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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1972
Page
7
An event at New York City's Coliseum touts a health and fitness exhibit. The program highlights innovative devices including a design nicknamed skis aimed at relieving strain and promoting wellness.
British troops in Northern Ireland expect a new IRA assault using shoulder launched RPGs within two weeks before Christmas. Army intelligence says the Provisional wing may house up to 20 Soviet rocket launchers. A soldier died Sunday inspecting a 25 year old rocket found, amid several RPG attacks this month that killed a policeman and wounded 12 soldiers.
Peter Falk and Liza Minnelli were named stars of the year by the Hollywood Women's Press Club and received Golden Apples for their exemplary thespian talents and public appeal. The awards were announced Sunday with no sour apples given to any actor or actress.
Santa Monica physicians say entertainer Jimmy Durante, 79, will remain hospitalized for at least a week as he recovers from a severe concussion suffered after a bathroom fall at his home last Monday. The injury reportedly occurred when he struck the right side of his head on a wash basin.
Apollo 17 mission plan lists precise EST timings for the lunar landing and surface operations. Cernan and Schmitt prepare for the first moon walk while Evans remains aboard America. radio contact, engine burns, and rover TV coverage frame the day’s sequence.
Comedienne Phyllis Diller and her second husband Warden Donovan have separated. Diller, 55, said after her facelift she could not bear to see him as he aged. They wed in 1965. Donovan has two children from a prior marriage and Diller has five from her first marriage.
Actor Jason Robards Jr. is on a satisfactory path to recovery after surgery to repair severe facial injuries from a solo car crash near his Malibu home. Doctors report fairly severe facial cuts and bone fractures with additional surgeries planned in 5 to 10 days to address scars. A Santa Monica Hospital spokesman said the injuries will not affect his appearance or career.
Sophia Ames Boyer, 65, author of children's books and founder of the League of Women Shoppers, died Sunday in New York. Her works include The Legend of John Brown, a Kwame Nkrumah biography, and a history of Greek civilization.
Rep. Joseph Karth notes tax reform top priority as the House Ways and Means Committee convenes after the holidays. He outlines review of 54 Internal Revenue Code sections to cut provisions or revise them. The Minnesota Farmers Union convention in St. Paul runs through Tuesday with Humphrey and Mundale slated to speak at the closing events.
Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of Harry S. Truman, reinforced public hope during the former president's battle with illness. She held five news conferences, expressed faith he would recover, and maintained a calm, buoyant persona despite occasional worries about his condition. She juggled media duties with personal tasks at the hospital and Truman residence.
Esther Jean Gilruth, 60, wife of Dr. Robert R. Gilruth the space pioneer and former chief of the Manned Spacecraft Center, died Sunday of a heart attack.
Louella Parsons prominent gossip columnist died at a convalescent home at age 91. She built the "Tell It To Louella" feature, delivering private star lives to millions for four decades in some 1200 papers worldwide, despite long battling illnesses since 1962.
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