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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1972
Page
3
A Delaware state trooper was shot to death and another wounded during a gun battle with two robbery suspects, a man and a woman, pursued from Route 202 north of Wilmington. Police say the pair opened fire as officers closed in, with a large manhunt underway involving more than 100 officers from both states.
Maurice Chevalier was buried in a foggy village cemetery beside his mother in France. Princess Grace of Monaco attended the quiet funeral as the 83 year old star, who died New Year’s Day of heart failure after kidney illness, was laid to rest in a hill top tomb.
New York police found a clear fingerprint linked to the Sunday robbery at the Pierre Hotel where four bandits spent about an hour and forty minutes cracking safety deposit boxes containing guests jewelry. The haul was reported as high as four million dollars, though authorities later said it was less. The scheme involved a limousine entry, disguises, and handcuffing 19 people before the robbers fled.
British military personnel and dependents prepare to evacuate Valeita in Malta after Premier Mintoff demands rent payment. Heath refuses extra 10.2 million dollars, making Jan 1945 deadline unlikely. The mass withdrawal hinges on base rent dispute and political decisions affecting the 170 year Mediterranean stronghold.
Leslie Bacon is slated to stand trial February 4 on charges she conspired with six others to bomb the First National City Banks branch at Madison Avenue and First Street in Manhattan in December 1970. She was a material witness in the Capitol bombing case and was arrested in Washington last April.
Masako Nonaka known as the miracle woman died Tuesday in Nagasaki after eight years unconscious from a 1963 traffic injury. She remained unconscious after the Ishaya City crash while pregnant, gave birth to a daughter the next year, and her husband wrote a book later adapted into a film.
Charles M. Duke was admitted to Patrick Air Force Base hospital with bacterial pneumonia but officials expect no impact on the March launch. Dr. Teegen described his condition as not serious and resting. recuperation is estimated at 10 days to two weeks. Apollo 16 training schedule should not be affected, says Astronaut chief Stayton.
Joe Conforte, owner of the Mustang Ranch near Reno, receives a state cosmetology board license for a beauty salon serving his workers. Inspector Raymond Monia says the shop is not open to the public and meets state specs. Conforte says the facility saves time and improves services for the workers.
U S jets attacked a radar installation 10 miles north of Ban Karai pass and 5 miles northwest of the DMZ in North Vietnam, claiming the site was destroyed after the F105 missile strike. The action marked a new protective reaction strike of the year as operations continued against the Ho Chi Minh Trail and nearby Laos.
A San Diego group led by Robert Frishman and Joe McCain plans a Pony Express style ride to raise awareness for prisoners of war. Three riders in mourning bands will travel from St. Joseph Missouri to Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles and finish in San Diego around January 26. They will collect mail urging higher POW attention and copies of letters to the United Nations.
Washington officials report debate within the Nixon administration over another U.S. troop reduction in South Korea possibly by year end. Some favor a total pullout of ground forces, while others, including the Joint Chiefs, seek a fire brigade force in Korea.
In Phnom Penh at Pochentong airport the Australian government formally donated six reconditioned DC3 planes to the Cambodian Air Force. Australian spokesmen said the aircraft were flown to Cambodia at the government's expense.
Radio Hanoi said the United States must end the Vietnam War and scrap the Vietnamization policy to secure the release of American POWs. It labeled the policy a continuation of aggression and warned that U.S. troops would die longer and prisoners remain separated until Nixon changes course.
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