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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1972
Page
5
The article notes a planned 1975 joint Apollo Soyuz mission amid cooled rivalry. It highlights Russia’s mixed progress in space, including automation advances, Venus data, and lunar/planetary probes, while stressing U.S. lead in manned lunar flights and future orbital laboratories.
As Uganda Asians expelled by Idi Amin face a cold Christmas in Austria and other European sites, refugee officials warn of a growing crisis. Nations pledge places but few permanent homes, with Britain a hoped destination for many families split from relatives in Uganda.
In the Roman census ordered by Caesar Augustus Joseph travels from Nazareth to Bethlehem with Mary who is pregnant. There the time comes for her baby to be born and she lays him in a manger because no room is found in the inn.
Paris reports the return of the guillotine after a three year lull as 73 year old M Andre Obrecht executes two murderers, Claude Buffet and Roger Bontemps, in the dawn of November 28 at La Sante Prison. The incident revives debate over capital punishment alongside France and Spain as the remaining Western European nations with the death penalty. The piece recounts Guillotin's advocacy for equality before execution and notes the machine's controversial history and origins.
Reuben Greenspan, a 67 year old recluse, predicts a 7.4 magnitude quake will strike San Francisco by 9 a.m. on January 4 1973 due to a solar eclipse and tidal forces. Geologists caution that the San Andreas Fault holds a major earthquake warning, with potential collapse of older high rises and loss of life from falling masonry.
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