World ring in 1972 mix of parties and culture
From Rome to New York to San Francisco, communities greet 1972 with feasts, parades, and unique traditions. Auld Lang Syne anchors New York crowds at the Waldorf. in Rome residents toss crockery. in Spain locals eat 12 grapes at midnight, while safety campaigns and public festivities aim to curb accidents and alcohol abuse.
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Guy Lombardo
New York
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Father Time
London
Royal Horse Guard
Scots Guard
Spain
Central Park
Snow Emergency Clips City Park Traffic Side
Snowy hedgerows hinder drivers as cars require pushes from pedestrians around City Park while the snow emergency continues. The notice defines a day as 8 a.m. to 8 a.m. the following day.
McCracken Sees Need for Wage and Rice Controls Beyond Phase 2
Paul W. McCracken, retiring chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, says government control over wage and rice increases will be needed after Phase 2 ends and that Phase 3 will favor the market system while containing rising costs. He returns to academia at the University of Michigan as Herbert Stein becomes council chairman on Jan 1. The Price Commission announces rent increases will be delayed at least a month with tenants paying only December rates in January if no prior increases were paid.
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Washington
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
McCracken
Nixon
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Schedule of Pages for VS.-Mkt.-3 Area News-8 Editorial- Sports-11
The page list outlines sections for VS market area news editorial sports society comics TV entertainment and classified pages 8 11 12 7 3 9A 100 14 15. It indicates where readers will find local features and ads across the edition.
Humphrey to declare bid for Democratic nomination
Washington AP reports Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota will formally announce on January 10 his decision to seek the Democratic presidential nomination. In Corpus Christi a family of six was found shot to death in their South Side apartment with a .38 revolver and a note discovered in the bathroom. In New Buffalo Michigan State Police troopers Stark and Kampy were killed in a shootout with an assailant who was also shot dead.
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HHH
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Oday
Corpus Christi, Tex
South Side
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
New Buffalo
Peter Duel Shot Dead in Hollywood Hills Home
TV star Peter Duel co star of Alias Smith and Jones was found shot to death at his Hollywood Hills residence. Police say the death appears to be a possible homicide with Duel dying from a head wound. Duel, Rochester New York native, also appeared in Combat The Fugitive The Bold Ones and Name of the Game. He studied at St Lawrence University and the American Theater Wing in New York. Duel played Hannibal Hayes opposite Ben Murphy in the series.
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Hollywood
Peter Duel
Duel
Rochester, N.Y
St. Lawrence University
American Theater Wing
New York City
Hannibal Hayes
Mrs Nixon to lead five member delegation on Africa trip
Mrs. Richard Nixon departs New Year’s Day for a nine day 10000 mile mission to Liberia Ghana and Ivory Coast as an official presidential emissary. The trip includes a Liberia inauguration tour of hospitals schools and markets and meetings with African women leaders. She travels with a five member delegation while President Nixon handles talks with Japan's Eisaku Sato in California.
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Washington
Africa
Richard Nixon
Peru
Nixon
U.S
Liberia
William Tolbert
Monrovia
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Andrews Air Force Base
Eisaku Sato
California
Early Holiday Road Toll Rises to Eleven Dead
Traffic accidents claimed at least 11 lives in the New Year's weekend as snow hit the Northeast and showers dampened the Pacific Northwest and Gulf Coast. The death toll period began at 6 p.m. Thursday and ends at midnight Sunday.
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Associated Press
Northeast
Pacific Northwest
Gulf Coast
Ceasefire in Vietnam Today Amid Alliances Across South
In South Vietnam a 24 hour cease-fire began while U S and South Vietnamese forces joined Viet Cong in the New Year truce. The U S conducted raids on Laos supply routes and North Vietnam saw reconnaissance and air defense activity after prior raids.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Laos
Central Highlands
Mu Gia
Ban Raving
Ban Karai
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
U.S. Command
James D’entremont
War of nerves peaks in Mideast with cross border raids
Jordan reports Israeli jets invaded air space near Amman and sonic booms unsettled Salt and Naour. Egypt says Sinai drills simulate recapture and crossing the Suez Canal. Israel notes guerrillas from Lebanon fired at an Israeli jeep but missed. Tel Aviv chief of staff hands over command to Maj. Gen. Elizar.
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Associated Press
Middle East
Israel
Jordan
Amman
Egypt
Sinai Desert
Lebanon
Salt
Naour
Suez Canal
Sinai
Tel Aviv
Haim Bar- Lev
Armed Services
David Elizar
Syria
Hospital Fire Forces Evacuation at Garrison Memorial
A blaze at Garrison Memorial Hospital in North Dakota required evacuation of 31 patients and caused major damage to the basement dining room and lounge extension of the 20 year old facility.
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Garrison, N.D
Garrison Memorial Hospital
Nixon to push record 4b farm subsidy plan in 1972
The Nixon administration aims to make 1972 the costliest year for farm subsidies, with total outlays possibly over 4 billion dollars as surpluses grow. A new wheat subsidy could add 200 million or more, funded to shrink production by taking land out of use.
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Washington
National Association of Wheat Growers
Farm Belt
Congress
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Office of Management and Budget
White House
Soil Bank
Oper
Nixon
USDA
Smith named Publisher of the Austin Daily Herald
Edmund E. Smith becomes Publisher and General Manager of the Austin Daily Herald replacing J. Knox Dye who moves to Monessen Pennsylvania. Smith returns from the Greenville Advocate where he worked since 1969, with a long history at the Herald and civic roles including on the Austin Utility Board and Knights of Columbus. The Smith family will stay in Greenville through the school year.
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Edmund E. Smith
Austin Daily Herald Today
J. Knox Dye
Monessen, Pennsylvania
Smith
Austin
The
Herald
Greenville
Ohio
Advocate
Thomson
Austin Utility Board
Northeast
Knights of Columbus
St. Augustine
American Legion
Rotary
Maxiene
Michael
Cleveland
Myron
Mary Ellen
Daniel
Charles City
Iowa
Gregory
Kimberly
Lloyd Fennell to Leave Austin Daily Herald After 30 Years
Lloyd Fennell will depart the Austin Daily Herald after three decades in the circulation department. He began in 1941 under owner Harry Rasmussen and previously worked at the Milwaukee Journal and Minneapolis Tribune initiating a carrier system still used. Fennell, 63, reflects on changes from extra editions to radio and TV, plans to stay in Austin with his wife Fay.
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Lloyd Fennell
Austin Daily Herald
The
Herald Today
Fennell
Herald
Harry Rasmussen
Austin
Milwaukee Journal
Minneapolis Tribune
Tribune
Racine
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Marquette University
Fay
Jay Fennell
Ferris State College
Big Rapids
Mich
Ronald
Jan) Macal
the Herald
Pearl Harbor
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Lake Zurich
Ill
Louisville
Gary Burbank
Pat
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Mideast
J. Knox
Austin Herald
Northwest Printing and Binding Co
St. Paul
Edmund Smith
Austin United Fund
Clarence Smith
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