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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1972
Page
1
Pat Helge sen, a 21-year-old Notre Dame student, described watching fog envelop O’Hare International Airport. The weather caused the world’s busiest airport to halt operations and trap travelers in Chicago.
North Central Airlines identified two confirmed dead and seven others as victims of the O'Hare Field crash. Confirmed are Charles Blair of Madison Wisconsin and Helma Alto of Aurora Minnesota. Tentatively listed: Darby Superior Wisconsin Kruse Barbara St. Superior Wisconsin Beverly Dempsey Rantoul Illinois, Mrs E Tonder Hasle Norway, and Mr. and Mrs. Wolf.
The Los Angeles Times handed over taped interviews with Alfred C. Baldwin III to a U S District Court in Washington while pursuing Supreme Court action to free bureau chief John F Lawrence from jail. The tapes relate to Baldwin as a government witness in a D C break in and bugging case against seven defendants.
A weather note says variable cloudiness tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Lows near 20 and a Friday high around 32 degrees.
An Austin based want ad offering waitresses aged 21 plus for a new Xxxx project was cancelled after two days of a five day run. The ad promised low costs and in person interviews at XXXXXxx with pay only for the times the ad ran, contact 433-8851 for rapid placement.
The Austin School Board approved salary increases for cooks and matrons several percent, and secretaries on a two year contract with 13 percent this year and 15 cents next year. They also approved a high school sex education curriculum, stressing state guidelines and local resources, plus health and social studies updates and a joint grade five course. A UAW recognition for custodians engineers painters and carpenters was approved, and a grant letter support was sent for Hormel land purchase.
The board signed two contracts with the Mower County Centers for the Developmentally Disabled for Joey Houff at 849.75 and Brian Hansen at 425.39 for Jan 2 to Jun 1. Michael Harter and Joel Jenkins are excused from school to acquire Title I equipment. Curtis Forte and Margaret Anderson resignations were accepted. Forte’s position is temporarily filled.
U S command reports 3 more B52s down with 12 crew missing amid heavy Hanoi Haiphong raids. Radio Hanoi claims Cuban Embassy hit and much of compound damaged. Cuban representative statement follows.
A Belle Vue family of five perished when their single engine Cessna 210 crashed near Flying Cloud Airport in Minnesota. Pilot John David Smith Jr. , 37, his wife Janet, 37, son Bradley, 12, and daughter Michelle, 10, died. another child Scott, 8, was in critical condition. The crash occurred about 7 11 p.m. in mist with ice on the wings, half a mile from the runway.
Apollo 17 crew Cernan Schmitt and Evans land back in the United States at Ellington Air Force Base near the Manned Spacecraft Center after splashdown off Pago Pago. They bring moon rock samples including orange soil from Taurus Littrow that could redefine lunar geology.
AP dispatches from Saigon say a Russian vessel was damaged by U S raids on Haiphong with many cabin panes broken. A Polish freighter was hit the day before. three sailors killed and four wounded. In Washington Nixon threatens to cut aid unless Thieu signs peace terms. Truman's condition remains unchanged in hospital.
Five days remain before Santa’s arrival as Fran departs and Abigail Ted Gordon Amy and Sara await events captured by AP Wirephoto.
Dr. Curtis C. MacDonald announced that ASJC will lay off 13 staff members by year end due to declining enrollment and shifts toward vocational programs. Twelve names were confirmed, affecting agriculture, financial aid, physical education, libraries, speech, English, chemistry, physics, and counseling. The college will also end the drama program. Frank Bridges will return to head the drama department.
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