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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1972
Page
1
Six months after Tilly Spetgong proposed placing bricks in toilet tanks, Cherry Hill New Jersey approved the plan to displace water and save as much as 34 million gallons yearly. City officials bought 34 000 bricks for 17 000 homes and 175 volunteers distributed 27 000 bricks last weekend with the project set to finish Saturday.
The United States agrees in part to a Cuban antihijacking plan, including ships and aircraft, with an extradition option for hijackers. Transportation Secretary Volpe orders new security procedures at airports, 60 day rollout, armed guards at boarding and electronic screening of passengers and carry-ons.
About 175 people mostly teens distributed bricks to local homes in Cherry Hill New Jersey to save water. Each brick carried a note explaining its purpose for placement in toilet tanks as part of a community effort.
Former President Harry S. Truman, 88, is reported in serious condition at Research Hospital in Kansas City. Doctors announced bronchitis complicated by mild heart weakening from arterial sclerosis, with pulmonary congestion and ongoing inhalation therapy and antibiotics.
Fair and very cold Wednesday night with a low near minus twelve. Increasing cloudiness and not so cold Thursday with a high near ten. Light variable winds become southerly Thursday. Chance of precipitation up to twenty percent.
Look Inside examines carrying thermal pollution and aquariums in a new commercial fish industry for Wisconsin and northern states. It references Joseph Alsop’s note on his appointment with China’s premier Chou En-lai and surveys by a local AAUW group on six week food costs including store location hours and services.
Tarco Inc drops bid on St. Cloud Street site after talks with city officials. Tarco will pursue the Hauser farm site in La Crosse Interstate Industrial Park for its proposed recycling center. The Common Council committee discussed price changes for the St. Cloud Street parcel and debated noise and odor controls, while Tarco pressed for immediate construction at the Hauser site.
Apollo 17 lifts off from Cape Kennedy at 8:53 p.m. CST on the final American manned lunar mission. Astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt prepare for a 13 day flight, with weather cloudiness noted and plans for a late public viewing.
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho held a five hour Paris meeting with no statement issued. It followed two shorter sessions and a 24 hour pause. The talks took place in a guarded house leased by Arnaud Clerc for privacy.
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