Airport Shooting at Kennedy Airport Grips Chase
A young man flagged by an airport X ray shot a sky marshal and a customs agent after grabbing a gun from them. He was pursued across the Kennedy Airport field and captured. The attache case held only a spiral notebook, police said. The victims were in satisfactory condition at Peninsula General Hospital in Queens.
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New York
Sky
Kennedy Airport
Peninsula General Hospital
Queens
Rozelle Rebuts Nixon TV Plan for Playoff Games
AP reported President Nixon asked to televise locally all sold out playoff games but NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle declined. Attorney General Richard Klein announced the decision.
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Washington
Pete Rozelle
Nixon
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Times Journalist Held in Contempt for Refusing Tapes
John F. Lawrence of the Los Angeles Times remained free after a federal appeals court paused his jail term for contempt of court over subpoenaed tapes. Judge J. Sirica had ordered him jailed until he purged contempt by turning over the materials. The appellate panel said no date was set for the next proceeding.
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Washington
Los Angeles Times
Washington Bureau
the Times
John F. Lawrence
U.S. Dist
J. Sirica
Lawrence
Pope Paul VI laments bombing of North Vietnam
Pope Paul VI voiced a doleful upset at renewed U S bombing of North Vietnam. The Danish government planned an official protest while Sweden, the Soviet Union, and China condemned the action. The pope spoke to about 3,000 at St Peter's Basilica hoping peace would come by Christmas.
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Associated Press
Paul VI
North Vietnam
U.S
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vietnam
Apollo 17 Returns Home After Moon Mission
On board the USS Ticonderoga the Apollo 17 crew Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt returned from the moon four days before Christmas aboard the command ship America. They reentered Earth's atmosphere in a fiery blaze and landed safely with recovery ships nearby awaiting reunion with their families.
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Uss Ticonderoga
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
America
Truman in semiconscious state in serious condition
Former President Harry S. Truman remains semiconscious and in very serious condition. Doctors say his kidneys are deteriorating and cannot sustain him, predicting he cannot last indefinitely.
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Kansas City, Mo
Harry S. Truman
Creativity Sparks Classroom Decorations for Christmas
In Unified School District 413 classrooms celebrate with student made decorations and gifts. Kindergartners, sixth graders, and other grades create pinatas, bulletin boards, stockings, gingerbread men, shadow boxes, and holiday cards. The January scene includes church visits, murals, and Christmas trees with community PTA involvement.
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Lincoln School
Wayne Gericke
Alice England
David Ingels
Sharlene Fischer
Santa Claus
Unified School District 413
Alcott
Cheryl Westerman
Nicki Mitchell
Parent-Teacher Association
Betty Thompson
Nancy Brock
Intercepted Letter Warns Against Subtlety by Pianist
A misdated intercepted letter mocks subtlety by suggesting a pianist could convey a point with a loud rendition of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. The terse remark frames the exchange as a sharp, metaphorical message.
Fire Strikes Erie High School Building
A fire damaged the agriculture and shop section of Erie High School on Tuesday night, destroying classrooms a paint room and a carpenter shop in the east wing while the west end remained intact. Fire Chief Neal Trumbull said an investigation will be conducted by a state Fire Marshal inspector.
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Erie
Erie High School
Neal Trumbull
Ing
Trumbull
State Fire Marshal's Office
Chanute Centennial Plans Discussed by Chamber Women
Chanute's Centennial Celebration organizers led by Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Litchenburg urged Chamber of Commerce Women to serve as hostesses for the January 1 1973 Centennial Birthday Party and to help weave activities into a year long program. The Neosho Valley Coin Club will issue 5000 bronze and 50 silver coins to fund-raise while Centennial plates were proposed as another money raising idea. A committee was formed to explore the plate project with broad organization involvement requested.
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Johnny Litchenburg
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Litchenburg
Clifford Gibson
Hanoi Bombing Campaign Intensifies Amid Rising Losses
AP reports heavy bombardment on Hanoi Haiphong heartland with U S losses mounting including three B52 bombers and seven fliers. Hanoi claims downings of two B52s and four fighter bombers. Polish sailors die aboard a cargo ship Joseph Conrad, while the destroyer Goldsborough incurs casualties from a shore battery.
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Saigon
United States
Hanoi- Haiphong
North Vietnam
Command
Warsaw
U.S
Haiphong Harbor
Hanoi
Goldsborough
Navy
Joseph Conrad
Computerized Bus Routes Save Districts Big Money
Kansas taxpayers have saved nearly $16 000 this year with a new computerized school bus routing system developed by Dr. Leonard W. Schruben of Kansas State University. He says full adoption could save up to $4 million annually, with current spending about $15 million to bus 170 000 students across 4 000 buses.
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Kansas
Leonard W. Schruben
Kansas State University
District 413 Studies Computer Routing for Bus Service
Dr Jerry Steele assistant superintendent notes Kansas State Pupil Transportation Association is examining computer routing. Paul Glinn Kansas City Kansas schools directs the committee. District 413 serves 410 eligible riders with 14 buses on 12 routes plus activity and spare buses.
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Jerry Steele
Kansas State Pupil Transportation Association
Paul Glinn
Kansas City
Kan
Steele
Master Plan Proposes Juco Consolidations in Kansas
The Kansas Master Planning Commission proposed a major overhaul of posthigh school education. It calls for merging several vocational and community colleges into multi campus institutions, a new independent state planning agency, and a revised finance system with 75 percent state and federal funding.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas System of Public Education
Kansas Master Planning Commission
Wilbur T. Billington
State Board of Education
State Board of Regents
Senate
Board of Regents
Joseph Harder
R-Moundridge
Senate Education Committee
Billington
Southeast Kansas
Southeast Kansas Area Vocational - Technical School
Coffeyville
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