, from Ohley West Virginia, prepares to take over the union amid ongoing legal and financial pressures.
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Ohley
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Wife Of Senator Biden Killed In Delaware Crash
The wife of Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. Nelia Biden and their 18 month old daughter Amy were killed when a tractor trailer struck their station wagon near Hockessin Delaware. Biden's two young sons were injured as the truck driver Curtis C. Dunn was hospitalized. Biden returned to Wilmington to be with family and campaign staff. Nelia Biden, homecoming queen at Syracuse and dear to the Senate family, had hoped to teach and mold his children.
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Avondale
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N.Y
University of Delaware
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Syracuse
Nixon Allows Oil Imports to Bolster Fuel Supplies
President Nixon authorized immediate use of 1973 petroleum allocations by importers and lifted restrictions on Virgin Islands refined products. A White House spokesman said the move aims to boost heating oil production and ensure imported oil and related products meet next year levels. The action also removes the 15,000 barrel daily cap on Virgin Islands refinery shipments to the mainland.
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Nixon Wins Expected Landslide in Electoral College
President Nixon secured 517 of 538 electoral votes as electors met nationwide. Massachusetts and District of Columbia backed McGovern, Alaska kept votes secret, Virginia saw a GOP elector vote Libertarian Hospers Nathan, and Charlottesville’s Roger MacBride said the vote reflected voter frustration with federal power.
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Roger MacBride
Charlottesville
Santa lands at village field but paratrooper misses site
In Chipping Norton England children watched as Santa Claus parachuted to gifts but Cpl George Shone of the Royal Signal Corps landed miles away after his beard fouled his vision. He called the jump among the trickiest he ever made. Santa Shane jokes he will clamp the beard next year. In Leicester the St Luke’s Wine Circle hosted 50 pensioners for seasonal beer and wine totaling 200 pints and 72 bottles.
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Royal Signal Corps
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Leicester
St. Luke’s
Pope Paul VI Plans Christmas Eve and New Year Services
Pope Paul VI will lead a midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at Mt. Soratte near Rome among railway workers. He will also visit the Orione Institute on New Year’s Day to say Mass for maimed children, address cardinals in a year-end audience, and celebrate Christmas Day Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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