Boys Repairing Village Road in Phong Dien South Vietnam
A group of school boys finds more fun than work as they repair a road in Phong Dien. Enemy shells and heavy rains have left roads impassable in the area, prompting their effort.
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1972
Page
13
A group of school boys finds more fun than work as they repair a road in Phong Dien. Enemy shells and heavy rains have left roads impassable in the area, prompting their effort.
U S B 52 bombers drop about 1000 tons in 18 hours marking the second day of concentrated attacks around the DMZ. About 2000 tons were dropped near Non Muang and Ren Quang as 152s hit caches south of the zone. South Vietnamese ground fighting reported in Quang Tri as Thieu prepares a likely three month extension of a special decree.
U.S. Pentagon sources report a small arms attack on Nakhon Phanom in Thailand, where Air Force technicians run an infiltration surveillance center tracking Ho Chi Minh Trail sensors. The strike, linked to Thai Communist activity, raises concern for about 49,600 American personnel at Thai bases and signals potential broader threats amid ongoing U.S. military aid and Thai defenses.
The daughter of Councilman Thomas Bradley, Phyllis Jeanett Bradley, 27, was arrested and jailed on suspicion of possessing dangerous drugs after police stopped her car and found eight barbiturate capsules under the front seat. Companion Jacquelyn Becker, 26, was also arrested for bearing suspected substance and a marijuana cigarette. Bradley was released from Sybil Brand Institute after bail of 1500 dollars was posted and a 6 dollar traffic ticket was paid.
The U S Court of Appeals upheld a Detroit desegregation ruling by busing students between the city and suburbs but said hearings are needed before a metropolitan plan can proceed. It found Judge Roth erred in forcing a wide suburban integration without suburb input and rejected his bus purchase directive.
Mexico's deputy attorney general David Franco Rodriguez will supervise the burning of 45,000 pounds of confiscated marijuana at a military camp in Hermosillo, then 26,000 pounds in Nogales. The public burn aims to counter criticism from Arizona officials about Mexico's handling of cross border drug trafficking.
West Berlin police say workers removing cables at the Lehrter Railway Station near the Berlin Wall uncovered two skulls and a thigh bone. Dental records were requested from Frankfurt to check for Martin Bormann, once Hitler’s deputy, amid lingering reports he survived in South America. Police stress they were not hunting Bormann, but will verify the remains given recent rumors about him.
A cancer survivor and space enthusiast from Carefree Arizona will travel to Honolulu on December 12 for a two day island tour then join Admiral Butty on December 16 to fly to Samoa and board the recovery ship Ticonderoga to welcome astronauts.
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