17 Nov 1972
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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1972
Page
1
Washington AP reports the removal of Rev. Theo Hesburgh after three years as chairman of the U S Civil Rights Commission sparks questions from other officials and observers about the move.
Investigators pursue leads as a gunman who ambushed two patrolmen remains at large near Kennett Square Pennsylvania. Police question several suspects while officials say motives remain unclear and no radical connection is evident.
An all-black all-female jury in Washington failed to reach a verdict after over four hours of deliberations in the Daniel B. Brewster bribery case. The former Maryland senator faces charges of bribery and corruption.
In Frayser, Tennessee, a 28 foot deep sewer trench collapse killed three construction workers from the Memphis area and left two others missing. Rescue efforts were hampered by cold weather, power outages, and a crowd of onlookers as night operations continued. The dead were Tom Bird 19 Tim Poston 23 and Reece Davis 27. The missing were John Jackson 53 and Enoch Hagler in his 50s, all of J & R Construction Co. Inc. workers installing a sewer line. Two workers escaped.
A New Jersey lottery drawing in Atlantic City produced a winning number T9736. The exact prize level and claimant details were not disclosed in the readable text.
Harold Opinsky testified at a special legislative hearing that John J. Reilly, owner of two former child care homes, was violent and kicked patients. Officials investigate seven deaths and one disappearance at Hawley facility. Reilly faced murder and manslaughter charges in 1970 death.
At the national Catholic conference in Washington, bishops urged an end to bombing and urged peaceful settlement of disputes in Southeast Asia. The resolution condemned war and called for restraint while noting the suffering in Vietnam and the need for stability and technical aid. The vote, 186 to 4, passed as part of the conference program.
U S bombers ranged near the 20th parallel and north of the DMZ in raids on North Vietnamese supply depots. F4 Phantoms based in Thailand hit a missile base just north of the frontier using laser guided bombs. Ground fighting flared near Saigon as government forces advanced in the Central Highlands and quashed Viet Cong activity.
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