Apollo 17 concludes most perfect mission homeward
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt completed a 13 day journey and landed aboard the America after a fiery reentry. They were picked up by helicopter and brought to the carrier where medical exams and celebrations with recovery crews followed.
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Ticonderoga
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
America
Earth
Space Agency
Eugene Cernan
Ronald Evans
Harrison Schmitt
Charles K. LaPinta
Navy
the Ticonderoga
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Ellington Air Force Base
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
The
Space Center
Texas
Christopher C. Kraft
Heavy raids on North continue in Vietnam War report
AP reports intensified U S bombardment in the Hanoi Haiphong corridor with losses including a B52 bomber and seven air crew. Warsaw cites Polish sailors dead on a Haiphong cargo ship. Hanoi says more bombers shot down as Nixon seeks peace terms. Apollo 17 returns triumphantly to the Ticonderoga with moon rocks and photographs.
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Saigon
United States
Hanoi- Haiphong
North Vietnam
Command
Warsaw
U.S
Haiphong Harbor
Air Force
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Goldsborough
Navy
Joseph Conrad
Haiphong
Poland
Ocean Lines
Hanoi-Haiphong
Banaa
Radio Hanoi
Nixon
City workers reach tentative four-group contract with council
A tentative agreement is reached with four city employee groups including firemen, sewage treatment, sewer and street maintenance on two-year contracts. Police remain unsettled after talks with City Administrator Darrell Stacy and a mediator. Total wage and benefit increase is about 27 cents per hour for the four groups, with major medical coverage rising from 10 000 to 20 000 annually. Sewer and street maintenance get 24 cent per hour raises in each year starting Jan 1 1973 and Jan 1 1974. Vacation changes shift from 18 years for four weeks to 17 years for four weeks.
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Sidney Russell
Darrell Stacy
Stacy
Russell
Explosions hit downtown Belfast and other towns in Northern Ireland
Terrorist bombs damaged shops in Belfast center and a restaurant in Portadown while gunmen killed a man in East Belfast. A 50 pound charge was defused, and a 100 pound bomb was found in Dungannon. The death toll rose to 109 killed that year in sectarian violence as the conflict persisted.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Portadown
Lurgan
Dungannon
Hormel declares dividend on common stock at new rate
The Geo. A. Hormel & Co. division based in Austin today declares a dividend on its common stock at 204 cents per share. Payable February 15, 1973 to stockholders of record January 27, 1973. The previous rate was 194 cents. the increase is 4 percent under existing guidelines.
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Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Austin
Pacelli Triumphs in CC Conference Opener Over Winona Cotter
Pacelli wins its Central Catholic Conference debut 66 to 56 against Winona Cotter. The rally followed a clutch free throw by Terry, a Pacelli pom pom girl, in the second quarter. Herald Photo by Ken Hanson.
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Terry
Pacelli
Central Catholic Conference
Winona Cotter
Herald
Ken Hanson
City Council approves sale of arena bonds in special meeting
The Austin City Council approved selling 655000 in Gross Revenue Bonds for a new Multi Purpose Arena. Series A went to Piper Jaffrey Minneapolis and Series B to First National Bank of Austin. Total interest cost 373821.15 at 5.63 percent for Series A and 19000 at 4.75 percent for Series B. Bond sale praised for four bids and savings versus projection.
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Austin
Piper Jaffrey
Minneapolis
First National Bank of Austin
Swenson
St. Cloud
Cubs Reunite At Wildlife Preserve After Hatchling Trial
A family trip ended with three bear cubs entering a drive through wildlife preserve. Marie eight pounds was the frailest, spending two weeks in an incubator. Daniel nine pounds and George ten pounds are now healthy as they join other cubs in the habitat.
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Santa
Warner Brothers
West Milford
N. J
Marie
Daniel
Center
George
Antiwar priest Philip Berrigan walks free on parole
Danbury Conn AP Philip Berrigan completed more than three years of a six year sentence and left the Federal Correctional Institution to parole. He was greeted by brothers Daniel and Jerome as about 150 people including many youths gathered in drizzle and fog.
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Danbury, Conn
Philip Berrigan
Federal Correctional Institution
Daniel
Jerome
Poison entering Truman's blood as condition stays serious
Kansas City doctors report ongoing poison in Harry S. Truman's bloodstream even as kidney output rises. At a 10 a.m. briefing he was less responsive overnight but grew more alert by 9:45 a.m. His overall condition remained very serious with little change since Tuesday. Nixon meanwhile had his annual hospital checkup and joked about feeling fine after two hours at the National Naval Medical Center.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Washington
Nixon
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Rozelle rejects local TV for playoff games
In Washington, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle refused President Nixon’s request to televise locally all playoff games sold out 48 hours before kickoff. Atty. Gen. Richard G. Kleindienst announced that the Nixon administration would urge Congress to reevaluate the antitrust exemption and push for legislation aligned with public interest.
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Washington
Pete Rozelle
Nixon
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Department
Kleindienst
Congress
Kennedy Airport shooting injures sky marshal and customs agent
A man identified as Robert J. Dobbelaer shot two security officers at Kennedy Airport after grabbing a gun during an X-ray screening. Sky marshal Anthony Petrucci Jr. and customs officer Gerald T. McCarthy were reported in satisfactory condition. He was chased onto the rain soaked tarmac and captured by Port Authority police. the brief case contained a spiral notebook and no explosives were found.
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New York
Kennedy Airport
Peninsula General Hospital
Queens
Anthony Petrucci Jr
Bloomfield, N.J
Gerald T. McCarthy
Commack
N.Y
Fied
Robert J. Dobbelaer
Dobbelaer
San Juan
Pan American World Airways
New York Port Authority
Pan American
For Sale 1971 Arctic Cat Lynx Snowmobile
Used snowmobile with cover in excellent condition advertised for quick sale. Herald want ad canceled after one day. contact 433-8852 for fast results.
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Herald
Sporting Goods
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