Kissinger Talks and Paris Peace Mission Amid Cold Talks
Reports describe ongoing talks near Paris with Kissinger expected to depart Orly after a 52 hour cease-fire push. U.S. officials anticipate a settlement before Congress meets in January as Vietnamese leaders indicate Nixon may announce a peace accord during the Christmas season.
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State of the Union
Thiéu
Truman in serious condition as hospital says he is holding his own
Kansas City AP reports former president Harry S. Truman, 88, remains in serious condition with heart and respiratory problems at Research Hospital. Vital signs fluctuated but showed some normal readings while kidney function stayed described as steady. He responds to stimuli but does not speak, and no life support is used.
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Research Hospital and Medical Center
Wallace Graham
John’ Dreves
Bess
Margaret Truman
Daniel
Drewes
North Vietnamese Tanks, Air Attacks Seek South Vietnam
AP reports nearly 100 tanks and thousands of fresh North Vietnamese troops crossed passes feeding the Ho Chi Minh Trail. U S sources say airstrikes harass the column as it moves south possibly toward the Plain of Jars in Laos. Also noted is action by the Food and Drug Administration to restrict high dosage vitamin A in medicines due to misuse risks.
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Moon orange soil hints at ancient lunar event
Two astronauts in Taurus-Littrow Valley gathered lunar samples including orange dust possibly linked to a last gasping eruption. Cernan and Schmitt documented the material with color photos and core tubes, while Evans orbited aboard America. They also repaired a torn electric car fender with a taped plastic patch.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Schmitt
Moon
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Evans
Taurus-Littrow
Mission Control
John Young
Public hearing on Highway 71 project tonight
State Highway Department officials invite the public to tonight's 7:30 p.m. hearing on the Bemidji to Blackduck Highway 71 improvement. The session will cover route location design and social economic and environmental effects, with maps, drawings and an environmental statement. Written and oral statements are accepted at the hearing and for ten days after for the official record.
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Bemidji
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Bemidji Municipal Airport
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Teastrike
Hines
Weather outlook with light snow and clearing skies
Occasional cloudiness with a few snow showers today, becoming fair tonight and Thursday. High around 5 to 15 degrees today, with a low near 10 below zero tonight. Thursday’s high expected 12 to 18 degrees. Chance of precipitation estimated at two percent tonight and Thursday.
Snow Dump Causes Widespread Freeway Hazards in Minnesota
Heavy snow blanketed Minnesota with up to 10 inches, the Red Wing area recording the heaviest 3 hour total. The Minnesota Highway Department reported four to eight inches in the south and southeast, with slick intersections and several fender bender crashes in the Twin Cities and I 494 area. One car burst into flames near St Paul but the driver escaped unharmed. Roads were generally passable today with bare dry conditions in northern districts. NWS warned flurries would move across western and northern Minnesota tonight.
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Recycling center to shut temporarily for remodeling
Robert Healey, chairman of the Northern Minnesota Recycling Collections Center, announced the center will close on December 20 to permit remodeling of its current space. The board envisions moving to another site for longer term plans and is negotiating to obtain it. Healey thanked David Park for donating the facilities for the past year and offering alternative space if needed.
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Miller Leads Boyle In Union Election Count
The Labor Department report shows Arnold Miller leading W A Boyle 11 774 to 10 673 in the union election amid a tally of more than 100 000 votes. Miller’s running mates Trbovich and Patrick also lead their opponents, as the count continues under heavy guard with results expected days away.
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Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Harry Patrick
Boyle
Trbovich
Leonard ‘J. Priakovich
Patrick
Wilbert Killion
Miller
Miners For Democracy
Joseph A“Jock” Yablonski
U.S. Dist
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Yablonski
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
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Leonard Pankovich
Mikel Trbovich
Labor Department
Labor
Silver
Spring
Stillwater inmates protest strict new prison rules
About 200 Stillwater Prison inmates refused to work in a protest over tightened rules. A prison spokesman said conditions were similar to the previous day as warden Bruce McManus attended a conference. Ballots were issued for a six member committee to meet admins to end the sit down. Critics say the rules aim to gain control while supporters say they maintain order.
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Bruce
McManus
Jerome Anderson
Anderson
Minnesota Penal Coalition
Bruce McManus
John Connally
St. Paul
Coalition
Connally
Woman dies in area accident near Bena and Effie
A 59 year old Bena woman, Mrs Josephine M Cherney, died after her car left Hwy 2 and struck a tree near Bena. She was trapped two hours and died at the scene. Frosty roads were a possible factor. Funeral plans are at Carroll Funeral Home Deer River. Also reported a one car rollover near Effie killing Merton W Mattson 48 Big Fork and another fatal crash near Jordan hitting a telephone pole.
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Josephine M. Cherney
Max Engel
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Cherney
Mark Wichman
Wichmans
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Carroll Funeral Home
Deer River
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Effie
Merton W. Mattson
Big Fork
Elmer Manske
Capote
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