Letters From Readers Highlight Bond Issues And Space Program Praise
A series of letters to Editor The Star from Dec 1972 reflect reader views on highway bond financing and the Space Program. Contributors praise editorial clarity, share personal anecdotes about language and writing, and recount discussions with editors and ties to Space Center experiences.
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the Star
Mississippi County
Arkansas Democrat
Little Rock
Star
Houston
Kieth McClung
North American Aircraft
Booth Tarkington
Wilkes-Barre
Air Strikes Resume After Christmas Bombing Halt
U S B52 bombers and fighter aircraft resumed attacks on Hanoi Haiphong and South Vietnam after a 36 hour Christmas pause and a 24 hour cease fire In North Vietnam officials cautioned no comment on scale while observers noted tensions over peace terms Kosygin comments stirred speculation on a cease fire and Hanoi relation to US demands for recognition of two states. Yu Northern towns Thai Nguyen Bac Thai Lang Son cited in raids with civilian casualties reported by Radio Hanoi
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U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Nixon
Alexei N. Kosygin
Tass
Kosygin
Vo Thuc Dong
Moscow
Vietnam
Radio Hanoi
Bac Thai
Thai Nguyen
Ha Bac
Lang Son
Truman dies at 88 with nation in mourning
Margaret Truman Daniel visited her father as his condition declined on Christmas Day. Former president Harry S. Truman died quietly with Dr. Wallace Graham at his side. A memorial service is planned at the National Cathedral with a state funeral likely and Nixon declaring a national day of mourning.
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Margaret Truman Daniel
New York
Wallace Graham
White House
Randall Jessee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Hiroshima
Japan
Nagasaki
Greece
Turkey
Congress
George Marshall
Winston Churchill
Britain
Europe
Missouri
Jessee
Nixon
Washington National Cathedral
Truman Praised by Nixon Agnew and Allies
Political leaders honored Harry S. Truman saying he acted as a common man who faced global danger with courage and decisiveness. Nixon called him a courageous president who guided the nation through peril with vision and resolve. Agnew praised forthrightness and courage and noted the Buck Stops Here motto reflected accountability.
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Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Harry Truman
Nixon proclaims national day of mourning for Truman
President Nixon declared a national day of mourning for former President Harry S. Truman and ordered flags at half staff for 30 days. He urged the public to gather in places of worship to honor Truman, and a White House spokesman said there was no decision yet on attending the funeral in Independence.
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Harry S. Truman
Truman
Kansas City
White House
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