28 Nov 1972
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1972
Page
1
Bates College sociologist Richard C. Dumont argues Americans deny death and treat it like a benign sleep. He says entrepreneurs promote the idea of the corpse as still living, with caskets marketed as a comfortable bed, reflecting ambivalence about mortality.
The Daily Express cites Ladislas Farago claiming Martin Bormann reached Argentina in 1948 after paying $200 million to Juan Peron. Peron aides deny knowledge, while police and German officials express doubt. Farago alleges treasure laundered via Eva Duarte Ibarguren and Vatican passports.
Nixon will meet South Vietnamese president Thieu’s emissary Nguyen Phu Duc in Washington while Kissinger and Le Duc Tho resume Paris cease fire talks. Thieu seeks direct talks and Tho met with Viet Cong envoy Mme Nguyen Thi Binh in Paris.
Coast Guard reports a late night blaze aboard the 581 foot Stolt Falcon near the Manitou Islands left three Filipino crew members severely burned. Rescue by helicopter eased to safety amid snow squalls and rough water. two were flown to UM Burn Center in Ann Arbor in critical condition, one held in Traverse City hospital in good condition.
Babysitter seeks in home infant care job near Nevela School. Any age, very reliable with references. Ad originally slated for three days but ran two. Over 13,000 readers see the want ads daily. Call 433-8891.
The government awarded Chrysler Corp a research contract to test whether gas turbines can compete with internal combustion engines and meet antipollution standards. The project, announced in Washington, aims to evaluate efficiency emissions and feasibility for automobile use.
President Nixon announced major personnel changes with Caspar Weinberger slated to leave the OMB and become defense secretary. Laird and Romney will exit cabinet posts, Romney resignation accepted with no new roles, while Nixon emphasizes stronger cabinet responsibility and reduced White House staff.
The Hughes Tool Co first public stock offering scheduled in Los Angeles has been postponed for one week. The company is owned by reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes and had set a date for today.
Police hunt an unidentified gunman after a scuffle at Pontiac Central High School left five students wounded, one seriously. Witnesses describe the incident as occurring during a courtyard confrontation between black and white students with 30 to 50 youths present.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency votes to pursue authorization as a permit issuing body under the federal water pollution law. It aims to meet EPA eligibility by Feb. 15, potentially resigning two members over conflicts of interest tied to permits held by 3M and Northwest Paper.
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said fewer than 10,000 men will be drafted in the next six months as Selective Service ends on June 30 and the military shifts to an all volunteer force. He added no draft calls in January and that inductions will occur February through June 30. Negotiations continue between the United States and Cuba on hijacking issues with the Swiss ambassador in Cuba representing the U S side in Havana.
Harvard professor Samuel L. Popkin, jailed a week for defying a federal grand jury probe into the Pentagon Papers, was released from Norfolk County House of Corrections with his wife and attorney William Homans.
Black students returned to the University of Wisconsin Superior after a two week disruption sparked by a November 15 scuffle and ensuing sit in. Critics describe campus as bigoted with polarized student life as administrators pledge to bridge gaps and expand black enrollment.
FBI spokesman Richard Held reports the four month probe into the Piper kidnapping has led to many arrests, with claims the investigation deterred underworld pressure from Chicago and New York. He notes no July 27 Piper abduction arrests yet, but fingerprints and other evidence are strong. Sixty agents continue fulltime on the case.
The NSP site task force of the Governor's Environmental Quality Council will not decide on a location for an 800 megawatt coal fired plant by December 15. A possible extension was discussed as residents opposed several proposed sites. NSP may study moving the site to an island location near Red Wing.
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